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10/24/2010

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Term
prefix: post
Definition

after behind

words: postpone, postscript

Term
prefix: pre
Definition

before, in front of

words: prevent, predict

Term
prefix: pro
Definition

forward, in front of, for

words: promote, produce

Term
prefix; re-, red-
Definition

back, again

Words; renew, recall, redemption

Term
prefix; retro
Definition

backward, behind

words: retroactive

Term
prefix; se-, sed-
Definition

aside, away

words: secede. segregate, sedition

Term
prefix sub-, sus-, suc-
Definition

under, up from under, secretly

words: sumerge, suspend, success, succumb,

Term
prefix; super-, [sur-]
Definition

above, over

words: superhuman, superfluous, surreal

Term
prefix; trans-, tran-, tra-
Definition

across, through

transfer, transparent, traverse

Term
prefix; ultra-
Definition

beyond, exceedingly

words: ultraviolet, ultramodern

Term
Latin base; CLUD-, CLUS-, [CLOS-]
Definition

to shut

word: exclude, include, disclose

Term
Latin base; CUR(R)-, CURS, [COURS-], [COR(S)-]
Definition

to run, go

words: recur, current, excursion, concourse, succor

Term
Latin Base: GRAD-, GRESS
Definition

to step, go

words: gradual, progess, aggression

Term
Latin Base: PEND-, PENS-
Definition

to hang, weigh, pay

words: dependent, suspend, dispense, expense

Term
Latin base: PLE-, PLET-, PLEN-
Definition

to fill; full

words: implement, complete, deplete, plenary

Term
Latin Base: SPEC-, (SPIC-), SPECT-
Definition

to look

words: specimen, conspicuous, inspect

Term
Latin Base: UND-, [OUND-]
Definition

wave

words: abundant, undulate, abound

Term
Latin Base: VID-, VIS-, [VIEW-]
Definition

to see

evident, provide, visual, provison, review

Term
Latin Base: VOC-, VOK-
Definition

voice; to call

words: vocal, invoke, invocation

Term
Latin Base: OMN
Definition

all

word: omnipotent

Term
Latin Base: POT
Definition

power

word: potion

Term
Latin base: MULT
Definition

many

word: multiple

Term
Latin Base: CRUC
Definition

cross

word: crucifer

Term
Latin base: LATER
Definition

side

word: lateral

Term
Latin Base: FER
Definition

to carry

word: ferry

Term
Latin base: FLOR
Definition

flower

word: Floral

Term
Latin Base: CULT
Definition

to till

word: Culture

Term
Latin base: BENE
Definition

good

Word: Benefit

Term
Latin base: FIC-
Definition

to make

word: fiction

Term
Latin base: AQU-
Definition

water

aquifer

Term
Latin Base: QUADR
Definition

four

word: quadruped

Term
Latin Base: PED
Definition

foot

word: pedicure

Term
Latin base: TERR-
Definition

land

word: Territorial

Term
Latin base: PLEIN
Definition

full

word: terreplein

Term
Latin base: GEN-
Definition

to produce

word: generation

Term
Latin Base: SACR
Definition

to make holy,

word: sacrifice

Term
Latin base: SEMI
Definition

half, partly

word: semiannual

Term
Latin Base- UN-
Definition

one

word: uniform

Term
Latin Base: PRIM-
Definition

first

word: primary, primitive

Term
Latin base: DU-
Definition

two

word: duet, dual, duct

Term
Latin Base: BI-, BIN-
Definition

two; twice

word: bicycle, binoculars

Term
Latin base- TRI
Definition

three

word: tricycle, triangle

Term
Latin base: QUART
Definition

fourth

word: quarter

Term
Latin base: QUINT
Definition

fifth

word: quintuplet, quintet

Term
Latin base: SEXT
Definition

six, sixth

word: sextet

Term
Latin Base: SEPT(EM)
Definition

seven

word: September

Term
latin base: OCT-
Definition

eight

word: octet

Term
Latin base: OCTAV-
Definition

eighth

word: octave

Term
Latin Base: DECI(M)
Definition

tenth

word: deciliter, decimal

Term
Latin base: CENT-
Definition

hundred

word: century

Term

Latin base: MILL-

 

Definition

thousand

word: millimeter, mill

Term
Latin base: ANIM-
Definition

mind, feeling, life

word: animal, animated

Term
Latin Base: ANN(U)- (ENNI-), (BENE-, BON-
Definition

year, well, good

words: annals, annual, benefactor, bonus, perennial

Term

Latin Base: CANT-, (CENT-), [CHANT-]

 

