ENTOMOLOGY 

Latin Root Words 

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Biped-(n.)

• two-footed animal 
• Humans are the most common biped on this planet. 

pedestal-(n.)

• support or foot of a column or statue 
• The missing trophy for bicycling had a golden bicycle on top of a marble pedestal. 
   

grade-(n.)

• step; stage; degree; rating 

• I don't know how you keep such a high grade average.

gradation-(n.)

• change by steps or stages
• Certifiers have an intent to keep their standards high, but there is a gradation of standards.

contact-(n.)

• touching or meeting; association; connection 
• Our travels around the world bring us in contact with the incredible variety of human cultures.

intact-(adj.)

• untouched or injured; kept of left whole 
• She is no demimondaine, and she wants to be reasonably intact on her wedding night.

eject-(v.)

• throw out; expel; evict 

• To eject the advocate from power was one thing, to execute him as a traitor quite another.

inject-(v.)

• force; introduced 

• Ully is experimenting with your blood to find a way to create a sort of antidote we can inject into our immortals to render them immune to the powers of Sasha's creatures.

advert-(v.)

• turn attention; refer
• It is necessary here to advert to a subject much debated during recent years.

avert-(v.)

• prevent; avoid 

• She didn't avert her gaze this time.

convert-(v.)

• transform 

• From our point of view, the job of the plant is to convert sunlight into energy and store that energy in a tasty way; then when we eat the plant, we get that energy.

divert-(v.)

• turn aside 

• The trade, almost stopped by the Mandist Wars, is now largely diverted by railway and steamboat routes.

demise-(n.)

• death

• When Hank met Meredith and fell head over heels in love, he knew their meeting was the demise of his bachelorhood.

remiss-(adj.)

• negligent; careless; lax 

• Blake had become so remiss in his studies that he was now failing all of his classes.

elocution-(n.)

• art of speaking out or reading effectively in public 

• During the play, the actor’s elocution was so magnificent the audience grew bored whenever he was not on stage.

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BY:olivia kenoyer