| A | B |
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| cura | to care |
| se- | free from |
| pedi- | foot |
| mani- | hand |
| pedicure | a procedure during which the feet are pampered |
| manicure | a procedure during which the hands are pampered |
| kyklos | to move in a circle, whirl |
| cyclone fence | a fence made of twisted metal |
| zodiakos | a circle of animal constellations |
| galaxias kyklos | milky circle; Milky Way |
| enkyklos | encyclopedia |
| dens | tooth |
| indent | the spaces at the beginning of a paragraph |
| trident | 3 pronged spear |
| dandelion | dent de lion |
| denture | false teeth |
| orthodontia | wires meant to straighten teeth |
| dictare | to say often, to proscribe |
| dicere | to speak |
| dictate | to tell someone what to do; to speak for someone to write down |
| dictator | a rule with absolute power |
| indict | to legally charge someone with a crime |
| ditty | a song |
| dictionary | a collection of words and definitions |
| condominium | an apartment individually owned in a building owned by everyone (association) |
| donare | to give |
| donor | one who gives |
| donate | to give |
| pardon | When a governor or president erases someone's crime |
| condone | to agree with the way someone conducts themself |
| dormire | to sleep |
| dormitory | a place for sleeping, especially groups |
| dormouse | a mouse that hibernates during winter |
| dormant | inactive during certain extended times |
| dormer | an extension of the roof with a window, usually in bedrooms |
| durare | to last, to harder |
| endure | to bear up under hardship |
| durable | long-lasting |
| duration | the amount of time something lasts |
| obdurate | stubborn |
| facere | to do or make |
| putri- | to rot |
| petra- | rock |
| -ify | to make |
| feasible | doable |
| manufacture | to make by hand |
| malefactor | an evil-doer |
| feature | what the product does |
| cyclo | wheel, circle |
| cura | to care |
| clamare | to cry out |
| exclaim | to say loudly |
| clamor | loud, noisy voices |
| declaim | to project one's voice down to an audience |
| reclaim | to cry out against |
| proclaim | to cry out an announcement |
| closet | a closed off area to store clothes |
| recluse | a person who is shut away and never comes out of the house |
| include | to close into a group |
| exclude | to close out of a group |
| seclude | to be closed apart, isolated |
| domus | house |
| domestic | pertaining to the house |
| domesticated | animals who are no longer wild, but raised around a house |
| domain | the area one "rules" over |
| domicile | synonym for house |
| ducere | to lead |
| deduct | to subtract, lead down |
| reduce | to lead back, make less |
| introduce | to make one person known to another; to lead between them |
| produce | to lead forth; to show |
| Duke | a leader of an army |
| dock | a place where a boat is led to land |
| abduct | to kidnap |
| fallere | to deceive |
| false | untrue |
| fallacy | something widely believed that is false |
| failure | unsuccessful |
| default | failure to repay a debt or obligation |
| fallible | able to make mistakes |
| infallible | unable to make mistakes |
| ferre | to bear or carry |
| fertile | able to bear life |
| vociferous | clamor of voices |
| vox, vocis | voices |
| proliferation | rapid increase in numbers |
| proles | offspring |
| aquifer | underground lake of water |
| infer | to draw conclusions |
| defer | to put off an event or action to the future |
| transfer | to move from one place to another |
| refer | to pass a body to another |
| prefer | to like one over others |
| fidere | to have faith, to trust |
| confident | to trust in yourself |
| confidante | someone you trust and tell secrets to |
| confidential | intended to be private or secret |
| defiant | to show open resistance |
| finance | one to whom one is engaged |
| infidel | one of a different faith; often used as an insult |
| flectere | to bend |
| flexible | able to bend |
| inflexible | not able to bend |
| deflect | to cause something to change direction; to bend away |
| reflect | to throw back light, heat, or sound without absorbing it |
| genuflect | to bend a knee as a sign of respect, usually religious |
| fortis | strong, to strengthen, brave, power |
| fort | an outpost that has been made strong |
| fortress | a castle |
| comfort | to give strength to |
| discomfort | experiencing being uncomfortable; away from comfort |
| force | coercion or compulsion, especially with a threat |
| enforce | to compel compliance |
| reinforce | strengthen or support |
| frangere | to break |
