LATIN ROOTS
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ROOT
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MEANING
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EXAMPLES
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ac, acr
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sour, sharp
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acute, acrid, acumen,
acrimonious
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aero
|
air
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aerodynamics, aerodyne,
aerosol
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ag, act
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do, drive, move, impel
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agile, agent, act, agenda,
reaction
|
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agr
|
field
|
agriculture, agrarian,
agronomy
|
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alb
|
white
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albino, albinism, albedo
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ali
|
other
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alien, alibi, alias
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alt
|
high
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altitude, altimeter,
alto
|
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alter
|
other, change
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alter, alternate, alternant
|
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ambul
|
walk
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ambulatory, ambulant
|
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amic, am
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love, friend
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amity, amatory, amicable
|
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ampli
|
large
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ampliation, ample, amplification
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anim
|
mind, soul, spirit
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animate, animosity, magnanimity
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ani, enni
|
year
|
annals, anniversary,
perennial
|
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apt, ept
|
adjust, fit
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adapt, aptitude, inept
|
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api
|
bee
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apiary, apian, apiarist
|
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aqu
|
water
|
aquatic, aquarium, aqueduct
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arm
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arm, weapon
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army, disarming, armory,
armament
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art
|
skill, craft, art
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artisan, artful, artificial
|
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aud, audit
|
hear
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audible, audience, auditorium
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aug
|
increase
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augment, augmentative
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aur
|
gold
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aureate, aureole, auriferious
|
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avi
|
bird
|
aviary, aviatrix, aviculture
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bel, bell
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war
|
bellicose, belligerent,
rebel
|
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bene, ben
|
well, good
|
benefit, benefactor,
benediction
|
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brev
|
short, brief
|
brevity, abbreviate,
abridge
|
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bull
|
boil
|
ebullient, ebullition
|
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cand
|
white, glowing
|
incandescent, candle,
candent
|
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cant
|
sing
|
cantation, cantata, cantilate
|
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cap, capt, cept, cip
|
take
|
capable, capacity, captious,
reception, anticipate
|
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capit
|
head
|
capital, decapitate,
per capita
|
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carn
|
meat, flesh
|
incarnate, carnal, carnivorous
|
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ced, ceed, cess
|
move, yield, go
|
recede, proceed, concession
|
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cent
|
hundred
|
century, centennial,
centipede
|
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cern, cert
|
perceive, separate, decide
|
discern, ascertain, certify
|
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cid, dis
|
cut, kill
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incision, homocide, fratricide
|
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cit
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summon, impel
|
excite, citation, incite
|
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civ
|
citizen, city
|
civilian, civic, civilize,
civility
|
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clam, claim
|
shout, cry
|
clamor, proclaim, exclamation
|
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clar
|
clear
|
clarify, clarity, clarinet,
declare
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clin
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bend, lean
|
decline, declension,
inclination
|
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clud, clus, clau, clos
|
shut, close
|
conclude, closet, occlude,
exclusion, claustrophobia
|
