Root	Word	Part of Speech	Connotation (pos/neg/neut)	Definition	Sentence Includes context clues, grammatically correct, underline word
FID – trust, faith	Diffidence	noun	Negative	modesty or shyness resulting from a lack of self-confidence.	When we brought my dog to the dog park for the first time, she showed signs of diffidence and looked uncomfortable.
FID – trust, faith	Fidelity	noun	Positive	faithfulness to a person, cause, or belief, demonstrated by continuing loyalty and support.	During her cancer treatment, her friend showed fidelity by being by her side all the time.
FID – trust, faith	Perfidious	adjective	negative	Deceitful and untrustworthy	Chris Watts was perfidious during his interview, which is why they had to hook him up to a lie detector test.
GEN – birth, class, kin	Congenital	adjective	Negative (sad)	(of a disease or physical abnormality) present from birth.	Bella and Celeste Watts were congenital. They were constantly in and out of the Children's Hospital.
GEN – birth, class, kin	Engender	Verb	Neutral	cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition).	The police engendered the case to get more publicity.
GEN – birth, class, kin	Progeny	Noun	Neutral	a descendant or the descendants of a person, animal, or plant; offspring.	The turtle is a progeny of a dinosaur.
GRAD, GRESS – step	Retrograde
GRAD, GRESS – step	Digress	Verb	Neutral	leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing.	Sometimes when my teachers are talking and they are going off track they will say “I digress”
GRAD, GRESS – step	Transgress	verb	Neutral	infringe or go beyond the bounds of (a moral principle or other established standard of behavior).	My brother acted out at the zoo and said transgress things?
GRAT - Pleasing	Gratuitous	adjective	Negative	uncalled for; lacking good reason; unwarranted.	My brother yelled gratuitous names to someone random.
GRAT - Pleasing	Ingratiate	verb	Negative	bring oneself into favor with someone by flattering or trying to please them.	My dad tried to ingratiate in my brother's defense during an argument?
GREG – crowd, flock	Gregarious	adjective	Positive	(of a person) fond of company; sociable.	My mom is NOT gregarious most days
GREG – crowd, flock	Egregious	adjective	negative	outstandingly bad; shocking.	Natural disasters are egregious
GREG – crowd, flock	Congregate	verb	neutral	gather into a crowd or mass.	Me and my friend were congregated at the Stephen Sanchez concert back in november.

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