| A | B |
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| amare | to love |
| amenity | something that makes things more easy and fun e.g. a pool |
| amateur | someone who does things because of a love of the activity, rather than for money |
| enamor (v) | to fall in love with something |
| amorous | showing love and affection |
| amiable | friendly |
| ample | great, abundant |
| astron, aster | star |
| astrology | predictions based on the position of celestial bodies |
| astronaut | a person who goes into space |
| nautical | having to do with the sea |
| cosmonaut | the Russian version of an astronaut |
| cosmos | the universe |
| asterisk | a small star-like form of punctuation (shift 8 on a keyboard) |
| astral | pertaining to the stars and outer space |
| astronomy | the study of the stars |
| disaster | an event of mass destruction |
| audire | to hear |
| auditorium | a place where people go to hear speakers or performances |
| audiology | the medical study of hearing |
| audience | people who are present to hear speakers or performances |
| audio | something that is heard with the use of technology |
| audit | the act of verifying accounts |
| audition | a try-out for a position in a musical or acting productiona |
| auditor | one who conducts a review to verify accounts |
| clamare | to cry out |
| clamor | a great outcry |
| proclaim | an official announcement by word of mouth |
| acclaim | praise given by word of mouth |
| counterclaim | an assertion that is the opposite of someone's statement that something is the case |
| claim | to state that something is the case, usually without providing proof |
| caedere | to cut, to strike |
| cidere | to strike down; to slay |
| decide | to make a choice |
| parricide | the killing of a parent or near relative |
| patricide | the killing of a father |
| matricide | the killing of a mother |
| fratricide | the killing of a brother |
| sororicide | the killing of a sister |
| regicide | the killing of a king (rex) |
| concise | brief, to the point |
| scissors | an implement designed for cutting |
| excise | to cut out |
| cement | powdered stones used in construction |
| chisel | a tool used for paring, splitting, gouging, or cutting in woodworking |
| decisive | capable of making decisions easily and quickly |
| indecisive | one unable to make decisions easily |
| homicide | the killing of another person |
| claudere | to shut |
| exclude | to keep something or someone out |
| include | to let something or someone stay in |
| seclude | to keep something or someone away from others |
| se- | by itself, apart, aside |
| conclude | to bring an argument (in writing or speech) to an end |
| occlude | to shut up or stop up to prevent anything from passing through. Often used in astronomy |
| preclude | to prevent beforehand |
| caput | head |
| capitulate | to surrender under specified terms; to come to terms |
| precipice | an overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock |
| decapitate | to cut off the head |
| escape | to free from confinement; get out of trouble; to get away safely |
| cappa | cape |
| ex- | out |
| cadere | to fall, sink, settle down, decline, perish |
| cadence | the rhythmic pattern of sound |
| cadaver | a dead body |
| decadence | the condition of living in grossly excessive luxury and pleasure |
| accident | an unplanned event or circumstance |
| cedere | to go, yield, surrender |
| ancestor | anyone from whom someone is descended, usually refers to those more distant than grandparents |
| ante | before |
| accede | to yield, to agree with, surrender to |
| access | a way of getting to something or someone; admittance, entrance |
| concede | admitting that one has lost either an argument or a contest; to yield |
| proceed | to go forth |
| precede | to go before |
| a-, an- | without |
| ab- | away, apart |
| ad- | to, towards |
| amphi-, ambi- | round, both sides |
| anti- | against |
| ante- | before |
| bio- | life, living, live, alive |
| chron- | time, times, sequence of time |
| com- | with, together |
| dia- | across, through, entirely |
| dis- | not, apart |
| dys- | bad, hard, ill, or difficult |
| epi- | upon, on, over |
| ex- | out |
| hetero- | different, other, another |
| homo- | same, equal, alike |
| in- | in, into, on, upon |
| In-, im- | not |
| Inter- | between |
| matr-, mater | mother |
| omnis | all |
| pater | father |
| post | after |
| pre- | before |
| pro- | to, towards, forth |
| re- | again, back, backwards |
| sub- | under |
| trans- | across, through, over |
| deceit | the action or practice of concealing or misrepresenting the truth |
| captivate | to attract and hold the interest of someone; to charm |
| anticipation | expectation |
| emancipate | to free (usually used with slaves) |
| manos | hands |
| capture | to take hold of |
| except | to act upon all but that one |
| caption | the text that explains a graphic |
| accept | to consent to receive something or someone |
| capable | having the ability to accomplish a task or duty |
| imperceptible | not able to be aware of or comprehended, not able to be grasped with the mind |
| capitol | the seat of government |
| capital | Letters written in a different script than usual to show the beginning of a sentence or proper nouns |
