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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
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- 2007-03-30 09:39
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MAL as a combining form means "bad". Malpractice is bad medical practice. A malady is bad condition --a disease or illness--of the body or mind. Malodorous things smell bad. And a malefactor is someone gui ...
- 2007-03-12 09:26
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=================> 2007-02-27 <================
VOR from the Latin verb vorare, means "to eat". The ending -ivorous shows up in words that refer to eaters of certain kinds of food.
carnivorous
herbivorous
omnivorous
voracious
CARN comes from the Latin carn-, the stem of caro, " ...
- 2007-02-27 13:32
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AMBI/AMPHI means "on both sides" or "around"; ambi comes from Latin and amphi- from Greek. An ambidextrous person can use the right and the left hand equally well. An amphibian, such as a fro ...