WordSkills

Lesson 9

1. alt -- other

alteration

alter ego

alter (other) tion (act of)

alter (other) ego (self)

2. ann (enn) -- year

anniversary

perennial

millennium

ann ( ) vers (turn) ary ( related to)

per (through) enn ( ) ial (related to)

mill (thousand) enn ( ) ium (act, process)

3. ar (al) – pertaining to, related to

astral

circular

bipolar

astr ( ) al (pertaining to)

circ (circle) ar (pertaining to)

bi (two) palis (stake) ar( related to)

4. carn – meat, flesh

carnivorous

incarnate

carnage

carn ( ) vor ( ) ous (full of)

in (in, into) carn ( ) ate (make, do)

carn ( ) age (state, quality)

5. corp -- body

corpse

corporal

corpulent

corp (body)

corp ( ) al (pertaining to)

corp ( ) lent (full of)

6. duc (duct) -- lead

conduct

deduce

production

con ( ) duct (lead)

de (down, from) duc ( )

pro (forth, forward) duct ( ) ion (act of)

7. fact (fect, fic, fy) – make, do

manufacture

deify

beneficent

manu (hand) fact ( ) ure (act of)

deus (god) fy (make)

bene ( ) fic (make, do) ent (full of)

8. ist – one who

perfectionist

physicist

linguist

per (thoroughly) fect (make, do) ion (act of) ist ( )

physi (nature) ist ( )

lingu (language) ist ( )

9. liter – word, letter

literal

illiterate

alliteration

liter ( ) al (related to)

il (not) liter (word, letter) ate (related to)

al (very) liter (letter) tion (act of)

10. locut (loqu) -- talk

loquacious

eloquent

circumlocution

loqu ( ) cious (having quality of)

e (out) loqu ( ) ent (full of )

circum (around) locut ( ) ion (act of)

11. migr -- move

migrate

emigrant

immigrant

migr (move) ate (make)

e (out) migr (move) ant (one who)

im (in, into) migr (move) ant (one who)

12. morph -- shape

amorphous

polymorphous

morphology

a (not, lacking) morph (shape) ous (full of)

poly (many) morph (shape) ous (full of)

morph (shape) logy (study of)

13. nom – law, rule, principle

astronomy

economics

taxonomy

astr (star) nom (law) y (result of)

eco (house) nom (law) ics (science of)

tax (arrange) nom (principles) y (result of)

14. onym -- name

anonymous

pseudonym

synonym

an (without) onym (name) ous (full of)

pseudo (false) onym (name)

syn (same) onym (name)

15. ose – having quality of

bellicose

morose

verbose

bell ( ) ose ( )

morosus (peevish) ose ( )

verb ( ) ose ( )

16. phobia -- fear

hydrophobia

claustrophobia

monophobia

hydro (water) phobia ( )

claudere (to close) phobia ( )

mono (alone, single) phobia ( )

17. pli (plic, ply) -- fold

complicate

pliable

reply

com (together) plic ( ) ate (make, do)

pli ( ) able (capable of)

re ( ) ply ( )

18. rogat -- ask

interrogate

prerogative

rogation

inter (between) rogat ( ) ate ( make, do)

pre (before) rogat ( ) ive (that which

rogat ( ) tion (act of) [rogation:prayer of

supplication]

19. sens (sent) -- feel

sensitive

insentient

sentimental

sens ( ) ive (that which)

in (not, no) sent ( ) ent (full of)

sent ( ) ment (result, process) al ( )

20. somn -- sleep

insomnia

somniferous

somnambulate

in ( not) somn ( ) ia (state of)

somn ( ) fer ( ) ous (full of)

somn ( ) ambl (walk) ate ( )

21. spir – to breathe

respiration

perspire

expire

re ( ) spir ( ) tion ( act of)

per (though) spir ( )

ex (out) spir ( )

22. tact (tang, ting) -- touch

tactile

tangent

contingent

tact ( ) ile ( capable of)

tang ( ) ent (full of )

con ( ) ting ( ) ent ( )

23. tude – state of

solitude

multitude

gratitude

sol (alone, single) tude ( )

multi ( ) tude ( )

grat ( ) tude ( )

24. vid (vis) -- see

visual

revise

provident

vis ( ) al (related to)

re ( ) vis ( )

pro (forth, forward) vid ( ) ent ( )

25. xylo -- wood

xylophone

xylophagous

xylotomy

xylo ( ) phon (sound)

xylo ( ) phag (eat) ous (full of)

xylo ( ) tom (cut) y ( )