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| volv, volut |
to roll
revolve: roll around
convolution: coiled state |
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| vol |
wish
malevolent: wishing someone ill
voluntary: of one's one will |
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| voc, vocat |
to call
avocation: calling, minor occupation
provocation: calling or rousing the anger of |
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| viv, vit |
alive
vivacious: full of life
vitality: liveliness |
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| vinc, vict, vanq |
to conquer
invincible: unconquerable
victory: winning
vanquish: defeat |
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| vid, vis |
to see
vision: sight
evidence: things seen |
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| via |
way
deviation: departure from the way
viaduct: roadway (arched) |
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| vers, vert |
to turn
vertigo: turning dizzy
revert: turn back (to an earlier state)
diversion: something causing one to turn aside |
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| verb |
word
verbose: wordy |
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| ver |
true
veracious: truthful
verisimilitude: appearance of truth |
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| veni, vent, ven |
to come
intervene: come between
prevent: stop
convention: meeting |
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| vad, vas |
to go
invade: enter in a hostile fashion
evasive: not frank; eluding |
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| vac |
empty
vacuous: lacking content, empty-headed
evacuate: compel to empty an area |
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| urb |
city
urban |
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| trud, trus |
to push, to shove
intrude: push one's way in
protrusion: something sticking out |
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| tract |
to drag, pull
distract: pull (one's attention) away
intractable: stubborn; unable to be dragged |
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| tors, tort |
to twist
distort: twist out of true shape or meaning
torsion: act of twisting |
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| therm |
heat
thermostat: instrument that regulates heat |
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| terr |
land
terrestrial: pertaining to earth
subterranean: underground |
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| term |
end
interminable: endless
terminate: end |
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| ten, tent |
to hold
tenable: able to be held
retentive: holding; having a good memory |
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| tempor |
time
contemporary: at same time |
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| tang, tact, ting |
to touch
tangent: touching
contact: touching with, meeting
contingent: depending upon |
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| stru, struct |
to build
constructive: helping to build
construe: analyze (how something is built) |
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| string, strict |
bind
stringent: strict
stricture: limit, something that restrains |
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| spir |
to breathe
respiratory: pertaining to breathing
spirited: full of life (breathe) |
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| spec, spect, spic |
to look at
spectator: observer
circumspect: cautious (looking around)
despicable: detestable (deserving to be looked down on)
perspicacity: clearsightedness |
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| soph |
wisdom
philosopher: lover of wisdom |
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| somn |
sleep
insomnia: inability to sleep |
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| solv, solut |
to loosen
absolve: free from blame
dissolute: morally lax |
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| sequi, secut, seque |
to follow
consecutive: following in order
sequence: arrangement
sequel: that which follows
nonsequitur: something that does not follow logically |
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| sent, sens |
to think, to feel
resent: show indignation
sensitive: showing feeling |
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| sed, sess |
to sit
sedentary: inactive (sitting) |
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| sect |
cut
dissect; cut apart
bisect: cut into two pieces |
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| scrib, script |
to write
transcribe: make a written copy
script: written text |
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| scop |
to watch, to see
periscope: device for seeing around corners
microscope: device for seeing small objects |
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| sci |
to know
omniscient: knowing all
conscious: aware |
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| sacr |
holy
sacrilegious: impious, violating something holy
sacrament: religious act |
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| rupt |
to break
interrupt: break into
rupture: a break |
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| rog, rogat |
to ask
interrogate: question |
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| rid, ris |
to laugh
derision: scorn
ridiculous: deserving to be laughed at |
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| reg, rect |
to rule
regent: ruler
insurrection: rebellion; overthrow of a ruler |
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| quer, ques, quir, quis |
to ask
inquiry: investigation
inquisitive: questioning
query: question |
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| put, putat |
to trim, to calculate
computation: calculation
amputate: cut off |
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| psych |
mind
psychology: study of the mind |
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| poten |
able, powerful
omnipotent: all powerful |
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| port, portat |
to carry
portable: able to be carried
transport: carry across |
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| pon, posit |
to place
postpone: place after
positive; definite, unquestioned (definitely placed) |
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| phil |
love
philanthropist: benefactor, lover of humanity
Anglophile: lover of everything English
philanderer: one involved in brief love affairs |
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| pet, petit |
to seek
petition: request
