Wordlist #27: Common Latin Verbal & Adjectival Roots

Question 1

AG-/ACT-

Answer 1

to do, to drive, to act [verb]

Question 2

BREV-

Answer 2

short [adjective]

Question 3

CAD-/-CID-/CAS-

Answer 3

to fall, to befall [verb]

Question 4

CAL-

Answer 4

to be warm [verb]

Question 5

CED-/CESS-

Answer 5

to go, to yield

Question 6

CRE-/CRESC-/CRET-

Answer 6

to grow [verb]

Question 7

DORM-/DORMIT-

Answer 7

to sleep [verb]

Question 8

DUR-

Answer 8

hard, dura mater [adjective]

Question 9

FAC-/-FIC-/FACT-/-FECT-

Answer 9

to make, to do [verb]

Question 10

GER-/GEST-

Answer 10

to carry, to bear [verb]

Question 11

LAT-

Answer 11

to bear, to carry, to produce [verb]

Question 12

LONG-

Answer 12

long [adjective]

Question 13

MAL(E)-

Answer 13

bad [adjective]

Question 14

NUD-

Answer 14

naked [adjective]

Question 15

PAR-

Answer 15

equal [adjective]

Question 16

PATI-/PASS-

Answer 16

to endure, to suffer [verb]

Question 17

PLAN-

Answer 17

flat [adjective]

Question 18

PLUR-

Answer 18

more, many [adjective]

Question 19

POT-

Answer 19

to be powerful [verb]

Question 20

PROPRI-

Answer 20

one’s own [adjective]

Question 21

PROXIM-

Answer 21

near, nearest [adjective]

Question 22

RECT-

Answer 22

straight, also rectum [adjective]

Question 23

REG-/RECT-/-RIG-

Answer 23

to make straight, to rule [verb]

Question 24

SCRIB-/SCRIPT-

Answer 24

to write [verb]

Question 25

SENS-/SENT-

Answer 25

to feel, to cause pain [verb]

Question 26

SICC-

Answer 26

dry [adjective]

Question 27

STA(T)-

Answer 27

to stand [verb]

Question 28

TANG-/TIG-/TACT-/-TING-

Answer 28

to touch [verb]

Question 29

VARIC-

Answer 29

twisted and swollen [adjective]