Greek/Latin Root Vocabulary (Roots #13-15)

FLU (Latin)

FLU (Latin)

To flow

Affluent (adj)

Wealth and privileged; well-to-do

Superfluous (adj)

Additional to what is necessary; extra

Mellifluous (adj)

Sweetly flowing or sounding

LEV (Latin)

Light

Leaven (v)

To make less heavy or serious

Levity (n)

A lack of seriousness; jolly or joking manner

Alleviate (v)

To make less painful or dangerous

LAPS (Latin)

To slip; to slide

Elapse (v)

To slip away; go by

Collapse (n)

A complete failure and ruin

Relapse (n)

A falling back into an old illness or bad habit

CED (Latin)

To move along, to go

Recede (v)

To move back or away from

Concession (n)

Something given up or yielded

Cede (v)

To surrender

SEQUI, SEC (LATIN)

To follow

Inconsequential (adj)

Having no effect or importance

Consecutive (adj)

Following in order

Execution (n)

The way something is done

CUR, COUR (Latin)

To run

Courier (n)

One who carries and delivers

Incur (v)

To bring about

Recurrent (adj)

Happening repeatedly

GRAD (Latin)

To step

Gradulism (n)

A policy which involves taking slow, measured actions

Regress (v)

To go back to a less mature or less positive state

Digress (v)

To move away from the topic at hand; ramble

AMBL, AMBUL (Latin)

To walk

Amble (v)

To walk casually; to stroll

Ambulatory (adj)

Able to walk

Preamble (n)

A passage or speech which introduces another longer passage or speech

JUNCT (Latin)

To join, yoke

1. Enjoin (v)

To command; to urge

2. Enjoin (v)

To forbid

Injunction (n)

An order that legally prevents something

Rejoinder (n)

An answer; a reply

PART (Latin)

Part

Impartial (adj)

unbiased; neutral

Partisan (adj)

Believing and acting on the ideas of a political party or group

Impart (v)

To give away; share

CLUS, CLUD (Latin)

To close

Inclusive (adj)

Containing all; not keeping any out

Inconclusive (adj)

Providing no clear answer or solution

Preclude (v)

To prevent from happening

CIS (Latin)

To cut

Precise (adj)

Accurate; definite

Indecisive (adj)

Unable to make choices

Incision (n)

A cut made into something