1. Start to finish
Root vocabulary Week 10

2. init
Latin- beginning
fin
Latin-end
term
Latin-limit, end

3. Initial
adj) - occurring at the beginning of something
My initial impression of the new principal was not good, but he’s growing on me.

4. Leadership requires real initiative.
(n) - the power or opportunity to do something before others do; the energy and desire that is needed to do something
Leadership requires real initiative.

5. The club will initiate new
(v) - to cause or start the beginning of something; to formally accept a person as a member of a group or organization usually in a special ceremony
The club will initiate new
members on Thursday.

6. The fireworks finale seemed to last for several minutes
(n) - the last part of something such as a musical performance, play, etc.
The fireworks finale seemed to last for several minutes

7. confine
(v) - to keep someone or something within limits; to prevent someone or something from going beyond a particular limit, area, etc.
Police tape will confine the general population to the outside of the area under investigation.

8. We have a finite amount of resources on the earth.
(adj) - having limits or a limited number and/or amount
We have a finite amount of resources on the earth.

9. I couldn't see the bacteria with my eye because it was infinitesimal.
(adj) - extremely small
I couldn't see the bacteria with my eye because it was infinitesimal.

10. If you can’t show up to work on time your boss will terminate you.
(v) - to cause something to end; to end in a particular way or at a particular
place; to take a job away from someone
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If you can’t show up to work on time your boss will terminate you.

11. She was diagnosed with a terminal illness.
(adj) - causing death eventually; leading finally to death
She was diagnosed with a terminal illness.

12. It is important to use terminology when having discussions in science.
(n) - the special words or phrases that are used in a particular field
It is important to use terminology when having discussions in science.