This document provides a root word of the week archive with definitions and examples for Greek and Latin root words. It includes over 100 entries organized by root word with the definition, part of speech, and examples using that root word in different contexts to illustrate its meaning and usage.

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2. PHIL love
• Philip: lover of horses
• Philosopher: lover of wisdom
• Hemophiliac: lover of blood
• Bibliophile: lover of books

3. CIS cut
picture • Decision:
• Homicide:
• Concise:
• Incisive:

4. FALL trick
• False:
• Fallacy:
• Fallible:
• Faucet:

5. MIT send
• Emit:
• Omit:
• Permit:
• Submissive:

6. FORM shape
picture • Deformed:
• Conform:
• Formula:
• Transform:

7. COGN learn; know
picture • Recognize:
• Connoisseur:
• Incognito:
• Cognitive:

8. MORPH shape; form
picture • Metamorphosis:
• Amorphous:
• Morpheus:
• Anthropomorphic:

9. CHRON time
picture • Synchronized:
• Chronological:
• Anachronism:
• Chronic:

10. GRAPH write
picture • Biography:
• Choreography:
• Autograph:
• Graffiti:

11. JECT thrown
picture • Object:
• Injection:
• Jettison:
• Eject:

12. FER carry; bring
picture • Transfer:
• Refer:
• Infer:
• Circumference:

13. DUC lead
picture • Duke/Duchess:
• Duct:
• Educate:
• Conductor:

14. LAT carry
picture • Relative:
• Legislate:
• Translate:
• Elated:

15. FIC make; do
picture • Purification:
• Pacific:
• Difficult:
• Beneficial:

16. PLIC fold
picture • Duplicate:
• Complicated:
• Replicate:
• Application:

17. FACT made; done
picture • Factory:
• Artifact:
• Satisfaction:
• Stupefaction:

18. BIO life
picture • Biology:
• Amphibian:
• Symbiosis:
• Aerobic:

19. LOG word, study
picture • Dialogue:
• Prologue:
• Logorrhea:
• Genealogy:

20. FECT make
picture • Perfect:
• Prefect:
• Defect:
• Refectory:

21. DICT say
picture • Predict:
• Valedictorian:
• Verdict:
• Dictator:

22. VERT turn
picture • Revert:
• Avert:
• Vertigo:
• Pervert:

23. FIN end
picture • Final:
• Finale:
• Infinite:
• Finite:

24. SENT feel; sense
picture • Sensible:
• Sentimental:
• Consent:
• Sentinel:

25. PORT carry
picture • Portly:
• Portable:
• Reporter:
• Transport:

26. VERS turned
picture • Reverse:
• Adversary:
• Anniversary:
• Divorce:

27. TRACT drag; pull
picture • Tractor:
• Attractive:
• Extract:
• Distraught:

28. CEPT taken
picture • Except:
• Deception:
• Intercept:
• Inception:

29. CON with; thoroughly
picture • Connect:
• Congregate:
• Conclude:
• Concise:

30. TEN hold
picture • Tenant:
• Tenet:
• Tenacious:
• Tenure:

31. TIN hold
picture • Retain:
• Contain:
• Entertain:
• Detention:

32. VEN come
picture • Convene:
• Intervene:
• Inventor:
• Convention:

33. MAL bad, evil
picture • Malfunction:
• Malformed:
• Malignant:
• Malign:

34. RE back, again
picture • Reject:
• Return:
• Rearrange:
• Redeem:

35. RE/DE thoroughly
picture • Reticent:
• Declare:
• Demonstrate:
• Depraved:

36. SID sit
picture • Residence:
• Preside:
• Insidious:
• Sedative:

37. CED go, move
picture • Precede:
• Secede:
• Recede:
• Intercede:

