Word Parts List #1 B7

a-/an-

lacking, without

circum-

around/encircling

pros-

direction toward something

fer

bear, bring

loqu/locut

speak

morph

to change form or shape

nasc/nat

to be born/to come into being

trop

turn

ven/vent

come,go

vert/vers

turn

-esce/-escent/-escence

becoming

-ism

belief

what does apolitical mean?

to have no interest or connection in politics

what does circumnavigate mean?

to travel all the way around something

what does prosperity mean?

state of being successful and thriving

what does transfer mean?

to move one thing from one place to another

what does the word loquacious mean

to be a good speaker

what does metamorphosis mean

a biological process where an animal changes its body structure dramatically as it grows from a young form into an adult

what does the word innate mean?

a quality/trait present from birth

what does phototropic mean

turning or growing in response to light

what does convention mean?

people coming together to follow a common practice

what does invert mean

to turn something upside down, inside out, or to reverse its order,

what does evanescence mean

the state (becoming) of fading away

what does atheism mean

does not believe in the existence of god or any deities