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Prefixes, Suffixes, Roots from American Gothic Unit
 
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| peti-  (from impetuousity) | seek out, strive for |  
| -ity  (from impetuousity) | this makes the word an adjective (a describing word) |  
| pesti- (from pestilent) | plague or contagion |  
| -less (from dauntless) | without |  
| -sag (from sagacious) | wise or shrewd |  
| per- (from pervade) | through |  
| -ade (from pervade) | an action done |  
| -esque (from grotesque) | style or manner of |  
| licen- (from license) | to be allowed or permitted |  
| un- (from untenanted) | not |  
| -ten (from untenanted) | hold, grasp, have |  
| -ant (from untenanted) | a person who |  
| tang- (from tangible) | to touch or to reach |  
| -ible (from tangible) | to be able to |  
| en- (from encroach) | to cause to |  
| ob- (from obliterate) | against |  
| liter- (from obliterate) | letter/script |  
| -ish (from coquettish) | resembling |  
| dict (from edict) | to talk, speak or say |  
| temer- (from temerity) | rash behavior |  
| diff- (from diffident) | away from/apart |  
| fid- (from diffident) | trust, faith or belief |  
| vulg- (from divulge) | common people |  
| circum- (from circumvent) | around/about |  
| -vent  (from circumvent) | come |  
| vir- (from virulent) | poison |  
| -ulent (from virulent) | full of |  
| tedi (from tedious) | boring |  
| pro- (profoundly) | forward |  
| found (from profoundly) | base or bottom |  
| -ly (from profoundly) | like |  
| obscur (from obscure) | dark or indistinct |  
 
 
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