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cogn
|
know, be acquainted
|
incognito, recognize,
cognizant
|
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commun
|
common
|
community, communion,
communication
|
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copi, op
|
abundance, wealth
|
copious, opulent
|
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cord
|
heart
|
cordial, discord, accord,
concord
|
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corn
|
horn, point
|
cornucopia, cornea, corniculate
|
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corp
|
body
|
corpuscle, corporation,
corpulent
|
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cred
|
belief, trust
|
credible, credulous,
credit
|
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cresc, cret
|
rise, grow
|
crescent, concrete, accretion
|
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cruc
|
cross
|
crucifixion, crucifer,
cruciform
|
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culp
|
fault, blame
|
culpable, culprit, exculpate
|
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cupr
|
copper
|
cupreous, cuprous, cupric
|
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cur
|
care, care for
|
accurate, security, curator
|
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cur, curr, curs
|
run, cours
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curriculum, concur, recurrent
|
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dec
|
ten
|
decimal, decimate, decennial
|
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dent
|
tooth
|
dentist, denture, indent
|
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dict
|
say, speak, word
|
diction, contradict,
abdicate
|
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digit
|
finger
|
digitate, digitigrade,
digital
|
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dign
|
worth, worthy
|
dignify, indignity, condign
|
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doc, doct
|
teach, prove
|
docile, doctrine, indoctrinate
|
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domin
|
master
|
dominate, domain, predominant
|
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dorm
|
sleep
|
dormant, dormitory, dormer
|
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du
|
two
|
duel, duet, duplicate
|
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duc, duct
|
lead
|
adduce, seduce, abduct,
education
|
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dur
|
hard, lasting
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durable, objurate, duration
|
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ego
|
I, self
|
egotist, egoist, egocentric
|
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equi, equ
|
equal
|
equality, equity, equinox
|
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err
|
wander
|
errata, erratic, aberration
|
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ev
|
time, age
|
medieval, longevity,
primeval
|
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fabul
|
story
|
fable, fabulous, fabliau
|
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fac, fact, fec, fic
|
do, make, put
|
facile, facsimile, calefacient,
defect, efficacious, factotem
|
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fer
|
bear, yield, carry
|
confer, defer, offer,
fertile
|
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ferv
|
boil, bubble
|
fervor, perfervid, effervescent
|
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fid
|
belief, faith
|
fidelity, perfidious,
infidel
|
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fin
|
end, limit
|
final, infinite, definitive
|
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firm
|
strong, steadfast
|
confirm, firmament, infirmary,
affirm
|
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flor
|
flower
|
floral, florid, florescence,
flourish
|
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flext, flex
|
bend, twist
|
flexible, circumflex,
genuflect
|
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flu, fluct
|
flow
|
influence, flux, superfluous
|
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foli
|
leaf
|
foliate, foliage, foliaceous
|
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form
|
form, shape
|
conform, uniform, reformation
|
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fort
|
strong
|
fortify, fortitude, effort,
force
|
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frag, fract
|
break
|
fragile, fragment, fraction,
refract
|
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frat
|
brother
|
fraternity, fraternize,
fratricide
|
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fund, fus
|
pour, melt
|
transfuse, suffuse, refund,
foundry
|
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gest, ger
|
carry, produce
|
gestation, gesture, ingest,
gerund
|
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grad, gress
|
take steps, step, go,
walk
|
digress, gradient, aggression,
egress, degrade, ingredient
|
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grat
|
please, favor, thankful
|
gratitude, gratuity,
congratulate
|
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grav
|
weigh, heavy
|
gravity, gravitation,
aggravate
|
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grex, greg
|
flock, herd
|
congregate, gregarious,
egregious
|
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her, hes
|
cling, stick
|
adhere, coherence, adhesion
|
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herb
|
grass
|
herbivorous, herbalist,
herbicide
|
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horr
|
shudder at
|
horrendous, horror, abhorrent
|
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hum
|
be moist
|
humidify, humidity, humidor
|
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ig
