GREEK LATIN WORD STUDY: LESSON 2 – MAYBE YOU’RE JUST BEING NEGATIVE
ROOT
INNOT
IMNOT
IMNOT
IRNOT
ILNOT
OBAGAINST
OPAGAINST
OCAGAINST
OFAGAINST
OAGAINST
EXAMPLES
TEST WORD
MEANING
INNUMERABLE
INDECENT
INCAPABLE
IMMORAL
IMMOBILE
IMMIGRATE
IMPOSSIBLE
IMPARTIAL
IMPASS
IRREVERENT
IRRIGATION
IRREGULAR
ILLEGAL
ILLUMINATE
ILLUSTRATE
OBSERVATION
OBNOXIOUS
OBSOLETE
OPPORTUNITY
OPPRESS
OPPOSITE
OCCASION
OCCUPY
OCCULT
OFFER
OFFENSE
INCAPABLE
BRK:
DEF: NOT HAVING THE POWER TO DO A TASK
IMMIGRATE
BRK:
DEF: TO COME INTO A NEW PLACE OR COUNTRY
TO LIVE
BRK:
DEF: OBSTRUCTION OR OBSTACLE
OFFEND
BRK:
DEF: TO IRRITATE THE FEELING OF ANOTHER
OMISSION
OMIT
BRK:
DEF: TO LEAVE OUT
IMPEDIMENT
IRREMOVABLE
ILLOGICAL
OBJECTION
OPPONENT
OCCUPATION
BRK:
DEF: NOT ABLE TO MOVE FROM ITS CURRENT
PLACE
BRK:
DEF: NOT FOLLOWING THE RULES OF
KNOWLEDGE OR REASONING
BRK:
DEF: SOMETHING SAID IN DISAGREEMENT WITH
ANOTHER PERSON
BRK:
DEF: PERSON ON THE OTHER SIDE IN A CONTEST
OR DEBATE
BRK:
DEF: A PERSON’S USUAL JOB OR BUSINESS
GREEK LATIN WORD STUDY: LESSON 2 – MAYBE YOU’RE JUST BEING NEGATIVE
ROOT
UN- + ADJECTIVE
NOT
UN + VERB
DO THE OPPOSITE
DE- + VERB
REVERSE THE VERB
MISBAD, WRONG
NONNOT (TOTALLY NOT)
ANTIAGAINST
DIS- + VERB
REVERSES THE VERB
NEG-, NENOT, REFUSE
CONTRAAGAINST
COUNTERAGAINST
EXAMPLES
UNCLEAN
UNCOMFORTABLE
UNEASY
UNCOVER
UNLOAD
UNDO
DECELERATE
DEFORM
DESCEND
MISBEHAVE
MISINFORM
MISUNDERSTAND
NONPROFIT
NONPERISHABLE
NONFAT
ANTIDOTE
ANTIBODY
ANTIGRAVITY
DISTEND
DISINTEREST
DISENGAGE
NEGATIVE
NEUTRAL
NEGLECT
CONTRADICT
CONTRARY
CONTRACT
COUNTERATTACK
COUNTERFEIT
COUNTERBALANCE
TEST WORD
MEANING
UNFORTUNATE
BRK:
DEF:UNLUCKY OR NOT FAVORED BY FORTUNE
UNHINGE
BRK:
DEF: TO DISRUPT THE NORMAL ORDER OF
SOMETHING
BRK:
DEF: TO MOVE FROM A HIGHER PLACE TO A
LOWER PLACE
BRK:
DEF: UNLAWFUL ACTIONS BY A PERSON IN THEIR
JOB
BRK:
DEF:BRANCH OF LITERATURE THAT FOCUSES ON
FACT AND REALITY
BRK:
DEF: TO REALIZE BEFOREHAND OR FORESEE
DESCEND
MISCONDUCT
NONFICTION
ANTICIPATE
DISTRACT
NEGATE
CONTRAST
COUNTERPROPOSAL
BRK:
DEF: TO DRAW AWAY THE ATTENTION OF
SOMETHING
BRK:
DEF: TO DENY THE TRUTH OR TO INVALIDATE THE
TRUTH OF SOMETHING
BRK:
DEF: TO COMPARE IN ORDER TO SHOW
DIFFERENCES
BRK:
DEF: A PROPOSAL DESIGNED TO REPLACE THE
PREVIOUS PROPOSAL