| A | B |
|---|
| sacer/Latin = English/sacr | sacred |
| sanctus/Latin = English/sanct | holy (Latin) |
| hieros/Greek = English/hier | holy (Greek) |
| piare/Latin = English/pi(e) | to purify (with sacred rites) |
| -ate | to do, to make, to cause, or to act upon; to do something with |
| execrate | to curse |
| pittance | a small allowance, or share |
| sanctimonious | pretending to have religious devotion. |
| sanction | something that gives binding force, as to an oath, rule of conduct. |
| im | not, opposite of |
| A good hint to remember: | The prefix in changes its spelling to im before the consonants b,m, and p. |
