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Word Roots 2: Beginner-roots FIN, SED, FER, all 12 words — myVocabulary.com

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Directions:

The Latin roots are: FIN = end; SED, SID, SESS = sit, be still; FER = bear, carry, yield, bring.

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Clue:

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Vocabulary Word List:

The Latin roots: FIN = end; SED, SID, SESS = sit, be still; FER = bear, carry, yield, bring.

Beginner words: conference, definition, finance, indifferently, possess, presidency, referee, refine, resident, subside, transfer, unfinished

Intermediate words: circumference, confinement, fertilize, finality, inference, infinite, obsession, refer, refinery, residential, sedate, supersede

Advanced words: affinity, assiduous, conferred, deferential, definitive, dissident, finesse, infinitesimal, insidious, insufferable, sedentary, vociferous

1) The act of making distinct, clear or precise; the formal statement of the meaning of a word (noun)

2) The office, function or term of the highest administrative office (noun)

3) To convey or remove from one place, person or position to another (verb)

4) To supply with money or capital; to obtain money or credit for (verb)

5) To sink to a low or lower level; to become quiet, less active or less violent (verb)

6) An arbitrator; judge; one to whom something is given or assigned (for a settlement or decision) (noun)

7) Not brought to an end; incomplete or unaccomplished; lacking some special surface treatment, as polish or paint (adjective)

8) To have as belonging to oneself (a faculty, quality, etc.); to have as property; to own (verb)

9) Meeting for consultation or discussion; a league; convention (noun)

10) A person who lives or dwells permanently or for a considerable time in a place (noun)

11) To bring to a pure state; to purify; to become more elegant or polished (verb)

12) Approaching without interest or concern; not caring; apathetically; having no bias or preference (adverb)