random roots

sci

to know

prescient

knowing before it happened

omniscient

knowing all

prec

pray, beseech, entreat

precarious

depending on chance

deprecate

to express mild or regretful disapproval of

imprecate

to invoke evil on, to curse

sect

cut

pugn

fight

pugnacious

belligerent, combative

repugnant

inciting distaste or aversion

impugn

attack or oppose as false or lacking integrity

pugilistic

having to do with boxing

-cide

kill

-cis

cut

parricide

the murder of a close kinsman

concise

marked by brevity of expression or statement

luc

light

luminous

of or relating to light or to luminous flux

lucid

clear to the understanding, intelligible

pellucid

admitting maximum passage of light without distortion

translucent

permitting the passage of light

litera

letter

cord

heart

accord

agreement, conformity, harmony

concord

a state of agreement, harmony

discord

lack of agreement or harmony

frang

break

infringe

to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another

refraction

deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave

solv

break up

solvent

able to pay all legal debts; something that dissolves or disperses

absolve

set free from an obligation or the consequence of guilt (or sin)

dissolution

lacking restraint, especially in morals or lifestyle

resolve

find an answer or solution to

nasc

to be born

nascent

being born, coming into existence

renascent

being born again

natal

of or pertaining to birth

prenatal

before birth

innate

born in

nativity

the occasion of a person's birth

rid

to laugh

ridicule

to laugh at someone in an unkind way

risible

arousing laughter, capable of being laughed at

deride

to laugh at contemptuously

derision

cruel, contemptuous laughter

derisive//derisory

act or expression of mockery

prehend/prehens

seize, grasp

prehensile

adapted for seizing or grasping

apprehensive

viewing the future with anxiety or alarm

reprehensible

worthy or deserving of censure or blame, moral condemnation

pat

to suffer or experience

absolution

act of officially freeing someone from guilt, obligation, or sin