WJCL (Q Words, A Root) Flashcards by Jade Mathews

fennel

fenum, hay

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pars, part + capio, to take

participle

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manus, hand + teneo, to hold

maintain

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signum, sign + facio, to do

significant

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pauperism, poor, poverty

pauper, poor

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garrulous (full of trivial conversation)

garrio, chatter

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arc, arcade, arch, archery

arcus, bow

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imitate, inimitable

imitor, to represent

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cony (type of animal of the hare family)

cuniculus, rabbit

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foris, door + facio, to do

forfeit

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reor, to reckon + facio, to do

ratify

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ars, skill + facio, to make

artifice

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prodigy

prodigium, omen

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abject, adjective, conjecture, dejected, eject, interjection, jet, jut, object, subject, trajectory

iacio, to throw

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bellum, war + gero, to bear

belligerent

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res, thing + populus, people

republic

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vital, vitamin

vita, life

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consider, desire, sidereal (pertaining to the stars/constellations)

sidus, star

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disgust, gusto

gustus, taste

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innovation, novel, novice, novitiate, renovate

novus, new

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adieu, deity

deus, god

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commute, molt, mutation, mutual

muto, to change

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mullet

mullus, mullet

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multus, any + plecto, to plait

multiple

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expel, peal, pulse, push, repeal, repulse

pello, to drive

fortuitous

fors, chance

fade, vapid

vapidus, flat

rite

ritus, rite

inscrutable, scrutiny

scrutor, to probe

astute

astus, cunning (n.)

color

color, color

ager, field + colo, to till

agriculture

augury, inaugural

augur, augur

absent, entity, essential, interesting, present, representation

sum, to be

divest, invest, travesty, vested, vestment, vesture (something that covers or cloaks like a garment)

vestis, garment

palette

pala, shovel

contrite, detriment

tero, to rub

friable (easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder)

frio, to crumble

accommodate, commodious (large and roomy), commodity, mode, model, moderation, modern, modest, modulate, mold

modus, measure

ceiling, celestial, cerulean

caelum, sky

corvus, raven + mare, sea

cormorant (large dark-colored longnecked seabird)

calendar, conciliation, council, reconcile

calo, to call

idem, same + facio, to do

identify

scurrilous (expressing offensive reproach)

scurra, rake

pestle, piston

pinso, to beat

assume, consume, presumably, resume, resume (n.), sumptuous

sumo, to take

sequestration (seizing property that belongs to someone ese and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized)

sequester, intermediate (possibly related to sequor)

comity (state or atmosphere of harmony)

comis, kind

jewel, jocular, joke, juggle

iocus, joke

assess, assiduous, insidious (causing harm in a way that is gradualor not easily noticed), obsess, preside, president, resident, residue, sedate, sedative, sedentary, sediment, session, siege, size, supersede, surcease (a stopping)

sedeo, to sit

annal, annual, annuity, perennial

annus, year

oblivion, oblivious

obliviscor, to forget

capillary

capillus, hair

cent, century, percent

centum, hundred

circumference, confer, conference, conifer, defer, different, fertile, infer, offer, prefer, proffer (to offer for acceptance or rejection, refer, referee, suffer, transfer

fero, to bear

savage, sylvan (pertaining to wooded regions)

silva, wood

vernal

ver, spring

fester

fistula, pipe

curt, curtail

curtus, short

ops, power + facio, to do

officious (intrusive in a meddling/offensive manner)

ruminate

rumen, throat

paunch (a protruding abdomen)

pantex, belly

corporation, corporeal, corps, corpse, corpulent, corpuscle (unattached cell), corsage, corset

corpus, body

contra, against + rus, countryside

country

volatile, volley

volo, to fly

abdicate, dedicate, indicate, preach, predicament

dico (dicare), to dedicate

locus, place + teneo, to hold

lieutenant

pelvic

pelvis, shallow bowl

mention

mentio, mention

beatific

beo, to bless

viscous

viscum, mistletoe

pernicious (having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way)

nex, murder

ambient, ambition, circuit, commence, count (n.), county, exit, initial, issue, itinerary, obituary, perish, praetorian, sedition (illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority), seditious (in opposition to a civil authority or government), sudden, trance, transition, transitory

eo, to go

corrode, erosion, rodent

rodo, to gnaw

temerity (fearless, daring)

temere, by chance

site, situation

sino, to permit

inveterate, veteran, veterinary

vetus, old

duo, two + plico, to fold

duplicity

aperture, overt (open and observable), overture, pert (having or showing confidence and a lack of respect or seriousness especially in an amusing way)

