If the grandeur of Greek and the glory of Latin roots aren't inspiring enough, you may have just as much success merging ordinary words together.
Other terms suggested: "Shade," "Edge, You will notice, San Francisco, a trend called Mounting Polysyllabism, which culminates in the trio of Latin-root rhymers, "Annihilate," "Obliterate," and "Humiliate".
Soon you will know all of the Latin root words, and have a big pile of flashcards.
Elsewhere he writes: "Mediocrity and media, it should be remembered, are cognates of the same Latin root.... Clay should be regarded as the first made-for-TV boxing idol.
Whatever may be the legal meaning of detainee, first cited in 1928, the Latin root of detain is tenere, "to hold," and the verb means "to hold temporarily, usually in an emergency," a far cry from "imprison," which connotes longer or more severe confinement.
For instance, a specific variety of animal's common name may be derived from the Latin root of its its family name - geckos (members of Family Gekkonidae) are named this way.
John Smith's leadership of Jamestown, the French Revolution and, as a bonus, the Latin root of "secular".
As McDonough notes, the Latin root of the term competition is 'competere': meaning, to "strive together".
The low Latin root of the French word travail is tripalium, an instrument sometimes used for torture.
