Greek and Latin Roots in Vocabulary

APHRODISIAC

APHRODITE (goddess of love)

ARACHNOID

ARACHN (spider)

PALLADIUM

PALLAS (Greek goddess)

EUPHEMISM

EU (good,well)

PLUTOCRACY

PLUT/OCRACY (wealth/power)

ICARIAN

ICAR (mythical name)

JOVIAL

JOV (Jupiter)

JUNOESQUE

JUNO (Roman goddess)

LABYRINTH

LABYRINTH (maze)

MERCURIAL

MERCUR (Roman god)

MUSE

MUSE (inspiration)

ORATOR

OR (speak)

PANACEA

PAN (all)

STYGIAN

STYX (river of the dead)

APARTHEID

APART (separate)

ABSTINENT

ABSTIN (hold back)

ACRIMONIOUS

ACRI (sharp)

ALLOY

AD/LEGERE (to gather)

AGILE

AG/IG (drive/do)

ALTERCATION

ALTER (other)

AMIABLE

AM/EM (love)

AMBLE

AMB (walk)

AMBIENT

AMBI (around)

AMBIGUOUS

AMBI/GU (around/wander)

MAGNANIMOUS

MAGN/ANIM (great/mind)

ANTEBELLUM

ANTE/BELL (before/war)

ANTEDILUVIAN

ANTE/DILUVI (before/flood)

PHILANTHROPY

PHIL (love)

APTITUDE

APT (fit)

ARCHETYPE

ARCH (first)

AUGMENT

AUG/AUCT (increase)

BEGUILE

BE/GUIL (around/deceive)

BELLIGERENT

BELLI (war)

BENEVOLENT

BENE/VOL (good/will)

ABRIDGE

BRI/BREV (brief/short)

CANDOR

CAND (to burn)

INCANTATION

IN/CANT (in/sing)

DISCORD

DIS/CORD (apart/heart)

DISCERN

DIS/CERN (apart/sift)

CIRCUITOUS

CIRCU/CUIT (around on all sides)

PROCLIVITY

CLI (to lean toward)

CRYPTOGRAPHY

CRYPTO/GRAPHY (secret/write)

EXCULPATE

EX/CULP (out/blame)

SUCCUMB

SUB/CUMB (under/lie)

DEMOGRAPHICS

DEMO/GRAPH (people/write)

DICHOTOMY

DI/TOM (two/cut)

INDIGNANT

IN/DIGN (not/worthy)

DIDACTIC

DIDACT (teach)

INDUBITABLE

IN/DUBIT (not/doubt)

OBDURATE

OB/DUR (against/hard)

NEFARIOUS

NE/FAS (not/divine law)

EFFERVESCENT

EF/FERV (out/boil)

AFFLUENT

AF/FLU (toward/flow)

FORTUITOUS

FORT (chance)

AGNOSTIC

A/GNOS (not/know)

GREGARIOUS

GREG (flock)

HYPERBOLE

HYPER/BOL (beyond/throw)

IDIOSYNCRASY

IDIO/SYN/CRAS (one's/together/mix)

COLLOQUIAL

COL/LOQU (together/speak)

LOQUACIOUS

LOQU (speak)

MALEDICTION

MAL/DICT (bad/speak)

MATRICULATE

MATRI/CULA (register/diminutive)

ANTHROPOMORPHIC

ANTHROPO/MORPH (human/form)

PSEUDONYM

PSEUD/ONYM (false/name)

INNOCUOUS

IN/NOCU (not/harm)

OMNISCIENT

OMNI/SCI (all/know)

PUNITIVE

PUNI (punish)

CACOPHONY

CAC/O/PHON (bad/sound)

QUERULOUS

QUER (complain)

DESULTORY

DE/SULT (down/jump)

DISSOLUTION

DIS/SOLU (apart/loosen)

ASSUAGE

AS/SUAV (to/taste sweet)

SUPERCILIOUS

SUPER/CIL (over/eyebrow)

ASSIDUOUS

AS/SID (to/sit)

TENDENTIOUS

TEN/TEND (stretch)

USURP

USURP (seize)