1. Classical Roots
Lessons 5 and 6

2. CUM (CO) = “with,” “together with”
Coherent (haerere <L. “to stick to”)
Colloquial (loqui <L. “to speak”)
Commiserate (miser <L. “miserable,” “wretched”)
Condone (donum <L. “gift”)
Commodious (modus <L. “measure”)
Contrite (tenere <L. “to grind”)

3. TENEO, TENERE, TENUI, TENTUM= “to hold,” “to keep”
Abstain (ab <L. “away from”)
Impertinent (im = in <L. “not”)
Pertinacious (per <L “through”)
Tenacity

4. APO, APERE, EPI, APTUM= “to fasten,” “to attach”
aptitude
inept (in <L. “not”)

5. JUNGO, JUNGERE, JUNXI, JUNCTUM= “to join”
adjunct (ad <L. “to,” “toward”)
conjugate (con = cum <L. “with”)
injunction (in <L. “in”)
juncture
subjugate (sub <L. “under”)

6. STRINGO, STRINGERE, STRINXI, STRICTUM= “to draw together tightly,” “to tie”
astringent (a = ad <L. “to”)
strait
stringent

7. Words to Study: Lessons 5 & 6
abstain * adjunct MOST IMPORTANT:
coherent * aptitude Know the Latin derivatives
colloquial * astringent For example:
commiserate * conjugate [in = <L. “not”]
commodious * inept
condone * injunction
contrite * juncture
impertinent * strait
pertinacious * stringent
Tenacity * subjugate