Comes from the Latin word for “do, go, lead, drive.” Unit 2.1 AG Comes from the Latin word for “do, go, lead, drive.”

Related Words Unit 2.1 Agitate (v): 1. To move something with an irregular, rapid, violent action. 2. To stir up or excite. Litigate (v): To carry on a lawsuit by judicial process.

Related Words Unit 2.1 Prodigal (adj): Recklessly or wastefully extravagant; spendthrift. Synagogue (n): The center of worship and communal life of a Jewish congregation; temple.

Notes Unit 2.1 An agenda is a list of things to be done. An agent is usually someone who does things on behalf of another, just as an agency is an office that does business for others.

A Latin verb meaning “come.” Unit 2.2 VEN / VENT A Latin verb meaning “come.”

Advent (n): A coming or arrival; a coming into use. Related Words Unit 2.2 Advent (n): A coming or arrival; a coming into use. Provenance (n): Origin or source.

Related Words Unit 2.2 Venturesome (adj): Inclined to seek out risk or danger; bold, daring, adventurous.

Related Words Unit 2.2 Venue (n): 1. The place where a trial is held. 2. The locale of an event.

Notes Unit 2.2 To intervene in a case or an argument is to “come between” the 2 opponents. An avenue is a street, or originally an access road by which to “come toward something.”

A Latin verb meaning “take, seize.” Unit 2.3 CAP/CEP/CIP A Latin verb meaning “take, seize.”

Related Words Unit 2.3 Reception (n): 1. The act of receiving. 2. A social gathering where guests are formally welcomed. Incipient (adj): Starting to come into being or to become evident.

Perceptible (adj): Noticeable or able to be felt by the senses. Unit 2.3 Related Words Perceptible (adj): Noticeable or able to be felt by the senses.

Related Words Unit 2.3 Susceptible (adj): 1. Open to some influence; responsive. 2. Able to be submitted to an action or process.

Notes Unit 2.3 Capture, which is what a captor does to a captive, has the same meaning. Captivate once meant literally “capture,” but now means only to capture mentally through charm or appeal.

From the Latin word for “end” or “boundary.” Unit 2.4 FIN From the Latin word for “end” or “boundary.”

Related Words Affinity (n): 1. Sympathy; attraction. 2. Relationship. Unit 2.4 Affinity (n): 1. Sympathy; attraction. 2. Relationship. Definitive (adj): 1. Authoritative and final. 2. Specifying perfectly or precisely.

Infinitesimal (adj): Extremely or immeasurably small. Related Words Unit 2.4 Infinitesimal (adj): Extremely or immeasurably small. Finite (adj): Having definite limits.

Notes Unit 2.4 Final describes last things, and a finale or a finish is an ending. But its meaning is harder to trace in some of the other English words derived from this root.

This Latin verb means “throw” or “hurl.” Unit 2.5 JAC/JEC This Latin verb means “throw” or “hurl.”

Conjecture (v): To guess. Related Words Unit 2.5 Adjacent (adj): 1. Near, neighboring. 2. Sharing a common boundary or border. Conjecture (v): To guess.

Related Words Dejected (adj): Downcast, depressed. Unit 2.5 Dejected (adj): Downcast, depressed. Trajectory (n): The curved path that an object makes in space, or that a thrown object follows as it rises and falls to earth.

Notes Unit 2.5 To reject something is to throw (or push) it back. To eject something is to throw (or drive) it out. To object is to throw something in the way of something else.

From the Latin verb for “drag or draw.” Unit 2.6 TRACT From the Latin verb for “drag or draw.”

Unit 2.6 Related Words Detract (v): To decrease the importance, value, or effectiveness of something.

Related Words Protracted (adj): Drawn out, continued, or extended. Unit 2.6 Protracted (adj): Drawn out, continued, or extended. Retraction (n): A taking back or withdrawal; a denial of what one has previously said.

Intractable (adj): Not easily handled, led, taught, or controlled. Related Words Unit 2.6 Intractable (adj): Not easily handled, led, taught, or controlled.

Unit 2.6 Notes Something attractive draws us toward it. A tractor drags other vehicles behind it, with the help of the traction of its wheels.

Comes from the Latin verb meaning “to lead.” Unit 2.7 DUC Comes from the Latin verb meaning “to lead.”

Related Words Unit 2.7 Conducive (adj): Tending to promote, encourage, or assist; helpful. Deduction (n): 1. Sub-traction. 2. The reaching of a conclusion by reasoning.

Related Words Induce (v): 1. Persuade, influence. 2. Bring about. Unit 2.7 Induce (v): 1. Persuade, influence. 2. Bring about. Seduction (n): 1. Temptation to wrong, especially temptation from the opposite sex. 2. Attraction or charm.

Notes Unit 2.7 Duke means basically “leader.” The Italian dictator Mussolini was known simply as “IL Duce.” But such words as produce and reduce also contain the root, even though their meanings show it less clearly.

From Latin, this root means “to follow.” Unit 2.8 SEC / SEQU From Latin, this root means “to follow.”

Consequential (adj): 1. Resulting; 2. Important. Related Words Unit 2.8 Consequential (adj): 1. Resulting; 2. Important. Execute (v): 1. To carry out or perform; 2. To put to death legally or formally.

Related Words Unit 2.8 Obsequious (adj); Excessively submissive, obedient, or flattering. Sequential (adj): 1. Arranged in order or in a series; 2. Following in a series.

Notes Unit 2.8 A sequel follows the original novel, film, or TV show. The second follows the first. But a non sequitur is a conclusion that does “not follow” from what was said before.