| fringe | a decorative border of hanging threads |
| fragment | a piece of something broken off |
| fragile | breakable |
| frail | easily broken due to illness or age |
| frangible | brittle |
| infraction | a breaking of the rules |
| refract | to break light back into its component colors |
| refrain | a chorus |
| gradi | to walk, to step, to go |
| egress | an exit |
| ingredient | material added at different steps of a recipe |
| regress | to take a step back in development |
| aggression | hostile or violent behavior |
| progress | to step forward, either physically or developmentally |
| grade | a measure of progress in school |
| degrade | behavior intended to make someone else feel bad about themself |
| gratus | pleasing |
| gratia | favor, esteem, regard, good will |
| congratulations | extending good will towards others |
| gracious | pleasing |
| gratitude | thankfulness |
| ingrate | someone who doesn't feel thankful for what one has been given |
| gratify | to give someone pleasure or satisfaction |
| agree | to have the same opinion |
| mere | sea, lake, pool, pond |
| marina | a docking place for boats |
| marinade | a spiced liquid for imparting to meat or vegetables |
| aquamarine | light blue/green color or a gemstone of that color |
| Marines | soldiers of the Navy |
| submaring | a boat that operates under water |
| mermaid | a half fish, half woman denizen of the sea |
| pes | foot |
| impede | to interfere and slow down a process |
| expedite | to interfere and speed up a process |
| pedal | a moveable part one pushes with a foot |
| pedestal | the base of a statue |
| pedestrian | a person who is walking |
| pioneer | a settler who moved to new ground by walking |
| tangere | to touch |
| tactile | using the sense of touch |
| tangible | able to be touched |
| contaminate | to make something impure by touching it with something |
| contagious | to be able to be spread |
| tango | a dance where the dancers are positioned close together |
| torquere | to twist |
| torture | using pain to compel a person |
| contort | to twist past normal bending |
| distort | to bend the narrative away from the truth |
| extort | to blackmail someone |
| torch | cloth twisted onto wood set on fire for light |
| torment | severe mental or physical suffering |
| trahere | to pull, to draw, to drag |
| traction | the amount of force between an object and its surface |
| abstract | nonrepresentational art or existing in thought |
| attract | to exert a pull towards |
| detract | to try to pull down, as in a reputation |
| distract | to pull attention away from |
| extract | to pull a substance or taste out of |
| retract | to pull back |
| portrait | a drawing of a person's face and upper body |
| videre | to see |
| novus | new |
| innovate | to come up with new ideas or new approachs |
| nova | a "new" star |
| novel | a new story |
| novice | one who is learning how to do something |
| renovate | to redo a room or house |
| novocain | a synthetic medicine with the same effects as cocaine |
| videre | to see |
| advice, advise | guidance with regard to the future |
| interview | to discuss a job application |
| provide | to see ahead; make provisions for |
| review, revise | to see again; to go over and redo |
| supervise | to oversee |
| view | that which is seen |
| vivere | to live |
| convivial | cheerful and friendly; jovial |
| viable; non-viable | able to live; not able to live |
| revive | to bring back to life |
| survive | to overcome and live |
| viper | a group of snakes that give birth to live young |
| vivacious | bubbly |
| vivid | lively colors |
| De- | Down or away |
| Dia- | Across, through |
| Diagonal | At an angle |
| Gonia | Angle |
| Dys- | Bad, hard, Ill, difficult |
| Dyslexia | Difficulty processing words |
| Lexia | Word |
| Epi- | Upon, over |
| Epidermis | Skin |
| Dermis | Skin (middle layer) |
| Ex- | Out |
| Hyper- | Over, excessively |
| Hyperactive | Very fidgety, active |
| Actus- | Capable of acting |
| Hypo- | Under, less than, too little |
| Hypodermic | Needle that goes under the skin |
| In- | In, into, on |
| In-, Im | Not |
| Ponere | To put |
| Collaboration | Work together |
| Matt-, mater- | Mother |
| Maternal | Motherly |
| graphein | to write, writing |
| diadem | crown or tiara |
| dein | to tie or bind |
| gignoskein | to learn |
| diagnosis | the conclusions of a doctor about an illness |
| diagram | a drawing or sketch |
| difference | to be apart from others in some way |
| ferre | to carry |
| facilis | easy |
| difficult | to be far apart from easy |
| diffident | not confident |
| fidere | to trust |
