Unit 6 1 ROG Rog comes from rogare

Unit 6. 1 ROG Rog comes from rogare, the Latin verb meaning “to ask. ”

Unit 6. 1 Related Words Abrogate (v. ): 1. To abolish or annul. 2. To ignore or treat as if nonexistent. Arrogate (v. ): To claim or seize w/o justification

Unit 6. 1 Related Words • Derogatory (adj. ): Expressing a low or poor opinion of someone or something.

Unit 6. 1 Related Words Prerogative (n. ): A special or exclusive right, power, or privilege that sets one apart from others.

Unit 6. 1 Notes 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.

Unit 6. 1 Notes So interrogate means “to question systematically, ” and a surrogate (for example, a surrogate mother) is a substitute, someone who is proposed to stand in for another.

Unit 6. 2 QUIS Quis is derived from the Latin verb querere, meaning “to seek or obtain. ”

Unit 6. 2 Related Words Inquisition (n. ): A questioning or examining that is often harsh or severe.

Related Words Perquisite (n. ): 1. A privilege or profit that is provided in addition to one’s base salary. 2. Something claimed as an exclusive possession or right.

Unit 6. 2 Related Words • Acquisitive (adj. ): Eager to acquire; greedy

Unit 6. 2 Related Words Requisition (n. ): A demand or request (such as for supplies) made with proper authority.

Unit 6. 2 Notes The roots quer, quir, and ques are also derived from this word and give us word such as inquiry and question.

Unit 6. 3 PLE Ple comes from the Latin word meaning “to fill. ”

Unit 6. 3 Related Words Complement (n. ): 1. Something that fills up or makes perfect; the amount needed to make something complete; 2. A counterpart.

Unit 6. 3 Related Words • Deplete (v. ): To reduce in amount by using up. • Implement (v. ): To take steps to fulfill or put into practice

Unit 6. 3 Related Words Replete (adj. ): Fully or abundantly filled or supplied.

Unit 6. 3 Notes The Greek equivalent of this root is pleth, seen in the word plethora, which means “multitude or abundance. ”

Unit 6. 4 METR This root comes to us from Greek by way of Latin; in both languages it refers to measure.

Related Words Unit 6. 4 Metric (adj. ): 1. Relating to or based on the metric system. 2. Relating to or arranged in meter. from Industry Week, 1981 November 30

Unit 6. 4 Related Words • Odometer (n. ): An instrument used to measure distance traveled.

Unit 6. 4 Related Words • Symmetrical (adj. ): 1. Having/exhibiting balanced proportions or the beauty that results from such balance. 2. Corresponding in size, shape, or other qualities on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane or around a center.

Unit 6. 4 Related Words • Tachometer (n. ): A device used to measure speed of rotation.

Unit 6. 4 Notes A thermometer measures heat; a perimeter is the measure around something; and things that are isometric are equal in measure.

Unit 6. 5 AUD From the Latin verb audire, this root has to do with hearing.

Related Words Auditor (n. ): A person who formally examines and verifies accounts. Unit 6. 5

Related Words Unit 6. 5 Auditory (adj. ): 1. Perceived/experienced thru hearing. 2. Of/relating to the sense or organs of hearing.

Related Words Unit 6. 5 • Audition (n. ): A trial performance to evaluate a performer’s skill. • Inaudible (adj. ): Not heard or capable of being heard.

Notes What is audible is Unit 6. 5 hearable, and an audience is a group of people that listens, sometimes in an auditorium.

Unit 6. 6 SON Latin root meaning “sound. ”

Related Words Unit 6. 6 Dissonant (adj. ): 1. Clashing or discordant, especially in music; 2. Incompatible or disagreeing.

Related Words Resonance (n. ): 1. A continuing/echoing of sound; 2. A richness and variety in the depth and quality of sound.

Related Words Unit 6. 6 Sonic (adj. ): 1. Having to do w/sound; 2. Having to do w/ the speed of sound in air (about 750 mph).

Related Words Unit 6. 6 Ultrasound (n. ): The use of sound vibrations above the limits of human hearing to produce images w/which to diagnose internal bodily conditions

Notes Unit 6. 6 A sonata is a kind of music usually played by one or two instruments, and sonorous, meaning full, loud, or rich in sound.

Unit 6. 7 ERR from the Latin verb errare and it means “to wander” or “to stray. ”

Related Words Unit 6. 7 Aberrant (adj. ): Straying or differing from the right, normal, or natural type.

Related Words Errant (adj. ): 1. Wandering/moving aimlessly; 2. Straying outside proper bounds, or away from an accepted pattern or standard.

Related Words Unit 6. 7 • Erratic (adj. ): 1. Having no fixed course; 2. Lacking in consistency.

Related Words Unit 6. 7 • Erroneous (adj. ): Mistaken, incorrect. (Most often used with words that suggest mental activity, such as “erroneous assumptions” or “erroneous ideas”)

Notes Unit 6. 7 The root is easily seen in the word error and is also used as erratum to mean “a mistake” in a book or other printed material; its plural is errata. The errata page is the book page that lists mistakes found too late to correct before publication.

Unit 6. 8 CED/CESS From the Latin verb cedere, meaning “to go” or “to proceed”

Related Words Unit 6. 8 Accede (v. ): 1. To give in to a request or demand; 2. To give approval or consent. Antecedent (n. ): 1. A preceding event, state, or cause; 2. One’s ancestor or parent.

Unit 6. 8 Related Words Concession (n. ): 1. The yielding of a point or privilege, often unwillingly; 2. An acknowledgement or admission.

Related Words • Precedent (n. ): Unit 6. 8 Something done or said that may be an example or rule to guide later acts of a similar kind.

Notes Unit 6. 8 This root gives us many words in English, from procession, meaning something that goes forward, to recession, which is a moving back