Definition

to sing

word: canorous, incantation, incentive, enchant

Term
Latin Base: CUR-
Definition

cure, care

word: secure, pedicure

Term
Latin Base: EQU-, (IQU-)
Definition

equal, even

word: equal, iniquity

Term
Latin Base: LAT-
Definition

to bear, carry

word: elate, relate, translation

Term
Latin Base: MAGN-
Definition

great

word: magnitude, magnify

Term
Latin Base: MAL(E)
Definition

bad

word: malicious, malignant

Term
Latin Base: OPTIM-
Definition

best

word: optimum

Term
Latin Base: PLIC-, PLEX-, [PLY-]
Definition

to fold, tangle, interweave

word: complicate, complex, imply

Term
Suffix- ness
Definition

quality of

kindness

Term
FORT
Definition
strong
Term
GRAV
Definition
heavy
Term
FIN
Definition
end, limit
Term
LIMIN
Definition

threshold

eliminate

Term
GRAND
Definition
great
Term
NUL(L)
Definition

nothing

annul

Term
DUCT
Definition

to lead

conduct

Term
LECT
Definition

to gather

collect

Term
FECT
Definition

to make

effect

Term
SED
Definition

to sit

sedentary

Term
ab-, a-, abs-
Definition

away, from

abduct

Term
ad-, ac-,
Definition

to, toward

adopt, attract

Term
ambi-
Definition

both, around

ambidextrous

Term
contra-, contro-, counter-
Definition

against

contradict

Term
de-
Definition
down, off, throughly
Term
dis-, di, dif-,
Definition

apart, in different directions, not

dispute, differ

Term
CED-, CESS
Definition

to go, yield

concede, success

Term
JUDIC-
Definition
judgement
Term
LEV-
Definition

light, (in weight) to lift

levity, elevate

Term
LUD-, LUS-
Definition

to play, mock

interlude, delude

Term
PREC-
Definition

to request, beg; prayer

imprecate, precarious

Term
TRUD-, TRUS-
Definition

to push, thrust

protrude, intrusion

Term
VEN-, VENT-, VENU-
Definition

to come

venue, avenue, intervene, invention

Term
ex-, e-, ef-
Definition

out, from, completely

expel, eloquent, evade

Term
extra, extro
Definition

outside, beyond

extraordinary, extrovert

Term
in-, im-, [en-]
Definition

not, in, into, against

inject, impose, irrigate, endure

Term
infra-
Definition

below, beneath

infrared

Term
inter-
Definition

between, among

interrupt, intercept

Term
CRUC-
Definition
cross
Term
HAB-, Ab- (HIB-)
Definition
to have, hold as customary
Term
SENT-, SENS
Definition
to feel, think
Term
VERT-, VERS
Definition
to turn
Term
AQUA(A)
Definition
water
Term
CORPOR-, CORP(US)-
Definition

body

incorporate, corpse

Term
OMN-
Definition

all

omnipresent

Term
REG-, (RIG-) RECT
Definition

right, straight; to rule, stiffen, straighten

regular, incorrigible, rectify

Term
TEMPER, TEMPOR-
Definition

time, due season; to set bounds

temporary, temperaure

Term
TEN- (TIN-), TENT- [TAIN]
Definition

to hold

tenant, continue, content

Term
TEND-, TENT-, TENS
Definition

to stretch, strive

tendon, tense, tent, distend

Term
TENU-
Definition

stretched, thin

tenuous, attenuate

Term
FRAUD-
Definition

deceit

fradudulent

Term
CIV-
Definition

citizen

civic

Term
RUS-
Definition

country

rustic

Term
LITER
Definition

letter, literature

literary

Term
MILIT-
Definition

soldier

military

Term
ANTIQU-
Definition
old- antique
Term
DIGNIT-
Definition

worth

dignitary

Term
JUVEN-
Definition

youth

juvenile

Term
HOST-
Definition

enemy

hostile

Term
DOM(IN)
Definition

house, master

dome, predominant

Term
FLAG(R)-, FLAM(M), FLAT-
Definition

to blow

inflammation, inflat, conflation

Term
GEN-. GENER
Definition

race, kind, origin

general, genus

Term
GEN-
Definition

to give birth to, produce

gential, ingenious, generation

Term
LATER-
Definition

side

equilateral, laterally

Term
LUC-, LUMIN
Definition

to shine; light

lucid, illuminate

Term
PAR-
Definition

to ready, bring forth, provide

prepare, separate

Term
SEN-
Definition

old

senate, senior

Term
SERV-
Definition

to serve, save

servant, service, preserve

Term
FEMIN-
Definition

woman

feminine

Term
CAN-
Definition

dog

canine

Term
PLIC-
Definition

to fold

explicit

Term
URG-
Definition

to press

urgent

Term
PAR-
Definition

to appear

apparent

Term
VIGIL-
Definition

watch

vigilant

Term
AG-
Definition

to do

agent

Term
HER-, HES
Definition

to stick

adhere, adhesive

Term
FEDER-
Definition
league, treaty
Term
FID-, FIDEL-
Definition

faith, faithful

confident, infidelity

Term
ORD(IN)-
Definition

to put in order, arrage

order, ordinary

Term
POT-, POSS
Definition

to be able, have power

potent, possible

Term
SAL-, SIL-, SALT-, SULT-
Definition

to leap,

salient, resilient, insult

Term
SED-, SID, SESS
Definition

to sit, settle

sediment, insidious

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