Act To do Drive Sample Words Acting the art or practice of representing doing a character on a stage React to change what one is doing in response to a stimulus Enact to ID: 703379
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Latin Roots
English I Pre-APSlide2
Act
To do, Drive
Sample Words
:Acting (the art or practice of representing (doing) a character on a stage)React (to change what one is doing in response to a stimulus)Enact (to drive or make into law)Slide3
Alt
High
Sample Words
:
Altos (voices in a choir higher than tenors and basses)Altitude (the vertical height of an object above a surface)Altimeter (an instrument for measuring height of an object )Slide4
Anima, Anim
Life, Mind
Sample Words
:
Animal (any of a kingdom of living things )Animated (endowed with life or the qualities of life )Animator
(one who gives a picture
life
)Slide5
Ann, Enn
Year
Sample Words
:
Annual (something that occurs once a year)Perennial (persisting for several
years
)
Bicentennial
(200th
year
celebration)Slide6
Aqua
Water
Sample Words
:
Aquarium (a container in which living animals and water are kept)Aquamarine (a pale blue to light greenish blue that mimics the color of water) Aquanaut (a scuba diver who lives and operates both inside and outside an underwater shelter for an extended period)Slide7
Arm
Army, Weapon
Sample Words
:
Armory (a place where weapons and military equipment are stored)Armament (the process of preparing weapons
and an
army
for war )Slide8
Bell
War
Sample Words
:
Belligerent (waging war; inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness (war-like behaviors))Bellicose (favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars)Slide9
Cede
To go, To yield
Sample Words
:
Intercede (to intervene between parties with a view to make one party yield)Supersede (to cause to be set aside or yield
)
concede
(to
yield
to someone else’s point or idea)Slide10
Cert
To be sure, To trust
Sample Words
:
Certain (known or proved to be true or trustworthy)Certify (to attest as being true or as represented or as meeting a standard; attest to being trustworthy)Slide11
Cid, Cis
To cut of, be brief; To kill
Sample Words
:
Concise (brief; having all superfluous elaboration and detail cut out)
Homicide
(the crime of
killing
another person)
Genocide
(the deliberate and systematic
killing
of a racial, political, or cultural group
Slide12
Curs, Curr, Corr
To run
Sample Words
:
Current (presently elapsing or running)Courier (one who runs messages from place to place) Corral (an enclosure for confining livestock so they won’t run
off)Slide13
Dic, Dict
To say, to speak; To assert
Sample Words
:
Dictate (to speak or act domineeringly)Dictionary (an alphabetical listing of words people say)Diction (choice of spoken or written words esp. with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness)Slide14
Duct, Duc
To lead; To draw
Sample Words
:
Aqueduct (a conduit for drawing water)Conduct (to lead from a position of command)Reduce (to draw together or cause to converge)Slide15
Dur
Hard, Lasting
Sample Words
:
Durable (lasting for a long time without significant deterioration)Duration
(
lasting
for a specific period of time)
Endure
(to
last
under suffering without yielding)Slide16
Gen
Race, Family, Kind
Sample Words
:
Generation (a group of individuals having the same kind of status)General (involving, relating to, or applicable to every member of a class, kind, or group)Slide17
Loc
Place
Sample Words
:
Location (a place outside a motion-picture studio where a picture or part of it is filmed)Dislocate (to put out of place
)Slide18
Mar
Sea
Sample Words
:
Marine (of or relating to the sea)Marina (a dock or basin on the sea providing secure moorings for pleasure boats and often offering supply, repair, and other facilities)Slide19
Mit, Mis
To send
Sample Words
:
Remission (to send a disease into a dormant state)Transmit (to send from one person or place to another)
Mission
(a body of persons
sent
to perform a service or carry on an activity)Slide20
Mort
Death
Sample Words
:
Mortician (one who prepares a dead body for a funeral)Mortal (causing or having caused death)Mortify (to subject to severe and vexing em-barrassment that makes the person want to die)Slide21
Mut
Change
Sample Words
:
Mutation (a significant and basic change)Transmute (to change
or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form)
Mutant
(of or relating to something produced by
change
)Slide22
Ord, Ordin
To put in order
Sample Words
:
Order (to put in order)Ordinal (rites for the ordination of deacons, priests, and bishops [for induction into the order])Ordinary (to regular or customary order of things)Slide23
Part, Pars
Portion, Part
Sample Words
:
Partial (of or relating to a part rather than a whole)Particle (a minute quantity, part, or fragment)Partner (on that shares part of something)Slide24
Ped
Foot
Sample Words
:
Pedestal (the base of foot of a column)Pedestrian (one who travels on foot)Pedal (a lever pressed by the foot)Slide25
Prov, Prob
To Prove, Test
Sample Words
:
Probate (the proving of the validity of a will)Probation (subjection of an individual to a period of
testing
and trial to ascertain fitness)
Prove
(to
test
the truth, validity, or genuineness of)Slide26
Rupt
To Break, Burst
Sample Words
:
Disrupt (to break apart)Eruption (the act, process, or instance of erupting [breaking/bursting out])Rupture (a break of peace or concord)Slide27
Sacr, Secr, Sanct
Sacred
Sample Words
:
Desecrate (to violate the sanctity/sacredness of)Sacrifice (an act of
sacred
offering)
Sacrilege
(a violation of something
sacred
)
Sanctify
(to set apart as
sacred
)Slide28
Sent, Sens
To Feel
Sample Words
:
Sense (one of the five “feelings”)Sentimental (marked or governed by feeling)Sentinel (a sentry; a guard or watch placed at a point of passage [one who feels for danger])Slide29
Sol, Soli
Alone, Lonely
Sample Words
:
Soliloquy (a speech given by one person alone on stage)Solo (something done alone
)
Solitary
(being, living, or going
alone
or without companions)Slide30
Test
To Witness, Affirm
Sample Words
:
Attest (to affirm to be true or genuine)Contest (a struggle for the affirmation of superiority or victory)Testify (to bear witness)Slide31
Vers, Vert
To Turn
Sample Words
:
Adverse (acting against or in a contrary [turning] direction)Conversion (the turning
from former ways and the embracing of new)
Reverse
(to
turn
around and go the opposite direction)