Latin and Greek Word Roots and vocab 3

Vocabulary flashcards covering common word roots and their derivative terms and definitions.

nav

ship

navigate

sail a ship

circumnavigate

sail around the world

naval

pertaining to ships

omni

all

omniscient

all knowing

omnipotent

all powerful

omnivorous

eating everything

oper

to work

operate

work

cooperation

working together

opera

musical drama

pac

peace

pacify

make peaceful

pacific

peaceful

pacifist

person opposed to war

pel, puls

to drive

compulsion

a forcing to do

repel

drive back

expel

drive out, banish

pet, petit

to seek

petition

request

appetite

craving, desire

compete

vie with others

pon, posit

to place

postpone

place after

preposition

that which goes before

positive

definite, unquestioned (definitely placed)

port, portat

to carry

portable

able to be carried

transport

carry across

export

carry out (of country)

put, putat

to trim, to calculate

putative

supposed (calculated)

computation

reckoning

amputate

cut off