Latin Roots #6

Roots and Derivatives
 Corp(or): body, corpse

Cred: to believe, to trust, credo

Cur(r), Curs, course: to run, to flow, current

Dic(t): to speak, to say, diction

Word List

Benediction: the invocation of a divine blessing, as at the close of a religious service; a blessing or state of blessedness. / I received a benediction before the big game.

Concourse: a running or flowing together; a broad public walkway or hallway; a crowd or throng./ Women stare at me whenever I walk through the concourse.

Concurrent: occuring at the same time; meeting or acting together./  My game is concurrent with my mock trial practice.

Corporal: related to the physical body./ I have a corporal bruise on my left thigh.

Corpulent: very stout; fleshy and obese; fat./ My cousin has a thing for corpulent women.

Credibility: the quality of being believable or trustworthy./ I have an immense amount of credibility among my friends.

Credulity: the (naive) willingness to believe too easily without proof./ In sixth grade I suffered from credulity as I believed everything I saw on the internet.

Cursory: done in a superficial or hasty manner./ Girls at my school cursedly whip their hair towards me.

Dictum: an authoritative saying  or maxim./ God has the final dictum on many of the worlds religions.

Incorporate: to form into one body or fuctioning unit; to combine several different things into a whole./ I try to incorporate nonviolence in my lifestyle.

Incredulous: not believing, skeptical, or doubting./ My mom is incredulous about whatever I do she doesn't fully trust me.

Indicative: characteristic of or very much like; suggestive./ I have an indicative ideas as I always suggest to my friends how to handle a situation.