Greek/Latin Root Vocabulary (Roots #1-9: Midterm)

PHOT/PHOS (Greek)

Light

Phototropic (adj)

tending to grow or move towards light

Phosphorescent (adj)

giving off light without heat

Photogenic (adj)

attractive in pictures or photographs

LUC (Latin)

Light, Clear

Lucid (adj)

clear and easily understood

Elucidate (v)

to make clear, to explain

Translucent (adj)

Allowing light to pass through

SPEC/SPECT (Latin)

To Look At

Circumspect (adj)

careful, cautious

Prospect (adj)

That which is expected

Specter (n)

a ghost or phantom

VID/VIS (Latin)

To See, To Look

Invidious (adj)

hateful or 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 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

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

Dictum (n)

A formal or authoritative statement

HIB/HAB (Latin)

to have or hold

Prohibit (v)

To stop one from doing something; prevent

Inhibit (v)

To get in the way of; 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; refrain

Tenacious (adj)

stubbornly persistent; determined

Retinue (n)

A group that attends an important person

PLE (Latin)

to fill (Latin)

Replete (adj)

Filled up with

Implement (v)

To put into action; execute

Deplete (v)

To use up; waste

FORM (Latin)

to form, to establish

Misinformation (n)

untrue or wrong information

Reform (v)

to bring back to rightness, order, or morality

Formative (adj)

occurring at the time of most influence

APT, EPT (Latin)

to fit

Inept (adj)

unskilled; clumsy

Adept (adj)

skilled; expert at

Aptitude (n)

A skill or suitability

POS, PON (Latin)

to put; to place

Posit (v)

to put forth; to assert

Impose (v)

to forcibly place upon

Disposition (n)

one's attitude or mood

FIG (Latin)

to shape

Figment (n)

something invented or imaginary

Effigy (n)

a figure constructed in mockery

Prefigure (v)

to look like or predict a later thing or event

LEGA (Latin)

to appoint; send on a mission; charge with

Legacy (n)

a body of ideas, achievements, and morals; and example

Delegate (v)

to divide up, especially responsibilities

ACT, AG (Latin)

to do, to act

Agenda (n)

a plan of action, a purpose

Proactive (adj)

seeking to solve a problem before it occurs

exacting (adj)

demanding perfection; strict

PULS, PEL (Latin)

to push

Repulsion (n)

a desire to avoid, disgust

Dispel (v)

to scatter about; to break up

propel (v)

to cause to move forward; to push

LAT (Latin)

brought, carried

Relative (adj)

dependent upon

Superlative (adj)

excellent; above all others

Dilate (v)

to widen

CANT, CHANT (Latin)

to sing, to call

Recant (v)

to formally withdraw

Incantation (n)

a ritual chant

Disenchanted (adj)

losing fondness for; disillusioned

AUD (Latin)

to hear

Inaudible (adj)

so quiet as to be impossible to hear

Auditory (adj)

having to do with the sense of hearing

Audit (n)

a thorough review

SON (Latin)

to sound

Dissonance (n)

unpleasant or inharmonious sound

Assonance (n)

similarity of word sounds, especially vowels

Resonant (adj)

having an effect; powerful

LOG (Greek)

to speak; to reason

Analogous (adj)

comparable to; like

Dialogue (n)

communication between two or more people

Prologue (n)

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

BELL (Latin)

war

Bellicose (adj)

warlike in nature

Antebellum (adj)

occurring before a war

Belligerence (n)

a warlike mood or attitude

AM (Latin)

love (Latin)
friend (Latin)