Definitions Unit 4 Greek & Latin Roots

Cycl means

• circle

• round

Circ/Circum means

• near

• around

Centr/Center

• on top of

• middle

(n) - a set of events or actions that happen again and again in the same

order; a repeating series of events or actions

• Circumference

• Cycle

(adj) - happening again and again in the same order; happening in cycles

• cyclical

• central

(n) - an extremely large, powerful, and destructive storm with very high

winds that turn around in an area of low pressure

• cyclone

• eccentric

(n) - the length of a line that goes around a circle or other round shape

• cycle

• circumference

(n) - the complete path that an electric current travels along

• circuit

• circumvent

(n) - a condition that surrounds or causes an event to happen

• central

• circumstance

(v) - to get around something in a clever and sometimes dishonest way

• circumvent

• concentric