|
fire
|
igneous, ignite, ignescent
|
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irid, irido
|
rainbow, iris of eye
|
irridescence, iridic,
iridectomy
|
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it
|
go, travel
|
exit, transit, circuit,
itinerarv
|
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jac, ject
|
throw, hurl, cast
|
ejaculate, eject, rejection
|
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jud
|
judge
|
judicious, adjudicate,
prejudice
|
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junct
|
join
|
juncture, disjunctive,
adjunct
|
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jur
|
swear
|
conjure, abjure, perjury
|
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labor
|
work
|
laboratory, elaborate,
laborious
|
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lact
|
milk
|
lactescent, lactiferous,
lacteal
|
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langu
|
feel weak
|
languor, languish, languid
|
|
latus
|
wide, side
|
latitudinarian, equilateral,
latitude
|
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laud
|
praise
|
laudable, applaud, laudation
|
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leg
|
law
|
legislate, illegal, illegitimate
|
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leg, lig, lect
|
gather, choose, read
|
legible, eligible, lectern,
college
|
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lev, leger
|
light, rise
|
levitation, elevate,
levity
|
|
lingu
|
tongue, language
|
linguist, lingulate,
bilingual
|
|
liter
|
letter
|
literal, alliterate,
illiterate
|
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loc
|
place
|
locus, locale, allocate,
location
|
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locu, loqu
|
talk, speech
|
colloquial, obloquy,
location
|
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luc
|
light
|
transluscent, lucid,
elucidate
|
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luna
|
moon
|
lunar, paralun, lunate,
lunatic
|
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magn
|
great, large
|
magnitude, magnanimous,
magnate
|
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mal
|
bad
|
malady, malevolent, malediction
|
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man, manu
|
hand
|
manacle, manicure, manual
|
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mar
|
sea
|
marine, maritime, submarine
|
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mater, matr
|
mother
|
maternity, matricide,
matriarchy
|
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medi
|
middle
|
mediocre, mediate, medieval
|
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memor
|
memory
|
memorial, remember, memorable
|
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merg, mers
|
dip, plunge
|
submerge, emergent, immersion
|
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meso
|
middle
|
mesomorph, mesosphere,
mesozoic
|
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migr
|
depart
|
migratory, immigration,
emigrant
|
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min
|
less, little
|
minus, minimize, minority
|
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mit, miss
|
send
|
admit, omit, missile,
emissary
|
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mob, mo, mot, mov
|
move
|
mobile, remote, move,
motor
|
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mon, monit
|
warn
|
admonish, monitor, monish
|
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monstr
|
show
|
demonstrate, remonstrate,
monstrate
|
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mont
|
mountain
|
mount, amount, dismount
|
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mor, mort
|
die, death
|
moribund, mortuary, immortal
|
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multi
|
many
|
multitude, multiple,
multifarious
|
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mur
|
wall
|
mural, immure
|
|
mut, mutat
|
change
|
immutable, transmute,
mutation
|
|
natur
|
nature
|
natural, native, naturopathy
|
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nav
|
ship, sail
|
naval, navigate, circumnavigate
|
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neg
|
deny
|
negate, renege, negative
|
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nomen, nomin
|
name
|
nomenclature, nominee,
cognomen
|
|
nov
|
new
|
novelty, innovate, renovate
|
|
nox
|
harmful
|
noxious, obnoxious, noxiousness
|
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num
|
marry
|
nubial, connubial, nuptials
|
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ocul
|
eye
|
ocular, oculist, binocular
|
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offic
|
duty
|
office, officious, officer
|
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omni
|
all
|
omnipotent, omnivorous,
omniscient
|
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onus
|
load, burden
|
onus, onerous
|
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ora
|
speak, pray
|
orate, oratorio, oracular
|
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ord
|
order
|
disorder, ordinance,
ordinary, ordain
|
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orn
|
decorate
|
ornate, adorn, ornament
|
|
pac, pax
|
peace
|
pacify, Pax Romana, pacific
|
|
par
|
equal
|
par, disparity, disparate,
separate
|
|
par
|
make ready, shield
|
prepare, repair, pare
|
|
pater, patr
|
father
|
paternal, patrimony,
patristic
|
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pecuni
|
money
|
percuniary, impecunious
|
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ped
|
foot
|
pedal, centipede, quadruped
|
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pel, puls
|
drive, urge
|
repel, compulsion, impulse
|
|
pend, pens
|
hand, weigh, pay
|
expensive, pension, suspend,
