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alt
high
altitude–height
alto–highest singing voice
act, ag
do, act, drive
activate–to make active
agile–having quick motion
alter, altr,
other, change
alternative–choice among two things
altruism–living for the good of others
am, ami
love, friend
amiable–good-natured
amity–friendship
anim
mind, spirit
animated–spirited
animosity–violent hatred
annu, enni
year
annual–every year
centennial–every hundred years
aqua
water
aquarium–tank for water animals and plants
aquamarine–semiprecious stone of sea-green color
arch
first, ruler
archenemy–chief enemy
archetype–original pattern from which things are copied
aud, audit
hear
audible–capable of being heard
audience–assembly of hearers
auto
self
automatic–self-acting
autobiography–story about a person who also wrote it
bell
war
belligerent–a party taking part in a war
bellicose–war-like
ben, bene
good
benign–kindly disposition
beneficial–advantageous
bio
life
biotic–relating to life
biology–the science of life
brev
short
abbreviate–make shorter
brevity–shortness
cad, cas
fall
cadence–fall in voice
casualty–loss caused by death, injury, or illness
capit, cap
head
captain–the head or chief
decapitate–to cut off the head
cede, ceed, cess
to go, to yield
recede–to move or fall back
proceed–to move onward
cent
hundred
century–hundred years
centipede–insect with a hundred legs
chron
time
chronology–science dealing with historic dates
chronicle–register of events in order of time
cide, cis
to kill, to cut
homicide–the killing of one human being by another
incision–a cut
clam, claim
to shout
acclaim–receive with applause
proclamation–a public announcement
cogn
to know
recognize–to know again
cognition–awareness
corp
body
incorporate–combine into one body
corpse–dead body
cred
to trust, to believe
incredible–unbelievable
credulous–too prone to believe
cur, curr, curs
to run
current–flowing body of air or water
excursion–short trip
dem
people
democracy–government by the people
epidemic–affecting all people
dic, dict
to say
dictate–to read aloud for another to transcribe
verdict–decision of a jury
doc, doct
to teach
docile–easily instructed
indoctrinate–to instruct
domin
to rule
dominate–to rule
dominion–territory of rule
duc, duct
to lead
conduct–act of guiding
induce–to overcome by persuasion
eu
well, good
eulogy–speech or writing in praise
euphony–pleasantness or smoothness of sound
fac, fact, fect, fic
to do, to make
factory–location of production
fiction–something invented or imagined
fer
to bear, to carry
transfer–to move from one place to another
refer–to direct to
fin
end, limit
infinity–unlimited
finite–limited in quantity
flect, flex
to bend
flexible–easily bent
reflect–to throw back
fort
luck//strong
fortunate--lucky fortuitous--happening by chance // fortify--strengthen fortress--stronghold
frag, fract
break
fragile–easily broken
fracture–break
fug
flee
fugitive–fleeing
refugee–one who flees to a place of safety
gen
class, race
engender–to breed
generic–of a general nature in regard to all members
grad, gress
to go, to step
regress–to go back
graduate–to divide into regular steps
graph
writing
telegram–message sent by telegraph
autograph–person’s own handwriting or signature
ject
to throw
projectile–capable of being thrown
reject–to throw away
leg
law
legitimate–lawful
legal–defined by law
leg, lig, lect
to choose, gather, read
illegible–incapable of being read
election–the act of choosing
lecture–a prepared speech read to several people
liber
free
liberal–favoring freedom of ideas
liberty–freedom from restraint
log
study, speech
archaeology–study of human antiquities
prologue–address spoken before a performance
luc, lum
light
translucent–slightly transparent
illuminate–to light up
magn
large, great
magnify–to make larger
magnificent–great
mal, male
bad, wrong
malfunction–to operate incorrectly
malevolent–evil
mar
sea
marine–pertaining to the sea
submarine–below the surface of the sea
mater, matr
mother
maternal–motherly
matriarch–female head of family or group
mit, miss
to send
transmit–to send from one person or place to another
mission–the act of sending
morph
shape
metamorphosis–a changing in shape
anthropomorphic–having a human shape
mut
change
mutable–subject to change
mutate–to change
nat
born
innate–inborn
native–a person born in a place
neg
deny
negative–expressing denial
renege–to deny
nom
name
nominate–to put forward a name
anonymous–no name given
nov
new
novel–new
renovate–to make as good as new
omni
all
omnipotent–all powerful
omnipresent–all present
oper
to work
operate–to work on something
cooperate–to work with others
pass, path
to feel
pathetic–affecting the tender emotions
passionate–moved by strong emotion
pater, part
father
paternal–fatherly
patriarch–male head of family or group
ped, pod
foot
pedestrian–one who travels on foot
podiatrist–foot doctor
pel, puls
to drive, to push
impel–to drive forward
compulsion–irresistible force
phil
love
philharmonic–fond of or devoted to music
philanthropist–one who loves and seeks to do good for others
port
carry
export–to carry out of the country
portable–able to be carried
psych
mind
psychology–study of the mind
psychiatrist–specialist in mental disorders
quer, ques, quir, quis
to ask
inquiry–to ask about
question–that which is asked
rid, ris
to laugh
ridiculous–laughable
derision–to mock
rupt
to break
interrupt–to break in upon
erupt–to break through
sci
to know
science–systematic knowledge of physical or natural phenomena
conscious–having inward knowledge
scrib, script
to write
transcribe–to write over again
script–text of words
sent, sens
to feel, to think
sentimental–expressive or appealing to tender feelings
sensitive–easily affected by changes
sequ, secut
to follow
sequence–connected series
consecutive–following one another in unbroken order
solv, solu, solut
to loosen
dissolve–to break up
absolute–without restraint
spect
to look at
spectator–one who watches
inspect–to look at closely
spir
to breathe
inspire–to breathe in
respiration–process of breathing
string, strict
to bind
stringent–binding strongly
restrict–to restrain within bounds
stru, struct
to build
misconstrue–to interpret wrongly
construct–to build
tang, ting, tack, tig
to touch
tangent–touching, but not intersecting
contact–touching
ten, tent, tain
to hold
tenure–holding of office
contain–to hold
term
to end
terminate–to end
terminal–having an end
terr
earth
terrain–tract of land
terrestrial–existing on Earth
therm
heat
thermal–pertaining to heat
thermometer–instrument for measuring temperature
tort, tors
to twist
contortionist–one who twists violently
torsion–act of turning or twisting
tract
to pull, to draw
attract–draw toward
distract–to draw away
vac
empty
vacant–empty
evacuate–to empty out
ven, vent
to come
prevent–to stop from coming
intervene–to come between
ver
true
verify–to prove to be true
veracious–truthful
verb
word
verbose–use of excess words
verbatim–word for word
vid, vis
to see
video–picture phase of television
vision–act of seeing external objects
vinc, vict, vang
to conquer
invincible–unconquerable
victory–defeat of enemy
viv, vit
life
vital–necessary to life
vivacious–lively
voc
to call
provocative–serving to excite or stimulate to action
vocal–uttered by voice
vol
to wish, to will
involuntary–outside the control of will
volition–the act of willing or choosing
