Advanced+Roots+III

Students who have completed both Level 1 and Level 2 of English from the Roots Up continue to review earlier words and are collaborating on a new list of 50 root words and derivatives. Words are drawn from vocabulary in the content areas of history, science, arts and literature.

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 * Root Words || Language || Meaning || Derivatives ||
 * 1. CULTURA || Latin || Tend, guard, cultivate, till || agriculture, cultivate, cultivator,cultured ||
 * 2. AEQUUS (EQUALIS) || Latin || Level, even, just || equality, equalize, equate, equally ||
 * 3. IUS (JURIS) || Latin || Right, law || jurisdiction, ,jussoil, jurisprudence, jurist ||
 * 4. DOMUS || Latin || Home || domicile, domesticity, domestic, domical ||
 * 5. POST || Latin || After || postpone, posthumous, posterity, poterior, p.s., ex post facto, PM, postpartum, Postmodernism,postwar ||
 * 6. META || Greek || After, behind, changed higher, beyond || metamorphosis, metaphrase, metabolize, metaplasia ||
 * 7. MORPHE || Greek || Form || ectomorphic, morph, morpheus, morphosis ||
 * 8. MUT-, MUTANS || Latin || Change, changing || mutation, mutable, mutate, mutative ||
 * 9. SED-, SID-, SEDENS || Latin || Sit, sitting || sedative, sedan chair, sediment, sedilla ||
 * 10. STA-, STET, STIT, STANS || Latin || Stand, standing || statue, standish, stand off, standfast ||
 * 11. PAN || Greek || All || panorama, panacea, panachronatic, pancreatectomy ||
 * 12. MINUS || Latin || Less || diminish, minor, minish, minimalize, minify ||
 * 13. FRAGILIS || Latin || Breakable || fragment, fragile, fragmentary, fragmentize ||
 * 14. SOLVO || Latin || Loosen || solution, dissolve, solvency, solvable, solubilize ||
 * 15. SCIO || Latin || Know || science, conscious, sciolism, scirefacias ||
 * 16. USUS || Latin || Use || usufruct, used, usurp ||
 * 17. OCCIDO || Latin || Kill || homicide, suicide, suicidology ||
 * 18. PUGNO || Latin || Fight || impugn, pugnacious, impugn ||
 * 19. SOPHOS || Latin || Wise || philosophy, sophmore, sophisticate ||
 * 20. VACUUS || Latin || Empty || evacuate, vacuum, evacuated ||
 * 21. SEQUOR || Latin || Follow || subsequent, sequel, subsequently ||
 * 22. OB-, OC-, OF-, OM-, OP || Latin || Toward, for, about, before || obstinate, obliterate, oblong ||
 * 23. GENUS || Latin || Origin, kind || generic, congenital, genus ||
 * 24. POSSUM || Latin || Be able || possible, potent ||
 * 25. VOCO || Latin || Call || voice, vociferous, vocal ||
 * 26. BREVIS || Latin || Short || brevity, brief, breviary ||
 * 27. MITTO, MISSIO || Latin || Send || mission, emissary, missionary ||
 * 28. AB || Latin || Away from || abduct, abandon, abase ||
 * 29. LOCUS || Latin || A place || location, local, dislocate ||
 * 30. AOIDE || Greek || Song || melody, rhapsody, parody ||
 * 31. CREDO || Latin || Believe || credit, credenza,credenda ||
 * 32. CULPA || Latin || Blame || culprit, culpable, culpa ||
 * 33. HODOS || Greek || Journey || episode, exodus, episodic ||
 * 34. ITER || Latin || Journey || itinerary, itinerant, itenerancy ||
 * 35. LEGO, LECTUM || Latin || Collect, read || intellectualize, intellect, intellegentsia ||
 * 36. SANGUIS || Latin || Blood || sanguinary, consanguinity, consanguineous ||
 * 37. FUNDO, FUSUM || Latin || Pour || transfuse, transfusion, effusive ||
 * 38. NEOS || Greek || New, young || neologism, neonate, neoteric ||
 * 39. PSEUDOS || Greek || A lie || psuedo, psuedoclassic, psuedomorph ||
 * 40. COPIA || Latin || Plenty || cornucopia, copius, copacetic ||
 * 41. PER || Latin || Through || permeable, permissive, permissible ||
 * 42. NIHIL || Latin || Nothing || nil, nihilism, nihilistic ||
 * 43. REGO || Latin || Rule || regent, regiment, regimen ||
 * 44. FINIS || Latin || End || finish, finis, finite ||
 * 45. COGNITO || Latin || Know || incognito, recognize ||
 * 46. TRAHO, TRACTUM || Latin || Draw, drag || traction, tractor ||
 * 47. MORIOR || Latin || Die || morbidity ||
 * 48. PUNCTUM || Latin || Point || puncture, punctuation ||
 * 49. CERNO || Latin || Separate || discern ||
 * 50. RE || Latin || Back, again || receive, retrieve, regain ||