38. CESS go
picture • Access:
• Success:
• Ancestor:
• Proceed:

39. PRE before
picture • Prefix:
• Prejudice:
• Predict:
• Prepare:

40. GRAD step
picture • Graduate:
• Centigrade:
• Progress:
• Regress:

41. CLUD, shut, close
CLUS,CLOS
picture • Include:
• Recluse:
• Exclusion:
• Close-Minded:

42. TRANS across
picture • Transfer:
• Translate:
• Transform:
• Traverse:

43. INTER between
picture • Internet:
• Interstate:
• Intermission:
• Interrupt:

44. MAGN large, great
picture • Magnification:
• Magnanimous:
• Charlemagne:
• Magna cum laude:

45. EX-, E-, out of, from
EC-
picture • Extend:
• Emit:
• Eradicate:
• Appendectomy:

46. E-, EX- thoroughly
picture • Exclaim:
• Exhausted:
• Exhilarated:
• Elude:

47. PEND hang, weigh
picture • Dependent:
• Pendulum:
• Expensive:
• Pensive:

48. PED, POD foot
picture • Pedestrian:
• Quadruped:
• Tripod:
• Podiatrist:

49. SUB under
picture • Submarine:
• Subpar:
• Suffer:
• Surreal:

50. SUPER over, above
picture • Superman:
• Supervisor:
• Surpass:
• Superlative:

51. CIRCUM around
picture • Circumstances:
• Circumference:
• Circulate:
• Circuit:

52. PRO forward
picture • Progress:
• Promote:
• Pro bono:
• Professional:

53. CONTRA, opposite, against
COUNTER
picture • Contradict:
• Counteract:
• Counterfeit:
• Encounter:

54. UNI one
picture • Unicorn:
• Uniform:
• Unison:
• E pluribus unum:

55. MONO one, single
picture • Monopoly:
• Monotone:
• Monosyllable:
• Monarch:

56. PATH feeling; disease
picture • Empathy:
• Apathy:
• Pathology:
• Psychopath:

57. POLY many
picture • Polygon:
• Polyglot:
• Polytheism:
• Polygamy:

58. MEGA large, great
picture • Megahit:
• Megalith:
• Megabyte:
• Omega:

59. MICRO small
picture • Microscope:
• Microbe:
• Microwave:
• Micromanager:

60. HER, HES stick, cling
picture • Adhere:
• Coherent:
• Hesitant:
• Cohesive:

61. ANTI against, opposite
picture • Antidote:
• Antifreeze:
• Antonym:
• Antagonist:

62. PHON voice, sound
picture • Microphone:
• Telephone:
• Symphony:
• Cacophony:

63. BI, DI two, twice
picture • Biped:
• Bilingual:
• Dioxide:
• Dilemma:

64. MAN hand
picture • Manipulate:
• Manage:
• Manicure:
• Manuscript:

65. SYN- together
SYM-
picture • Synchronize:
• Syntax:
• Symphony:
• Synapse:

66. TRI three
picture • Triangle:
• Triathlon:
• Trident:
• Trilogy:

67. ANN year
ENN
picture • Anniversary:
• Biannual:
• Centennial:
• Perennial:

68. HYPO under, below
picture • Hypodermic:
• Hypothermia:
• Hypochondriac:
• Hypotenuse:

69. HYPER over, above
Picture • Hyper:
• Hyperbole:
• Hypertension:
• Hypercritical:

70. SCRIB write
picture • Transcribe:
• Indescribable:
• Script:
• Prescription:

71. LEV light
picture • Elevate:
• Lever:
• Alleviate:
• Levy:

72. SON sound
picture • Sonic:
• Sonnet:
• Dissonance:
• Resonate:

73. A-, AN- not, without
picture • Apathetic:
• Atheist:
• Anarchy:
• Anonymous:

74. VER truth
picture • Verdict:
• Veracity:
• Verdad:
• Verita:

75. NOM name
picture • Nominee:
• Pronoun:
• Nom de plume:
• Misnomer:

76. AD to, towards
picture • Adhere:
• Adapt:
• Adopt:
• Advice: