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Word study lists: Greek and latin root words
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1. 4th Ped = foot: biped, centipede, impediment, millipede, pedal, peddler, pedestrian, pedicure, quadruped, tripod
5th Flect, flex = bend: circumflex, deflect, flexible, flexor, inflection, inflexible, reflect, reflection, reflex angle, retroflex
2. 4th Man, manu = hand: emancipate, manacles, manager, mandate, maneuver, manicure, manipulate, manual, manufacture, manuscript
5th Frail, fract, frag = break: fractals, fraction, fracture, fragile, fragment, fragmented, frail, infraction, refract, suffrage
3. 4th Spec = see, look: circumspect, inspect, introspection, perspective, respect, retrospective, spectacle, spectacles, spectator, speculate
5th Junct, join, jug = to join, meet, link: conjoined, conjugate, conjunction, disjointed, join, joint, joint committee, jugular, junction, rejoin
4. 4th Dict = speak: contradict, dictation, dictator, diction, dictionary, dictum, edict, indictment, predict, verdict
5th Rupt = break: abrupt, bankrupt, corrupt, corruptible, disrupt, disruption, erupt, interrupt, interruption, rupture
5. 4th Ject = throw: dejected, eject, injection, interjection, jettison, projectile, projector, reject, subject, trajectory
5th Cede,ceed, cess = go, yield: accessible, accessory, concede, exceed, intercede, precede, proceed, recede, recess, successor
6. 4th Sect = cut, separate: bisect, dissect, insect, intersection, section, sectional, sector, transect, trisect, vivisection
5th Vers, vert = turn: anniversary, conversation, convert, diversify, diversion, extrovert, introvert, invert, revert, subvert
7. 4th Port = carry: deport, export, import, portable, portage, porter, portfolio, report, support, transport
5th Tract = pull: abstract, attract, contract, distract, extract, protract, retraction, subtract, traction, tractor
8. 4th Miss, mit = send: admit, dismiss, emit, intermission, missile, mission, omit, remit, submit, transmit
5th Struct = build: construction, destruction, infrastructure, instruct, instructor, misconstrue, obstruction, reconstruct, substructure, superstructure
9. 4th Graph = writing: autobiography, autograph, bibliography, biography, cartography, homograph, paragraph, phonograph, photography, seismograph
5th Therm = heat, temperature: endothermic, exothermic, therm, thermal, thermodynamic, thermograph, thermometer, thermophile, thermos, thermostat
10.4th scrib, script = write: describe, inscription, manuscript, postscript, prescription, scribble, scribe, script, subscription, transcribe
5th Socio = companion, friend: antisocial, associate, association, disassociate, social, socialite, sociogram, sociology, sociopath, unsocial
11. 4th Cred = believe: accreditation, credential, credible, credit, creditor, credulous, creed, discredit, incredible, incredulous
5th Terr, terra, geo = land; earth: extraterrestrial, geode, geographer, geography, geology, mediterranean, subterranean,
terra cotta, terrace, territory
12. 4th Jur, jus, jud = law; justice: abjure, judge, jurisdiction, jurist, jury, just, justice, justification, justify, perjury
5th Naut, naus, nav = relating to the sea, ships, or travelers: Argonaut, astronaut, circumnavigate, cosmonaut, nauseous, nautical, navigable, navigate, navigator, navy
13. 4th ben, bene, bon = good, well: benediction, benefactor, beneficial, beneficiary, benefit, benevolent, benign, bonafide, bonus, bon voyage
5th mob, mot, mov = move: automobile, demote, locomotion, mobile, mobility, mobilize, motion, motivate, promote, removal
14. 4th mal, male = bad, abnormal, worse: dismal, malady, malaria, malefactor, malevolent, malfeasance, malice, malignant, malnourished, malodorous
5th grad, gress = step: aggressive, centigrade, degrade, digress, gradual, graduate, progress, progression, regress, upgrade
15. 4th bio = life: biography, antibiotic, biologist, biosphere, neurobiology, symbiosis, biology, macrobiotic diet, biopsy, autobiography
5th pos = to place, put: imposition, proposal, expose, deposit, juxtapose, depose, post, transpose, compose, apposition
16. 4th vit, viv = revive, vital, vivacious, survivor, revitalize, vivid, vivisection, survival, vitality, vitamin
5th sed, sid, sess = sedentary, reside, sedate, sediment, session, assessor, president, sedan, residence, sedative
17. 4th pot, pos, val = power; to be strong: despot, devalue, impotent, nepotism, omnipotent, possess, potent, potential, potion, valor
5th aud, son, phon = sound; to hear: assonance, audible, audio, auditorium, cacophony, phonograph, resonate, sonar, sonnet, unison
18. 4th cit, civ, poli = citizen, city state: citadel, citation, civil, civilization, metropolis, necropolis, police, policy, politician, politics
5th tact, tang, tag, tig = touch: contact, contagious, contiguous, entangle, intact, tactile, tangent, tangible, tangled, tangy
19. 5th leg, lect = law, choose, gather, select, read: allege, allegory, delegate, election, electorate, legalize, legible, legislation, legitimate, privilege
