| A | B |
|---|
| megas | great. large, mighty |
| megabyte | "one million" bytes |
| megabit | "one million" bits |
| megalith | a large monument made of stone |
| lithos | stone |
| megalopolis | a "mighty" city |
| ob- | against |
| dura | hard, to harden |
| object | something tangible |
| jectare | to throw |
| obstruct | to prevent, hinder |
| struere | to build, pile up |
| omnis- | all |
| omnivore | a creature that eats plants and meat |
| vorare | to eat fiercely |
| omnipotent | all powerful |
| potens | powerful |
| omniscient | all knowing |
| scientia | knowledge |
| Education pro omnibus. | Education for all. |
| Omnia vincit amor. | Love conquers all. |
| vincere | to conquer |
| amor | love |
| poly- | many, excessive |
| polydactyl | many digits, fingers, toes |
| dactyl | digits, fingers, toes |
| polygon | a many angled figure |
| gonia | angle |
| polygraph | a discredited lie detector |
| graphein | to write, writing |
| post- | after, behind, later |
| post script | a note written after the signature |
| PS | post script |
| postern | the "back door" of a castle |
| posthumous | after death (burial) |
| humare | to bury |
| postmortem | after death |
| mors | death |
| pre-, prae- | before (in time and space) |
| preamble | the portion of a document that comes before the title |
| ambulare | to walk |
| predominate | to 'rule over," to win, to outnumber |
| dominari | to rule |
| prefix | the part of the word that attaches in front of the root |
| figare | to attach |
| premeditation | planned before the event (often a crime) |
| meditari | to consider |
| pro- | to, towards, forth |
| portent | a warning about the future |
| tendere | to extend, stretch |
| proceed | to go in front of |
| cedere | to go |
| proclaim | to announce officially |
| clamare | to cry out |
| re- | again, back, backwards |
| recede | to go back |
| cedere | to go |
| refugee | one who flees from a bad situation |
| fugere | to flee |
| refute | to counter an argument |
| futare | to beat |
| remit | to send back |
| mittere | to send |
| se- | aside, apart, by itself |
| secluded | shut off from |
| claudere | to shut |
| segregate | to separate by some quality |
| grex | herd |
| secede | to leave |
| cedere | to go |
| secretary | one who keeps people apart from one |
| sub- | under, below, beneath |
| submarine | a boat that operates under the water |
| marina | ocean, water |
| subliminal | below the conscious threshold |
| limen | threshold |
| succession | when one member takes the office after another |
| suffocate | to deprive of air |
| fauces | throat |
| tele- | distant, far off, far away |
| telegraph | "writing" or letters from far away |
| telephone | a machine that makes sounds heard over a distance |
| telescope | a machine that brings sights from a distance |
| skopos | seeing |
| phonos | sound |
| graphein | writing |
| trans- | across, through, over |
| transparent | having the quality of being clear, things are easily seen when looking through it |
| parere | to appear |
| translucent | letting only light through |
| lux | light |
| transfer | to move across |
| ferre | to bear, to carry |
| transmit | to send across |
| mittere | to send |
| tranquil | calm, soothing |
| quies | rest, quiet |
| mater | mother |
| pater | father |
| De- | Down or away |
| Diagonal | At an angle |
| Gonia | Angle |
| Dis- | Not, apart, |
| 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 |
| Inter- | Between |
| Intra- | Within |
| Maternal | Motherly |
| graphein | to write, writing |
| gignoskein | to learn |
| diagnosis | the conclusions of a doctor about an illness |
| 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 |
| disarm | to take away one's weapons |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| hypo- | under, less than, to little |
| hypothermia | too little heat in the body |
| therme | heat |
| hypodermic | a needle that goes under the skin |
| hypochrondia | a psychiatric diagnosis when one is convinced one is always seriously ill |
| khondros | cartilage |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| intramural | competitions that take place in a town or city; not league or official play |
| intravenous | within the vein |
