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Etymology of Latin
Words and word roots from Latin
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Language - Latin
Undergraduate 1
03/11/2010
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Term
CAPIT-, (CIPIT-)
 Definition
head (capital)
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GNO-, NO-, NOT-
 Definition
to know (recognize, ignore)
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LOC-
 Definition
place (local)
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PUT-
 Definition
to prune, reckon, think (amputate)
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RADIC-
 Definition
root (radical)
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ROG-
 Definition
to ask (arrogant)
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SPIR-
 Definition
to breath (sprit, conspire)
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HAB-, AB- (HIB)
 Definition
to have, hold as customary (habit, able)
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NOMIN-
 Definition
name (nominate)
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LIMIN-
 Definition
threshold (eliminate)
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PULS-
 Definition
to push (pulsate)
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ALIEN-
 Definition
of another (alienation)
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ART-
 Definition
art, skill (artist)
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FIN-
 Definition
end, limit (final)
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FIRM-
 Definition
firm, strong (confirm)
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FORT-
 Definition
strong (forte)
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GRAND-
 Definition
great (grandeur)
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GRAV- [GRIEV-]
 Definition
heavy (grave)
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LINE- [LIGN]
 Definition
line (align)
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NIHIL-
 Definition
nothing (annihilate)
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NUL(L)-
 Definition
nothing (annul)
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PART-
 Definition
part (depart)
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VERB- 
 Definition
word, verb (adverb)
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VEST-
 Definition
garment (vest)
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SIMIL-
 Definition
like (similar)
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CED-, CESS-
 Definition
to go, yield (concede)
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DUC-, DUCT-
 Definition
to lead (conduct)
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JUDIC-
 Definition
judgement (judicial)
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JUR-, JUST-
 Definition
right, law; take an oath, form an opinion (jury, justice)
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LEV-
 Definition
light in weight, to lift (levitate)
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LOQU-, LOCUT-
 Definition
to speak (eloquent)
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LUD-, LUS-
 Definition
to play, to mock (interlude)
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PREC-
 Definition
to request, to beg; prayer (precarious)
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TRUD-, TRUS-
 Definition
to push, thrust (protrude)
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VEN-, VENT- [VENU-]
 Definition
to come (avenue)
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CRUC-
 Definition
cross (crucify)
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GREG-
 Definition
to flock, herd (congregate)
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PED-
Definition
foot (pedal)
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PUNG-, PUNCT-
 Definition
to prick; point (puncture)
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SACR- (SECR-)
 Definition
sacred (sacrament)
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SANCT-
 Definition
holy (sanctuary)
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SENT-, SENSE-
 Definition

to feel, think (sentiment)
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TURB-
 Definition
disturb (perturb)
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VERT-, VERS-
 Definition
to turn (revert)
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VI(A)
 Definition
way, road (via, previous)
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CLUD-, CLUS- [CLOS-]
 Definition
to shut (exclude)
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CUR(R)-, CURS- [COURS-] [COR(S)-]
 Definition
to run, go (recur, concourse)
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GRAD-, GRESS- 
 Definition
to step, go (gradual)
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PEND-, PENS-
 Definition
to hang, weigh, pay (dependent)
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PLE-, PLET-, PLEN-
 Definition
to fill, full (complete)
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SPEC-, (SPIC-), SPECT-
 Definition
to look (respect)
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UND-, [OUND-]
 Definition
wave (undulate)
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VID-, VIS-, [VIEW-]
 Definition
to see (visual)
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VOC-, VOK-
 Definition
voice; to call (vocal)
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SEMI-
 Definition
half, partly (semiannual)
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UN-
 Definition
one (uniform)
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PRIM-
 Definition
first (primary)
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DU-
 Definition
two (duet)
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BI-, BIN-
 Definition
two, twice (bicycle)
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TRI-
 Definition
