Latin Stems Flashcards
Word origin
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aud
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aud – “hear”
audio, auditorium, audience, audible, inaudible, audiovisual
2
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bene
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bene – “well” benefactor benevolent beneficial benefit benign benefactress benediction
3
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cand, chand
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cand, chand – “shine” candle chandelier incandescent candelabra candid candidate
4
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cap
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cap – “head” captain capitol capitalize capitulate decapitate per capita captivity
5
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cide
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cide – “cut, kill” Incise Incision Concise Circumcise Excise Fungicide Herbicide Pesticide Insecticide Suicide Homicide genocide
6
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clud, clos, clus
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clud, clos, clus – “shut” close closet disclose enclose foreclose conclude exclude exclusive preclude occlude seclude seclusion recluse
7
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cogn
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cogn – “know” recognize incognito cognizant cognition recognizance
8
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cred
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cred – “trust, believe” credit credible credentials incredible accredited credulous
9
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dent, dont
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dent, dont – “tooth” dentist dentures orthodontist indent
10
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dic, dict
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dic, dict – “speak” dictate diction dictionary predict verdict benediction contradict dedicate edict indict jurisdiction valedictorian dictation
11
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doc
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doc – “teach” documentary indoctrinate doctorate doctor docent docile doctrine
12
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duc, duct
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duc, duct – “lead” abduct conductor deduct aqueduct duct educate educe induct introduction reduce reproduce viaduct
13
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equa, equi
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equa, equi – “equal” equal equality equation equator equity equivalent equilibrium equivocate equidistant equniox
14
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fac, fec
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fac, fec – “do” factory manufacture faculty artefact benefactor confection defect effect facile facilitate facsimile affect
15
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fer
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fer – “carry” ferry transfer prefer reference suffer vociferous inference fertile differ conifer conference circumference
16
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fid
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fid – “trust” fidelity confidant confidence diffident infidelity perfidy affidavit bona fide confidential
17
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fin
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fin – “end” final finale finish infinite definitive
18
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flex, flect
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flex, flect – “bend, curve” flex flexible inflexible deflect reflection inflection circumflex genuflect
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flu
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flu – “flow” fluid fluent influx superfluous affluence confluence fluctuate influence
20
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form
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form – “shape” conform deform formal formality format formation formula informal information malformed platform
21
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grac, grat
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“thankful” grace gratuity gracious retrograde centigrade degraded downgrade digress aggressive congress egress ingress progress regress transgression
22
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ject
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“throw” eject injection interject object objection conjecture abject dejected projection projectile projector reject subjective trajectory
23
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jud
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“judge” judge judgement prejudice judiciary judicial adjudge adjudicate injudicious
24
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junct
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“join” juncture junction injunction conjunction adjunct disjunction
25
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langu, lingu
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“tongue” language bilingual linguistics linguist linguine lingo
26
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li
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“letter” literature illiterate literal literacy obliterate alliteration literary
