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Ling 150 Ch. 2
Morphemes from Ch. 2 of English Vocabulary Elements
| Question | Answer | |
|---|---|---|
| corp | body | corpuscle, corpse, corpulent, corpus, corps |
| culp | fault | culpable, mea culpa, exculpate |
| duc | to lead | duct, conduct, induce, produce, educate, deduct |
| fug | flee | fugitive, fugacious, cetrifuge, fugue |
| grat | goodwill | grateful, gratuity, ingratiate, ingrate, gratis |
| greg | social group | congregation, egregious, gregarious, segregate |
| hom | human | hominid, Homo erectus, homicide |
| leg | law, deputize | legal, allege, legislature, relegate, legacy, privilege |
| libr | balance, weigh | Libra, equilibrium, libration |
| liter | letter | literal, literary, literati, alliteration, obliterate, transliterate |
| nov | new | novelty, innovate, novitiate, novice, nova, renovate |
| omn | all | omniscient, omnipotent, omnivorous |
| par | give birth to | parent, post partum, parturition, oviparous |
| pet | seek, go to | centripetal, petition, impetus, appetite, perpetual |
| pot | able, powerful | potential, potent, omnipotent, impotent |
| prob | good, test | probe, approbation, probity, reprobate |
| sci | know | omniscient, conscious, prescient, scilicet, plebiscite, adscititous, sciolism |
| sec | cut | bisect, section, sector, transect, secateurs, secant, insect |
| somn | sleep | insomniac, somnolent, somnambulism |
| ven | come | intervene, contravene, prevent, eventual, ventive |
| ver | true | verify, veritable, veracity, verisimilitude |
| anim | soul | animate, animadversion, animosity, unanimous |