pendant
|
|
pet
|
seek, ask, strive for
|
competitor, petulant,
petition
|
|
petr
|
rock
|
petrified, petrography,
petroglyph
|
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pisci
|
fish
|
Pisces, piscary, pisciculture
|
|
plan
|
level
|
plane, explain, explanation
|
|
plen
|
full
|
plenty, plentitude, replenish
|
|
plic, pli, ply
|
fold, bend
|
duplicity, replica, imply
|
|
plumb
|
lead(metal)
|
plumbiferous, plumb,
plumbeous
|
|
pomi
|
apple, fruit
|
pomander, pomade, pommel
|
|
pon, pos
|
place, put
|
postpone, proponent,
deposit
|
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port
|
carry
|
porter, export, portable,
comportment
|
|
popul
|
people
|
popular, populous, population
|
|
pot
|
power
|
impotent, omnipotent,
potentiality
|
|
prehend,prehens
|
seize
|
prehensile, apprehend,
comprehension
|
|
press
|
press, force
|
press, pressure, oppress,
expression
|
|
prim
|
first
|
primer, primitive, primeval
|
|
prob
|
good
|
probation, opprobrium,
prove
|
|
propr
|
one's own, fitting
|
property, probity, proper
|
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quir, quis
|
ask, seek
|
inquire, inquistion,
requisition
|
|
quasi
|
somewhat, seemingly
|
quaisjudical, quasi,
quasipublic
|
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radi
|
ray
|
radiant, radial, irradiate
|
|
reg
|
straighten, rule
|
regiment, regal, interregnum,
regicide
|
|
rid, ris
|
laugh
|
ridiculous, deride, derision
|
|
rog
|
ask
|
interrogate, rogation,
derogative
|
|
rupt
|
break
|
rupture, abrupt, interrrupt
|
|
salv
|
safe
|
salvation, salvage, salvo
|
|
sanct
|
holy
|
sanction, sanctuary,
sanctimonious
|
|
sang
|
blood
|
sanguine, consanguinity,
sanguinary
|
|
sci
|
know
|
science, conscious, prescient
|
|
scrib, script
|
write
|
inscribe, transcribe,
scriptures
|
|
sed, sid, sess, sej
|
sit, seat
|
sedentary, supersede,
sejant, sessile, session, assiduous
|
|
seg, sect
|
cut
|
segment, sector, dissect
|
|
semin
|
seed
|
seminal, seminiferous,
disseminate
|
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sen
|
old
|
senior, senile, senescence,
senate
|
|
sens, sent
|
feel
|
sensory, sensuous, sentimental,
sentient
|
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seq, secut, sue
|
follow
|
sequel, consequence,
ensue, persecute
|
|
serv
|
keep, save, serve
|
conserve, preserve, service,
servant
|
|
silv
|
forest
|
sylvan, silva, silviculture
|
|
simil
|
like
|
similar, similitude,
assimilate
|
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sist
|
stand
|
insist, persistence,
desist
|
|
sol, soli
|
alone
|
solitude, solitaire,
desolate
|
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solid
|
compact
|
solid, consolidate, solder
|
|
solv, solu, solut
|
loosen, free
|
solvent, soluble, absolute
|
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somni
|
sleep
|
somnambulate, somniferous,
somnific
|
|
son
|
sound
|
unison, resonance, dissonance
|
|
spec, spic, spect
|
look, see
|
specimen, despicable,
circumspect
|
|
spir
|
breathe
|
aspire, perspiration,
spirit
|
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sta
|
stand, firm
|
stable, establish, station,
status
|
|
string, strict
|
bind tight
|
stringent, restrict,
stricture
|
|
stru, struct
|
build
|
structure, construe,
destruction
|
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suad, suas
|
advise
|
persuade, dissuade, suasion
|
|
sud
|
sweat
|
sudorific, sudatorium,
sudatory
|
|
sum, sumpt
|
take, spend, take
|
consumption, presume,
assume
|
|
tang, ting, tig, tact
|
touch
|
tangible, tactile, contingent,
contiguous, contact
|
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tempor
|
time
|
contemporary, temporal,
extemporaneous
|
|
teg, tect
|
cover
|
integument, protect,
tegular
|
|
ten, tin, tent
|
hold
|
tenure, retentive, continence
|
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tend, tens, tent
|
stretch
|
distend, tendency, pretense
|
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tenu
|
thin
|
tenuous, attenuate, extenuate
|
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terr, ter
|
land
|
terrestrial, subterranean,
disinter
|
|
test
|
witness
|
testify, testimony, testament
|
|
torp
|
numb
|
torpid, torpor, torpedo
|
|
tort, tors
|
twist
|
distort, contortion,
torsion
|
|
tract, tra
|
draw, pull, drag
|
traction, distract, train
|
|
trib
|
assign
|
attribute, distribute,
contribute
|
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trud, trus
|
thrust
|
intrusion, protrude,
abstruse
|
|
turb
|
agitate
|
turbid, turbulence, disturbance
|
|
turg
|
swell
|
turgid, turgescent, turgor
|
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umbr
|
shade
|
umbrella, adumbrate,
penumbra
|
|
und
|
wave
|
undulant, inundate, abundant
|
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uni
|
one
|
unity, uniform, unison
|
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urb
|
city
|
urbanity, suburban, urbane
|
|
vac
|
empty
|
vacant, vacuous, evacuate
|
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vad, vas
|
go
|
pervade, evasion, pervasive
|
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ven, vent
|
come, go
|
intervene, convene, event,
prevent
|
|
ver
|
true
|
verily, veracity, verisimilitude
|
|
verb
|
word
|
verbal, verbose, verbiage
|
|
verm
|
worm
|
vermicular, vermiculate
|
|
vert, vers
|
turn
|
aversion, inadvertent,
convent
|
|
vest
|
dress
|
vesture, divest, vestment
|
|
vid, vis
|
see
|
visual, evident, supervisor
|
|
vinc, vict
|
conquer
|
convince, victor, invincible,
evict
|
|
vit, viv
|
life, lively
|
vitality, vitamin, vivid
|
|
voc, vok
|
call
|
vocation, invoke, advocate
|
|
vol
|
wish
|
volition, volunteer,
malevolent
|
|
volv, volu, volut
|
roll, turn
|
evolve, devolve, evolution,
convolution
|
|
vulg
|
common
|
vulgar, vulgate, divulge
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