Vocabulary #5

Roots and Derivatives

1. cent(i) (hundred): century, centipede, centennial, centigrade, centimeter.
2. cid(e), cis(e) (cut, kill): homicide, incision suicide, scissors, circumcise.
3. clam, claim (cry out, declare): clamor, exclaim, proclaim, disclaim.
4. cord, cour (heart): accord, courage, encouraged, cordiform, cordate.

Word List

1. Bicentennial: (related to) a celebration of a two hundredth anniversary; happening once in a period of two hundred years or lasting two hundred years. 

The building by the park had a bicentennial celebration in the honor of the veterans.

2. Centenarian: a person who has lived to be one hundred years old. 

Since that his grandfather is centenarian, he learned a lot of things about the American History.

3. Centurion: a Roman officer commanding one hundred men; related to the military mind, especially as it favors military solutions for handling social problems.

We studied about Roman history, and our teacher explained us the role of a centurion.

4. Clamorous: characterized by continuous loud and complaining voices; noisily complaining: insistent.

The two neighbors were being clamorous because of the

5. Concise: covering much in few words: brief and to the point.
The lesson today was very concise.

6. Concordance: a condition of harmony or agreement; an alphabetical index indicating reference passages , as from a writer's works.

I have never heard of a book that is all about concordance.

7. Cordial: of the heart: warm and friendly: amiable.

The host was cordial to his guests.

8. Discordant: (sounding) harsh or or inharmonious: clashing.

Students are always discordant when they have subs.

9. Genocide: the systematic extermination of an ethnic group.

Most communists want to use of the process of genocide so they can take over.

10. Incisive: keenly penetrating; cutting into.

We have to be careful because words can be incisive.

11. Proclamation: an official statement or announcement that informs or honors.

Many people attended the proclamation ceremony in honor of the new king and queen.

12. Reclaim: to claim again: to restore to former importance or usefulness..

Her father wanted to reclaim their old house.