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GRAT- pleasing, grateful
congratulate, congratulation, congratulatory, grateful, gratification, gratify,
gratis, gratitude, gratuitous, gratuity, ingrate, ingratiate, ingratitude, exempli
gratia (e.g.), persona non grata, gracias (Sp.); Disguised Root: the Graces
(Aglaia, Euphrosyne, Thalia), agree
MISC-, MIXT- to mix
admixture, apomixis (asexual reproduction of plants), miscellanea, miscegenation,
miscellaneous, miscellany, mix, promiscuous, Disguised Root: meddle, medley,
mlange, melee, mustang, pell-mell
MOV-, MOT- to move (also MOB- < mobilis)
automobile, automotive, commotion, demote, emote, emotion, emotional, emotive,
immobile, locomotion, locomotive, mob, mobile, mobile vulgus, mobility, mobilize,
motion, motive, motor, move, promote, promotion, remote, removal, remove; Disguised
Root: moment, momentary, momentous, momentum, mutinous, mutiny, motif (< motive
Fr.; in art, lit., music, a main element, feature, or theme < the inner drive,
the impulse)
NEG- to deny [also NE-]
necessary (ne+cess to yield), necessity, necessitate, nefarious, neuter, neglect,
negligence, negligent, negotiable, negotiate, abnegation, self-abnegation, renegade,
(re+negare to deny), nice (ne+scire to know orig. not knowing, ignorant)
PURG- to clean [also PUR- clean, pure]
pure, pure, purgation, purgative, purgatorial, purgatory, purge, purism, purist,
puritanical, purity, impure, expurgate, unexpurgated, purblind (slow in understanding
or discernment, dull), purify, purebred, Puritan
VULG- common, ordinary
vulgar, vulgarity, Vulgate (a Latin version of the Bible prepared by St. Jerome
in the 4th century, authorized as the official biblical text of the Roman Catholic
Church), vulgus, divulge, promulgate, ad captandum vulgus (to catch or please
the crowd; a logical fallacy)
CORD- heart [< IE kerd- heart > Gk. kardia > cardiac etc.]
cordate (biology: having a heart-shaped outline, said of a leaf), cordial, cordially,
cordiality, accord, concord, concordance, concordant, discord, discordant, obcordate
(in botany, heart-shaped and joined to the stem at the apex, said of certain
leaves), record, misericord (lit. merciful heart; formerly a relaxation of the
strict observance of a rule or rules of a monastery; also a dagger by which
the death stroke was administered to a seriously wounded knight)
Grimms Law (k/h): heart
FLECT-, FLEX- to bend
circumflex, deflect, deflection, deflector, flex, flexibility, flexible, flexion
(anatomy: the bending of a joint or limb by contraction of flexor muscles),
flexor (a muscle that bends a limb or other part of the body), genuflect, inflect,
inflection, inflectional, inflexible, reflector, reflect, reflection, reflective,
reflex, reflexive, retroflex
MAN(U)- hand [also MAIN- < Fr.]
command, commando, commend, demand, maintain, maintenance, manacle, manage,
mandate, mandatory, mange (the art of riding and training horses, horsemanship),
maneuver, manicotti, manicure, manifest, manifesto, maniple, manipulate, manipulation,
manner, mansuetude, manual, manufacture, manumission, manumit, manure, manuscript,
recommend, coup de main
PORT- to carry
comport, comportment, deport, deportment, disport (to play, frolic; lit to carry
away), export, exportation, import, importance, important, importation, port
arms (rifle held diagonally across the chest, in the position to be carried),
portable, portage, porter, portfolio, portly, portmanteau, purport, rapport,
report, sport (aphetic of disport), support, teleportation, transport
STRU-, STRUCT- to build
construct, construction, constructive, construe, deconstruct, deconstruction,
deconstructive, destructibility, destructible, destruction, infrastructure,
instruct, obstruct, obstruction, reconstruction, structural, structuralist,
structure, structuralism, superstructure, instrument, misconstrue; Disguised
Root: destroy
TERMIN- boundary, end [also TERM-] < IE ter- to get over, break thru
conterminous, determinant, determinate, determination, determinative, determine,
exterminate, extermination, exterminator, term, terminable, terminal, terminate,
termination, terminator, terminology, terminus (termini pl.), terminus ante
quem, terminus post quem, termone (clipped-blend of (de)term(ining) (hor)mone)
VINC-, VICT- to conquer
convict, conviction, convictive, convince, evict, evince (to show or demonstrate,
manifest), invincible, vanquish, victor, Victor/ia, victorious, victory, N.b.
victim not related
AUD- to hear [< IE au - (awis-dh-) > GK. aisthanesthai > aesthetics, anesthesia]
audible, audience, audio, audiology, audiophile, audiovisual (A.V.), audit,
audition, auditor, auditorium, auditory, inaudible, , Disguised Roots: obedience,
obedient, obeisance (a gesture of respect or reverence), obey
CARN- flesh [< IE (s)ker to cut]
carnage, carnal, carnation (orig. the color of flesh), carnival, carnivore,
carnivorous, chile con carne, incarnate, incarnation, reincarnation, Disguised
Root: carrion, caruncle (an outgrowth of flesh), crone (an ugly, withered old
woman, hag; but crony < Gk khronios long-lasting), charnel [house] (Building
in which bones or corpses are placed); For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge: charge
on which prostitutes were arrested in Britan and basis for a folk etymology
created from acronym of this phrase.
NUNCI- [NOUNC-] to announce
announce, annunciation, denounce, denunciate, enunciate, pronounce, pronunciation,
renounce, renunciation
PRESS- to press
compress, compression, compressor, depress, depressant, depression, express,
expression, expressionism, expressive, impress, impression, impressionable,
impressionism, impressive, oppress, oppression, oppressive, press, pressure,
repress, repression, repressive, suppress, suppressant, suppression, Disguised
Root: print, imprint, reprimand, sprain
PROPRI- ones own; fitting
appropriate, expropriate, improper, impropriety, inappropriate, proper, property,
proprietary, proprietor, propriety, in propria persona (Legal Phrase = in ones
own person or right)
SAT(IS)- enough
dissatisfy, insatiable, insatiate (= insatiable), polyunssaturated, sate, satiable,
satiate, satiety, satire, satisfaction, satisfy, saturant, saturate, saturation