1. Latin Vocabulary Unit 11

2. cognizance cogn – cognizance – knowledge
n. conscious knowledge or awareness, especially through observation

3. cognizance
In spite of the fact that she said yes to the date, Justin was cognizant of the fact that she was more interested in his roommate than she was him.
Her cognizance of numerous accidents near the school and the overgrown shrubbery in front of the stop sign kept her from being hit by the driver who raced through the intersection unaware.

4. dormant dorm – dormant – sleep
adj. in an inactive state, like hibernating

5. dormant
Volcanoes are often dormant, but volcanologists keep close them under observation to alert the public if they see signs of activity.
The ornate horned frog and the African bullfrog dig down into the dry soil and wait for the rains during the long dry seasons of their native regions, and their dormancy can last several months before they are revived by the spring rains.

6. profuse fus – profuse – pour
adj. very or excessively generous; given or done freely or abundantly

7. profuse
By all accounts, the azalea bush had never produced well in the landscaper’s nursery, but once it was moved to a mostly sunny location at her client’s home, it produced profuse blooms for several weeks.
Newcomers to the country are most impressed with the profusion of goods available at every supermarket and the plethora of choices we have in our shopping.

8. egregious e- egregious – out
adj. extremely bad; flagrant; extraordinary or remarkable in a bad way

9. egregious
The surgeon made an egregious error when he failed to count the surgical devices and left a clamp inside his patient.
As an English teacher, I have to be very careful with spelling, grammar, and punctuation because any error is seen as egregious.

10. manacle/s manu, mani – manacle/s – hand
n. & v. handcuffs or shackles; to shackle

11. manacle/s
The prisoner spent weeks filing away at his manacles and was able to escape once he was free of the cumbersome leg shackles.
In modern prisons, prisoners are manacled to restrain them and to discourage them from attempting to escape when moving them from cell to visitation or the medical facility or when transporting them from prison to court, as well.

12. monocle
ocul –
eye
monocle –
n. an eyeglass for use with only one eye

13. monocle
The Monopoly man wears a monocle, a single lens used for vision in one eye.
Although I think monocles are very neat, who uses a single lens for vision?

14. quadruped
ped –
foot
quadruped –
n. & adj. a four-footed animal

15. quadruped
A creature does not have to be alive to be a quadruped; it merely has to have four legs.
Quadrupeds can be robotic, alien, or terrestrial as long as they have four feet.

16. dispel pel – dispel – to drive
v. to drive away in various directions; to cause to vanish v. dispelled, -s, -ing

17. dispel
After the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, petroleum companies utilized chemical dispersants to attempt to dispel the tar and oil.
Farmers occasionally hired children to throw rocks and startle birds in order to dispel the voracious creature that would eat the freshly planted garden.

18. verbatim
verb –
word
verbatim –
adj. in the exact words, word for word

19. verbatim
The court reporter make take great pains to transcribe every word spoken on the record in court, and the document she creates must be verbatim.
When you use a quote in your research paper, you should copy the sentence verbatim.

20. convivial vit, viv, vivi – convivial – life; breath, mind; soul
adj. sociable; fond of eating, drinking, and good companionship

21. convivial
I wasn’t expecting the convivial atmosphere at the fundraiser since it was being held in the library on campus, but everyone was lively and having a good time.
I love to make friends who are convivial and outgoing, enjoying good food, socializing, and meeting people.

22. Root Review vit, viv, vivi – life; breath, mind; soul manu, mani –
hand
cogn –
knowledge
verb –
word
fus –
pour
ped –
foot
dorm –
sleep
pel –
to drive e-
out
ocul –
eye

23. Root Review du, duo – medi – scrib, script – vers, vert – -ject –
two; second
medi –
middle
scrib, script –
write
vers, vert –
turn
-ject –
to throw
cede, ceed, cess –
to go; to yield
corp/o, corpor, corpus –
body
–locu, -loqu –
to speak, speech, talk, discourse
liter –
letter
duc, duct –
to lead

24. Root Review dict – mal – omni – post – pre – retro –
back; backward; behind
sub –
below; beneath; lower in rank; under; nearly
super –
above; over; beyond
trans –
across; through; change; beyond
ultra –
beyond; excessive
dict –
speech, to speak; proclaim (declare officially); word
mal –
bad; evil; ill; wrong
omni –
all
post –
after; behind
pre –
before; in front of

25. Root Review ambi, amphi – both; on both sides; around ante – before
cide –
to kill
cred –
belief; believe
extra, extro –
outside of; beyond
inter –
between; among
magn, magna, magni –
great; large
ambi, amphi –
both; on both sides; around
ante –
before
bell –
war
bene, bon –
good; well
circum –
around; surrounding