NCEE/SAT Vocab

Week 7

PEND- / PENS- = hang (from Latin pendere = to hang)PEND- / PENS- / POND- = weigh (from Latin pendere = to weigh, pondus = weight)PEND- / PENS- = pay (from Latin pendere = to pay)

Examples: pendulous = suspended so as to swing freelypensive = thoughtful ponderous = very weightypound = unit of weight compensate = make amends or make equal to (literally, “to pay together” from Latin cum+pendere)expensive = costing a lot (literally, “paying out” from Latin ex+pendere)

QUER vs. ROGA vs. QUERIQUER- / QUEST- / QUIS- / QUIR- = seek, ask (from Latin quaerere = to ask)ROGA- = ask (from Latin rogare = to ask)QUERI- / QUERU- = complain (from Latin queri = to complain)

Examples: query = to questionquestionquestinquest = literally, “to seek in” from Latin in+quaerereacquire, acquisition = literally, “to seek to” from Latin ad+quaerere interrogative = a pronoun or adjective that is used to ask a question (literally, “to ask among” from Latin inter+rogare) querimonious = prone to complaintsquerulous = habitually complaining

PET vs. PUTPET = to seek, ask, beg (from Latin petere = to seek, ask for, beg)PUT = to think (from Latin putare = to think)

Examples: petition = a formal requestpetulant = characterized by temporary or capricious ill humor putative = commonly accepted or thought to exist

PECU vs. PRECI vs. PRECAPECU- = one’s own, private property; money (from Latin pecunia = money)PRECI- = price, value (from Latin pretium = price)PRECA- = pray (from Latin precari = to pray, beg)

ARBITR vs. JURARBITR- = to think (from Latin arbitrari = to think)JUR- / JUST- /JUD- = law, right (from Latin ius = law, right; iurare = to judge)

Examples: arbitrary = depending on choice or discretion rather than defined by lawarbitrate = to judge, decidearbiter = judge, decider jury = a collection of peers tasked to judge a court casejurist = a member of a juryjustice = what is right, lawfuljudicial = pertaining to the law