B
- BE (to be, to have a certain quality)
- belittle
- befriend
- belate (something late that losses its effectiveness)
- bemoan (to lament; to express grief or disappointment)
- bewilder (puzzle or confuse)
- beseech (make an earnest request or beg)
- bemuse (puzzle)
- begrudge (not want to give or resent something somebody has, He begrudged my success, She begrudged every dime she gave me)
- bequeath (leave somebody something at will, The powerful magician bequeathed all of power to his apprentice)
- belie (to show to be false, This photograph belies the testimony of the witness)
- beguile (to deceive with charm)
- beset (trouble continually; beset by the scandal)
- bereft (adj; deprived, lacking, bereaved bereft of ideas, bereft living conditions)
- BEL, BELLUM (war)
- belligerent
- bellicose
- rebellion
- rebel
- antebellum (before war)
- BEN, BON (good)
- benevolent
- benign
- benefactor
- beneficiary
- benefit
- benediction
- bonus
- bon vivant (French somebody who lives a luxurious life)
- bona fide (Latin sincere and honest, authentic, a bona fide student, a bona fide peculiar event)
- BI (twice, doubly, two)
- biannual
- biennial
- bilingual
- binoculars
- bipartisan (involved in two political parties)
- bilateral (involving both sides)
- bigamy (having two wifes (it is considered a crime))
- BRI, BREV (short, brief or concise)
- brevity (use of a few words)
- brief
- abbreviate
- abridge
C
- CAD, CID (to happen by chance,to fall)
- accident
- coincidence
- decadent (immoral or in decline)
- cascade (waterfall, downward flow of something, to flow in large amounts)
- recidivism (re- back -cid fall, to indulge in a previous undesirable behavior especially crime)
- cadence [rise and fall of voice while taking, falling tone typically at the end of a sentence)
- CAND (to burn)
- candle
- candor (candid or honest quality, Latin to burn white)
- incandescent (glowing with heat, showing intense emotion, candescre to glow white)
- incendiary (can burn or catch fire)
- CAN, CEN or CHANT (to sing)
- chant
- enchant
- accent
- recant (to withdraw belief or withdraw something previously said, re- back -cantre sing, recant what you have said)
- incantation (using magic words)
- incentive (something that encourages people into action, in- in -cantre sing, something that sets the tune)
- CAP, CIP, CAPIT, CIPIT (head or headlong (in an uncontrolled fashion))
- capital
- cape
- captain
- disciple (dia- though, -cip head, a follower)
- principal (primary or school administrator; princip- somebody who takes first place)
- principle (underlying ideas)
- precipice (a high cliff or rock face or dangerous waters)
- precipitate (happen quickly or hurried; pre- before, -cip head)
- precipitous (done rashly or quickly without enough thought)
- capitulate (to surrender under agreed conditions or heads :P)
- capitalism (free market system (Economics))
- precipitation
- caption
- recapitulate (same as recap; going over main points)
- CAPT,CIP, CEPT (to take)
- captive
- capture
- anticipate (anti- before, cip catch)
- intercept (inter- between, cept catch)
- susceptible (sus- up, cept catch)
- emancipate (set someone free)
- recipient
- incipient (to start to develop)
- percipient (per- through, cip catch, somebody who perceives or having insight)
- precept (anti- before, cip catch, a rule or instruction that guides somebody's reaction)
- CARD, CORD, COUR (heart)
- concord (treat or peaceful coexistence, co- together, cord heart)
- cardiac
- courage (having heart)
- encourage (to give heart)
- discord (disagreement, dis- apart, cord heart)
- accord (ac- to, cord heart, to agree or agreement)
- concordance (similarity or agreement between two or more things)
- concordant (harmonious)
- cordial (warm in a friendly sense,deeply felt, of the heart)
- CARN (flesh)
- carnivorous
- carnival (Italian for cessation of meat eating)
- carnage (widespread massacre)
- reincarnation (to be in flesh again, rebirth)
- incarnation (to be in flesh, birth)
- CAST, CHAST (cut)
- caste (social class)
- castigate (criticized to rebuked for behavior)
- chastise (to punish someone)
- chaste (abstaining from sex or pure aka uncut)
- CAUST (burning)
- caustic
- holocaust (holo- whole caust burn, complete destruction especially of life)
- CESS, CEDARE, CEED (to stop, to give way, to go)
- cease
- cessation (stoppage,esp, permanent)
- incessant (continuing)
- precede
- exceed
- recess (re- back, cess go)
- concede (con- together, cedare give way)
- cede (cedare give way, surrender)
- access
- predecessor
- successor
- precedent (ced- to go, pre before)
- antecedent (ced- to go, ante before)
- recede (re- back, ced go)
- abscess (pus filled cavity; lol I can't relate it to the roots btw :-D)
- CENTR (center)
- eccentric ( out of center, not conventional)
- central
- concentrate (to focus, con together, centrate on center)
- centrifuge (fugere fleeing, centr center)
- egocentric (as expected self-centered :P)
- CERN, CRET, CRIT, CRIM (to separate, to judge, to distinguish)
- concern (having a caring feeling, con- together, cern separatel)
- critic (somebody who judges; crit- to judge)
- secret (inseparable)
- discrete (discern to distinguish so discrete is something distinguishable or unrelated to anything else)
- ascertain (to find out something with certainty)
- certitude (feeling of certainty or something certain to happen)
- hypocrite
- discriminate (again from discern aka distinguish)
- criterion (standard for judging, crit to judge, criteria is plural)