| 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 |
| a, an- | without |
| ab, abs, a- | apart, away from |
| ad- | to, towards |
| amphi, ambi- | around, both sides |
| anthro- | human |
| anti- | against |
| auto- | self |
| bene | well, good, favorable |
| belli- | war, warlike, fighting, fight |
| bio- | life |
| chron- | time, times, sequence of time |
| com- | with, together |
| de- | down or away |
| dia- | across, through, entirely |
| dis- | not, apart |
| dys- | bad, hard, ill, or difficult |
| epi- | upon, on, over |
| ex- | out |
| hetero- | different, unlike, another |
| homo- | like, same, equal, common |
| hyper- | over, excessively |
| hypo- | under, beneath, up from under, too littl |
| in- | in, into, on, upon |
| in, im- | not |
| inter- | between, among |
| mater | mother |
| pater | father |
| maturas | ripe |
| migrare | to wander, to move around |
| onyma- | name |
| phonos- | sound |
| genus | kind, gender, race, stock, origin |
| imbibe | to drink in |
| a, an- | not, without |
| ab-, abs-, a,- | apart, away from |
| ad- | to, towards |
| amphi-, ambi- | round, both sides |
| ante- | before |
| anthro- | human |
| anti- | against |
| auto- | self |
| bi- | two |
| bene- | well, favorable |
| belli- | war, war-like |
| bio- | life |
| chron- | time |
| com- | with |
| abnormal | acting in a way that is away from regular or normal behavior |
| adhere | to stick to |
| antecedent | some thing that come before the word and the word refers to it |
| anthropology | the study of humans |
| antidote | something given after a bite to counter the venom |
| automatic | self-propelled |
| benevolent | kindly disposed towards the world |
| belligerent | argumentative and looking for a fight |
| chronic | happening over a long time |
| anemia | a blood condition resulting from a lack of hemoglobin |
| anorexia | a mental condition that makes someone have an unrealistic view of their body |
| anesthesia | medicine that takes away pain |
| abduct | to kidnap |
| abhor | to feel a loathing for |
| aberration | something outside the norm |
| ducere | to lead |
| horrere | to shudder |
| errare | to wander |
| haima | blood |
| aisthesis | feeling |
| haerere | to stick |
| monere | to warn, advise |
| agere | to drive, lead, act |
| ire | to go |
| ambiance | the atmosphere |
| -oid | resembling |
| didonai | to give |
| arktikos | arctic |
| matos | thinking, animated, willing |
| hentes | doer, being |
| automaton | robot |
| facere | to do |
| velle | to wish |
| antebellum | (US) before the Civil War |
| rebellion | to fight back against the conqueror |
| bellare | to wage war |
| gerere | to bear, to carry |
| bio | life |
| syn- | with |
| graphein | to write |
| anachronism | something that appears out of its normal time period |
| chronic | lasting a long time |
| combat | fighting |
| battuere | to beat, to fight |
| labore | to work |
| collaborate | to work with |
| abrasion | an injury caused by violent scraping of skin off body |
| abyss | a deep hole or ravine |
| compassion | to feel and do things to comfort one who is hurting |
| adopt | to legally make part of a family |
| antipathy | hatred |
| amphibian | a group of animals that spends time both in water and on land |
| autopsy | a medical examination to determine the cause of death |
| Nota bene. | Note well. |
| Bellona | Roman goddess of war |
| anorexia | a mental state in which a person has an unrealistic view of his/her body |
| orexia | appetite |
| admonish | To scold about something |
| a-, an- | without, not |
| ab-, abs-, a- | apart, away from |
| ad- | towards |
| amphi-, ambi- | round, both sides |
| anthro-, anthropos- | man |
| anti- | against |
| dia- | through |
| auto- | self |
| bene- | good, well, favorable |
| com - | with |
| de- | down or away |
| di- | two, double |
| dis- | not, apart |
| epi- | upon, over |
| ex- | out |
| in- | in |
| in-, im-, | not |
| inter | between |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| pro- | before, in favor of |
| re- | back, again |
| sub- | under, up from under, beneath, below |
| tele- | distance |
| trans- | across |
| amare | love |
| amicus | friend |
| amateur | one who does something because s/he loves it |
