Similar Roots Flashcards

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Acer = sharp

A
Acerb - acerbic
Edge
Acrimony
Acrid
Acumen
Acidulous
Acid
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Capere = to take

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Perceive, perception
Receive, receipt, reception 
Deceive, deceit, deceptive
Conceive, conceit, concept
Capture, captive
Prince, principle, principal = primus + capere
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Cedere = to yield
Withdraw
To go

Cede

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Concede
Recede
Cede
Proceed, precede, precedent
procedure
Accede
Exceed
Intercede
Cease
Decease
Predecessor
Ancestor
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Calamare = to cry out, to shout

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Acclaim
Exclaim
Declaim
Claim
Clamor, clamorous 
Proclaim
Intercalate
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Dicere = to say, to decide
dicare to proclaim

Latin

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Indicate
Diction
Dedicate
Predicate
Predict
Dictate
Judge from judicere
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Ducere= to lead

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Introduce
Produce
Reduce
Subdue
Conduce
Induce
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Ferre = to carry

Latus past participle of ferre

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Infer
Refer
Defer
Confer
Prefer
Interfere

Relate
Translate
Tolerate

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Faire = to do

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Feasible

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Fidere = to trust

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Confide,
Confidence, confident
Diffidence, diffident

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Jacere = to throw

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Dejection, Dejected
Eject
Reject
Interject 
Subject
Object
Conjecture
Project
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10
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Fundere = to pour
Fundus = bottom
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Confuse - confound
Profuse - profound
Defuse

Not =
Seems refuse and refound are not of this root type.

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11
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Nuntiare = to report

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Announce
Pronounce
Denounce

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12
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Plenus, plethin = to be full

Plete

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Complete
Replete
Deplete

Plenty
Replenish
Plenary

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13
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ponere = to put

Pose
Pound

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Suppose, presuppose 
Impose
Expose
Dispose, predispose, disposal
Position
Compose, compound, composure 
Purpose
propose, propound
Interpose

Repose is from pausare: to stop

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13
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Putare = to consider, to think

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Depute - deputy
Impute
Repute - reputation
Compute - computer 
Count >> counter >> compute >> putare
Putative
Dispute
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Quaerere= to seek, obtain

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Acquire, acquisition 
Conquer, conquest
Inquire
Query
Question
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Regere = to lead straight

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Rectify, rectitude 
Correct
Erect
Right
Derogate, derogatory
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Sequi = to follow

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Sequence
Consequence
Subsequent
Sequester

17
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Specere = to look

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Respect
Aspect
Inspect
Prospect
Speculate
Spectacle
Spectacular
Specular
Speculum
Spectator
Spector
Spectrum, spectro- like in spectroscopy

Spy

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Stare = to stand

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Insist 
Persist
Resist
Consist
Desist
Exist
Subsist
19
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Servare = to keep, to guard

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Observe
Conserve
Deserve
Preserve
Serve 
Reserve
21
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Spirare = to breath, to blow

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Inspire
Expire
Respire, respiration
Spirit, spiritual
Conspire
22
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Stringere = to bind tight, to press together

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Strict - strain
Constrict - constrain
Restrict - restrain

23
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Trahere

Latin
Tract

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Attract, attractive
Distract
Contract
Abstract
Retract
Retreat
Protract
Extract
Tractor
24
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Sumere = to take up

Sub-up + emere-to take

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Assume
Consume
Subsume
Resume
Presume - presumption
25
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Tendere = to stretch

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Attend - attendant
Intend - intent
Contend
Tend
Pretend
Tenor
Portent - portentous
27
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Venire = to come

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Invent
Convent, convention
Prevent
Circumvent
Revenant 
Avenue
Revenue
Venture 
Advent - adventure
Event
Intervene - intervention
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Vertere= to turn

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Pervert, perverse
Revert, reverse
Convert, converse
Divert, diverse
Advert, adverse
Verse
Versus
Universe
-ward e.g. Toward, leftward, forward, froward
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Tenere = to hold

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Contain
Obtain
Retain
Abstain
Tenacious - tenacity
Pertinacious - pertinacity