9th Grade Vocab Root Words

Latin: Vinc, Vict (Vincere, Victum)

to conquer

Latin: Duc, Duct (Ducere, Ductum)

to lead

Latin: Tract (Trahere, Tractum)

to drag

Latin: Peto (Petere, Petitum)

to seek aggressively; to assail; to rush

Latin: Fract, Fring, Frang (Frangere, Fractum)

to break

Latin: Cis (Caedere, Cisum)

to cut; to kill

Greek: Tom (Temnein)

to cut

Latin: Punct (Pungere, Punctum)

to sting; to pierce

Latin: Pel, Puls (Pellere, pulsum)

to push; to drive

Latin: jac, ject (jacere, jectum)

to throw; to cast

Latin: mit, mis (mittere, missum)

send

Latin: mot, move (movere, motus)

to move

Latin: via (via)

road; way

Latin: fer (ferre)

to carry; to bring

Latin: port (portare, portatum)

to carry, to bring

Latin: Vid, vis (vindere, visum)

to see

Latin: pari (parere, paritum)

to be visible; to appear

Latin: spec (specere, spectum)

to look

Greek: phan (phanein)

to appear; to show

Latin: Her, hes (haerere, haesum)

to attach; to be fixed

Latin: fus (fundere, fusum)

to pour out

Latin: solu, solv (solvere, solutum)

to loosen; to solve

Latin: leg (lego, lectum)

to select, to choose; to gather