STEMS/BASES Flashcards
ALIEN
of another: alienation
ART
art, skill: artifact
FIN
end, limit: finale
FIRM
firm, strong: confirm
FORT
strong: fortitude
GRAND
great: grandiose
GRAV [GRIEV]
heavy: grave, grievance
LINE [LIGN]
line: align
NIHIL/NUL(L)
nothing: nihilism, annul
PART
part: particle, depart
VERB
word, verb: verbatim
VEST
garment: vest, vestment (VESTIG is a completely different base that means “trace”)
CED, CESS
to go, yield: concede, procession
DUC, DUCT
to lead: conduct, induce
JUDIC
judgement: judiciary, adjudicate
JUR, JUST
right, law; take an oath, form an opinion: jury, justice, conjure
LEV
light, to lift: levitate, levity, elevate
LOQU, LOCUT
to speak: loquacious seelie :), elocution
LUD, LUS
to play, mock: ludinus…., delude, illusion
PREC
to request, beg, prayer: precarious
TRUD, TRUS
to push, thrust: protrude, intrusion
VEN, VENT [VENU]
to come: venture, intervene, invention
CRUC
cross: crucify
GREG
flock, herd: congregate, segregate
HAB, AB, (HIB)
to have, hold as customary: habit, inability
PED
foot: pedicure, pedal, pedestrian
PUNG, PUNCT
to prick, point: puncture, punctual
SACR (SECR)
sacred: sacrament
SANCT
holy: sanctify, sanctuary
SENT, SENS
to feel, think: sensation, sentiment, consent
TURB
disturb: turbulent, perturb
VERT, VERS
to turn: revert, aversion, versatile
VI(A)
way, road: previous
CLUD, CLUS [CLOS]
to shut: exclude, disclose
CUR(R), CURS, [COURS], [COR(S)]
to run, go: current, excursion
GRAD, GRESS
to step, go: regress, graduate
PEND, PENS
to hang, weigh, pay: depend, suspend, expense
PLE, PLET, PLEN
to fill, full: plentiful, complete, implement
SPEC, (SPIC), SPECT
to look: specimen, specter, spectacle
UND, [OUND]
wave: undulate, abundant, abound
VID, VIS, [VIEW]
to see: evident, visual, vista
VOC, VOK
voice, to call: invoke, vocal