1. Roots 7: History, Government, and society
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Roots 7: History, Government, and society

2. Quiz! You have a quiz on Roots 6. There will be review roots.
Show me your flash cards for 5 bonus points.

3. Directions
Take notes on the new roots.
You need:
Packet
Pen / pencil

4. aristo Definition: best
Example word: aristocrat = a member of the upper class; a noble
Other words?
Aristocracy

5. Capit, capt Definition: head
Example word: decapitate = to cut off the head
Other words?
Capital, captain
Challenge Words: capitulate: (verb) 1) to cease fighting an opponent or enemy; to surrender 2) to accept or agree to do something you’ve been resisting or opposing; Middle Latin, capitulatus “to distinguish by heads or chapters”
 captious: (adj) inclined to find trivial criticisms or to raise petty objections; fault-finding; from Latin captio “seizing, taking” + volent “to wish”

6. Cept, capt Definition: take, hold, seize
Example word: captivate = to hold the attention or interest of
Other words?
intercept, concept, capture

7. civ Definition: citizen Example word: civility = courtesy, politeness
Other words?
Civil, civilization, civic

8. Crac, crat Definition: rule, power
Example word: democracy = government ruled by the people
Other words?
Autocrat, aristocracy, democrat

9. dem Definition: people
Example word: Epidemic = affecting many people; widespread
Other words?
Demagogue, pandemic, endemic, democracy
Challenge Word: demagogue: (noun) a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by using rational argument; Greek demos “people” + agogos “leading”

10. dom Definition: master, control
Example word: indomitable = cannot be overcome
Other words?
Domineer, dominant, dominate, dominion
Challenge Word: indomitable: (adj) impossible to subdue or defeat; Latin, from in “not” + dom “control”

11. Fuge Definition: flee Example word: fugacious = fleeting, transitory
Other words?
Refuge, fugitive, centrifuge, refugee

12. liber Definition: free Example word: liberty = freedom Other words?
Liberal, liberation, liberate
Challenge Word: libertine: (noun) 1) a person who is morally or sexually unrestrained 2) a freethinker in religious matters; Latin, from libertus “freedom” “slope”

13. -acy, -icy, -cy (suffix) Definition: state or quality (forms a noun)
Example word: prophecy = prediction of what is to come
Other words?
Autocracy, policy, privacy

14. Done! Your quiz will be:12-7A & 12-8B There will be review words.
Make flash cards for bonus points.
Note: Roots 1-7 will be on your final exam. Finals are 12/15, 12/16, 12/17, 12/18.