mega hodges 1-9 roots

Phot, Phos

light (Greek)

Phototropic

Tending to grow or move toward light

Phosphorescent

Giving off light without heat

Photogenic

Attractive in pictures or photographs

Luc

light (Latin)

Lucid

Easy to understand or clear

Elucidate

To make clear by explaining

Translucent

Allowing light to pass through

Spec, Spect

to look at

Circumspect

Being careful and mindful of rules and consequences

Prospect

That which is expected

Specter

A ghost or phantom

Vid, Vis

to see, to look

Invidious

Hateful or spiteful

Providential

Happening by good fortune

Improvise

To create without forethought or preparation

Nunc, Nounc

to announce

Enunciate

to pronounce or speak clearly

Renounce

to reject by declaration

Pronouncement

a declaration of opinion; a judgement

Voc, Vok

to call

Invoke

to call on for support

Provocative

causing disturbance or excitement

Revoke

to make invalid; to deactivate

Fa

to speak

Ineffable

unutterable; indescribable

Infantile

childish; immature

Affable

easy to converse with; friendly

Dic, Dict

to say, to tell

Edict

an official order

Indict

to charge with a crime; to accuse

Dictum

a formal or authoritative statement

Hib, Hab

to have; to hold

Prohibit

to stop someone from doing something; to prevent

Inhibit

to get in the way of; to hinder

Fus, Found

to pour out

Suffuse

to fill up from within; to spread throughout

Confound

to confuse and frustrate

Infuse

to inject; to fill something or someon with

Ten, Tain, Tin

to hold

Sustain

to support for an extended period of time

Abstain

to not to something; to refrain

Tenacious

stubbornly persistent; determined

Retinue

a group that attends an important person

Ple

to fill

Replete

filled up with

Implement

to put into action; execute

Deplete

to use up; to waste

FORM

to form; to establish (latin)

inept

unskilled; clumsy

aptitude

Skill or suitability for

POS, PON

to put, to place (latin)

impose

to forcibly place upon

disposition

ones attitude or mood

FIG

to shape (latin)

figment

Something invented or imaginary

effigy

A figure constructed in mockery

prefigure

to look like or predict a later thing or event

LEGA

to appoint, to send on a mission, to charge with

legacy

Body of ideas, achievements, and morals; an example

delegate

To divide up, especially responsibilities

ACT, AG

to do, to act

misinformation

untrue or wrong information

reform

to bring back to rightness, order, or morality

formative

occuring at the same time of most influence

APT, EPT

to fit (latin)

adept

Skilled; expert at

posit

to put forth, to assert

agenda

Plan of action; purpose

proactive

Seeking to solve a problem before it occurs

exacting

demanding perfection; strict

PULS, PEL

to push

repulsion

Desire to avoid; disgust

dispel

To scatter about, break up

propel

to cause to move towards; push

LAT

brought, carried

relative

dependent upon

superlative

Excellent; above all others

dilate

to widen

CANT, CHANT

to sing, to call

recant

To formally withdraw

incantation

ritual chant

disenchanted

losing fondness for; disillusioned

AUD

to hear

inaudible

so quiet as to be impossible to hear

auditory

Having to do with the sense of hearing

audit

A thorough review

SON

to sound

dissonance

Unpleasant or unharmonious sound

assonance

similarity of word sounds, especially vowels

resonant

Having an effect; powerful

LOG

to speak; to reason

analogous

comparable to; like

dialogue

communication between two or more people

prologue

A speech, passage, or event coming before the main speech or event

BELL

war

bellicose

warlike in nature

antebellum

occuring before a war

belligerence

Warlike mood or attitude

AM-AMOR

love (latin)