Latin, Greek, and Anglo-Saxon Roots List 5

loc, loco

place

monstr, mist

show

nox, noc

night

tui, tuit, tut

guard, teach

dura

hard, lasting

hema, hemo

blood

phil

love

scrip, script

write

tort, tors

twist

leg

law

grad, gress

step, go

join, junct

join

log, logo, ology

word, study, speech

mis-

bad, wrong

morph

form

omni

all, every

poli, polis

city

psych

mind, soul

sat, satis

enough

ander, andr-

man, male

allocate

to assign to a place

demonstration

a showing of something

nocturnal

active at night

tuition

money paid in exchange for instruction

endure

to last a long time

hemorrhage

excessive bleeding

philosophy

the study of thought (lit. "love of wisdom")

inscription

the writing found on or within something

contortionist

a person who can bend, fold, and twist their body into strange shapes

legislation

the process of developing laws

transgress

to step across limits; to break a law

injunction

a court order

epilogue

a short section at the end of a book or play

misinterpret

to interpret something incorrectly

metamorphosis

the process of changing form, as a caterpillar into a butterfly

omniscient

all-knowing

cosmopolitan

familiar with many different countries and cultures

psychosis

the state of severe disorder of the mind

satiate

to satisfy

legislation

the process of developing laws