| capacity | the amount something can hold |
| capere | to take, to hold, to grasp |
| a-, an- | without |
| anesthesia | medicine administered to deaden pain |
| aisthesis | feeling |
| ab-, abs-, a- | apart, away from |
| abduct | to kidnap |
| ducere | to lead |
| ad- | to, towards |
| adhere | to stick to |
| haerere | to stick |
| amphi-, ambi- | round, both sides |
| agere | to drive, to lead, to act |
| anthro- | man, human |
| -poid | like |
| -logy | the study of |
| anthropology | the study of humans and their culture |
| antidote | medicine given to counteract poison or toxins |
| anti- | against |
| didonai | to give |
| arktikos | Arctic |
| antarcticus | Antarctic |
| auto- | self |
| automaton | robot |
| matos | thinking, animated, willing |
| bene | will, favorable, good |
| benefactor | "do-gooder" |
| facere | to do |
| belli- | war, warlike, fight, fighting |
| antebellum | before the war (USA - before the Civil War) |
| ante- | before |
| bio- | life |
| syn- | with |
| symbiotic | behavior that results in benefits to both species involved |
| chron- | time, times, sequence of time |
| ana- | against |
| anachronism | someone or something that is present out of its expected time |
| khronos | time |
| com- | with |
| battuere | to beat, to fight |
| combat | fighting, usual military |
| de- | down, away |
| descend | to walk down |
| scandere | to climb |
| dia- | across, through, entirely |
| dein | to bind |
| diadem | a crown or tiara, originally bound around the head |
| dis- | not, apart |
| facilis | easy |
| difficult | not easy, hard |
| dys- | bad, hard, ill, or difficult |
| dyslexia | a condition that makes it difficult to process words, whether written or oral |
| lexis | words |
| epi- | upon, on, over |
| centrum | center |
| epicenter | the point on the surface of the earth directly over an earthquake |
| ex- | out |
| eccentric | acting differently from most of the others |
| pandere | to stretch |
| expand | to stretch to get bigger |
| hetero- | different, other, another |
| doxa | opinion |
| heterodox | believing something differently than the rest |
| ortho- | straight |
| orthodox | believing in the doctrine of the institution, such as a church |
| homo- | same, equal, like, common |
| genos | kind, gender, race, stock |
| homogeneous | consisting of parts all of the same kind |
| in- | in, into, on, upon |
| migrare | to move |
| immigrate | to move into a country |
| emmigrate | to move out of a country |
| in-, im- | not |
| noscere | to know |
| ignorance | the state of not knowing about something |
| illerate | one who cannot read or write |
| litera | letters |
| inter- | between, among |
| ruptere | to burst |
| interrupt | to break into a conversation between other people; to come between a person and his/her task |
| mater | mother |
| maternal | one who acts in a motherly fashion |
| matrimony | marriage |
| matriarch | the oldest female in a family |
| ob - | against |
| dura | hard, long lasting |
| obdurate | stubborn |
| omnis | all |
| omnivore | one who east both meat and plants |
| omnipotent | all powerful |
| omniscient | all knowing |
| pater | tather, fatherland |
| patriarch | oldest living male in a family |
| expatriate | one who lives outside of his/her nativecountry |
| poly- | many |
| dactyl | digits, fingers/toes |
| gonia | angle |
| polygon | closed, many sided figure |
| post | after, behind, later |
| post script | writing done after the letter is finished |
| posthumous | after death |
| humare | to bury |
| postmortem | done after death |
| mors | death |
| pre- | before (in time and space) |
| ambulare | to walk |
| preamble | an introduction before the main document |
| prefix | a part of a word that is attached to the front of a root. |
| figare | to attach |
| pro- | to, towards, forth |
| proclaim | to speak loudly with authority |
| clamare | to cry out |
| re- | again, back, backward |
| cedere | to go |
| recede | to go back |
| se- | aside, apart, by itself |
| claudare | to shut |
| seclude | being shut off from everyone |
| sub- | under, below, beneath |
| marina | ocean, water |
| submarine | a machine that travels beneath the water |
| subliminal | being just below the level of consciousness |
| limen | threshold |
| tele- | distant, far off, far away |
| graphein | writing |
| telegraph | distance writing by way of dots and dashes |
| phonos | sound |
| telephone | a machine that is able to transmit sound over distances |
| skopos | sight, view |
| telescope | a machine tat allows viewing over distances |
| trans- | across, through, over |
| transparent | having the ability to be able to be seen through |
| parere | to appear |
| translucent | letting light through |
| lumen | light |
| kyklos | to move in a circle, whirl |
| zodiakos | the constellations in the zodiac |
| encyclopedia | books containing all knowledge |
| galaxias kyklos | Milky Way |
| dente | teeth, tooth |
| indent | the five spaces at the beginning of a paragraph that are blank |
| dandelion | a common weed |
| orthodontist | a dentist who straightens teeth |
| dictare | to say often, prescribe, make into law by saying |
| dicere | to speak |