appetite: craving, desire
compete: vie with others |
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| pel, puls |
to drive
compulsion: a forcing to do
repel: drive back
expel: drive out, banish |
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| ped |
child
pedagogue: teacher of children
pediatrician: children's doctor |
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| ped, pod |
foot
impediment: stumbling block; hindrance
tripod: three-footed stand
quadruped: four-footed animal |
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| path |
disease, feeling
pathology: study of diseased tissue
apathetic: lacking feeling; indifferent
antipathy: hostile feeling |
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| pater, patr |
father
patriotism: love of one's country (fatherland)
patriarch: male ruler of family, group, or state
paternity: fatherhood |
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| pass |
to feel
dispassionate: free of emotion
impassioned; emotion-filled
impassive: showing no feeling |
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| pac |
peace
pacify: make peaceful
pacific: peaceful
pacifist: person opposed to war |
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| oper |
to work
operate: work
cooperation: working together |
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| omni |
all
omniscient: all knowing
omnipotent: all powerful
omnivorous: eating everything |
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| nov |
new
novice: beginner
renovate: make new again
novelty: newness |
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| nomen |
name
nomenclature: act of naming; terminology
nominal: in name only (as opposed to actual)
cognomen: surname, distinguishing nickname |
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| neg |
to deny
negation: denial
renege: deny, go back no one's word
renegade: turncoat, traitor |
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| nav |
ship
navigate: sail a ship
circumnavigate; sail around the world
naval: pertaining to ships |
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| nat |
born
innate: from birth
prenatal: before birth
nativity: birth |
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| mut |
to change
immutable: not able to be changed
mutate: undergo a great change
mutability: changeableness, inconstancy |
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melmmo Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:34:49 GMT |
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| morph |
shape, form
amorphous: formless, lacking shape
metamorphosis: change of shape
anthropomorphic: in human shape |
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melmmo Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:34:49 GMT |
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| mori, mort |
to die
mortuary: funeral parlor
moribund: dying
immortal: not dying |
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| mon, monit |
to warn
admonish: warn
premonition: foreboding
monitor: watcher (warner) |
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| mob, mot, mov |
to move
mobilize: cause to move
motility: ability to move
immovable: not able to be moved |
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melmmo Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:34:49 GMT |
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| mit, miss |
to send
missile: projectile
dismiss: send away
transmit: send across |
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| mater, matr |
mother
maternal: pertaining to motherhood
matriarch: female ruler of a family, group, or state
matrilineal: descended on the mother's side |
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melmmo Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:34:49 GMT |
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| mar |
sea
maritime: connected with seafaring
submarine: undersea craft
mariner: seafarer |
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| man |
hand
manufacture: create (make by hand)
manuscript: written by hand
emancipate: free (let go from the hand) |
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| mal |
bad
malevolent: wishing evil
malediction: curse
malefactor: evil-doer |
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| magn |
great
magnify: enlarge
magnanimity: generosity, greatness of soul
magnitude: greatness, extent |
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| luc |
light
elucidate: enlighten
lucid: clear
translucent: allowing some light to pass through |
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| loqu, locut |
to talk
soliloquy: speech by one individual
loquacious: talkative
elocution: speech |
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| log |
word, study
entomology: study of insects
etymology: study of word parts and derivations
monologue: speech by one person |
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melmmo Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:34:49 GMT |
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| liber |
free
liberation: the act of setting free
liberal: generous (giving freely); tolerant |
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| liber, libr |
book
library: collection of books
libretto: the "book" of a musical play
libel: slander (originally found in a little book) |
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melmmo Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:34:49 GMT |
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| leg |
law
legislature: law-making body
legitimate: lawful
legal: lawful |
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| leg, lect, lig |
to choose, to read
election: choice
legible: able to be read
eligible: able to be selected |
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| labor, laborat |
to work
laboratory: place where work is done
collaborate: work together with others
laborious: difficult |
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melmmo Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:34:49 GMT |
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| jur, jurat |
to swear
perjure: testify falsely
jury: group or people sworn to seek the truth
adjuration: solemn urging |
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melmmo Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:34:49 GMT |
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| jac, jact, jec |
to throw
projectile: missile; something thrown forward
trajectory: path taken by thrown object
ejaculatory: casting or throwing out |
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