Flashcards: Latin Derivatives
extricate

 

to free from entanglement, disentangle

 

To Br'er Fox's chagrin, Br'er Rabbit easily extricated himself from the briars.

 

Related English words: extricable, extrication

 

Latin root words: extrico, extricare, extricavi, extricatus - disentangle, free; tricae, tricarum, f. - trifles; perplexities 

 

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