Etymological root

iacere

Latin

# iacere

**Type:** Etymological root
**Language:** Latin
**Slug:** iacere

## Words From This Root
- dejected - sad and dispirited; low in spirits
- dejection - a state of low spirits or melancholy
- gist - the central or essential meaning of a speech or text
- conject - to conjecture or guess; to surmise (archaic)
- conjectural - based on incomplete information; involving guesswork
- deject - to cast down in spirits; to dishearten
- eject - to force out or expel suddenly; to bail out of an aircraft
- jut - to extend or project sharply beyond a surface
- projectile - an object propelled through the air, especially as a weapon
- abjection - a state of misery, degradation, or low condition
- adjectival - relating to or functioning as an adjective
- interjectory - of the nature of an interjection; thrown in parenthetically
- jutting - projecting or sticking out abruptly
- objectivity - the quality of judging fairly, free from personal bias or feeling
- objector - a person who expresses opposition or dissent to something
- subjective - based on personal feelings or opinions rather than fact
- trajectory - the curved path of a moving object; a course of development

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Words from this root(17)

/dɪˈdʒɛktɪd/ sad and dispirited; low in spirits Meaning Off Sound Off

/dɪˈdʒɛkʃən/ a state of low spirits or melancholy Meaning Off Sound Off

/dʒɪst/ the central or essential meaning of a speech or text Meaning Off Sound Off

/kənˈdʒɛkt/ to conjecture or guess; to surmise (archaic) Meaning Off Sound Off

conjectural C2+

/kənˈdʒɛktʃərəl/ based on incomplete information; involving guesswork Meaning Off Sound Off

/dɪˈdʒɛkt/ to cast down in spirits; to dishearten Meaning Off Sound Off

/ɪˈdʒɛkt/ to force out or expel suddenly; to bail out of an aircraft Meaning Off Sound Off

/dʒʌt/ to extend or project sharply beyond a surface Meaning Off Sound Off

/prəˈdʒɛktl/ an object propelled through the air, especially as a weapon Meaning Off Sound Off

/æbˈdʒɛkʃən/ a state of misery, degradation, or low condition Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˌædʒɪkˈtaɪvəl/ relating to or functioning as an adjective Meaning Off Sound Off

interjectory C2+

/ˌɪntɚˈdʒɛktəri/ of the nature of an interjection; thrown in parenthetically Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈdʒʌtɪŋ/ projecting or sticking out abruptly Meaning Off Sound Off

objectivity C2+

/ˌɑbdʒɛkˈtɪvɪti/ the quality of judging fairly, free from personal bias or feeling Meaning Off Sound Off

/əbˈdʒɛktɚ/ a person who expresses opposition or dissent to something Meaning Off Sound Off

/səbˈdʒɛktɪv/ based on personal feelings or opinions rather than fact Meaning Off Sound Off

/trəˈdʒɛktəri/ the curved path of a moving object; a course of development Meaning Off Sound Off

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