Latin Roots (See related pages) Prefix Meaning Examples alter other alternate, alter ego ami, amic- love amiable, amicable aqua, aque water aquatic, aquarium, aqueduct ann, enni year anniversary, annual, biennial, perennial aud sound auditorium, audible, audiologist, audiotape bell war belligerent, bellicose brev short brief, abbreviate cap take, seize capture, captivate, capacity carn meat carnivorous, chili con carne ced yield, go recede, secede, proceed, intercede, concession -cide kill(ing) patricide, infanticide, herbicide. suicide cogn know recognize, cognitive, incognito corp body corpus, corpse, corporal cred believe credible, credulous, credibility, credit, credo cruc cross crucifix, crucial, cruciferous (vegetables) culp guilt culpable, culprit dei god deity, deify dent tooth dentist, dentifrice, dentin dic speak, say dictate, predict, diction, indict duc, duct lead induce, deduce, seduction, conduct, abduct ego self egotist, egomania equ equal equal, equity, equanimity, equate, equidistant fac make, do manufacture, factory, benefactor frater brother fraternal, fraternize grad, gress step gradual, progression, transgression ject throw inject, reject, subject, projection jud judge judicial, judge, adjudicate leg, lect read, choose legible, lectern, lecturer, election liter letter literature, illiterate, literal loc place local, location, in loco parentis (in the place of parents) luc light lucid, elucidate magn large magnify, magnate, magnificent man hand manufacture, manual, manuscript mar sea marine, mariner mater mother maternal, maternity, matriarchy, matricide min small minority, minuscule, minute mit, miss send permit, submission, mission, emit, mob, mot move mobile, motile, automobile, mobility, mov immobilize, motion, promote, movie mon warn premonition, admonition mor, mort death mortal, mortician, immortality mut change mutant, mutability, mutate nomen name nominal, nominate, nomenclature nomin nov new novel, renovate, innovation, novella pac peace pacify, Pacific Ocean, pacifist pater father paternal, paternity, patricide, patrilineal, patriotic ped, pod foot pedal, pedometer, centipede, gastropod pel, puls push pulsate, repulsive, impulse, compel, propel pend hang, weigh pendulum, pendant, suspend, pending pot power potent, omnipotent, potentate port carry portable, transport, portage, report, pugna fight pugnacious, pugilist quer, quis ask query, inquisition, scrib write manuscript, scribe, proscribe, circumscribe, nondescript, scripture sed, sess sit sedentary, session sent feel sensory, sensitive, insentient, sense sequ, secu follow sequence, sequel, consecutive simil same similar, assimilate, simile, facsimile (fax) son sound sonar, resonate, unison spec, spic look, see spectacles, spectator, inauspicious, prospect perspicacious spir breathe inspire, respiration, conspire, perspiration tang, tact touch tactile, tangible temp time temporary, temporize ten, tent hold tentative, tenable, tenuous terr earth subterranean, terrain, terrestrial, disinter vac empty vacation, vacuum, vacuous, vacant ven, vent come, go intervene, convene, contravene ver truth veracity, verify, verity vert turn introvert, irreversible, vertigo vit life vital, revitalize, vitamin voc call revoke, invocation, vocal, evocative, convocation
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