three (triangle)
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DECI(M)-
 Definition
tenth (decimal)
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ANIM-
 Definition
mind, feeling, life (animal)
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ANN(U)-, (ENNI-)
 Definition
year (annual)
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BENE-, BON-
 Definition
good, well (benefactor)
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CANT-, (CENT-), (CHANT-)
 Definition
to sing (enchant)
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CUR-
 Definition
cure, care (secure)
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EQU- (IQU-)
 Definition
equal, even (iniquity)
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FER-, LAT-
 Definition
to bear, to carry (refer, elate)
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MAGN-
 Definition
great (magnitude)
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MAL(E)-
 Definition
bad (malicious)
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MULT-
 Definition
many (multitude)
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OPTIM-
 Definition
best (optimum)
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PLIC-, PLEX-, [PLY-]
 Definition
to fold, tangle, interweave (complicate, complex, multiply)
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POPUL-
 Definition
people (popular)
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VETER-
 Definition
old (veteran)
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MUND-
 Definition
world (mundane)
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MOUNT-
 Definition
mountain
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LIBR-
 Definition
book (library)
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BARBAR-
 Definition
foreign (barbarian)
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REGUL-
 Definition
rule (regulate)
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COMAT-
 Definition
lethargy (comatose)
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VARI-
 Definition
varied (various)
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AQU-
 Definition
water (aquatic)
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CORPOR-, CORP(US)-
 Definition
body (corpse)
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OMN-
 Definition
all (omnivorous)
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REG-, (RIG-), RECT-
 Definition
right, straight; to rule, stiffen, straighten (rectify, regular)
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SIMIL-, SIMUL-
 Definition
like, similar (simulate)
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TEMPER-, TEMPOR-
 Definition
time, due season; to set bounds (temperate)
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TEN-, (TIN-), TENT-,

[TAIN-]

 Definition
to hold (tenant, continue)
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TEND-, TENT-, TENS-
 Definition
to stretch, strive (tense, tendon)
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TENU-
 Definition
stretched, thin (tenuous)
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FRAUD-
 Definition
deceit (fraudulent)
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DOM(IN)
 Definition
house, master (dome)
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FLAG(R)-, FLAM(M)-
 Definition
to burn; flame (flagrant)
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FLAT-
 Definition
to blow (inflate)
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GEN-, GENER-
 Definition
race, kind, origin (general)
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GEN-
 Definition
to give birth to, produce (genital)
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LATER-
 Definition
side (equilateral)
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LUC-, LUMIN-
 Definition
to shine; light (illuminate)
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PAR-
 Definition
to ready, bring forth, provide (prepare)
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SEN-
 Definition
old (senate)
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SERV-
 Definition
to serve, save (service)
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CUMB-, CUB-
 Definition
to lie down (succumb)
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FEDER-
 Definition
league, treaty (confederate)
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FID-
 Definition
faith (confident)
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FIDEL-
 Definition
faithful (infidelity)
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HER-, HES-
 Definition
to stick (adhere)
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ORD(IN)-
 Definition
to put in order, arrange (order)
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POT-, POSS-
 Definition
to be able, have power (potent, possible)
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SAL-, (SIL-), SALT-, SULT-
 Definition
to leap (insult, salient)
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SED-, (SID-), SESS-
 Definition
to sit, settle (sediment)
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TERR-
 Definition
land, earth (territory)
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CRED-
 Definition
to believe, trust (creditor)
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DOC-, DOCT-
 Definition
to teach (document)
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FA(B)-, FAT-, FESS-, FAM-
 Definition
to speak, reveal (fame, fabulous)
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FALL-, FALS-, [FAIL-], FAULT-]
 Definition
to deceive ( fallacy)
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MOD-
 Definition
measure (modify)
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MUT-
 Definition
to change (mutant)
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TANG-, (TING-), TACT-
 Definition
to touch (tangent, contact)
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TRACT-
 Definition