| discomfort | a state of being ill at ease or minor pain |
| disclaimer | a statement that says what a product or service does not do or does not provide |
| disarm | to take away one's weapons |
| dysentery | severe. life-threatening diarrhea |
| entera | intestines |
| dyscalculia | a diagnosis that indicates one has difficulty with math |
| calculare | to compute or calculate |
| dysgraphia | a diagnosis that indicates that one has difficulty with writing |
| epicenter | the area on the earth's surface over the center of an earthquake |
| centrum | center |
| ephemeral | extremely short-lived |
| hemera | day |
| epidemic | a wide-spread illness |
| demos | people |
| epidermis | the outermost layer of skin |
| dermis | skin |
| eccentric | odd |
| educate | teach |
| ducere | lead |
| emit | to send out |
| mittere | to send |
| excel | to be the best at a task |
| cellere | to rise high, to tower |
| exit | to go out |
| ire | to go |
| expand | to stretch out |
| pandere | to stretch |
| hetero- | different, other, another |
| heterodox | believing differently than a group, e.g. church, government, etc. |
| doxa | opinion |
| heterodont | being possessed of different kinds of teeth |
| homo- | being the same |
| homogeneous | being all of the same kind, size, appearance, etc. |
| homophone | having the same sounds (pronunciation) but different meanings e.g. new. knew |
| homonym | a homograph - same spelling but different meanings, e.g. lead and lead |
| ventus | wind |
| hyperventilate | to have too much oxygen in blood |
| hypertension | high blood pressure |
| tendere | to stretch |
| hyperbole | to grossly exaggerate |
| ballein | to throw |
| hypo- | under, less than, to little |
| hypothermia | too little heat in the body |
| therm | heat |
| hypodermic | a needle that goes under the skin |
| hypochrondia | a psychiatric diagnosis when one is convinced one is always seriously ill |
| khondros | cartilage |
| in- | in, into, on, upon |
| illuminate | to bring light into |
| lumen, lux | light |
| immigrate | to move into a country |
| emmigrate | to move out of a country |
| inject | to insert with a hypodermic (see what I did there?) |
| jectare | to throw |
| import | to carry into |
| portere | to carry |
| in- im- | not |
| ignorance | the state of not knowing |
| illiterate | unable to read/write |
| immaculate | extremely clean |
| maculatus | stain |
| immature | acting younger that expected |
| interrupt | to break into a conversation or activity |
| intercede | to "go to bat" for someone; to go to someone in authority on another's behalf |
| intercept | to acquire something that was intended for someone else |
| matr- | having to do with mother |
| matrimony | the state of being married, entering motherhood |
| matriarch | the ruling woman of a family; often a grandmother |
| matron | a married woman; British - the head nurse or person in charge of a women's prison wing |
| mater | mother |
| Labor- | Work |
| Collaboration | Work together |
| Matr-, mater- | Mother |
| Maternal | Motherly |
| ob- | against |
| omni- | all |
| omnis | all (object) |
| potens | powerful |
| omnipotent | all powerful |
| amor | love |
| pater, patr- | father, fatherland |
| patriarch | older ruling male |
| expatriate | someone who lives outside of their land of birth |
| poly- | many, excessive |
| polygon | a many sided figure |
| polydactyl | having an excessive number of digits |
| dactylos | finger |
| post- | after |
| post script | writing added after the closing in a letter |
| postern | the rear door in a castle |
| posthumous | published after death (burial) |
| humare | dirt |
| pre-, prae- | before |
| preamble | writing added before the official title and opening of a document |
| ambulare | to walk |
| pro- | before, in favor of |
| proclaim | to read loudly and officially |
| clamare | to cry out |
| re- | back, again |
| recede | to flow back |
| reclaim | to take back |
| sub- | under, up from under, beneath, below |
| submarine | a vessel that mostly moves underwater |
| marina | water, sea |
| subliminal | quick flashes of pictures, etc. intended to register on the subconscious |
| limen | threshold of a door |
| syn- | with, together, jointly |
| sympathy | the emotion felt when one is in tune with another's feelins |
| pathos | feeling, suffering |
| tele- | distance |
| telephone | an instrument for hearing at a distance |
| phonos | sound |
| skopium, skopos | seeing, examining |
| trans- | across |
| transport | to move goods or people |
| portere | to carry |
| transparent | clear, see-through |
| parere | to appear |
| translucent | glass which lets only light come through, frosted |
