roots 16-30

grat

grat

pleasant, thank, favor

congratulate

to express one’s pleasure to another person at that person’s success

gracious

pleasant, courteous, kindly

ungracious

not polite or friendly

grateful

feeling or expressing gratitude, thankful

gratify

to give or be a source of pleasure or satisfaction

gratis

without charge or payment; free

gratitude

thankfulness

gratuitous

1. given freely

2. unwarranted

gratuity

present of money in return for a favor or service

ingrate

ungrateful person

ingratiate

establish in the favor or good graces of another

mor, mort

death

immortal

1. not subject to death, not able to die

2. not subject to oblivion

immortality

eternal lifelasting fame

moribund

dying; near death

mortal

destined to diehumancausing death, fatal

mortal

a human being, a person

mortality

death ratemortal nature

mortician

undertaker

mortification

shame; humiliation; embarrassment

mortify

to embarrass, shame, humiliate

mortuary

funeral home

rigor mortis

stiffness of the body that sets in several hours after death

corp

body

corporal

bodily

corporation

body authorized by law to act as a single person and to have rights and duties

corps

1. organized body of persons

2. branch of the military

corpse

dead body

corpulent

bulky; obese

corpus

general collection or body of writings, laws, etc.

corpuscle

blood cellminute particle

corpus delicti

1. facts proving that a crime has been committed

2. body of the victim in a murder case

esprit de corps

spirit of a body of persons; group spirit

habeas corpus

1. order requiring a detained person to be brought to a court to investigate the legality of their detention

2. right of a citizen to secure court protection against illegal imprisonment

incorporate

to combine so as to form one body

duc, duct

lead, conduct, draw

aqueduct

artificial channel for conducting water over a distance

conducive

tending to lead to, contributive; helpful

conduct

to lead; guide; escort

deduction

1. taking away; subtraction

2. reasoning from the general to the particular

duct

tube or channel for conducting a liquid, air, etc.

ductile

1. able to be drawn out or hammered thin

2. easily led; docile

induce

to lead on; to move by persuasion

induct

to admit as a member

induction

1. ceremony by which one is made a member; initiation

2. reasoning from the particular to the general

seduction

enticement; leading astray into wrongdoing

traduce

to lead along; to slander, vilify

viaduct

bride for conducting a road or railroad over a valley, river, etc.

secut, sequ

follow

consecutive

following in regular order; successive

consequence

1. result

2. importance

execute

1. to follow through to completion

2. to put to death

inconsequential

of no consequence; unimportant

non sequitur

statement that does not follow from previous statements

persecute

to oppress, harass, annoy

prosecute

1. to follow to the end or until finished

2. to sue

sequel

something that follows the first

sequence

the following of one thing after another; series

sequential

arranged in a sequence

cur, curr, curs

run

concur

1. to agree

2. to happen together

concurrent

running together; occuring at the same time

current

now in progress

curriculum

course of study in a school

cursive

running or flowing, as in flowing handwriting

cursory

running over quickly

discursive

wandering from one topic to another

excursion

a going out; expedition

incur

1. to meet with something undesirable

2. to bring upon oneself

incursion

1. rushing into

2. hostile invasion

precursor

forerunner

recur

to happen again

gress, grad

steap, walk, go

aggressive

disposed to attack; assertive

egress

method of going out; exit

gradation

change by steps or stagesact of grading

grade

step; stage; degree; rating

gradient

rat eat which a value rises or fallsslope; inclination

gradual

step-by-step

graduate

to complete all the steps of a course and receive a diploma or degree

graduated

arranged in regular steps, stages, or degrees

progressive

going forward to something considered better

regressive

disposed to move backward

retrograde

1. going backward

2. becoming worse

retrogression

act of going from a better to a worse state; deterioration

transgress

to step beyond the limits or barriers

tact, tang

touch

contact

touching or meeting; association

contiguous

touching; in physical contact

contingent

1. dependent on something else

2. accidental

intact

untouched or uninjured; kept or left whole

intangible

1. not capable of being perceived

2. hard to grasp or define exactly

tact

sensitive mental perception of what is appropriate on a given occasion

tactful

having or showing tact

tactless

having or showing a lack of tact

tactile

1. pertaining to the sense of touch

2. tangible

tangent

touching only at one point

tangent

line or surface meeting a curved line or surface at one point, but not intersecting it

tangential

merely touching; slightly connected