Greek & Latin Roots + Usage Examples
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| show | do, move, go - agent, agenda, agitate, navigate, ambiguous, action
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| show | other - alias, alibi, alien, alloy, alter, alter ego, altruism
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| show | high, deep - altimeter, altitude
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| show | love, liking - amiable, amorous, enamoured
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| show | old - antique, antiquated, antiquity
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| show | star - aster, asterisk, asteroid, astronomy, astronaut
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| show | self - automobile, autograph, automatic
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| show | war - rebellion, belligerent, casus belli, bellicose
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| show | book - Bible, bibliography, bibliomania
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| show | life - biology, biometrics, biome, biosphere
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| show | short - abbreviate, brief
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| show | heat - calorie, caloric, calorimeter
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| show | take - capable, intercept, forceps, capture, except, reciprocate
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| show | move, yield, go, surrender - procedure, proceed, cede, concede, recede, precede, accede, success
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| show | center - concentric, centrifugal, centripetal, eccentric
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| show | time - chronology, chronometer, synchronize
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| show | call, start - incite, citation, cite
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| show | citizen - civic, civil, civilian, civilization
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| show | cry out - exclamation, clamor, proclamation, reclamation, acclaim
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| show | shut - include, conclude, recluse, claustrophobia, occlusion, occult
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| show | heart - cordial, concord, discord, courage, encourage
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| show | body - corporation, corporal punishment, corpse, corpulent, corpus luteum
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| show | rule - autocrat, aristocrat, theocracy, technocracy
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| show | create - creature, recreation, creation
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| show | believe - creed, credo, credence, credit, credulous, incredulous, incredible
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| show | rise, grow - crescendo, concrete, increase, decrease, accrue
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| show | separate, choose - critical, criterion, hypocrite
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| show | run - current, concurrent, concur, incur, recur, occur, courier, precursor, cursive
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| show | wheel, circular - Cyclops, unicycle, bicycle, cyclone, cyclic
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| show | ten - decade, decalogue, decathlon, decahedron
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| show | say, speak - dictation, dictionary, dictate, dictator, Dictaphone, edict, predict, verdict, contradict, benediction
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| show | teach - doctrine, indoctrinate, document, dogma, dogmatic
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| show | master - dominate, dominion, predominant, domain
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| show | run, step - syndrome (run together), hippodrome (place where horses run)
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| show | lead - induce, seduce (lead aside), produce, reduce
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| show | hard, lasting - durable, duration, endure
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| show | within - endorse, endocardial, endoskeletal, endoskeleton, endosperm
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| show | equal - equinox, equilibrium, equipoise
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| show | work - energy, erg, allergy, ergometer, ergograph, ergophobia
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| show | do, make - factory, fact, manufacture, amplification, confection
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| show | deceive - fallacy, falsify, fallacious
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| show | bend - flex, reflex, flexible, flexor, inflexibility, reflect, deflect
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| show | flowing - influence, fluid, flue, flush, fluently, fluctuate
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| show | form, shape - form, uniform, conform, formulary, perform, formal, formula
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| show | strong - fort, fortress, fortify, forte, fortitude
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| show | break- fracture, infraction, fragile, fraction, refract
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| show | stomach - gastric, gastronomic, gastritis, gastropod
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| show | earth - geometry, geography, geocentric, geology
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| show | step, go - grade, gradual, graduate, progress, graduated, egress
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| show | herd - gregarious, congregation, segregate, gregarian
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| show | blood - hemorrhage, hemoglobin, hemophilia, hemostat
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| show | stick - adhere, cohere, cohesion, inherent, hereditary
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| show | different - heterogeneous, heterosexual, heterodox
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| show | same - homogeneous, homonym, homogenize
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| show | earth, ground, man - humus, exhume, humane
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| join, junct | show 🗑
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| show | wash - launder, lavatory, lotion, ablution, dilute
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| show | law - legal, legislate, legislature, legitimize
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| show | light - alleviate, levitate, levity
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| show | letters - literary, literature, literal, alliteration, obliterate
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| log, logo, ology | show 🗑
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| show | light - translucent, luminary, luster, luna (moon goddess)
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| show | hand - manual, manage, manufacture, manacle, manicure, manifest, maneuver, emancipate
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| mand | show 🗑
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| mania | show 🗑
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| mar, mari, mer | show 🗑
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| show | mother - matrimony, maternal, matriarchate, matron
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| show | half, middle, between, halfway - mediate, medieval, Mediterranean, mediocre, medium
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| show | great - megaphone, megalopolis, megacycle (a million cycles), megaton
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| show | small - microscope, microfilm, microcard, microwave, micrometer
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| show | wander - migrate, emigrant, immigrate
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| show | move - mobile, motionless, motor
