Unit 6

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ROG comes from rogare, the Latin word meaning "to ask".  The ancient Romans also used this word to mean "to propose", thinking perhaps that when we propose an idea, we are actually asking someone to consider it.

abrogate

arrogate

derogatory

prerogative

QUIS is derived from the Latin verb quaerere, meaning "to seek or obtain."  You can see it in our word acquisitive, which means "having a strong will to possess things."  The roots quer, quir, and ques are also derived from this word and give us words such as inquiry, "a search or request for information," and question, "something asked."

inquisition

perquisite

acquisitive

requisition

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PLE comes from a Latin word meaning "to fill." It can be seen in the word complete, meaning "possessing all necessary parts."  The ple root has a Greek equivalent, pleth, seen in the word plethora, which means "multitude or abundance."

complement

deplete

implement

replete

METR comes from Greek by way of Latin; in both languages it refers to "measure."

metric

odometer

symmetrical

tachometer

 

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AUD, from the Latin verb audire, is the root that has to do with hearing.  What is audible is hearable, and an audience is a group of people that listens, sometimes in an auditorium.

auditor

auditory

audition

inaudible

SON is the Latin root meaning "sound." as in our word sonata, meaning a kind of music usually played by one or two instruments, and sonorous, usually meaning full, loud, or rich in sound.

dissonant

resonance

sonic

ultrasound