词根学习笔记(8)| DUC\DUCT, SEQU

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词根学习笔记(8)| DUC\DUCT, SEQU

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DUC/DUCT, from the Latin verb ducere, "to lead", shows up regularly in English. Duck means basically "leader". Such words as produce and reduce also contain the root, even though their meanings show it less clearly.

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1-conducive

Tending to promote, encourage, or assist; helpful.

# She found the atmosphere in the quiet cafe conducive to study and even to creative thinking.

2-deduction

(1) Subtraction;

(2) The reaching of a conclusion by reasoning.

# Foretelling the future by deduction based on a political or economic theory has proved to be extremely difficult.

3-induce

(1) Persuade; influence;

(2) Bring about.

# To induce him to make the call we had to promise we wouldn't do it again.

4-seduction

(1) Temptation to sin, especially temptation to sexual intercourse;

(2) Attraction to charm.

# The company began its campaign of deduction of the smaller firm by inviting its top management to a series of weekends at expensive resorts.

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SEQU comes from the Latin verb sequi, meaning "to follow".  A sequel follows the original novel, film or television show.

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1-sequential

(1) Arranged in order or in a series;

(2) Following in a series.

# In writing the history of the revolution, his challenge was to put all the events of those fateful days in proper sequential order.

2-subsequent

Following in time, order or place; later.

# Through all her subsequent love affairs, she never stopped thinking about the man who got away.

3-consequential

(1) Resulting;

(2) Important.

# None of our discussions this far has been very consequential; next week's meeting will be the important one.

4- non sequitur

A statement that doesn't follow logically from anything previously said.

# Rattled by the question, his mind went blank, and he blurted out a non sequitur that fetched a few laughs from members of the audience.