Latin roots 2

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cent(i) (hundred):

century, centipede, centennial, centigrade, centimeter, sesquicentennial

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cide(e), cis(e) (to kill, to cut):

homicide, incision, suicide, scissors, circumcise, excision

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clam, claim (to cry out, to declare):

clamor, explain, proclaim, disclaim, claimant, acclaim

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cord, cour (heart):

accord, courage, encouraged, cordiform, cordate, concordant

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corp(or) (body):

corpse, corporation, corps, corpuscle, corporeal, corpus, corset

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cred (to believe, to trust):

credo, credit, discredit, credence, credentials, accreditation

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cur(r), curs, course (to run, to flow):

current, excursion, discourse, concur, recourse, curriculum, recurrent

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dic(t) (to speak, to say):

diction, indication, edict, jurisdiction, dictionary, addict, interdiction

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centenarian:

a person who has lived to be one hundred years old

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clamorous:

characterized by continuous loud and complaining voices; noisily complaining; insistent

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concordance:

a condition of harmony or agreement; an alphabetical index indicating reference passages, as
from a writer's works

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discordant:

sounding harsh or inharmonious; clashing

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incisive:

keenly penetrating; cutting into

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concourse:

a running or flowing together; a broad public walkway or hallway; a crowd or throng

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corporal:

related to the physical body

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credulity:

the naïve willingness to believe too easily without proof

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cursory:

done in a superficial or hasty manner

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dictum:

an authoritative saying or maxim

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Duc(t), duce (to lead):

conduct, reduce, education, abduct, deductive, ductile

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Fedter), fid(e) (faith, trust):

federal, confidence, affidavit, infidel, bona fide, confide

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Fin(e) (end, limit):

finish, confine, define, infinity, affinity

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Flect, flex (to bend):

defelct, reflex, reflector, flexibility, genuflect, flexor

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flu(x), fluct (to flow, flowing):

fluid, influx, flush, fluctuate, influence, influenza, fluent

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fort, fore (strong):

fortress, forceful, reinforce, comfortable, effortlessly

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frater(n), fratr (brother):

fraternity, fraternal, fraternalism, friar

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fus, fund, found (to pour, to melt):

transfusion, funnel, refund, fountain, confusion, foundry, fusion

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confluence:

(n) a coming or flowing together, as of rivers or ideas, a place of joining

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confound:

to perplex, confuse, amaze, or bewilder

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effusive:

pouring forth in an emotional way; unrestrained or overly demonstrative

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fratricide:

the killing of one's own brother; someone who commits such an act

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mellifluous:

as if flowing with honey or sweetness; like the tones of a honeyed voice

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superfluous:

beyond what is needed; in excess of a sufficiency

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conducive:

tending to lead, help, assist, or result in

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fidelity:

faithfulness to one's promises or obligations; steadfast faithfulness; technological faithfulness

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flexuous:

a winding in and out; bending or waving

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perfidious:

a characteristic of one who would intentionally betray a faith or trust; treacherous