to drag (tractor)
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AC(U), ACR-, ACET-
 Definition
sharp, bitter (acid)
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CAD-, (CID-), CAS-
 Definition
to fall, befall (accident)
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CAP-, (CIP-), CAPT-, (CEPT-), [CEIV-]
 Definition
to take, seize (capture, receive)
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FAC-, (FIC-), FACT-, (FECT-)
 Definition
to do, make (faculty)
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FLOR-
 Definition
flower (florist)
Term
FLU-, FLUX-, FLUV-, FLUOR(O)-
 Definition
to flow, flow (fluid)
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FOLI- [FOIL-]
 Definition
leaf (foliage)
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NOC-, NOX-, NIC-, NEC-
 Definition
to harm, kill (innocent, obnoxious)
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NOV-
 Definition
new (novel)
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CERN-, CRET-, CERT-
 Definition
to separate, distinguish (secret)
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DUR-
 Definition
hard, to last (duration)
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FUND-, FUS-, [FOUND-]
 Definition
to pour, melt (refund, fusion)
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NASC-, NAT-
 Definition
to be born (native)
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PEL(L)-, PULS-
 Definition
to drive, push (propel)
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PON-, POSIT, [POUND-], [POSE-]
 Definition
to place, put (compose)
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TORT-
 Definition
to twist (torture)
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AM-
 Definition
to love (amorous)
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DE-, DIV-
 Definition
god (divine)
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JOURN-
 Definition
day (journal)
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OR-
 Definition
to speak formally, plead (oratory)
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PROB-, [PROV-]
 Definition
good, to test (approve)
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RAP-, RAPT-, (REPT-)
 Definition
to seize (rapture)
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STRING-, STRICT-, [STRAIN-]
 Definition
to draw tight (stringent)
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VER-
 Definition
true (veritable)
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CID-, CIS
 Definition
to kill, cut (incision)
Term
MATR- MATERN-
PATR- PATERN-
 Definition
mother (maternal)
father (paternal)
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PATRI-
 Definition
fatherland, country (patriarch)
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PATRON-
 Definition
protector (patronize)
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SEQU-, SECUT-
 Definition
to follow (sequence)
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SOL-
 Definition
alone (solitude)
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VIV-
 Definition
to live (vivid)
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CRE-, CRESC-, CRET-
 Definition
to grow (crescent)
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I-, IT-
 Definition
to go (transition)
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JUG-, JUNCT-, [JOIN-], [JOINT-]
 Definition
a yoke; to join ( join, juncture)
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LEG-, (LIG-), LECT-
 Definition
to choose, pick out, read (legible)
Term
MON-
 Definition
to warn, advise (monitor)
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SOLV-, SOLUT-
 Definition
to free, loosen (solve)
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FERV-
 Definition
to boil, bubble (fervent)
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FRANG-, FRING-, FRACT-
 Definition
to break (fraction)
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GRAN-
 Definition
grain (granola)
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MINOR-, MINUS-, MINUT-
 Definition
small, smaller (minority)
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PATI-, PASS-
 Definition
to endure, suffer (patient)
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QUIR-, QUISIT-, QUEST-
 Definition
to ask, seek (inquire)
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SEC-, SEG-, SECT-
 Definition
to cut (segment)
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AG-, (IG-), ACT-
 Definition
to do, drive (agent)
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CLAM-, CLAIM-
 Definition
to cry out (exclamation)
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COG-
 Definition
to think, reflect, consider (cogent)
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DIC-, DICT-
 Definition
to say (diction)
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GER-, GEST-
 Definition
to carry, produce (congestion)
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MIT(T)-, MIS(S)-
 Definition
to send, let go (admit)
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SCI-
 Definition
to know (science)
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SON-
 Definition
sound (supersonic)
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VAL-, [VAIL-]
 Definition
to be strong, be worthy (value, prevail)
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ERR-
 Definition
to wander (error)
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JAC-, JECT
 Definition
to throw (inject)
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NOMEN-, NOMIN-
 Definition
name, noun (nominate)
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SCRIB-, SCRIPT-
 Definition
to write (describe)
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ST(A)-, STIT-, SIST-
 Definition
to stand (station, stance)
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VOLV-, VOLUT-
 Definition
to roll (revolve)
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