| Flashcards: Latin Derivatives |
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sordid
1. mean, morally base. 2. dirty, filthy, squalid
If people in mansions and people in sordid housing projects ever truly became friends, surely the latter residences would disappear.
Related English words: sordidness
Latin root words: sordidus, sordida, sordidum - dirty; sordes, sordis, f. - dirt; sordeo, sordere - to be dirty
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