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Word Roots
| Root | Definition | Usage | Word Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| ego | i,me | egocentric | self-centered |
| mono | one,only | monologue | speech by one person |
| migra | wander | immigrate | to come into a land to settle |
| bibl | book | bibliophile | lover or collector of books |
| auto | self | autonomy | self-government,independence |
| man | hand | emancipate | to free, release |
| anthrop | man | philanthropy | love of mankind, altruism |
| gyn | woman | misogyny | hatred of women |
| ben,bon | good, well | benevolent | wishing good toward others |
| mal | bad,evil | malapropism | a comical confusion of words |
| prim | first | primeval | of the earliest times of the world |
| curs, curr | run | cursory | hasty, superficial |
| cardi | heart | cardiovascular | loving the blood vessels and the heart |
| hema, hemo | blood | hemorrage | bleeding extensively |
| forc,fort | strong | fortitude | transmit |
| trans | across | transmit | to send across |
| path | feeling, disease | sympathy | sharing another's feelings |
| tact, tang | feel, touch | intangible | insubstantial, untouchable |
| grat | pleasing | ingratiate | curry favor |
| arch | rule | monarchy | rule by a single person |
| duc(t) | lead | abduct | to carry off by force |
| fed, fid | trust,faith | infidel | unbeliever |
| pater,patr | father | patricide | killing of one's own father |
| mater,matr | mother | matriarch | a ruler who is a woman |
| ab | away from, separation | absolve | to clear of blame |
| sens, sent | aware, intelligent | sensual, sentiment | physical, physically pleasureable attitude based on one's feelings |
| bio | life | autobiography | one's own life story |
| ex,e | out, out of | ecstacy | intense delight |
| con | together, with | congregate | to gather together |
| derm | skin | pachyderm | thick-skinned animal |
| pan | all | pandemonium | total confusion, uproar |
| omni | all | omnipotent | all-powerful |
| dis | take way, not | disinherit | to deprive of an inheritance |
| graph | writing | monograph | scholarly essay on a narrow subject |
| geo | earth | geology | study of the earth |
| super | over, above | supercilious | arrogant, with an air of superiority |
| voc | call | evoke | to call up, inspire |
| jac, ject | throw | conjecture | to guess |
| pen, pend | hand | impending | threatening, hanging over |
| hab | have, live | inhabit | to live in a place |
| civ | citizen | civilian | private citizen, not military |
| sub | under | subdue | bring under control |
| extra | outside, beyond | extraneous | outside the subject at hand |
| polis(t) | city | cosmopolitan | sophisticated, worldly |
| viv, vit | life, alive | vivacious | lively, high spirited |
| pot, poss | power, able | impotent | powerless |
| ten | hold | tenacious | persistent, holding firmly |
| chrom | color | monochrome | in a single color |
| cycl | wheel, circle | cyclical | repeating, recurring in a pattern |
| re | back, again | reiterate | repeat, say again |
| contr(a) | against | contradict | assert the contrary, disagree |
| dem(o) | people | demagogue | leader who wins support by emotional appeal |
| ver | true | verisimilitude | the appearance of the truth |
| luc | light | elucidate | make clear, explain |
| non | not | nonsequitur | (lat.) does not follow |
| loc,loco | place | allocate | to set aside a share |
| vis,vid | see | vista visage | a view face, expression |
| aud, aus | hear | inaudible | unable to be heard |
| hydr | water | dehydrate | to dry |
| mis | bad,wrong | misconception | mistaken understanding |
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