Latin Roots #5

Roots and Derivatives

1. cent(i)-hundred
2. cid(e)-cut, kill
3. clam, claim-cry out, declare
4. cord, cour-heart

Word List

1. bicentennial-(related to) a celebration of a two hundredth anniversary.
2. centenarian-a person who has lived to be one hundred years old.
3. centurion-a Roman officer commanding one hundred men.
4. clamorous-noisily complaining.
5. concise-covering much in few words.
6. concordance-a condition of harmony or agreement.
7. cordial-warm and friendly.
8. discordant-(sounding) harsh or inharmonious; clashing.
9. genocide-extermination of an ethnic group.
10. incisive--keenly penetrating; cutting into.
11. proclamation-an official statement or announcement that informs or honors.
12. reclaim--to claim again.

Sentences

1. Many towns have bicentennials.
2. My great-grandma was almost a centenarian.
3. Julius Caesar was a famous centurion.
4. Clamorous conversations can turn into heated arguments.
5. An auctioneer would be a bad person to concise an important event.
6. Some people wish concordance with family members.
7. Wedding invitations sometimes say you are cordially invited as an introduction.
8. Judge Judy is discordant and acts sassy.
9. Hitler committed a terrible genocide.
10. Frank Gore is incisive when trying to run down the field to get a first down.
11. Abraham Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.
12. For the first three seasons of Avatar, Zuko always said he needed to reclaim his honor.