| enamored | to love with something |
| amiable | friendly |
| amenity | something designed to make a place more friendly |
| enemy | not a friend, inimicus |
| aster | star |
| astrum | star |
| asterisk | punctuation that looks like a star |
| asteroid | star-like |
| astronaut | sailor of the stars |
| astral | having to do with the stars |
| disaster | awful happening - unlucky - away from the stars |
| audire | to listen |
| audit | having to show financial records; originally listen to scribe read them |
| auditorium | place where you go to hear someone speak |
| audition | a place where you try out for a part |
| audience | those who listen |
| biblia | book |
| biblion | scroll |
| Bible | holy book of Christians |
| bibliography | list of books consulted |
| biblioklept | book thief |
| bibliomancy | divination or decision by opening a book to any passage and using to answer question |
| bibliophile | book lover |
| bibliophobe | book fearer |
| cadere | to fall |
| cadaver | dead body |
| cascade | to fall as though a waterfall over rocks |
| cadence | tempo |
| chance | luck |
| deciduous | trees whose leaves fall in the autumn |
| capere | to take, to hold |
| capture | to take into custody |
| capacity | amount something will hold |
| capable | able to do well |
| deceive | to cheat |
| except | to take out |
| emancipate | to free from slavery |
| caput | head, leader, chief, first |
| chef | leader in the kitchen |
| chief | leader of the tribe or crew |
| captain | leader of the ship/squad/team |
| capitol | place of the leader of government |
| capital | upper case letters |
| capitulate | to yield or give in |
| escape | ex cappa |
| caudere | to burn |
| kaustikos | capable of burning |
| kaiein | to burn (Greek) |
| caustic | chemical that burns |
| cauterize | to close a wound by burning |
| calm | quiet, soothed |
| Holocaust | attempted extermination of the Jews and others during WWII |
| holocaust | any great distruction by fire |
| ink | fluid that shows writing |
| cedere | to go or move |
| necessary | not avoidable |
| secede | to withdraw |
| se- | apart |
| proceed | to go forth |
| concede | to agree |
| recede | to go back |
| ancestor | those who came before |
| deceased | dead |
| caedere | to cut |
| homicide | murder |
| sorocide | murder of sister |
| fratracide | murder of brother |
| concise | without any extra words |
| precise | using the exact words needed to say something |
| incision | a cut |
| scissors | intrument that cuts |
| clamare | to cry out, to shout |
| exclaim | to cry out |
| clamor | loud noise |
| declaim | to make a loud speech |
| reclaim | to take back by calling out |
| proclaim | to call forth |
| claudere | to close, to shut |
| closet | a small room used for storage |
| recluse | someone who stays inside at all times |
| include | to bring in to a group |
| exclude | to keep out of a group |
| seclude | to go to a place away from everyone else |
| 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 |
| indite | to legally charge someone with a crime |
| dictionary | a collection of words and definitions |
| donare | to give |
| donor | one who gives |
| donate | to give |
| pardon | to erase the crime committed by a governor or president |
| condone | to agree with the way someone conducts themself |
| durare | to last, to harder |
| endure | to bear up under hardship |
| durable | long-lasting |
| duration | the amount of time something lasts |
| obdurate | stubborn |
| erg | work |
| allergy | a reaction to a foreign substance |
| energy | the amount of work used |
| facere | to do or make |
| putri- | to rot |
| petra- | rock |
| -ify | to make |
| feasible | doable |
| manufacture | to make by hand |
| malefactor | an evil-doer |
| defeat | to overcome someone |
| feature | what the product does |
| fallere | to deceive |
| false | not true |
| fallacy | something that is not true |
| failure | not a success |
| fallible | able to make mistakes |
| infallible | incapable of making mistakes |
| ferre | to carry |
| fertile | able to bear crops well |
| vociferous | loud, raucous |
| vox, vocis | voices, voice |
| proliferation | the spreading of offspring |
| proles | offspring |
| aquifer | an underground natural storage landform for water |
