Greek/Latin Roots 11 & 12

This root means "power" or "to rule"

• CRAT/CRAC

• LEG

• JUR

• CAD/CAS

This root means "to snatch" or "greedy"

• CAD/CAS

• VOR

• CEP

• RAP

This word means hidden or secret

• Rapacious

• Surreptitious

• Cadence

• Voracious

This word means a rhythmic rise and fall

• Cadence

• Decadent

• Perceptible

• Precept

ANT: restrained

• Decadent

• Rapt

If DOMIN means "to rule," the "right of eminent domain" of the US government means...

• The right to bare arms

• The right to take private property needed for public use

• The right to collect taxes

• The right to draft citizens into the military

ANT: fidelity (faithfulness)

• Abjure

• Aristocracy

• Domineering

• Perjury

Abjure means...

• To swear off

• To bring forth

• A group of wealthy people ruling

• Having to do with the law

Ms. Lague's older sister is ____________; she throws a fit when she doesn't get her way, so our parents always give her what she wants.

• Domineering

• Susceptible

• Voracious

• Surreptitious

If I am INDOMITABLE, I am...

• Invincible

• Available only to a special few

• Above the law

• A minor official