Week 1 Agon (Contest, Struggle) Ad Nauseam (Endlessly)

8th grade 2015

ROOTS FOREIGN TERMS Week 1 agon (contest, struggle) ad nauseam (endlessly) alti (high) aficionado (an ardent devotee) ambu (walk) ami (friend)

Week 2 aster, astr (star, outer space) alfresco (outdoors) athlon (prize, award) alma mater (school from which one graduates) aud (hear) barbaros (foreign)

Week 3 bellum (war, combat) antebellum (pre-Civil War) bene (good, well) apropos (fitting, at the right time) capit (head) carn (flesh, meat)

Week 4 chrom (color, pigment) au contraire (on the contrary, quite the opposite) cide (kill) au naturel (a natural state) cord/card (heart) cornu (horn)

Week 5 cred (believe) avant-garde (cutting edge) crypt (hidden, secret) bona fide (real, in good faith) cutis (skin, hide) decimus (tenth)

Week 6 derma (skin, hide) caramba (oh my!) dict (speak, talk) carpe diem (seize the day) dis (away, not) dorm (sleep)

Week 7 dorsum (back) carte blanche (with full authority) duct (attract, lead) caveat emptor (let the buyer beware) durus (strong, difficult) ergon (work)

Week 8 fides (faith, trust) c’est la vie (such is life) feli (happy) chic (stylish and elegant) fin (end) flex, flect (bend)

Week 9 folium (leaf) circa (around) fract, frag (break) coup (brilliant, successful action) gen (birth, origin, race) geo (earth)

Week 10 gradus (step, degree) coup de grace (merciful, ending blow) gyn (woman) coup d’etat (overthrowing of a government by a smaller party) hem (blood) hetero (other, different) Week 11 holo (whole, complete) crème de la crème (the best of the best) homo (same, common) de facto (in fact) humus (earth, soil) hydr (water, liquid)

Week 12 hyper (over, excessive) déjà vu (already seen) hypo (under, below) double entendre (double understanding) itis (inflammation) ject (throw)

Week 13 jud (law) du jour (of the day) juven (young) en masse (all together, in a large group) labor (work) log (study)

Week 14 loqu (speak) esprit de corps (group spirit) mal (bad) faux pas (social blunder) man (hand) mar, mer (sea)

Week 15 medi (middle) femme fatale (irresistibly attractive female who leads men into danger) medic (physician) haute couture (high fashion) meter (measure) mis (wrong)

Week 16 mob (move) ipso facto (by that very fact or act) mons (mountain) je ne sais quoi (I don’t know what) mono (one) morph (change)

Week 17 mort (death) jeune fille (young girl) nat (born) joie de vivre (enjoyment of living) nav, naut (boat) necro (death)

Week 18 neo, nov (new) laissez faire (to do as one chooses) nomen (name) magnum opus (masterpiece) nonus (ninth) octavus (eighth)

Week 19 orb (circle) mea culpa (my fault) ord (row, command) modus operandi (mode of operation) orthos (straighten, correct) osteo (bone)

Week 20 paleo (ancient) mon chere (my love, my dear) pan (all) noblesse oblige (nobility obliges) pac (peace) ped (foot, child) Week 21 pend, pens (hang, consider) nom de plume (pen name) phil (love) non sequitur (an illogical idea or statement) phobia (fear) phys (body)

Week 22 plus (more, many) nouveau riche (newly rich) pod (foot) pardonnez moi (pardon me) primus (first) pseudo (false)

Week 23 psych (mind) passé (no longer fashionable, out of date) quartus (fourth) per capita (per person) quintus (fifth) rhinos (nose)

Week 24 rid, ris (laugh, make fun of) persona non grata (person not accepted) rupt (break) piece de resistance (the most important part or feature) sacr (holy) sag (wise)

Week 25 sal (salt) prima donna (temperamental, conceited person) sanus (healthy) pro bono (for the good of the public) script (write) secundus (second)

Week 26 sed (sit, stay, place) quid pro quo (one thing for another) septimus (seventh) RSVP-repondez s’il vous plait (please answer) sextus (sixth) soph (wise)

Week 27 sol (alone) savoir faire (social know-how) sort (type, variety) status quo (the way things are) specto (look, see) sub (under, below)

Week 28 sui (self) tabula rasa (blank slate) super (over, beyond) terra firma (solid ground) tact, tang (touch) tard (slow)

Week 29 tertius (third) tete a tete (private conversation) tox (poison) verbatim (word for word) tract (pull, drag) vac (empty)

Week 30 ver (truth) vis a vis (in relation to) verb (word) voila (look at this) vis (see) voc (voice)