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03 Common Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

Latin Roots (page one of four)
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actto do, drive: ex. action, actor, react, transact, enact
althigh: ex. altitude, altimeter, altiplano
anima/animlife, mind: ex. animal, animated
ann/ennyear: ex. annual, perennial, bicentennial
aquawater: ex. aquarium, aquamarine, aquanaut
armarmy, weapon: ex. armory, armament
arbitr/arbiterto judge, consider: ex. arbitrator, arbitrary, arbiter
artcraft, skill: ex. artist, artsy, artisan
audto hear: ex. audience, auditorium, audible
bellwar: ex. belligerent, bllicose
cedeto go; to yield: ex. intercede, supercede, concede
celehonor: ex. celebrate, celebrities
centerone hundred: ex. percent, bicentennial, centennial
cept/capt/cip/cap/ceive/ceiptto take hold, grasp: ex. intercept, receive, receipt, capture
certto be sure, to trust: ex. certain, ascertain, certifiable
cess/cedto go; to yield: ex. cessation, concession, accede, procession
cid/cisto cut off, be brief; to kill: ex. concise, homicide, genocide
circ/circumaround: ex. circumference, circle, circular
clinto lean, lie, bend: ex. decline, incline, recline
cogto think, consider: ex. cognition, cognitive, recognize
computto compute: ex. computer, computation
cor/cord/cardheart: ex. cardiovascular, coronary
corpbody; ex. corpse, corpulence, corporate
credto believe, trust: ex. credibility, incredible, credit, credential
crit/cristo separate; to discrn, judge: ex. criticism, critique, crisis
culpfault, blame: ex. culprit, culpable
curs/curr/corrto run: ex. current, occurrence, cursor, corral
customone's own: ex. customized, customer, accustom
denttooth: ex. dentist, dental, dentrifice
dic/dictto say, to speak; to assert: ex. diction, dictionary, dictate
duct/ducto lead; to draw: ex. abduct, conduct, reduce
durhard, lasting: ex. duration, durable, endure


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