Vocabulary #10

Words from Latin Roots #10

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.