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it, itiner
journey, road

exit: way out
itinerary: plan of journey
helio
sun

heliotrope: flower that faces the sun
heliograph: instrument that uses the sun's rays to send signals
greg
flock, herd

gregarious: tending to group together
aggregate: group, total
graph, gram
writing

epigram: pithy statement
telegram: instantaneous message over great distance
stenography: shorthand (writing narrowly)
grad, gress
to go, to step

digress: go astray (from the main point)
regress: go backward
gradual: step by step, by degrees
gen, gener
class, race

genus: group of animals or plants with similar traits
generic: characteristic of a class
gender; class organized by sex
gam
marriage

monogamy: marriage to one person
bigamy: marriage to two people
polygamy: marriage to many people
fus
to pour

effusive: gushing, pouring out
diffuse: widespread (poured in many directions)
fug
to flee

fugitive: someone who flees
refuge: shelter, home for someone fleeing
frag, fract
to break

fragile: easily broken
infraction: breaking of a rule
fractious: unruly, tending to break rules
fort
luck, chance

fortuitous: accidental; occurring by chance
fortunate: lucky
flect, flex
to bend

flexible: able to bend
deflect: bend away, turn aside
fin
end, limit

confine: keep within limits
finite: having definite limits
fid
belief, faith

infidel: nonbeliever, heathen
confidence: assurance, belief
fer, lat
to bring, to bear

transfer: bring from one place to another
translate: bring from one language to another
conifer: bearing cones (pine tree)
fall, fals
to deceive

fallacious: misleading
infallible: not prone to error, perfect
falsify: lie
fac, fic, fec, fect
to make, to do

factory: place where things are made
fiction: manufactured story
affect; cause to change
eu
good, well, beautiful

eupeptic: having good digestion
eulogize: praise
euphemism: pleasant way of saying something blunt
err
to wander

error: mistake
erratic: not reliable, wandering
knight-errant: wandering knight
erg, urg
work

energy: power
ergatocracy: rule of the workers
metallurgy: science and technology of metals
ego
I

egoist: a person who is self-centered
egotist: a selfish person
egocentric: revolving about self
dynam
power, strength

dynamic: powerful
dynamite: powerful explosive
dynamo: engine making electric power
duc, duct
to lead

viaduct: arched roadway
aqueduct: artificial waterway
domin
to rule

dominate: have power over
domain; land under rule
dominant: prevailing
doc, doct
to teach

docile: obedient; easily taught
document: something that provides evidence
doctor: learned person (originally teacher)
dic, dict
to say

abdicate: renounce
diction: speech
verdict: statement of jury
di, diurn
day

diary
diurnal: pertaining to daytime
derm
skin

epidermis: skin
pachyderm: thick-skinned quadruped
dermatology
dem
people

democracy: rule of the people
demagogue: (false) leader of the people
epidemic: widespread (among the people)
deb, debit
to owe

debt: something owed
indebtedness
debenture: bond
da, dat
to give

data: facts, statistics
mandate: command
date: given time
curr, curs
to run

excursion: journey
cursory: brief
precursor: forerunner
cur
to care

curator; person who has the care of something
sinecure: position without responsibility
secure: safe
cred, credit
to believe

incredulous: not believing, skeptical
credulity: gullibility
credence: belief
corpor
body

incorporate; organize into a body
corporeal: pertaining to the body, fleshly
corpse: dead body
cord
heart

accord: agreement (from the heart)
cordial: friendly
discord: lack of harmony
compl
to fill

complete: filled out
complement: that which completes something
comply: fulfill
cognosc, cognit
to learn

agnostic: lacking knowledge, skeptical
incognito: traveling under assumed name
cognition: knowledge
claud, claus, clos, clud
to close

claustrophobia: fear of close places
enclose: close in
conclude: finish
clam, clamat
to cry out

clamorous; loud
declamation: speech
acclamation: shouted approval
civi
citizen

civilization: society of citizens, culture
civilian: member of community
civil: courteous
cit, citat
to call, to start

incite; stir up, start up
excite: stir up
recitation: a recalling (or repeating) aloud
cid, cis
to cut, to kill

incision: a cut (surgical)
homicide: killing of a human being
fratricide: killing of a brother
chron
time

chronology: timetable of events
anachronism: a thing out of time sequence
chronicle: register events in order of time
cent
one hundred

century; 100 years
centennial: 100th anniversary
centipede
celer
swift

celerity: swiftness
decelerate: reduce swiftness
accelerate: increase swiftness
ced, cess
to yield, to go

recede: go back, withdraw
antecedent: that which goes before
process: go forward
carn
flesh

carnivorous: flesh-eating
carnage: destruction of life
carnal: fleshly
capit, capt
head

decapitate: remove someone's head
captain: chief
cap, capt, cept, cip
to take

capture: seize
participate; take part
precept: wise saying (originally a command)
cad, cas
to fall

decadent: deteriorating
cadence: intonation, musical movement
cascade: waterfall
breve
short

brevity: briefness
abbreviate: shorten
breviloquent: marked by brevity of speech
bio
life

biography: writing about a person's life
biology: study of living things
biochemist: student of the chemistry of living things
biblio
book

bibliography: list of books
bibliophile: lover of books
ben, bon
good

benefactor: one who does good deeds
benevolence: charity (wishing good)
bonus: something extra above regular pay
belli
war

bellicose: inclined to fight
belligerent: inclined to wage war
rebellious: resisting authority
auto
self

autocracy: rule by one person (self)
automobile: vehicle that moves by itself
autobiography: story of one's one life
aud, audit
to hear

audible: able to be heard
auditorium: place where people may be heard
audience: hearers
aster
star

astronomy: study of the stars
asterisk: starlike type character
disaster: catastrophe (contrary star)
arch
ruler, first

archaeology: study of antiquities (study of first things)
monarch: sole ruler
anarchy: lack of government
aqua
water

aqueduct: passageway for conducting water
aquatic: living in water
aqua fortis: nitric acid (strong water)
apt
fit

aptitude: skill
adapt: make suitable or fit
anthrop
human beings

anthropology: study of human beings
misanthrope: hater of humankind
philanthropy: love of humankind; charity
ann, enn
year

annuity: yearly remittance
biennial: every two years
perennial: present all year; persisting for several years
anim
mind, soul

animadvert: cast criticism upon
unanimous: of one mind
magnanimity: greatness of mind or spirit
am
love

amorous: loving
amity: friendship
amicable: friendly
alter
other

altruistic: unselfish, considering others
alter ego: a second self
alt
high

altitude: height
altimeter: instrument for measuring height
ali
another

alias: assumed (another) name
alienate: estrange (turn away from another)
agri, agrari
field

agrarian: one who works in the field
agriculture: cultivation of fields
peregrination: wandering (through fields)
agog
leader

demagogue: false leader of people
pedagogue: teacher (leader of children)
ag, act
to do

act: deed
agent: doer
aev, ev
age, era

primeval: of the age
coeval: of the same age or era
medieval or mediaeval: of the Middle Ages
ac, acr
sharp

acrimonious: bitter; caustic
acerbity: bitterness of temper
acidulate: make somewhat acid or sour
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