Root Words 2
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- BIBLION, BIBLI, BIBLIO
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book
Biblioclast - destroys books
Biblioklept - steals books
Bibliography - books of a particular subject; by one author - BIBERE, BIB
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to drink
Imbibe - to drink
Bib - child's cloth to protect from dribbles - MALUS, MAL, MALE, MALI
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bad, evil
Malevolent - people who wish harm
Malignant - harmful - AMARE, AMA, AMO
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to love
Amorous - falls in love easily
Amoretto - cherub or cupid - BENE, BENI
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good, well
Benedictions - blessings
Benefit - kind act
Benign - harmless - ARISTOS
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best
Aristocrats - people of nobility
Aristocracy - government ruled by the elite - AKROS, ACRO
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a point, at the tip
Acrobat - walk on tiptoe
Acronyms - words from from initials, or tip
Acrostic - poem in which first letters of each line spell out a name - ATHLON, ATHL
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prize
Athlete - sports figure who competes
Decathlon - contest of 10 track & field events - BOMBOS
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booming, humming sound
Bomb - device that explodes, booms
Bombard - attack bomb someone with questions - AMPLUS, AMPL
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large, wide
Amplify - to enlarge sound
Ample - to have plenty - AMICUS, AMI
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friend
Amigo - male friend in Spanish
Ami - male friend in French - ANGELOS, ANGEL
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messenger
Angel - messenger of God
Evangelist - messenger, preacher - CALERE, CAL, CHA
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to be warm, hot
Caldron - pot to cook in
Chafing dish - warming dish
Chafe - warm by rubbing - ALBUS, ALB
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white
Albatross - white bird
Alb - long white robe
Albino - absense of certain pigments - BELLUM, BELL
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war
Rebel - to war against something
Bellona - goddess of war - ANTIQUUS, ANTIQU
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ancient
Antique - items from the past
Antiquity - something ancient
- CABALLUS, CAVAL
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horse
Cavalcade - parade, origionally of horsemen
Cavalry - charge, origionally of horsemen - ASTRON, ASTER, ASTRO
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star
Astrology - belief that position of stars influences one's life
Disaster - belief of influence of heavenly bodies on our lives
Aster - flower shaped like a star - ARKHEIN, ARCH
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to rule, begin
Monarch - ruler
Anarchy - a state without a ruler
Patriarch - ruled by the father
Matriarch - ruled by the mother - ANIMUS, ANIM
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mind, soul
Animate - give life to something
Animal - a living being other than human - CENSERE, CEN
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to assess, judge
Census - registery of person taken every 10 years
Censor - people who judge books, movies, etc. - CIVIS, CIT, CIV
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citizen
Civilize - to educate, refine someone
Citified - enjoys being citizen of the city
Civics - study of citizens and surroundings - CADERE, CAD, CAS, CID
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to fall
Accident - mishap
Casualty - victim of injury
Cascade - resembles falling water - CLAUDERE, CLOS, CLUDE, CLUS
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to shut, close
Conclude - to close
Enclose - to close in
Exclude - to shut out - AGORA, GOR
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marketplace
Agora - markeplace of Athens, ancient Greece
Category - originally meant "to speak before the Agora to accuse someone"; to classify - CLAMERE, CLAIM, CLAM
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to call out, shout
Exclaim - to cry out
Proclaim - to declare, announce - BATTUERE, BAT
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to beat
Battalion - army unit to beat the enemy
Assault and Battery - to bear someone - CREDERE: CRED
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to believe, trust
Credence - trust, belief
Credit - recognize, honor someone - ANNUS, ANNI, ENNI
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year
Annual - once a year
Biennial - plant that lives for 2 years
Biannual - event occuring twice a year
Perennial - grows year after year - AGERE, ACT
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to act, do, drive
Actors - men and women who act
Activist - a doer, person involved in causes - BASSUS, BASE, BASS
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low, short
Bassoon - instrument with deep sound
Abase - lower someone's self esteem
Basset - hound low to the ground - AEVUM, EV
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ages
Primeval - first age or ages of world
Medieval - middle ages - AGER, GRI
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field
Agriculture - science of cultivation of the fields
Agrarian - related to land and farming