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Common Roots and Stems (Page 5)
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| pon, posit | to place |
| port, portat | to carry |
| poten | able, powerful |
| psych | mind |
| put, putat | to trim, to calculate |
| quer. ques, quir, quis | to ask |
| reg, rect | rule |
| rid, ris | to laugh |
| rog, rogat | to ask |
| rupt | to break |
| sacr | holy |
| sci | to know |
| scop | watch, see |
| scrib, script | to write |
| sect | cut |
| sed, sess | to sit |
| sent, sens | to think, to feel |
| sequi, secut, seque | to follow |
| solv, solut | to loosen |
| somn | sleep |
| soph | wisdom |
| spec, spect | to look at |
| spir | breathe |
| string, strict | bind |
| stru, struct | build |
| tang, tact, ting | to touch |
| tempor | time |
| ten, tent | to hold |
| term | end |
| terr | land |
| postpone | place after |
| positive | definite, unquestioned (definitely placed) |
| portable | able to be carried |
| transport | carry across |
| export | carry out (of country) |
| omnipotent | all-powerful |
| potentate | powerful person |
| impotent | powerless |
| psychology | study of the mind |
| psychosis | mental disorder |
| psychopath | mentally ill person |
| putative | supposed (calculated) |
| computation | calculation |
| amputate | cut off |
| inquiry | investigation |
| inquisitive | questioning |
| query | question |
| regicide | murder of a ruler |
| regent | ruler |
| insurrection | rebellion; overthrow of a ruler |
| derision | scorn |
| risibility | inclination to laughter |
| ridiculous | deserving to be laughed at |
| interrogate | question |
| prerogative | privilege |
| interrupt | break into |
| bankrupt | insolvent |
| rupture | a break |
| sacred | holy |
| sacrilegious | impious, violating something holy |
| sacrament | religious act |
| science | knowledge |
| omniscient | knowing all |
| conscious | aware |
| periscope | device for seeing around corners |
| microscope | device for seeing small objects |
| transcribe | make a written copy |
| script | written text |
| circumscribe | write around, limit |
| dissect | cut apart |
| bisect | cut into two pieces |
| sedentary | inactive (sitting) |
| session | meeting |
| consent | agree |
| resent | show indignation |
| sensitive | showing feeling |
| consecutive | following in order |
| sequence | arrangement |
| sequel | that which follows |
| non sequitur | something that does not follow logically |
| absolve | free from blame |
| dissolute | morally lax |
| absolute | complete (not loosened) |
| insomnia | inability to sleep |
| somnolent | sleepy |
| somnambulist | sleepwalker |
| philosopher | lover of wisdom |
| sophisticated | worldly wise |
| spectator | observer |
| aspect | appearance |
| circumspect | cautious (looking around) |
| respiratory | pertaining to breathing |
| spirited | full of life (breath) |
| stringent | strict |
| constrict | become tight |
| stricture | limit, something that retrains |
| constructive | helping to build |
| construe | analyze (how something is built) |
| tangent | touching |
| contact | toughing with, meeting |
| contingent | depending upon |
| contemporary | at the same time |
| extemporaneous | impromptu |
| temporize | delay |
| tenable | able to be held |
| tenure | holding of office |
| retentive | holding; having a good memory |
| interminable | endless |
| terminate | end |
| terrestrial | pertaining to earth |
| subterranean | underground |
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