Roots and Derivatives:
1. jac, ject, jet: to throw, to hurl, to lie
2. jud(ic): judge, judgement
3. junct, join: to join
4. liber, liver: free
Word List:
1. adjudicate (v): to settle or rule upon, as in court of law
- The jury adjudicated the case and found the defendant guilty.
2. adjunct (n): a thing, usually of secondary importance, added to something else; added or connected in a subordinate capacity
- Adjunct people during the classical times were peasants and slaves.
3. conjecture (n): a prediction, theory, or inference based on guesswork; to form a point of view without proof
- The doctor's conjecture was disregard due to lack of evidence.
4. conjoined (a): attached, combined, or united
- Conjoined twins are connected and share the same the same body part.
5. injudicious (a): displaying poor judgement, indiscreet; lacking wisdom
- The boy's behavior was injudicious because he stole a candy bar from the store.
6. jettison (v): to throw something away, usually because it is no longer wanted; the discarding of anything
- I jettison my old papers in the recycling because they are no longer needed.
7. liberalize (v): to make or become less provincial or narrow; to broaden the mind
- Education liberalizes the mind as people begin to question what they grew up learning.
8. libertarian (n): a person who believes in equal civil liberties for all, holding to such principles
- Martin Luther King Jr. was a libertarian who fought for the rights of African Americans.
9. libertine (n): a person without ordinary moral or sexual restraints; morally unrestrained
- According to society, prostitutes are libertines because they are paid to have sexual relations.
10. prejudicial (a): producing prejudice; causing an unfavorable opinion without supporting evidence; detrimental
- The KKK club is prejudicial because they despise African Americans for the color of their skin.
11. rejoinder (n): a quick and clever answer; an appropriate reply, as to a smart question or statement
- My friend is a classic rejoinder who would be described as a smart alec.
12. trajectory (n): the curved path of an object in flight.
- The trajectory of the plane was enormous because it had to turn around to avoid the storm.