| lumin | light |
| graph | writing |
| a, an | not |
| ab, abs, | away from, apart |
| ad | toward |
| amphi, ambi | both. both sides, around |
| anthro | man, human |
| anti | against |
| auto | self |
| bene | good, well |
| com | with |
| de | down, away |
| dia | across, through |
| dis | not, apart |
| anaesthesia | medicine that makes a person unable to feel pain |
| aisthesis | feeling |
| aberration | irregular, not usual |
| errare | to wander |
| abhor | to hate, to fear |
| horrere | to tremble at, shudder |
| admonish | to scold, to warn |
| monere | to advise, to warn |
| anthropoid | man-like |
| -oid | suffix meaning like |
| Antarctic | South Pole |
| arktikos | arctic |
| antipathy | dislike |
| pathos | feeling |
| benefactor | do-gooder |
| facere | to make or do |
| benediction | blessing |
| scandere | to climb |
| caedere | to cut |
| ducere | to lead |
| glossa | tongue |
| graphein | to write |
| bios | life |
| auto- | self |
| automaton | robot |
| velle | to wish |
| rebellion | a revolt against the rulers |
| bellum | war |
| gerere | to bear |
| bellare | to wage war |
| autobiography | a book you write about your life |
| symbiotic | two life forms that act to benefit each other |
| anachronism | something out of its time |
| battuere | to beat |
| epi- | upon, on, over |
| ephemeral | short lived |
| epidemic | wide spread illness |
| dermis | skin |
| demos | people |
| gnarus | acquainted with |
| noscere | to know |
| omnivore | eats everything |
| vorare | to eat hungrily |
| omniscient | all knowing |
| predominate | to beat in numbers |
| dominari | to rule |
| prefix | word chunks at beginning of word to change meaning |
| figare | to attach |
| premeditation | to plan ahead of time |
| meditart | to consider |
| portent | warning of the future |
| proceed | to go forward |
| refugee | one who flees from some form of danger |
| tempus fugit | time flies. |
| refute | to argue against |
| futare | to beat |
| segregate | to separate by some criteria |
| grex | herd or flock |
| secede | to withdraw from |
| seclude | to be apart from |
| suffocate | to cut off from air |
| fauces | throat |
| limen | threshold |
| subliminal | just below the level of conscious thought |
| succession | the line of heirs for a position |
| tranquil | quiet, restful |
| quies | rest, quiet place |
| trans- | across |
| tele- | distant, far off, far away |
| sub- | under, below, beneath |
| re- | again, back, backwards |
| pro- | to, towards, forth |
| pre-, prae- | before (time and space) |
| post- | after, behind, later |
| poly- | many |
| pater- | father, fatherland |
| inter- | between |
| hypo- | under, beneath, up from under, too little |
| hyper- | over, excessively |
| homo- | same, equal, like, common |
| hetero- | different, other, another, unlike |
| 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 |
| enamored (v) | to fall in love with something |
| inimicus | enemy |
| amiable | friendly |
| amicus | friend |
| astron, aster, astrum | 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) |
| 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 |
| audience | people who are present to hear speakers or performances |
| audit | the act of verifying accounts |
| audition | a try-out for a position in a musical or acting productiona |
| bibliophobe | one who is afraid of books |
| biblia | book |
| Bible | The Book |
| bibliography | the written list of books cited |
| biblioklept | one who has a mental disorder that results in stealing books |
| bibliomancy | using a book opened at random to assess guilt or innocence |
| bibliophile | one who loves books |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| cedere | to go, yield, surrender |
| ancestor | anyone from whom someone is descended, usually refers to those more distant than grandparents |
| ante | before |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| capable | having the ability to accomplish a task or duty |
| 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 |
| caudere | Latin - to burn |
| kaustikos | capable of burning |
| kaiein | Greek - to burn |
| caustic | causing a chemical burn |
| cauterize | to burn to seal off a vein or artery |
| calm | quiet, soothing |
| Holocaust | a killing of massive numbers of people, usually referring to the German attempted annihilation of Jews during WWII |
| holocaust | any destruction of a large area by fire |
| ink | the fixed substance used to write with |
| chance | the probability that something will happen |
| deciduous | the class of trees whose leaves are shed every fall |