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| show | form - amorphous, dimorphic, metamorphosis, morphology
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| show | many, much - multifold, multilingual, multiped, multiply
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| show | to be from, to spring forth - innate, natal, native, renaissance
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| show | new - Neolithic, nuveau riche, neologism, neophyte, neonate
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| show | nerve - neuritis, neuropathic, neurologist, neural, neurotic
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| show | law, order - autonomy, astronomy, gastronomy, economy
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| show | name - nomenclature, nominate, ignominious
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| show | new - novel, renovate, novice, nova, innovate
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| show | number - numeral, numeration, enumerate, innumerable
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| show | coin - numismatics
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| show | name - anonymous, pseudonym, antonym, synonym
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| show | work - operate, cooperate, opus
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| show | peace - pacifist, pacify, pacific ocean
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| show | old - Paleozoic, Paleolithic, paleomagnetism, paleopsychology
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| show | all - Pan-American, pan-African, panacea, pandemonium (place of all the demons),
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| show | father - paternity, patriarch, patriot, patron, patronize
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| show | foot - pedal, impede (get feet in a trap), pedestrian, centipede, tripod, podiatry, antipode
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| pel, puls | show 🗑
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| pend, pens, pond | show 🗑
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| show | eat - macrophage, bacteriophage
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| show | love - philosophy, philanthropy, philharmonic, bibliophile
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| show | inflammation - phlegm, phlegmatic
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| plac, plais | show 🗑
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| show | breath - pneumatic, pneumonia,
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| show | many - polysaccharide, polyandrous, polytheistic
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| show | people - population, populous, popular
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| show | carry - porter, portable, transport, report, export, import, support, transportation
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| show | part, share - portion, proportion
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| show | seize, grasp - apprehend, comprehend, comprehensive, prehensile
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| show | point, dot - punctual, punctuation, puncture, acupuncture, punctuation
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| show | straighten - regiment, regular, rectify, correct, direct, rectangle
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| show | laughter - deride, ridicule, ridiculous, derision, risible
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| show | ask - prerogative, interrogation, derogatory
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| show | sacred - sacred, sacrosanct, sanction, consecrate, desecrate
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| show | safe, healthy - salvation, salvage, salutation
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| show | enough - satient (giving pleasure, satisfying), saturate, satisfy
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| show | know - science, conscious, omniscient, cognocienti
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| show | see, watch - telescope, microscope, kaleidoscope, periscope, stethoscope
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| show | write - scribe, scribble, inscribe, describe, subscribe, prescribe, manuscript
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| show | to grow old - senescence, evanescent
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| show | feel - sentiment, consent, resent, dissent, sentimental, sense, sensation, sensitive, sensory, dissension
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| show | follow - sequence, consequence, sequel, subsequent, prosecute, consecutive, second, ensue, pursue
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| show | alone - solo, soliloquy, solitaire, solitude
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| show | loosen - solvent, solve, absolve, resolve, soluble, solution, resolution, resolute, dissolute
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| show | sleep - insomnia, somnambulist
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| show | look - specimen, specific, spectator, spectacle, aspect, speculate, inspect, respect, prospect, retrospective, introspective, expect, conspicuous
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| show | breath - spirit, conspire, inspire, aspire, expire, perspire, respiration
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| show | draw tight - stringent, strict, restrict, constrict, boa constrictor
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| show | take, use, waste - consume, assume (to take, to use), sump pump presumption (to take or use before knowing all the facts
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| show | touch -tactile, contact, intact, intangible, tangible, contagious, contiguous
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| show | far - telephone, telegraph, telegram, telescope, television, telephoto, telecast, telepathy
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| show | hold - tenacious, tenant, tenure, untenable, detention, retentive, content, pertinent, continent, obstinate, contain, abstain, pertain, detain
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| show | God, a god - monotheism, polytheism, atheism, theology
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| show | heat - thermometer, theorem, thermal, thermos bottle, thermostat, hypothermia
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| show | place, put - antithesis, hypothesis, synthesis, epithet
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| show | cut - atom (not cutable, smallest particle of matter), appendectomy, tonsillectomy, dichotomy, anatomy
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| show | twist - torture (twisting to inflict pain), retort, extort (twist out), distort, contort, torsion
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| show | poison - toxic, intoxicate, antitoxin
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| show | disturb - turbulent, disturb, turbid, turmoil
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| show | last - ultimate, ultimatum
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| show | empty - vacate, vacuum, evacuate, vacation, vacant, vacuous
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| show | strength, worth - equivalent, valiant, validity, evaluate, value, valor
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| show | change, substitute - vicarious, vicar, vicissitude
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| show | see - video, evident, provide, providence, visible, revise, supervise, vista, visit, vision
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| show | alive, life - revive, survive, vivid, vivacious, vitality, vivisection
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| show | call - vocation, avocation, convocation, invocation, evoke, provoke, revoke, advocate, provocative, vocal
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| show | eat greedily - voracious, carnivorous, herbivorous, omnivorous, devour
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