| A | B |
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| 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 |
| enemy | not a friend, inimicus |
| asterisk | punctuation that looks like a star |
| asteroid | star-like |
| astronaut | sailor of the stars |
| disaster | awful happening - unlucky - away from the stars |
| audire | to listen |
| auditorium | place where you go to hear someone speak |
| audition | a place where you try out for a part |
| audience | those who listen |
| bibliography | list of books consulted |
| cadere | to fall |
| cadaver | dead body |
| cascade | to fall as though a waterfall over rocks |
| cadence | tempo |
| capere | to take, to hold |
| capture | to take into custody |
| capacity | amount something will hold |
| capable | able to do well |
| except | to take out |
| 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 |
| escape | ex cappa |
| caudere | to burn |
| caustic | chemical that burns |
| calm | quiet, soothed |
| Holocaust | attempted extermination of the Jews and others during WWII |
| holocaust | any great distruction by fire |
| 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 |
| incision | a cut |
| clamare | to cry out, to shout |
| exclaim | to cry out |
| clamor | loud noise |
| reclaim | to take back by calling out |
| claudere | to close, to shut |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| durare | to last, to harder |
| endure | to bear up under hardship |
| durable | long-lasting |
| obdurate | stubborn |
| facere | to do or make |
| putri- | to rot |
| petra- | rock |
| -ify | to make |
| feasible | doable |
| manufacture | to make by hand |
| 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 |
| infer | to conclude |
| defer | to piut off |
| transfer | to move to another place |
| refer | to send someone to another |
| fidere | to trust |
| confident | to trust in one's self |
| confidential | something that you only share with those you trust |
| defiant | someone who will not do what you ask |
| finire | to limit, to set bounds, come to an end, put an end to |
| infinity | somewhere without end |
| confine | to make a border around |
| define | to give the meaning of |
| figere | to fasten |
| fixture | that which is fixed to the walls and ceilings |
| fixation | something which you are focused on 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 |
| uniform | one form of dress for all |
| inform | to educate, shape, or form into someone |
| megas | great. large, mighty |
| 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 |
| omnipotent | all powerful |
| omniscient | all knowing |
| vincere | to conquer |
| amor | love |
| poly- | many, excessive |
| polygon | a many angled figure |
| gonia | angle |
| post- | after, behind, later |
| 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 |
| pro- | to, towards, forth |
| proceed | to go in front of |
| 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 |
| se- | aside, apart, by itself |
| secluded | shut off from |
| claudere | to shut |
| secede | to leave |
| cedere | to go |
| sub- | under, below, beneath |
| submarine | a boat that operates under the water |
| marina | ocean, water |
| tele- | distant, far off, 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 |
| 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, lumen | light |
| Dia- | Across, through |
| Diagonal | At an angle |
| Gonia | Angle |
| Dyslexia | Difficulty processing words |
| Lexia | Word |
| Epidermis | Skin |
| Dermis | Skin (middle layer) |
| Hyper- | Over, excessively |
| Hypo- | Under, less than, too little |
| Hypodermic | Needle that goes under the skin |
| Inter- | Between |
| Maternal | Motherly |
| graphein | to write, writing |
| difference | to be apart from others in some way |
| ferre | to carry |
| facilis | easy |
| fidere | to trust |
| epicenter | the area on the earth's surface over the center of an earthquake |
| centrum | center |
| epidemic | a wide-spread illness |
| demos | people |
| educate | teach |
| ducere | lead |
| emit | to send out |
| mittere | to send |
| expand | to stretch out |
| pandere | to stretch |
| hetero- | different, other, another |
| homo- | being the same |
| homogeneous | being all of the same kind, size, appearance, etc. |
| hypo- | under, less than, to little |
| hypodermic | a needle that goes under the skin |
| illuminate | to bring light into |
| 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 |
| immature | acting younger that expected |
| interrupt | to break into a conversation or activity |
| matrimony | the state of being married, entering motherhood |
| 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 |
| phonos- | sound |
| genus | kind, gender, race, stock, origin |
| abnormal | acting in a way that is away from regular or normal behavior |
| adhere | to stick to |
| 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 |
| anesthesia | medicine that takes away pain |
| abduct | to kidnap |
| ducere | to lead |
| horrere | to shudder |
| errare | to wander |
| aisthesis | feeling |
| haerere | to stick |
| monere | to warn, advise |
| agere | to drive, lead, act |
| ire | to go |
| -oid | resembling |
| didonai | to give |
| matos | thinking, animated, willing |
| facere | to do |
| velle | to wish |
| antebellum | (US) before the Civil War |
| rebellion | to fight back against the conqueror |
| bellare | to wage war |
| bio | life |
| syn- | with |
| graphein | to write |
| chronic | lasting a long time |
| combat | fighting |
| battuere | to beat, to fight |
| labore | to work |
| collaborate | to work with |
| amphibian | a group of animals that spends time both in water and on land |
| admonish | To scold about something |
| 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 |
| portare | 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 |
| discomfort | to be apart from comfort |
| effort | to put out all your strength and power |
| fragment | a piece of a whole |
| fragile | easily broken |
| frail | having a body that is easily broken |
| grade | the year of school |
| egress | exit |
| ingredient | a part mixed in in order to make a whole |
| aggression | bellicosity |
| memorial | a place or marker to remember people or an event |
| momento | an item used as a reminder of an event or person |
| memoir | a book that contains the memories of a time or place |
| memorabilia | collectibles from a specific time or event |
| migrant | a person who moves around, usually timed to crops |
| migration | annual movement timed to seasons |
| emissions | substances sent out from machinery, usually polluting |
| emissary | someone sent out for a specific mission, usually political |
| dismiss | when attendees are sent out when an event is over |
| intermission | an interval between acts or musical movements when the audience is let go |
| nova | a "new" star |
| novice | someone who is new |
| renovate | the act of making over a space |
| export | when goods are carried out |
| import | when goods are carried in |
| deport | when someone is ejected from a country |
| transport | when goods are carried across a distance |
| erupt | when a volcano sends magma into the air |
| interrupt | when one comes between people who are conversing |
| disrupt | actions that take attention away from where it should be |
| bankrupt | when you owe more than you have |
| spectator | someone who views an event |
| spectacles | glasses |
| respect | when one looks again at someone impressive |
| abstract | in art, not representational |
| attract | to draw something towards one |
| distract | to pull attention away from |
| extract | to draw out of |
| retract | to take back |
| invincible | unconquerable |
| vanquish | to conquer |
| victorious | to beat |
| advice, advise | to look to help |
| interview | to see someone about a job or story |
| invisible | unable to be seen |
| review, revise | to look over again |
| supervise | to oversee |
| viable | able to live |
| nonviable | unable to live |
| revive | to bring back to life |
| vivacious | lively |
| vivid | colorful, life-like colors |
