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Classical Roots Lesson 4

AB
PUER"a male child"
puerileChildish; immature.
PAIS, PAIDOS"child", "boy"
orthopedicsBranch of medicine treating disorders of the skeletal system and tissues related to movement.
pedagogueA teacher.
pedant1) A person who pays excessive attention to learning rules rather than to understanding. 2) A scholarly show-off.
SUM, ESSE, FUI, FUTURUM"to be"
entitySomething that has a real or independent existence.
nonentity1) A person or thing of no importance. 2) Something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination.
essence1) The basic element; the identifying characteristic. 2) A substance in concentrated form obtained from a plant or drug. 3) A perfume.
MORIOR, MORI, MORTUUM"to die"
moribundAbout to die or end.
mortify1) To shame. 2) To discipline oneself by denial.
postmortem1) An examination to determine the cause of death; an autopsy. 2) (informal) An analysis of something that is over.
THANATOS"death"
euthanasiaThe act of painlessly killing a suffering person or animal; mercy killing.
NASCOR, NASCI, NATUM"to be born"
innatePossessed at birth; inborn.
naive1) Childlike; unsophisticated. 2) Gullible.
nascentEmerging; coming into existence.
renaissance1) A rebirth; a renewal. 2) (capitalized) A revival of humanism in fourteenth-century to sixteenth-century Europe.


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