This document provides Latin roots and definitions for vocabulary related to mortality, the body, leading or conducting, and following. It defines words like immortal, mortal, corpse, corporation, aqueduct, conduction, deduction, consecutive, consequence, prosecute, and sequel. The roots and their meanings are presented to help understand how Latin root words combine to form different terms in English vocabulary.
1. Latin Roots Vocabulary: Brett 5th hour
Mor (mort): death
Immortalityim·mor·tal·i·ty [im -awr-tal-i-tee]
-noun
1.; unending life.
Mortal-adj able to die.
Mortality-noun, pl.-ties.
1. the state or condition of being subject to death; mortal character, nature, or existence.
Mortician -noun
1. funeral director.
Corp: body
Corporal-adjective
1. of the human body; bodily; physical: corporal suffering.
Corporation-noun
1. an association of individuals, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the
existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members.
Corps -noun, pl.corps [kawrz, kohrz].
a. a military organization consisting of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone: the U.S. Marine Corps; corps of cadets.
Corpse-noun. Dead body
Incorporate-verb (used with object)
1. to form into a legal corporation.
Duc (duct): lead, conduct, draw
Aqueduct -noun.
a. a conduit or artificial channel for conducting water from a distance, usually by means of gravity.
Conducive-adjective
1. tending to produce; conducing; contributive; helpful; favorable (usually fol. by to): Good eating habits are conducive to good
health.
Conduction-noun
1. the act of conducting, as of water through a pipe.
Deduction-noun. Act taking away
Induction-noun
1. the act of inducing, bringing about, or causing: induction of the hypnotic state.
Secut (sequ): follow
Consecutive-adjective
1. following one another in uninterrupted succession or order;
Consequence- noun. Punishment
Execute-verb to kill
Prosecute -verb (used with object
a. to institute legal proceedings against (a person).
Sequel-noun
1. a literary work, movie, etc., that is complete in itself but continues the narrative of a preceding work.
Sequence-noun
1. the following of one thing after another; succession.