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NCEE/SAT Words

NCEE/SAT Words. Week 8. CRED vs. FID CRED - = to believe, trust (from Latin credere = to trust, believe) FID - = faith (from Latin fidus = faith, trust). Examples : cred it cred ence = mental acceptance as true or real creed = a statement of essential beliefs

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NCEE/SAT Words

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  1. NCEE/SAT Words Week 8

  2. CRED vs. FID CRED- = to believe, trust (from Latin credere = to trust, believe) FID- = faith (from Latin fidus = faith, trust)

  3. Examples: credit credence = mental acceptance as true or real creed = a statement of essential beliefs credo = creed (literally, “I believe” in Latin) credential = documents that prove a person’s title to credit or confidence bona fide = made or carried out in good faith (literally, “in good faith” in Latin) fiduciary = holding in trust for another

  4. TEN vs. TEND TEN- / TIN- / TENT- [also TAIN] = to hold (from Latin tenere = to hold, keep) TEND- / TENS- / TENT- = to stretch (from Latin tendere = to stretch)

  5. Examples: tenure = the act or right of holding something tenacious = not easily pulled apart tenable = capable of being held or defended tendency = propensity towards a type of action or thought tend = to have a tendency tender = an offer of money in payment of a debt tendril = a leaf or stem modified into a slender spirally coiling sensitive organ to attach a plant to its support tendon = a tough cord or band of fibrous tissue connecting a muscle to another part tense = stretched tight tensile = capable of being stretched tension = the act of stretching tent = a collapsible shelter made from material that stretches and is held in place by poles tentacle = a long flexible extension from the head or mouth of an animal

  6. LEG LEG- / LIG- / LECT- = choose, gather; read; law; bind (from Latin legere = to pick, choose, read; lex = law; ligare = to bind)

  7. elegant = pleasingly graceful and stylish in appearance (literally, “out of choice” from Latin ex+legere) legation = a diplomatic minister legion = a body of soldiers legible / illegible = (un)able to be read or understood lectern = a stand from which someone can read lecture = an educational talk to an audience legal / illegal = (not) allowed by law legitimate = conforming to the law ligature = something used for tying or binding ligament = a band of tough connective tissue connecting two bones or cartilage at a joint

  8. PON vs. HER PON- / POS- / POSIT- = put, place (from Latin ponere = to put, place) HER- / HES- = to stick, cling (to) (from Latin haerere = to stick, cling)

  9. Examples: position posit = to assume as a fact, put forward as a basis of argument positive coherent = logical or consistent, able to speak clearly (literally, “to stick together” from Latin cum+haerere) adhere = to stick to, believe in and follow a practice (literally, “to stick to” from Latin ad+haerere) adhesive = literally, “to stick to” from Latin ad+haerere cohesive = the act or process of sticking together (literally, “to stick together” from Latin cum+haerere)

  10. GRAD vs. MIGR GRAD- / GRED- / GRESS- = step (from Latin gredi = to step) MIGR- / MIGRAT = move, travel (from Latin migrare = to move)

  11. Examples: gradient = the degree of a slope grade = a level of rank, arranged or sorted gradualism = the policy of moving very slowly towards a goal migratory = tendency to move around migrant = a person who moves from one place to another

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