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latin roots 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| langu, lingu | 'tounge' language, bilingual, linguistics, linguist, linguine, lingual, lingo |
| lit | 'letter' literature, literary, illiterate, literal, literacy, obliterate, alliteration, |
| loc,loq | 'speak' eloquent, elocution, loquacious, soliloquy, ventriloquist, colloquial, interlocutor |
| mal | 'bad' malicious, malady, malignant, malaria, malcontent, malign, maladjusted, malevolent, malnourished, malpractice |
| man | 'hand' manufacture, manual, manicure, manuscript, emancipate, manacle, mandate, manipulate, manage, maneuver |
| mem | 'memory, mindful' remember, memory, memorize, memorial, memorandum, memento, commemorate, memorabilia |
| min | 'small' minute, minimum, diminish, mince, minuscule, minus, minor, minnow, |
| miss,mit | 'send' transmit, submit, transmission, emissary, intermission, missionary, permission, missile |
| mob,mot | 'move' mobile, motion, motor, remote, automobile, promote, motivate, motel, locomotion, immobile, emotion, demote, commotion |
| pat | 'father' paternal, patrimony, expatriate, patron, patronize |
| pens,pend | 'hang' pendant, appendage, appendix, pending, pendulum, pension, suspension, suspend, depend, dispense, expend, stipend, impending |
| port | 'cary' portfolio, porter, portage, portable, export, import, rapport, report, support, transport, deport, important, |
| pons,pon | 'place, put' position, pose, positive, compose, composite, disposable expose, impose, opposite, postpone, preposition, proponent superimpose, suppose |
| prim, princ | 'first' prime, primary, primate, primer, primeval, primitive. primal, principal, principle, principality |
| quir, ques | 'ask' inquire, question, require, acquire, conquer, inquisition, quest, request, inquiry |