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Latin Lessons
Roots
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ALIEN
• Of another
• Alien, alienate, alienation
• Inalienable (unalienable)
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ART
• Art, skill
• Art, artifact
• artisan
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FIN
• End, limit
• Final, infinite, definite, indefinite
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FIRM
• Strong, firm
• Confirm, affirm
• firmament
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FORT
• Strong
• fortitude,
• Fort, forte,
• comfort
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GRAND
• Great
• Grand, grandeur
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GRAV, [GRIEV]
• Heavy
• Grave, grievance
• Grieve
• Grief (an orthographic variant)
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LINE, [LIGN]
• Line
• Line, align
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NIHIL
• Nothing
• Nihilism
• annihilate
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NULL
• Nothing
• Null, annull
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PART
• Part
• part, depart, impart
• partition
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VERB
• Word, verb
• Verb, adverb
• Verbatim, proverb
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VEST
• Garment
• Vest, vestment
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CED-, CESS
• To go, yield
• Concede, precede
• Excess, procession
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DUC-, DUCT-
• To lead
• Conduct, reduction
• Reduce, induce
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JUDIC-
• Judgment
• Judicial, judiciary
• adjudicate
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JUR-, JUST-
• Law, right, take an oath, form an opinion
• Jury, conjure
• Just, justify
• jurisprudence
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LEV-
• Light (in weight), lift
• Levitate, elevate
• levity
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LOQU-, LOCUT-
• Speech, to speak
• Colloquial
• Eloquent
• Elocution
• interlocutor
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LUD, LUS-
• To play, mock
• Interlude, delude
• illusion
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PREC-
• To request, beg; prayer
• Imprecate
• precarious
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TRUD-, TRUS-
• To push, thrust
• Protrude; intrusion
• unobtrusive
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VEN-, VENT-, [VENU-]
• To come
• Intervene, invention
• Avenue, venue
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GREG
• Flock, herd
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HAB-, AB-, (HIB-)
• To have
• To hold as customary
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PUNG-, PUNCT-
• To prick
• To point
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SACR-, [SECR-]
• sacred
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SENT, -SENS-
• To feel
• To think
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VERT-, VERS-
• To turn
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VI(A)-
• Way
• road
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CLUD-, CLUS-[CLOS-]
• To shut
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CUR(R)-, CURS-
• To run, go
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GRAD-, GRESS-
• To step, to go
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PEND, - PENS-
• To hang
• To weigh
• To pay
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PLE-, PLET-, PLEN-
• To fill
• full
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SPEC-, [SPIC], SPECT-
• To look
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UND-, [OUND-]
• wave
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VID-, VIS-, [VIEW-]
• To see
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VOC-, VOK-
• Voice
• To call
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SEMI
• HALF, PARTLY
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BI, BIN
• TWO
• TWICE
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SEXT
• SIX
• SIXTH
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ANIM
• MIND
• FEELING
• LIFE
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ANNU(U), ENNI-
• YEAR
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BENE, BON
• WELL
• GOOD
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CANT, [CHANT]
• TO SING
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CUR
• CURE
• CARE
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EQU (IQU)
• EQUAL
• EVEN
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FER
• TO BEAR
• TO CARRY
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LAT
• TO BEAR, CARRY
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PLIC-, PLEX -
• TO FOLD
• UNTANGLE
• INTERWEAVE
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omn
• All, every, whole
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reg
• Rule
• Guide
• Direct
• govern
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temper
• Time
• Season
• To set bounds
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tend
• To strive
• To stretch
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tenu
• Thin
• stretched
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dom
• House
• master
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Flag(r)
• Burn
• flame
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gen
• Race, kind, stock family
• Beget, bear, bring forth, origin
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par
• Make ready
• Put in order
• provide
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serv
• Serving, servile
• Keep or preserve (save)