vocab

 

Anglo

English

Anglophile, Anglophobe, Anglican, Anglicism, Anglo-Saxon

-ist

one who

artist, funambulist, anthropologist, solipsist, centrist, atheist, sophist

-saur

lizard

dinosaur, pterosaur, tyrannosaurus, stegosaurus, saurian, plesiosaur

pithec

ape

pithecanthropus, australopithecus, dryopithecus, oreopithecus

calli

beautiful

calligraphy, calliope, calisthenics, calliopsis, callithumpian

austro

south

australopithecus, Australia, austral, Austronesia, austromancy

cephalo

head

cephalic, cephalopod, cephalothorax, microcephalic, encephalitis

chiro

hand

chiromancy, chiropody, chiropteran, chiropractor

caust

burn

caustic, holocaust, cauterize, caustically, causticity

terr

land

extraterrestrial, subterranean, Mediterranean, terrain, terra firma

cata

down

catapult, catastrophe, catacombs, catalepsy, cataclysm, cataract

jur

swear

abjure, adjure, perjure, jury, jurisdiction, jurisprudence, jurist

 

flu

flow

confluence, fluid, influence, fluent, superfluous, effluent, fluvial

here

stick

coherence, adhesive, adhere, inherent, incoherent

pos

put

position, deposit, superimpose, transpose, depose, imposition 

mund

world

mundane, transmundane, intermundane, mundanity, mundo

-cracy

government

autocracy, democracy, aristocracy, plutocracy, meritocracy

-mania

madness

kleptomania, egomania, pyromania, dipsomania, megalomania

-ize

make

victimize, harmonize, temporize, mobilize, fossilize, polarize, bowdlerize

antho

flower

anthology, anthozoan, anthocyanin, anthophilous, anther

algia

pain

neuralgia, analgesic, arthralgia, hemialgia, algometer, algophobia

somn

sleep

insomnia, somniferous, somnolent, somnambulate, somniloquy

quadr

four

quadruped, quadratic, quadrant, quadruplet, quadrilateral, quadriplegic

err

wander

error, erratic, Knight-errant, erroneous, erratum

sine

without

sinecure, sine qua non, sine die, sine prole