Word Power (Random Roots)

sect

cut

pugn

fight

pugnacious

belligerent, combative, eager to fight

repugnant

inciting distaste or aversion

impugn

attack or oppose as false or lacking integrity

pugilistic

having to do with boxing

-cide, -cis

cut, kill

parricide

the murder of a close kinsman

concise

marked by brevity of expression or statement

sci-

to know

prescient

having or showing knowledge of events before they occur

omniscient

knowing everything

lu, 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, agreement

accord

agreement, conformity, harmony

concord

a state of agreement, harmony

discord

lack of agreement or harmony

frang, fract, -fringe

to 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

free, loose

solvent

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

absolve

set free from an obligation or the consequence of guilt/sin

dissolution, dissolute

lacking restraint, especially in morals or lifestyle

resolve

find an answer or solution to, resolution

prehend, prehens

grasp, understand

prehensile

adapted for seizing or grasping

apprehensive

viewing the future with anxiety or alarm

reprehensible

worthy or deserving of censure or blame, moral condemnation

rid/ris

to laugh

ridicule

subjecting someone or something to contemptuous and dismissive language or behavior

risible

arousing laughter; capable of being laughed at

deride

to laugh at contemptuously

derision, derisive, derisory

cruel, contemptuous laughter

nasc, nat

birth

nascent

coming into existence

renascent

restored to consciousness or life, vigor

prenatal

the period before birth

innate

inborn, natural

pati/pass

to suffer, endure

path

disease, feeling

prec-

pray, beseech, entreat

precarious

depending on chance

deprecate

to express mild or regretful disapproval of

imprecate

to invoke evil on, to curse