| dictate | to write down the spoken word, or to give an order |
| dictator | a ruler whose words are law |
| dictionary | a book containing all words |
| donare | to give |
| donor | one who gives |
| donate | to give |
| donation | that which is given |
| ducere | to lead |
| deduce | to draw a conclusion |
| introduce | to make another person known to someone |
| produce | to make |
| duke | a royal title |
| abduct | to kidnap |
| durare | hard, long-lasting |
| endure | to carry on through hardships |
| durable | long lasting |
| duration | the length of time something lasts |
| obdurate | stubborn |
| facere | to do or make |
| -ify | the ending that means to make |
| petrify | to make into stone |
| petra | stone, rock |
| putrefy | to make rotten |
| feasible | able to do |
| manufacture | to make in quantity |
| malefactor | someone who does bad things |
| fallere | to decieve |
| false | an untruth |
| fallacy | a false notion or belief |
| fallible | able to be wrong |
| infallible | not able to be wrong |
| ferre | to bear or carry |
| fertile | able to bear life (crops, etc.) |
| vociferous | loud, clamorous voices |
| vox | voices |
| proliferation | spread, reproduce |
| proles | off-spring |
| aquifer | an underground lake |
| infer | to conclude |
| transfer | to move from one position to another |
| fidere | to trust |
| confident | to have trust in one's self |
| confidante | a trusted friend |
| confidential | information shared only with trusted associates |
| fiance | the one to whom another is engaged |
| infidel | one of another faith, usually used in a negative way |
| finire | to limit, set bounds come to an end, put an end to |
| infinity | without end |
| confine | to put boundaries around, as in confined to quarters |
| ad infinitum | to infinity |
| define | to state the meaning of a word |
| figere | to fix or attach - NOT to fix as in repair |
| fixture | a light or other household item that is attached to the house; or someone associated with a group |
| fixation | obsession |
| fixedly | to gaze as if attached |
| flectere | to bend |
| flexible | able to bend easily |
| inflexible | unable to bend easily |
| deflect | to bend away |
| reflect | to bend back, usually light |
| genuflect | to bend at the knee as a mark of respect |
| forma | form, shape |
| uniform | set of clothing worn by all members of a group |
| fromage | cheese |
| fortis | strong, to strengthen, brave, power |
| fort or fortress | an building reinforced to be stronger |
| comfort | to make a person feel better |
| effort | the amount of energy spent on a project |
| force | the amount of energy used |
| enforce | to ensure compliance with the law |
| reinforce | to make strong again |
| frangere | to break |
| fragment | a piece of something |
| fragile | breakable |
| frail | easily broken |
| refrain | repeated lines that break up a song; the chorus |
| gradi | to walk, step, go |
| egress | exit |
| ingredient | the material that is combined to make a food |
| aggression | angry or intimidating behavior towards a person |
| grade | different level of school |
| grade (2) | the slope of a hill |
| degrade | speed or actions intended to make a person feel inferior or bad about themselves |
| gratus | pleasing |
| gratia | favor, esteem, regard, good will |
| congratulations | words that show good will about an accomplishment |
| gracious | welcoming behavior |
| ingrate | someone who is not showing appreciation for benefits received |
| gratitude | words or actions that show appreciation for something |
| grace | a state of favor and regard; words said to recognize that state |
| manus | hand, strength, power |
| command | to be in charge of |
| memoria | mindful, remember |
| memoir | a written remembrance of one's life |
| migrare | to move, to wander |
| mittere | to send, to let go, to hurl, to throw |
| novus | new |
| innovate | to do something in a new manner |
| nova | a "new" star |
| novel | a new story |
| novice | someone who is new at something |
| renovate | to make new again |
| novocain | a numbing medicine |
| pathos | suffering, feeling, emotion |
| sympathy | the state of feeling sorry for someone who is suffering |
| empathy | the state of recognizing and feeling like someone who is suffering |
| apathy | the state of feeling nothing |
| antipathy | the feeling of disliking someone or something |
| pathetic | the state of suffering emotionally |
| pes | foot |
| pedal | the place where one places one's foot to operate a machine |
| pellere | to drive, urge, strike against |
| portate | to carry |
| pungere | to pierce, to prick |
| punctuation | the marks used to make meaning out of words |
| point | a dot; important information |
| puncture | a small hole made by something sharp |
| pungent | strong smelling |
| pugnacious | angry and looking for a fight |
| rumpere | to break |
| scribere | to write, to record |
| sentire | to feel, to perceive |
| spectart | to view, to watch |
| specere | to look |
| struere | to build, to pile |
| tangere | to touch |
| tenere | to hold fast |
| torquere | to twist |
| trahere | to pull, to draw, to drag |
| vincere | to conquer |
| videre | to see |
| advice | words meant to help and guide |
