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11th Grade
03/22/2013

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Term
neg
Definition

deny

negation denial

renege deny, go back on one's word

renegade turncoat, traitor

Term
nomen
Definition

name 

nomenclature act of naming, terminology

nominal in name only

cognomen surname, distinguishing nickname

Term
nov
Definition

new

novice beginner

renovate make new again

novelty newness

Term
omni
Definition

all 

omniscient all knowing 

omnipotent all powerful 

omnivorous eating everything

Term
oper
Definition

to work

operate work

cooperation working together

Term
pac
Definition

peace

pacify make peaceful

pacific peaceful

pacifist person opposed to war 

Term
pass
Definition

feel

dispassionate free of emotion

impassioned emotion-filled

impassive showing no feeling 

Term
pater, patr
Definition

father

patriotism love of one's country

patriarch male ruler of a family 

paternity fatherhood

Term
path
Definition

disease, feeling 

pathology study of diseased tissue

apathetic male ruler of a family, group, or state

antipathy hostile feeling

Term

ped, pod

 

Definition

foot

impediment stumbling-block

tripod three-footed stand

quadruped four-footed animal

Term
ped
Definition

child

pedagogue teacher of children

pediatrician children's doctor

Term

pel, puls

 

Definition

to drive 

compulsion a forcing to do

repel drive back

expel drive out, banish

Term
pet, petit
Definition

to seek 

petition request

appetite craving, desire

compete vie with others

Term
phil
Definition

love

philanthropist benefactor, lover of humanity

anglophile lover of everything English 

philanderer one involved in brief love affairs

Term
pon, posit
Definition

to place

postpone place after

positive definite, unquestioned

Term

port, portat 

 

Definition

to carry 

portable able to be carried 

transport carry across 

export carry out

Term
poten
Definition

able, powerful

omnipotent all-powerful

potentate powerful person 

impotent powerless

Term
psych
Definition

mind

psychology study of the mind

psychosis mental disorder

psychopath mentally ill person

Term
put, putat
Definition

to trim, to calculate

putative supposed

computation calculation

amputate cut off

Term

quer, ques, quir, quis

 

Definition

to ask

inquiry investigation

inquisitive questioning 

query question

Term
reg, rect
Definition

rule

regicide murder of a ruler

Term

rid, ris

 

Definition

to laugh

derision scorn

risibility inclination to laughter

ridiculous deserving to be laughed at

Term

rog, rogat

 

Definition

to ask

interrogate question

prerogative privilege

Term

rupt

 

Definition

to break

interrupt break into

bankrupt insolvent

rupture a break

Term

sacr

 

Definition

holy

sacred holy

sacrilegious impious

sacrament religious act

Term
sci
Definition

to know

science knowledge

omniscient knowing all

conscious aware

Term
scop
Definition

watch, see

 

periscope device for seeing around corners

microscope device for seeing small objects

Term
scrib, script
Definition

to write

transcribe make a written copy

script written text

circumscribe write around, limit

Term
sect
Definition

cut

dissect cut apart

bisect cut into two pieces

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