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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: