word root of the week

Word Root of the Week

To Accompany Membean’s Root Words

http://membean.com/wrotds/archive

PHIL love

• Philip: lover of horses

• Philosopher: lover of wisdom

• Hemophiliac: lover of blood

• Bibliophile: lover of books

CIS cut

picture • Decision:

• Homicide:

• Concise:

• Incisive:

FALL trick

• False:

• Fallacy:

• Fallible:

• Faucet:

MIT send

• Emit:

• Omit:

• Permit:

• Submissive:

FORM shape

picture • Deformed:

• Conform:

• Formula:

• Transform:

COGN learn; know

picture • Recognize:

• Connoisseur:

• Incognito:

• Cognitive:

MORPH shape; form

picture • Metamorphosis:

• Amorphous:

• Morpheus:

• Anthropomorphic:

CHRON time

picture • Synchronized:

• Chronological:

• Anachronism:

• Chronic:

GRAPH write

picture • Biography:

• Choreography:

• Autograph:

• Graffiti:

JECT thrown

picture • Object:

• Injection:

• Jettison:

• Eject:

FER carry; bring

picture • Transfer:

• Refer:

• Infer:

• Circumference:

DUC lead

picture • Duke/Duchess:

• Duct:

• Educate:

• Conductor:

LAT carry

picture • Relative:

• Legislate:

• Translate:

• Elated:

FIC make; do

picture • Purification:

• Pacific:

• Difficult:

• Beneficial:

PLIC fold

picture • Duplicate:

• Complicated:

• Replicate:

• Application:

FACT made; done

picture • Factory:

• Artifact:

• Satisfaction:

• Stupefaction:

BIO life

picture • Biology:

• Amphibian:

• Symbiosis:

• Aerobic:

LOG word, study

picture • Dialogue:

• Prologue:

• Logorrhea:

• Genealogy:

FECT make

picture • Perfect:

• Prefect:

• Defect:

• Refectory:

DICT say

picture • Predict:

• Valedictorian:

• Verdict:

• Dictator:

VERT turn

picture • Revert:

• Avert:

• Vertigo:

• Pervert:

FIN end

picture • Final:

• Finale:

• Infinite:

• Finite:

SENT feel; sense

picture • Sensible:

• Sentimental:

• Consent:

• Sentinel:

PORT carry

picture • Portly:

• Portable:

• Reporter:

• Transport:

VERS turned

picture • Reverse:

• Adversary:

• Anniversary:

• Divorce:

TRACT drag; pull

picture • Tractor:

• Attractive:

• Extract:

• Distraught:

CEPT taken

picture • Except:

• Deception:

• Intercept:

• Inception:

CON with; thoroughly

picture • Connect:

• Congregate:

• Conclude:

• Concise:

TEN hold

picture • Tenant:

• Tenet:

• Tenacious:

• Tenure:

TIN hold

picture • Retain:

• Contain:

• Entertain:

• Detention:

VEN come

picture • Convene:

• Intervene:

• Inventor:

• Convention:

MAL bad, evil

picture • Malfunction:

• Malformed:

• Malignant:

• Malign:

RE back, again

picture • Reject:

• Return:

• Rearrange:

• Redeem:

RE/DE thoroughly

picture • Reticent:

• Declare:

• Demonstrate:

• Depraved:

SID sit

picture • Residence:

• Preside:

• Insidious:

• Sedative:

CED go, move

picture • Precede:

• Secede:

• Recede:

• Intercede:

CESS go

picture • Access:

• Success:

• Ancestor:

• Proceed:

PRE before

picture • Prefix:

• Prejudice:

• Predict:

• Prepare:

GRAD step

picture • Graduate:

• Centigrade:

• Progress:

• Regress:

CLUD, CLUS,CLOS

shut, close

picture • Include:

• Recluse:

• Exclusion:

• Close-Minded:

TRANS across

picture • Transfer:

• Translate:

• Transform:

• Traverse:

INTER between

picture • Internet:

• Interstate:

• Intermission:

• Interrupt:

MAGN large, great

picture • Magnification:

• Magnanimous:

• Charlemagne:

• Magna cum laude:

EX-, E-, EC-

out of, from

picture • Extend:

• Emit:

• Eradicate:

• Appendectomy:

E-, EX- thoroughly

picture • Exclaim:

• Exhausted:

• Exhilarated:

• Elude:

PEND hang, weigh

picture • Dependent:

• Pendulum:

• Expensive:

• Pensive:

PED, POD foot

picture • Pedestrian:

• Quadruped:

• Tripod:

• Podiatrist:

SUB under

picture • Submarine:

• Subpar:

• Suffer:

• Surreal:

SUPER over, above

picture • Superman:

• Supervisor:

• Surpass:

• Superlative:

CIRCUM around

picture • Circumstances:

• Circumference:

• Circulate:

• Circuit:

PRO forward

picture • Progress:

• Promote:

• Pro bono:

• Professional:

CONTRA,COUNTER

opposite, against

picture • Contradict:

• Counteract:

• Counterfeit:

• Encounter:

UNI one

picture • Unicorn:

• Uniform:

• Unison:

• E pluribus unum:

MONO one, single

picture • Monopoly:

• Monotone:

• Monosyllable:

• Monarch:

PATH feeling; disease

picture • Empathy:

• Apathy:

• Pathology:

• Psychopath:

POLY many

picture • Polygon:

• Polyglot:

• Polytheism:

• Polygamy:

MEGA large, great

picture • Megahit:

• Megalith:

• Megabyte:

• Omega:

MICRO small

picture • Microscope:

• Microbe:

• Microwave:

• Micromanager:

HER, HES stick, cling

picture • Adhere:

• Coherent:

• Hesitant:

• Cohesive:

ANTI against, opposite

picture • Antidote:

• Antifreeze:

• Antonym:

• Antagonist:

PHON voice, sound

picture • Microphone:

• Telephone:

• Symphony:

• Cacophony:

BI, DI two, twice

picture • Biped:

• Bilingual:

• Dioxide:

• Dilemma:

MAN hand

picture • Manipulate:

• Manage:

• Manicure:

• Manuscript:

SYN-SYM-

together

picture • Synchronize:

• Syntax:

• Symphony:

• Synapse:

TRI three

picture • Triangle:

• Triathlon:

• Trident:

• Trilogy:

ANNENN

year

picture • Anniversary:

• Biannual:

• Centennial:

• Perennial:

HYPO under, below

picture • Hypodermic:

• Hypothermia:

• Hypochondriac:

• Hypotenuse:

HYPER over, above

Picture • Hyper:

• Hyperbole:

• Hypertension:

• Hypercritical:

SCRIB write

picture • Transcribe:

• Indescribable:

• Script:

• Prescription:

LEV light

picture • Elevate:

• Lever:

• Alleviate:

• Levy:

SON sound

picture • Sonic:

• Sonnet:

• Dissonance:

• Resonate:

A-, AN- not, without

picture • Apathetic:

• Atheist:

• Anarchy:

• Anonymous:

VER truth

picture • Verdict:

• Veracity:

• Verdad:

• Verita:

NOM name

picture • Nominee:

• Pronoun:

• Nom de plume:

• Misnomer:

AD to, towards

picture • Adhere:

• Adapt:

• Adopt:

• Advice: