Latin Roots #5

1. cent(i)-hundred
2. cid(e)-cut, kill
3. clam, claim-cry out, declare
4. cord, cour-heart

Word List

1. bicentennial-(related to) a celebration of a two hundredth anniversary. Mexico celebrated their bicentennial by throwing a big party.
2. centenarian-a person who has lived to be one hundred years old. My neighbor turned to a centurion last week.
3. centurion-a Roman officer commanding one hundred men. The centurion had to be a strong, intelligent man.
4. clamorous-noisily complaining. The class was clamorous when the teacher assigned work. 
5. concise-covering much in few words. The best plays are usually written in concise.
6. concordance-a condition of harmony or agreement. Finally the landowners and the workers came to a concordance.
7. cordial-warm and friendly. My friend gave me a cordial invitation to her party.
8. discordant-(sounding) harsh or inharmonious; clashing. You can here the discordant argument outside my house.
9. genocide-extermination of an ethnic group. Hitler used genocide on the Jews.
10. incisive--keenly penetrating; cutting into. The edge of the table was incisive to me.
11. proclamation-an official statement or announcement that informs or honors. After the women gave her proclamation she let us get back to work.
12. reclaim--to claim again. The airline lady reclaimed the passengers' ticket.

. reincarnation- a thing that is reborn, or comes back into being, although perhaps in a different (bodily) form