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Word Root Blast #4 (pg. 85)
Bases are the foundations upon which words are formed. Recognition of a base and its meaning can lead to enough knowledge of a word's meaning to get the right answer on a test question. For each of the following bases, create a flashcard with the root, meaning, and examples.
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| jac-, jec- | throw, lie (adjacent, interjection) |
| jud-, jur- | law (judicious, jurisdiction) |
| juven- | young (juvenile, rejuvenate) |
| junct- | join (juncture, adjunct) |
| labor- | work (laborious, collaborate) |
| laps- | slip (lapse, elapse) |
| laud- | praise (laudable, applaud) |
| lav-, lu- | wash (lave, deluge) |
| lax- | loosen (laxity, relaxation) |
| leg- | law (legality, legislate) |
| leg-, lex- | read, word (illegible, lexicon) |
| lev- | light--not heavy (levity, alleviate) |
| lib- | free (liberate, libertine) |
| lic- | permitted (license, illicit) |
| lingua- | tongue (linguistics, lingo) |
| lith- | stone (lithograph, monolith) |
| liter- | letter (literary, obliterate) |
| loc- | place (locale, allocate) |
| log-, loqu- | speech (eloquent, dialogue) |
| luc-, lum- | clarity, light (illuminate, translucent) |
| lud- | play, mock (ludicrous, interlude) |
| luna- | moon (lunar, lunacy) |
| mag-, maj-, max- | great, lead (magnate, maximum) |
| mal- | bad, evil (maladroit, malign) |
| mand- | order (mandate, commander) |
| mania- | madness (maniac, megalomania) |
| manu- | hand (manual, emancipate) |
| mar- | sea (mariner, submarine) |
| mater-, matr- | mother (maternity, matriarchy) |
| mech- | machine (mechanism, mechanize) |
| med- | middle (mediation, intermediary) |
| ment- | mind (mentation, demented) |
| merge-, mers- | dip (submerge, immersion) |
| migr- | move (migratory, emigrant) |
| milit- | soldier (militia, demilitarize) |
| mim- | same (mimicry, pantomime) |
| min- | small (miniscule, minutia) |
| mir- | look, wonder (mirage, admirable) |
| miser- | wretched (misery, commiserate) |
| miss-, mit- | send (transmission, emit) |
| mob-, mot- | move (mobility, motive) |
| mon- | advise, warn (premonition, admonish) |
| morph- | shape (amorphous, anthropomorphic) |
| mort- | death (mortify, immortal) |
| mut- | change (mutant, immutable) |
| nasc-, nat- | birth (nascent, innate) |
| naut-, nav- | sail, ship (nautical, navigable) |
| neuro- | nerve (neurology, enervate) |
| nihil- | nothing (nihilist, annihilate) |
| noc-, nox- | harm (innocuous, noxious) |
| noct-, nox- | night (nocturnal, equinox) |
| nom-, nym- | name (misnomer, nominal) |
| norm- | standard (normal, enormity) |
| not- | write, mark (notification, annotated) |
| noun-, nunc- | report, declare (denounce, enunciate) |
| nov- | new (novelty, innovate) |
| null- | none (nullify, annul) |
| numer- | number (numerable, enumerate) |
| nym- | name (synonym, anonymous) |
| ocu-, opt- | eye (monocle, optician) |
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