1. NCEE/SAT Words
Week 6

2. Root of the Day: JACE vs. JACI
JACE- = lie (from Latin iacere = to lie (open))
JACI- / -JECT- / JACU- [also JET via French] = throw (from Latin iacere = to throw)

3. Examples:
adjacent = next to (literally, “lies near” from Latin ad+iacere)
abject = having no pride or spirit (literally, “to throw off” from Latin ab+iacere)
adjective = a word that describes a noun (literally, “to throw near” from Latin ad+iacere)
jet = to spout or emit in a stream
jettison = to throw overboard in order to lighten the load
jetty = a pier built into water to influence the current or protect a harbor

4. Roots of the Day: ANIM vs. VIT
ANIM- = life, mind, soul, spirit (from Latin animus = mind, soul, spirit)
VIT- / VIV- = life, alive (from Latin vita = life, vivere = to live)

5. Examples:
animated = having life
animal = a general term for a living creature that’s not human or insect
animism = the belief that all living things possess souls.
animosity = hatred
vitamin = supplements that help support life
vital = important to sustaining life.
vittles = foods or provisions
vivid = life-like
vivacity = having a lot of energy/life
viviparous = producing living young from within the body (literally, “produced alive” from Latin vivus+parere)
vivisection = operating on a living creature (literally, “to cut while alive” from Latin vivus+secare)
vivarium = an enclosure for keeping or observing animals
viable = able to live

6. Roots of the Day: MORT vs. MORB vs. MORD vs. MOR
MORT- = death (from Latin mors, mortis = death)
MORB- = illness (from Latin morbus = ill)
MORD- = bite (from Latin mordere = to bite)
MOR- = custom (from Latin, mos, moris = custom)

7. Examples:
mortician = one who prepares dead bodies for preservation
moribund = literally, “about to die”
mortgage = transfer of rights to a property as security for the payment of a loan (from Latin mors = French
gage “pledge”)
morbid = relating to disease
mordant = biting or caustic in thought
mordent = musical ornament made by a quick alteration of a principal tone with the tone below
mores = the fixed, morally-binding customs of a people
moral, morality = relating to the principles of right and wrong in behavior
morale = the mental or emotional condition of a group

8. Root of the Day: DORM vs. SOMN
DORM- = sleep (from Latin dormire = to sleep)
SOMN- = sleep, dream (from Latin somnus = sleep, dream)

9. Examples:
dormitory = a place designated for sleeping
dormant = a period of inactivity
insomnia = literally, “not sleeping” from Latin in+somnus
somnambulist = literally, “sleep walker” from Latin somnus+ambulare

10. Roots of the Day: PARA vs. PAR
PARA- / PAR- = prepare, ward off (from Latin parare = to prepare)
PAR- [also seen as PAIR and PEER] = equal (from Latin par = equal)

11. Examples:
prepare = literally, “to get ready beforehand” from Latin prae+parare
reparation = the action of making amends for injury (literally, “prepared again” from Latin in+re+parare)
parity = equality
peer = a person of equal social status