| infer | to conclude |
| defer | to piut off |
| transfer | to move to another place |
| refer | to send someone to another |
| prefer | to like better |
| fidere | to trust |
| confident | to trust in one's self |
| confidante | someone you trust |
| confidential | something that you only share with those you trust |
| defiant | someone who will not do what you ask |
| fiance | the one you are engaged to |
| infidel | one not of your faith, perjorative |
| finire | to limit, to set bounds, come to an end, put an end to |
| infinity | somewhere without end |
| affinity | a liking for |
| confine | to make a border around |
| define | to give the meaning of |
| ad infinitum | literally to infinity. Taken to mean repeated endlessly |
| figere | to fasten |
| fixture | that which is fixed to the walls and ceilings |
| crucify | to attach to a cross |
| fixation | something which you are focused on to the exclusion of all else |
| fixedly | something you are staring at to the exclusion of all else |
| flectere | to bend |
| flexible | able to bend |
| inflexible | unable to bend |
| deflect | to avoid by bending attention away from |
| reflect | light which bounces off a surface to show the scene |
| forma | form, shape |
| cruciform | in the shape of a cross |
| uniform | one form of dress for all |
| fromage | cheese |
| formal | a style of dress deemed appropriate for important occasions |
| inform | to educate, shape, or form into someone |
| fortis | strong, to strengthen, brave, power |
| frangere | to break |
| gradi | to go, to step |
| memoria | mindful, remember |
| migrare | to wander, to move |
| mittere | to send, to let go, to hurl, to throw |
| novus | new |
| portere | to carry |
| rumptere | to break |
| spectare | to view, to watch |
| specere | to look |
| trahere | to pull, to draw, to drag |
| vincere | to conquer |
| videre | to see |
| vivere | to live |
| fort, fortress | a building that has been strengthened |
| comfort | to be strong with someone who needs your support |
| discomfort | to be away or apart from comfort |
| effort | to put out all your strength or power |
| fragment | a piece of a larger whole |
| fragile | easily broken |
| frail | a person whose body will break easily |
| grade | a year in school |
| egress | another word for exit |
| ingredient | substances that are mixed together to form a whole |
| aggression | bellicosity |
| memorial | something that is intended to remind people of a specific event |
| momento | an item that reminds one of a specific event or person |
| memoir | a book about a person's memories |
| memorabilia | collectables from a specific time or event |
| migrant | a person who moves about, usually following crops for work |
| migration | the act of moving, usually seasonal |
| emissions | substances sent out of machines or factories |
| emissary | one who is sent out on a diplomatic mission |
| dismiss | to let go from an event or class |
| intermission | a period between parts of a concert or play |
| novice | one who is new to something |
| renovate | to make new again |
| export | to ship out of a country |
| import | to ship into a country |
| deport | to separate one from a country |
| transport | to ship across a distance |
| erupt | to have magma burst out of a volcano |
| interrupt | to come between two people conversing |
| disrupt | to break apart the focus of something |
| bankrupt | to owe more than you can pay |
| spectator | one who watches an event |
| spectacles | glasses |
| respect | to defer to a person |
| abstract | not representational |
| attract | to cause to come near |
| distract | to cause the focus of people to be apart from what they are supposed to be doing |
| extract | to draw out |
| retract | to take back |
| invincible | not conquerable |
| vanquish | to conquer |
| victorious | to win |
| advice, advise | to give council to |
| interview | to discuss a job and one's qualifications for it |
| invisible | not visible |
| review, revise | to go over |
| supervise | to watch over. as in manage |
| viable | able to live |
| nonviable | unable to live |
| revive | to bring back to life |
| vivacious | to be full of life, lively |
| vivid | colorful, life-like |