- discern
- recrimination (an accusation made in response to the accuser)
- CHRONOS (time)
- chronology
- synchronize
- chronicle (historical account or narrative,or make a list of events in order of time)
- chronic (always present or long lasting)
- chronological (in order of time)
- anachronism (something from a different time period, ana- backwards, chron time)
- chronometer (accurate measurer of time)
- chronometry (study of time measurement)
- CIRCU (around or from all sides)
- circumspect
- circumlocution
- circumference
- circumstances
- circuit (a circular path)
- circumnavigate (to sail or fly around something)
- circumambulate
- circumscribe (circu- around, scribe write; to restrict the functionality of)
- circuitous (lengthy because indirect...going around)
- CIS (cut)
- scissors
- precise (pre in front, cis cut)
- concise
- incisive (quick to understand)
- incision (a cut or an act of cutting)
- excise (to cut out, to delete a part of something or remove surgically)
- exorcise (to swear out an evil spirit)
- CIT (to put in motion)
- excite
- incite
- solicit (to plead for something insistently)
- solicitous (completely moved ready or willing, displaying concern or meticulous [giving alot to detail]
- CLA, CLO, CLU (to shut or close)
- closet
- enclose
- conclude
- claustrophobia
- disclose
- exclusive
- recluse (somebody living away from people, re- again, clus close)
- preclude (pre- before, clu close, prevent from happening or debar)
- seclude (isolate, or make private)
- cloister (to find a private place, a private place)
- foreclose (same as preclude)
- closure
- CLAIM, CLAM (to shout)
- exclaim
- proclaim
- acclaim
- clamor (demand with persistence/demand noisily or loud noise)
- disclaim (deny any connection with something)
- declaim (to recite or speak formally)
- reclaim (claim something back)
- CLI (to lean towards)
- recline (to lie back)
- decline
- climax
- proclivity (natural tendency, proclivis is inclined)
- inclination
- disinclination (avoid doing something)
- CO, COL, COM, CON (together, with)
- connect
- confide (con- with, fide trust, to tell someone secrets, you confide in someone or confide to someone a secret thing)
- concede
- coerce (to force someone into doing something especially against will)
- cohesive (stuck together; unified)
- cohort (a unified group of people, soldiers or supporters)
- confederate (ally or in verb sense to become united in a cause)
- collaborate (co- together, labor toil, work together)
- compatible
- coherent (speak logically or understandably)
- comply (obey)
- conjugal (relating to marriage husbands or wives)
- conjugate (joined in pairs)
- connubial (nubere to marry; relating to marriage)
- congenial (friendly)
- convivial (vivere to live, sociable)
- coalesce (merge or unite things)
- coalition (a union\merger or a political alliance))
- contrite (terere to rub; repentant or arising from a sense of guilt)
- conciliate (get someone support or firendship back, bring disputing sides together be charming)
- conclave (clave key; a secret meeting)
- commensurate (of equal size or in proportion; rewards are commensurate with the efforts made)
- CRAT, CRACY (to govern)
- democracy
- aristocracy
- bureaucracy (an administrative system in which work is divided b/w departments)
- theocracy (theo God, government by God)
- plutocracy (pluotos wealth, governance by the wealthy)
- autocracy (sorta dictatorship)
- CRE, CRET, CRESC (to grow)
- creation
- increase
- crescendo (gradual intensifying of music up till the climax)
- increment (an expected or regular increase or an act of increasing)
- accretion (an increase in size due to accumulation or fusing together)
- accrue (to increase amount)
- CRED (to believe or trust)
- incredible
- credibility
- credentials (proof of ability)
- credit
- creed (set of beliefs)
- credo (a statement or beliefs that is professed (declared openly))
- credence (the power to inspire belief or trust)
- credulity (as credulous the ability to belief things readily)
- credulous (can be tricked because of being naive or readily believing things)
- incredulous (showing disbelief or unwilling to believe)
- CRYP (hidden)
- cryptic
- crypt (an underground vault)
- apocryphal
- cryptography (study of encoding or secret writing)
- CUB, CUMB (lie down)
- cubicle
- succumb
- incubate (lie down on, on eggs, incubate a baby, grow germs or stuff often under controlled conditions)
- incumbent (in- in, -cumb lie, obligatory)
- recumbent (lie down)
- CULP (blame)
- culprit (wrongdoer or accused)
- culpable (guilty)
- inculpable
- exculpate (to free from blame or guilt)
- inculpate (incriminate or put blame)
- mea culpa (formal admission and apology of guilt)
- CUR, COUR (running or a course)
- occur
- recur
- current
- curriculum
- courier (official or secret messenger)
- excursion (ex- out, cur run, a short trip or a temporary difression)
- incursion (a raid, an unwelcome arrival)
- cursive (writing in a running conjoined style)
- concur (to run together occur at the same time or agree over a point)
- concurrent (happening or existing parallel to one another)
- incur (to experience something bad, run into)
- discourse (serious discussion, to run apart)
- discursive (lengthy that has included non-essential stuff)
- precursor (something before, forerunner)
- recourse (use of others for assistance or a source of help, run back (to), recourse to borrowing)
- cursory (done in quick or superficial way)
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