1. Unit 20 Vocabulary Builder

2. NOM = Name Latin A nominee is “named” or nominated to run or serve in office. Words to know: ignominious, misnomer, nomenclature, nominal

3. PATER/PATR = father Greek & Latin A patron is one who assumes a fatherly role towards an institution or project. Words to know: expatriate, paternalistic, patrician, patrimony

4. LEGA = to appoint or send as deputy Latin A legation is a group sent on a special mission. Words to know: delegation, legacy, legate, relegate

5. GREG = herd or flock Latin Any creature that likes to live in herds or flocks are gregarious animals. Words to know: aggregate, congregation, egregious, segregate

6. FLU/FLUCT = to flow Latin A flume is a narrow gorge with a stream flowing through it. Words to know: affluence, effluent, fluctuation, mellifluous

7. PREHEND/PREHENS = to seize Latin For some derivatives, the d is changed to an s, as in apprehensive and comprehensive. Words to know: apprehensive, comprehend, prehensile, reprehensible

8. TEMPER = to moderate or keep within limits or to mix Latin Tempered enthusiasm is enthusiasm that has cooled a bit. Words to know: intemperate, temper, tempera, temperance

9. PURG = to clean or cleanse Latin Purging literature of passages that might be harmful to young readers has kept many editors busy. Words to know: expurgate, purgative, purgatory, purge

10. NUMBER WORDS MILL = one thousand or thousandth Words to know: millefleur, millenarianism, millipede, millisecond HEMI (Greek)/SEMI (Latin) = Half Words to know: semitone, semicolon, hemiplegia, semiconductor