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PHOT/PHOS (Greek)

"Light"

Phototropic (adj.)

tending to grow toward light

Phosphorescent (adj.)

giving off light without heat

Photogenic (adj)

attractive in pictures or photographs

LUC
Latin LUX, LUCIS

Light (Latin)

Lucid; adjective

easy to understand; clear

Elucidate verb

To make clear by explaining

Translucent adjective

Allowing light to pass through

SPEC/SPECT (Latin)

to look at

circumspect adjective

careful; mindful of rules and consequences

Prospect noun

That which is expected

specter - noun

a ghost or phantom

VID / VIS (Latin)

to see, to look

invidious (adj.)

hateful; spiteful

Providential (adj.)

happening by good fortune

Improvise (v.)

To create without any forethought or preparation

Nunc, Nounc (Latin)

to announce

Enunciate (v.)

to pronounce or speak clearly

Renounce (v.)

to reject by declaration

Pronouncement (n.)

A declaration of opinion; judgement

Voc, Vok (Latin)

to call

Invoke (v.)

to call on for support

Provocative (adj.)

causing disturbance or excitement

Revoke (v.)

to make invalid; to deactivate

Fa (Latin)

to speak

Ineffable (adj.)

Unutterable, indescribable

Infantile (adj.)

childish; immature

Affable (adj.)

easy to converse with; friendly

dic, dict (Latin)

to say, to tell

Edict (n.)

an official order

Indict (v.)

to charge with a crime; to accuse

Dictum (n.)

a formal or authoritative statement

Hib, Hab (Latin)

to have; to hold

Prohibit (v.)

to stop someone from doing something; to prevent

Inhibit (v.)

to get in the way of; to hinder

Fus, Found (Latin)

to pour out

Suffuse (v.)

to fill up from within; to spread throughout

Confound (v.)

to confuse and frustrate

Infuse (v.)

to inject; to fill something or someone with

Ten, Tain, Tin (Latin)

to hold

Sustain (v.)

to support for an extended period of time

Abstain (v.)

to not do something; to refrain

Tenacious (adj.)

stubbornly persistent; determined

Retinue (n.)

a group of people that attends an important person

Ple (Latin)

to fill

Replete (adj.)

filled up with

Implement (v.)

to put into action; to execute

Deplete (v.)

to use up; to waste