AMSCO 3 Latin Roots in English Words
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- fac, fic, fact, fect
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do, make
facile, proficient, fact, infect - ped
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foot
pedestal - ag, act
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do, perform
agenda, react
- vit
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avoid
inevitably - doc, doct
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teach
docile, doctrine - par
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equal
parity - de
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god
deify - viol
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injure
inviolate - cede, cess
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move, yield
precede, proceed, recession - pel, pell, puls
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drive
repel, compelling, impulsive - felic
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happy
felicity
- ten, tin, tent
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hold
tenant, contain, pertinent, tentacle - dec
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ten
decimal
- naut
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sailor
nautical - cur, curr, curs
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run
incur, recurrent, cursive - sta, sist
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stand
station, resist - cup
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desire, wish
cupidity - omn
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all
omnipotent
- cad, cid, cas
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fall, happen
cadence, accident, casual - tempor
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time
temporary - aequ
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even,just
equilibrium - pet
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seek, ask
competition - cord
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heart
discord
- sequ, secut
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follow, pursue
sequel, consecutive - bene
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well
benefactor
- sacr, secr
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sacred
sacred, consecrate - audi
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hear
audacious
- viv
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live
convivial - ama
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love
amateur - repud
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refuse
repudiation - cap, cip, cept
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take, seize
capture, incipient, precept
- tac
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quiet
taciturn - fer, lat
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bear, bring, carry
refer, translate - sci
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know
scientific - clud, clus
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shut, close
conclude, inclusion - sen
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old
senile - corp, corpor
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body
corpse, incorporate - reg, rig, rect
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guide, rule
regulate, incorrigible, direct - detr
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damage
detriment
- util
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useful
utilize - dict
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say,speak
dictate - nov
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new
novel - delect
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delight
delectable - urb
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city
suburban - carcer
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prison
incarceration
- press
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press
compression - aud
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dare
audacious - sed, sid, sess
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sit
sediment, assidous, session - duce, duct
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lead
reduce, conduct - pug, pugn
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fight
pugilist, repugnant - aqu
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water
aquatic
- vid, vis
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see
video, vision - celer
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swift
celerity - prehend, prehens
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grasp
comprehend, prehensile - fid
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trust, belief
infidel - tract
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pull, draw, drag
retract - cred
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believe, trust
credible
- mal
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bad
malodorous - beat
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happy
beatitude - vinc, vict
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conquer
convince, victim - capit
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head
decapitate - fin
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end
final - del
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destroy
indelible - ver
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true
veritable - fess
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admit
confession - loca
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speak, talk
loquacity, elocution - cid, cis
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cut, kill
homicide, concise
- voc, vocat
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call
convoke, invocation - quies, quiet
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rest
acquiesce, quietude - vigil
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watch
vigilant - leg, lect
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read, choose
illegible, select - stru, struct
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build
construe, instruct - nefar
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sinful
nefarious - volupt
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pleasure
voluptuous - hab, hib
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have, hold
habitual, inhibit
- stult
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foolish
stultify - nav
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ship
navy - spec, spic, spect
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look
speculate, conspicous, respect - lev
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light
levity - tim
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fear
timorous - mort
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death
immortal - summ
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highest
summary - port
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carry
portable - ven, vent
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come
convenient, invention - prim
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first
primary - vehement
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strong
vehemently - mov, mot
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move
movement, commotion - mult
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much, many
multiply - sent
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feel
consent - iur, ust
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right, law
juror, injustice - simil
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like
similar - nomin
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name
nomination - vert, vers
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turn
divert, version - habit
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live, dwell
inhabit - scrib, script
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write
inscribe, description - pon, pos, posit
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put, place
deponent, repose, composition - serv
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save
conserve - mem
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memory
memorandum - un
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one
union - grat
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pleasing
grateful - liber
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free
liberal
- iect
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throw
inject - iac
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lie
adjacent
- monstra
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show, point out
demonstration - magn
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large, great
magnify - pot
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power
potential - linqu
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abandon
relinquish - grad, gress
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step, move, go
grade, digress - melior
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better
amelioration - mit, mitt, miss
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send, let go
admit, remittance, commission