| envy | being jealous of someone's good fortune, possessions, or looks |
| evidence | material from a crime scene used to determine guilt or innocence |
| improvise | to divert from a plan; to make up on the spot |
| invisible | unable to be seen |
| provide | to take care of another's needs |
| review | to go over again to make sure something is correct |
| revise | to change to make better |
| supervise | to direct the efforts of others |
| surveillance | to be watching |
| view | what one sees at a given place |
| vivere | to live |
| Vitalis | belonging to life |
| convivial | to be full of life and enjoy the presence of others |
| viable | able to live |
| nonviable | not able to live |
| survive | to live through great hardship |
| viper | a type of snake that has live young, rather than laying eggs |
| parere | to bring forth |
| vivacious | lively |
| volvere | to roll, to turn |
| convoluted | complicated, full of unexpected twists and turns |
| devolve | to become less complex, usually a life form |
| evolve | to become more complex, usually a life form |
| involve | to bring into |
| revolve | to turn |
| revolt | an insurrection to change the government |
| vault | a complex form of arches that usually support a heavy roofll |
| contort | to twist or wrench in a violent manner |
| distort | to twist our of the true meaning |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power |
| retort | to reply forcefully |
| exhort | to urge on forcefully |
| truss | to tie up |
| rupture | to break open or burst |
| corrupt | to ruin morally |
| eruption | the act of coming out in a sudden explosion, exp. volcano |
| interrupt | to break in between, as interrupt a conversation |
| abrupt | to break away without apology |
| bankrupt | to be without money |
| disrupt | to cause a disturbance or problem |
| manus | hand |
| manufacture | to make (originally by hand) |
| manifest | to make obvious |
| manage | to direct the actions of a group; to be in charge of |
| manicure | to care for one's hands and nails |
| manual | a book that has instructions on how to operate something |
| manicotti | a hand-made pasta |
| manumit | to set free |
| manipulate | to control or influence |
| memoria | memory |
| memoir | a book that looks back on a special time or important event in one's life |
| memory | that which we use to remember |
| memorable | easily remembered; striking |
| memorial | a service that is used to remember someone who has passed |
| momento | souvenir |
| memorabilia | objects kept or collected because of their historical importance or association with an historically important person or event |
| commemorate | a service or designation designed to bring remembrance of an event or person |
| memorize | to commit to memory |
| abstract | relating to a thought or not representative of external reality |
| extraction | the act of pulling something or someone out |
| retract | to take back; recant |
| intractable | not controllable |
| subtraction | the act of taking away |
| traction | the act of pulling or driving something over a surface |
| portere | to carry |
| deport | to make someone go away from the country |
| export | to ship out of the country |
| import | to bring into the country |
| portable | able to be carried |
| porter | one who carries luggage |
| rapport | a close and friendly relationship |
| dissent | views in opposition to a idea or decision |
| nonsense | silliness; not making sense |
| consent | permission for something to happen |
| insensitive | to be dismissive or ignore the feelings of others |
| consensus | coming to an agreement as a group |
| expedience | doing something in a quick and easy manner without regard for right or wrong |
| impede | to hinder someone from doing something; to interfere |
| bipedal | having two feet |
| expedition | a journey or trip taken by a group of people with a similar purpose |
| scribere | to write |
| scribble | to make marks that resemble writing, but are not |
| scribe | one who writes |
| inscribe | to cut words into something |
| transcribe | to put thoughts, speech or data into written form |
| manuscript | a hand-written draft of a book |
| tangere | to touch |
| tango | a dance where the couple dance while touching |
| contagious | capable of transmitting a disease |
| contact | the state of physically touching or communicating |
| attain | to reach a goal |
| vincere | to conquer |
| evict | to force to move out when rent is past due |
| victory | the state of having won |
| convict | the act of being declared guilty |
| evince | reveal the presence of |
| vanquish | to beat; to have victory over another |
| vivere | to live |
| revive | to bring back to life, as to revive a drowning victim |
| survive | to stay alive in the face of overwhelming odds against it |
| vivid | life like and colorful |
| vivacity | livelyness |
| viper | a class of snake who bear live young, rather than lay eggs |
| extract | to draw out or take out |
| portrait | a picture of a person drawn or painted |
| struere | to pile, to build |
| spectare | to view, to see |
| torquere | to twist |
| videre | to see |
| tenere | to hold |
| visor | the from part of a helmet |
| vista | the view |
| espionage | the act of spying |
