Classical Roots Ch.11

TRANS

1000

Transgress

To go beyond or over set limits; to break a rule.

2000

Transitory

Lasting for only a short while

3000

Transitive 

Describing an action carried from subject to verb to object; needing a direct object to complete the meaning of the verb.

4000

Translucent 

Permitting light to pass through, but not transparent.

5000

What is the root of TRANS?

<L. "across"

Definition

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Ambience 

Environment; the surrounding atmosphere. 

2000

Obituary

Notice of a death with biographical information.

3000

Transient

1. Passing quickly; transitory.

2. Staying only a short stay.

3. A person or thing having a short stay.

4000

Straying from what is normal or accepted.

Aberration

5000

Irregular or inconsistent in movement, habit, quality, or ideas.

Erratic

Sentance or Definition

1000

An incident in a persons life or in a story or play

Episode

2000

1. Mass departure or emigration

2. The departure of the Israelites from Egypt with their leader Moses.

Exodus

3000

What is the root of EO,IRE,IVI,ITUM?

<L. "to go"

4000

According to the Bible, Adam and eve __________ Gods, commandment when they ate fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Transgress

5000

Transitory

In comedy, problems are transitory misfortune ends and conflicts are resolved.

Sentance 1

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Sunlight through the ________ stained glass windows made colorful designs on the white walls.

Translucent

2000

The following sentence contains a ______ verb: " the tornado destroyed the town."

Transitive

3000

Many writers have described the ________ of Venice : its candals and gondolas, its squares and palaces.

Ambience

4000

The ________ of Harriet Beecher Stowe included mention of he nine children and her novel Uncle Toms Cabin.

Obituary

5000

1. Summer vacations are all too ______.

2. Youth hostels cater to ______ guests. 

3. Canada geese are only ______ in the Midwest, resting on their migration to the north. 

Transient

Sentance 2

1000

Their fourth daughter became an lawyer, an ______ in this family of doctors.

Aberration

2000

Because Alice meets so many strange characters like the Queen of Hearts and The Mad Hatter, her journey through Wonderland is highly ____.

Erratic

3000

The _____ in The Secret Garden where lonely Mary Lennox discovers a hidden garden garden begins a story of friendship, believable magic, and the will to live. 

Episode

4000

1. The Spanish Civil War in the 1930s caused an _____ of refugees escaping to France. 

2.The second book of the Bible tells the story of the ______ from Egypt to the promised land of Canaan.

Exodus

5000

What is the root of ERRO, ERRARE, ERRAVI, ERRATUM?

<L. "to wander"