latin roots english i pre-ap. act to do, drive sample words: acting (the art or practice of...
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Act
To do, Drive Sample Words: Acting (the art or practice
of representing (doing) a character on a stage)
React (to change what one is doing in response to a stimulus)
Enact (to drive or make into law)
Alt
HighSample Words: Altos (voices in a choir
higher than tenors and basses)
Altitude (the vertical height of an object above a surface)
Altimeter (an instrument for measuring height of an object )
Anima, Anim
Life, MindSample Words:• Animal (any of a kingdom
of living things )• Animated (endowed with
life or the qualities of life )• Animator (one who gives
a picture life)
Ann, Enn
YearSample Words: Annual (something that
occurs once a year) Perennial (persisting for
several years) Bicentennial (200th year
celebration)
Aqua
WaterSample Words: Aquarium (a container in which
living animals and water are kept)
Aquamarine (a pale blue to light greenish blue that mimics the color of water)
Aquanaut (a scuba diver who lives and operates both inside and outside an underwater shelter for an extended period)
Arm
Army, WeaponSample Words:• Armory (a place where
weapons and military equipment are stored)
• Armament (the process of preparing weapons and an army for war )
Bell
WarSample Words: Belligerent (waging war;
inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness (war-like behaviors))
Bellicose (favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars)
Cede
To go, To yieldSample Words:• Intercede (to intervene
between parties with a view to make one party yield)
• Supersede (to cause to be set aside or yield)
• concede (to yield to someone else’s point or idea)
Cert
To be sure, To trustSample Words: Certain (known or proved
to be true or trustworthy) Certify (to attest as being
true or as represented or as meeting a standard; attest to being trustworthy)
Cid, Cis
To cut of, be brief; To killSample Words:• Concise (brief; having all
superfluous elaboration and detail cut out)
• Homicide (the crime of killing another person)
• Genocide (the deliberate and systematic killing of a racial, political, or cultural group
Curs, Curr, Corr
To runSample Words: Current (presently
elapsing or running) Courier (one who runs
messages from place to place)
Corral (an enclosure for confining livestock so they won’t run off)
Dic, Dict
To say, to speak; To assertSample Words: Dictate (to speak or act
domineeringly) Dictionary (an alphabetical
listing of words people say) Diction (choice of spoken
or written words esp. with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness)
Duct, Duc
To lead; To drawSample Words:• Aqueduct (a conduit for
drawing water)• Conduct (to lead from a
position of command)• Reduce (to draw
together or cause to converge)
Dur
Hard, LastingSample Words: Durable (lasting for a long
time without significant deterioration)
Duration (lasting for a specific period of time)
Endure (to last under suffering without yielding)
Gen
Race, Family, KindSample Words: Generation (a group of
individuals having the same kind of status)
General (involving, relating to, or applicable to every member of a class, kind, or group)
Loc
PlaceSample Words:• Location (a place outside
a motion-picture studio where a picture or part of it is filmed)
• Dislocate (to put out of place)
Mar
SeaSample Words: Marine (of or relating to
the sea) Marina (a dock or basin
on the sea providing secure moorings for pleasure boats and often offering supply, repair, and other facilities)
Mit, Mis
To sendSample Words:• Remission (to send a
disease into a dormant state)
• Transmit (to send from one person or place to another)
• Mission (a body of persons sent to perform a service or carry on an activity)
Mort
DeathSample Words: Mortician (one who
prepares a dead body for a funeral)
Mortal (causing or having caused death)
Mortify (to subject to severe and vexing em-barrassment that makes the person want to die)
Mut
ChangeSample Words:• Mutation (a significant and
basic change)• Transmute (to change or
alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form)
• Mutant (of or relating to something produced by change)
Ord, Ordin
To put in orderSample Words: Order (to put in order) Ordinal (rites for the
ordination of deacons, priests, and bishops [for induction into the order])
Ordinary (to regular or customary order of things)
Part, Pars
Portion, PartSample Words: Partial (of or relating to a
part rather than a whole) Particle (a minute quantity,
part, or fragment) Partner (on that shares part
of something)
Ped
FootSample Words:• Pedestal (the base of
foot of a column)• Pedestrian (one who
travels on foot)• Pedal (a lever pressed
by the foot)
Prov, Prob
To Prove, TestSample Words: Probate (the proving of
the validity of a will) Probation (subjection of
an individual to a period of testing and trial to ascertain fitness)
Prove (to test the truth, validity, or genuineness of)
Rupt
To Break, BurstSample Words: Disrupt (to break apart) Eruption (the act, process,
or instance of erupting [breaking/bursting out])
Rupture (a break of peace or concord)
Sacr, Secr, Sanct
SacredSample Words:• Desecrate (to violate the
sanctity/sacredness of)• Sacrifice (an act of
sacred offering)• Sacrilege (a violation of
something sacred)• Sanctify (to set apart as
sacred)
Sent, Sens
To FeelSample Words: Sense (one of the five
“feelings”) Sentimental (marked or
governed by feeling) Sentinel (a sentry; a
guard or watch placed at a point of passage [one who feels for danger])
Sol, Soli
Alone, LonelySample Words:• Soliloquy (a speech given
by one person alone on stage)
• Solo (something done alone)
• Solitary (being, living, or going alone or without companions)
Test
To Witness, AffirmSample Words: Attest (to affirm to be true
or genuine) Contest (a struggle for
the affirmation of superiority or victory)
Testify (to bear witness)