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ROOTS 2
| Root | Meaning | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| aud, audit | hear | auditorium, audition |
| ben, bon | good | benefit, benediction, bonus |
| lab | work | labor, laboratory |
| luc, lum | bright | lucid, luminate |
| mar | sea | marine, maritime, submarine |
| multi | many | multitude, multiply |
| nov | new | novelty, novel |
| pater | father | paternal, paternity |
| pell, puls | push | repellent, compulsory, propeller |
| rupt | break | abrupt, bankrupt |
| sect | cut | dissect, intersection |
| spec | see | spectator, circumspect |
| spir | breathe | spirit, respiration, inspire |
| term | end | terminal, exterminate |
| terr | land | terrain, territory |
| tract | pull; drag | tractor, attraction |
| trans | across | transport, transcontinental |
| ven, vent | come | invent, convention, intervene |
| vict, vinc | conquer | victory, convince, invincible |
| anthrop | man | misanthrope, anthropology |