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10th vocab roots
sophomore vocab roots
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| What does suffix - ed mean? | past tense verbs or adjective |
| What does Prefix - super mean? | above; beyond |
| What does Prefix - anti mean? | against |
| What does Prefix - en, em mean? | cause to |
| What does Prefix - in-, im-, il- ir mean? | not |
| What does Prefix - mis- mean? | wrongly |
| What does Prefix - pre mean? | before |
| What does Prefix - semi - mean? | half; partly; not fully |
| What does Prefix - trans mean? | across |
| What does Prefix - un- mean? | not; opposite of |
| What does Suffix - able, ible mean? | is; can be |
| What does Suffix - est mean? | the most |
| What does Suffix - ful mean? | full of |
| What does Suffix - ic mean? | having characteristics of |
| What does Suffix - less mean? | without |
| What does Suffix - ly mean? | how something is |
| What does Suffix - ment mean? | state of being; act of |
| What does Suffix - ness mean? | state of; condition of |
| What does Suffix - ous, - eous, - ious mean? | having qualities |
| What does Suffix - y mean? | characterized by |
| What does the root - auto mean? | self |
| What does the root - graph mean? | writing |
| What does the root - hydr mean? | water |
| What does the root - hypo mean? | below; beneath |
| What does the root - mis/miso mean? | hate |
| What does the root - morph mean? | form; shape |
| What does the root - nym mean? | name |
| What does the root - pseudo mean? | false |
| What does the root - techno mean? | art; skill; science |
| What does the root - bene mean? | good |
| What does the root - circum mean? | around |
| What does the root - form mean? | shape |
| What does the root - ject mean? | throw |
| What does the root - mal mean? | bad |
| What does the root - mort mean? | death |
| What does the root - pater mean? | father |
| What does the root - port mean? | to carry |
| What does the root - sect/sec mean? | to cut |
| What does the root - voc mean? | voice; to call |
| What does the word acquitted mean? | to relieve from a charge of fault or crime; declare not quilty |
| What does the word abhorred mean? | to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate |
| What does the word acrimony mean? | harsh or biting sharpness especially of words, manner or disposition. |
| What does the word abetting mean? | to approve, encourage, and support (an action or a plan of action); urge and help on. |
| What does the word affable mean? | pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite: an affable and courteous lady. |
| What does the word abate mean? | to reduce or decrease in degree, amount or intensity. |
| What does the word balk mean? | missed in plowing; fail to grasp: the horse balked at being broken to the carriage. |
| What does the word bacchanalian mean? | drunken feast; orgy |
| What does the word bask mean? | to lie in or expose oneself to a pleasant warmth or atmosphere |
| What does the word avid mean? | desirous to the point of being greedy; craving very much |
| What does the word avarice mean? | strong desire for wealth or gain; greed |
| What does the word banter mean? | good-natured and witty teasing or joking |
| What does the word comely mean? | pleasing to look at; good looking; handsome |
| What does the word circumvent mean? | to go around; to escape from or avoid especially by skill or trickery |
| What does the word coerce mean? | to restrain or dominate by negating individual will; to compel to an act or a choice |
| What does the word complacent mean? | self satisfied |
| What does the word collaborated mean? | to work jointly with others |