20. 5th ord = order: coordinate, disorder, inordinate, insubordinate, ordain, orderly, ordinal, ordinance, subordinate, uncoordinated
5th Flect, flex = bend: circumflex, deflect, flexible, flexor, inflection, inflexible, reflect, reflection, reflex angle, retroflex
2. 4th Man, manu = hand: emancipate, manacles, manager, mandate, maneuver, manicure, manipulate, manual, manufacture, manuscript
5th Frail, fract, frag = break: fractals, fraction, fracture, fragile, fragment, fragmented, frail, infraction, refract, suffrage
3. 4th Spec = see, look: circumspect, inspect, introspection, perspective, respect, retrospective, spectacle, spectacles, spectator, speculate
5th Junct, join, jug = to join, meet, link: conjoined, conjugate, conjunction, disjointed, join, joint, joint committee, jugular, junction, rejoin
4. 4th Dict = speak: contradict, dictation, dictator, diction, dictionary, dictum, edict, indictment, predict, verdict
5th Rupt = break: abrupt, bankrupt, corrupt, corruptible, disrupt, disruption, erupt, interrupt, interruption, rupture
5. 4th Ject = throw: dejected, eject, injection, interjection, jettison, projectile, projector, reject, subject, trajectory
5th Cede,ceed, cess = go, yield: accessible, accessory, concede, exceed, intercede, precede, proceed, recede, recess, successor
6. 4th Sect = cut, separate: bisect, dissect, insect, intersection, section, sectional, sector, transect, trisect, vivisection
5th Vers, vert = turn: anniversary, conversation, convert, diversify, diversion, extrovert, introvert, invert, revert, subvert
7. 4th Port = carry: deport, export, import, portable, portage, porter, portfolio, report, support, transport
5th Tract = pull: abstract, attract, contract, distract, extract, protract, retraction, subtract, traction, tractor
8. 4th Miss, mit = send: admit, dismiss, emit, intermission, missile, mission, omit, remit, submit, transmit
5th Struct = build: construction, destruction, infrastructure, instruct, instructor, misconstrue, obstruction, reconstruct, substructure, superstructure
9. 4th Graph = writing: autobiography, autograph, bibliography, biography, cartography, homograph, paragraph, phonograph, photography, seismograph
5th Therm = heat, temperature: endothermic, exothermic, therm, thermal, thermodynamic, thermograph, thermometer, thermophile, thermos, thermostat
10.4th scrib, script = write: describe, inscription, manuscript, postscript, prescription, scribble, scribe, script, subscription, transcribe
5th Socio = companion, friend: antisocial, associate, association, disassociate, social, socialite, sociogram, sociology, sociopath, unsocial
11. 4th Cred = believe: accreditation, credential, credible, credit, creditor, credulous, creed, discredit, incredible, incredulous
5th Terr, terra, geo = land; earth: extraterrestrial, geode, geographer, geography, geology, mediterranean, subterranean,
terra cotta, terrace, territory
12. 4th Jur, jus, jud = law; justice: abjure, judge, jurisdiction, jurist, jury, just, justice, justification, justify, perjury
5th Naut, naus, nav = relating to the sea, ships, or travelers: Argonaut, astronaut, circumnavigate, cosmonaut, nauseous, nautical, navigable, navigate, navigator, navy
13. 4th ben, bene, bon = good, well: benediction, benefactor, beneficial, beneficiary, benefit, benevolent, benign, bonafide, bonus, bon voyage
5th mob, mot, mov = move: automobile, demote, locomotion, mobile, mobility, mobilize, motion, motivate, promote, removal
14. 4th mal, male = bad, abnormal, worse: dismal, malady, malaria, malefactor, malevolent, malfeasance, malice, malignant, malnourished, malodorous
5th grad, gress = step: aggressive, centigrade, degrade, digress, gradual, graduate, progress, progression, regress, upgrade
15. 4th bio = life: biography, antibiotic, biologist, biosphere, neurobiology, symbiosis, biology, macrobiotic diet, biopsy, autobiography
5th pos = to place, put: imposition, proposal, expose, deposit, juxtapose, depose, post, transpose, compose, apposition
16. 4th vit, viv = revive, vital, vivacious, survivor, revitalize, vivid, vivisection, survival, vitality, vitamin
5th sed, sid, sess = sedentary, reside, sedate, sediment, session, assessor, president, sedan, residence, sedative
17. 4th pot, pos, val = power; to be strong: despot, devalue, impotent, nepotism, omnipotent, possess, potent, potential, potion, valor
5th aud, son, phon = sound; to hear: assonance, audible, audio, auditorium, cacophony, phonograph, resonate, sonar, sonnet, unison
18. 4th cit, civ, poli = citizen, city state: citadel, citation, civil, civilization, metropolis, necropolis, police, policy, politician, politics
5th tact, tang, tag, tig = touch: contact, contagious, contiguous, entangle, intact, tactile, tangent, tangible, tangled, tangy
19. 5th leg, lect = law, choose, gather, select, read: allege, allegory, delegate, election, electorate, legalize, legible, legislation, legitimate, privilege
20. 5th ord = order: coordinate, disorder, inordinate, insubordinate, ordain, orderly, ordinal, ordinance, subordinate, uncoordinated