AE9 Short Story Unit Vocab - Roots & Prefixes

ac-/ad-

ac-/ad-

to, toward

anti-

against, opposed to, opposite of

de- (intensifier)

very, totally, completely

dis-

away; apart

e-/ex-

out

en-/in-

in, into

inter-

between

hieros-

holy, sacred

ob-

against, by, in the way of

pre-

before, ahead

re-

back, again

sym-/syn-

together with, alike, at the same time

trans-

across, beyond, through

un-

not, opposite of

archon (arch)

ruler, commander, chief

cluadere (claud/clud/claus/clos)

to close, shut

finis (fin/fine)

boundary, end

gradi (grad/gress)

to step, walk

iacere (jac/ject)

to throw

lapis (lapi)

stone

latus (lat)

carried OR wide

mittere (mitt/miss)

to send, let go

pathos (path)

feelings, suffering, disease

ped (ped/pod)

foot

plicare (plic/ply/pli)

to fold

rumpere (rupt)

to break

secare (sec/sect)

to cut

sepsis (sep/sept)

decay, rot

solari (sol)

to comfort

spargere (spers/spars)

to scatter

stringere (string/strict/strain)

to bind or draw tight

tendere (tend/tens/tent)

to stretch

trahere (tract/traught)

to draw, to pull

vig (vig)

to be lively or active