Roots 1-9

Form

to form, to establish

Misinformation

untrue or wrong information

Reform

To bring back to righteousness, order, or morality

Formative

Occurring at the time of most influence

Apt, Ept

To fit

Inept

unskilled, clumsy

Adept

skilled, expert at

Aptitude

a skill or suitability for

Pos, Pon

to put, to place

Posit

To put forth, to assert

Impose

To forcibly place upon

Disposition

One’s attitude or mood

Fig

To shape

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, send on a mission, to charge with

Legacy

A body of ideas, achievements, and morals, an example

Delegate

to divide up, especially responsibilities

Act, Ag

to do, to act

Agenda

a plan of action, a purpose

Proactive

seeking to solve a problem before it occurs

Exacting

demanding perfection, strict

Puls, Pel

to push

Repulsion

a desire to avoid, disgust

Dispel

to scatter about, to break up

Propel

to cause to move toward, to 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

a 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

a warlike mood or attitude

Am

Love, friend

Enamored

fond of, feeling love toward

Amiable

good-natured, cheerful

Amicable

not bitter or hostile, friendly

Agon

contest, struggle

Antagonize

to ask hostile toward, to provoke

Protagonist

the central character in a work of literatre

Antagonist

one how is hostile toward, one who opposes

Phil

love

Philosophical

calm and wise, reasonable

Philanthropy

charitable donation fo public causes

Bibliophile

one who looks books

Ped

Foot

Impediment

something that gets in the way, an obstacle

Expedient

practical, prudent

Pedestrian

lacking excitement, ordinary and dull

Ped (Pais, Paidos)

child

Pedant

one possessing abundant knowledge of minor, often uninteresting things

Pedagogue

a teacher, especially one who is dull and narrow mind

Vest

clothing

Travesty

a bad imitation of, a perversion of

Vested

significant to one’s own profit or well-being

Vestment

clothing worn to symbolize religious or political authority

Divest

to strip or remove a title or position of authority

Corpor, Corpu

body

Corporeal

having to do with the body

Corpulent

extremely fat, obese

incorporate

to bring together features, ideas, or elements

Uni

One

Uniform

the same all the way through, consistent

unison

one voice

Unanimous

showing complete agreement

Mono

one

Monologue

a speech made by one person

Monopolize

to use or take so as to prevent others from using or taking

Monogamy

marriage to only one person at a time

Monolithic

exactly the same throughout, lacking any diversity

Homo

The same

Homonym

a word spelled exactly like another word, but having a different meaning

Homogenized

forced to be exactly the same

Equi

equal, even

Equitable

fair, just

Equilibrium

balance, steadiness

iniquity

an injustice, a wrong or wicked action or situation

Phot, Phos

light

Luc

light

spec, spect

to look at

vid, vis

to see, to look

nunc, nounc

to announce