aperio, to open

vulture

vultur, vulture

centrifugal (tending to move away from a center), fugitive, refuge

fugio, to flee

fiber, fibrous

fibra, fiber

couch, lieu, local, locate

locus, place

favor, favorite

faveo, to favor

approach, approximate, propinquity, proximity, rapprochement, reproach

prope, near

sacer, holy + facio, to make

sacrifice

crease, crest, crestfallen

crista, plume

palfrey (light saddle horse for a woman)

veredus, post horse

culpa, blame + praesto, to excel

culprit

title, tittle (a tiny or scarcely detectable amount), titular

titulus, title

operio, to cover + caput, head

handkerchief

reticent (reluctant to draw attention to yourself), tacit

taceo, to be silent

intimidate, timid, timorous

timeo, to fear

venerate, venereal (pertaining to sex organs)

Venus, Venus

retaliate

talis, such

presto

praesto, to excel

enjoy, gaudy, joy, rejoice

gaudeo, to rejoice

atrocity

atrox, fierce

postulate

posco, to beg

pipe, piper

pipo, to chirp

verus, true + facio, to do

verify

bayberry (shrub, source of bay rum)

baca, berry

procrastinate

cras, tomorrow

obscure

obscurus, dark

cartilage

cartilago, cartilage

martial

Mars, Mars

derive, rival, river

rivus, river

lex, law + latus, carried

legislate

cusp

cuspis, tip (of a pointed object)

poop

puppis, stern

palm, palmetto

palma, palm

verb, verbiage, verbose

verbum, word

admonish, demonstrate, monition, monitor, monster, monstrous, monument, muster, summon

moneo, to warn

dies, day + malus, bad

dismal

os, bone + frango, to break

osprey

connubial, nuptial

nubo, to wed

attend, attention, bartender, contend, entente (informal alliance between countries), extend, intend, intense, intent, ostensible, ostentatious, portend (to be a sign or warning that something bad is going to happen), pretend, pretentious, standard, tendency, tender (verb), tense (adj.), tension, tent

tendo, to stretch

engine, gender, general, generate, generation, generic,generosity, generous, genial, genie, genitive, genre, genteel, gentile, gentle, gentry (most powerful members of a society), genuine, germ, gin (machine), indigenous, ingenious, jaunty

genus, kind

collide

laedo, to harm

lucrative

lucrum, profit

urge

urgeo, to press

proletariat

proles, offspring

member, membrane

membrum, limb

homo, man + caedo, to cut

homicide

calumny (abusive attack on a person�s character or good name), challenge

calvor

aequus, equal + nox, night

equinox

perpetrate

patro, to bring about

vanilla

vagina, sheath

volition, voluntary, volunteer

volo, to wish

post (pillar), poster

postis, post

subside, subsidiary, subsidy

sido, to settle

investigate, vestige

vestigo, to search

deliberate, level, lira (formerly the basic unit of money in Italy)

libra, scales

congruent, incongruity

congruo, to come together

laureate, laurel

laurus, laurel

magpie, pie

pica, magpie

amateur, amatory, amorous, amour, enamor, paramour

amo, to love

verus, true + dico, to say

verdict

voco, to call + fero, to bear

vociferous (conspicuously and offensively loud)

adjourn, dial, diary, diurnal (occurring every day), journal, journey, sojourn

dies, day

interfere

ferio, to strike

aquatic, aqueous, ewer (open vessel with a handle and spout for pouring), sewer

aqua, water

tres, three + palus, stake

travail (use of physical/mental energy, hard work)

abscond, sconce (candlestick with a flat side to be hung on a wall)

condo, to establish

lascivious (driven by lust)

lascivus, frisky

marital, marry

maritus, husband

aviary, aviation

avis, bird

pulmonary

pulmo, lung

experience, experiment, expert

peritus, skilled

address, adroit (quick or skillfull or adept in action/thought), alert, correct, direct, dirge, dirigible, dress, erect, escort, incorrigible, rail, realm, rector, regal, regent, regime, region, regular, reign, resource, resurrection, royal, rule, source, surge, unruly

rego, to rule

follicle (small cavity, sac, or gland) , folly, fool

follis, bellows

noon

novem, nine

vent

ventus, wind

etch

vicia, vettch

ars, skill + facio, to make

artificial

emigrate, migrant

migro, to migrate

constipation, stevedore (laborer who lads and unloads vessels in a port)

stipo, to compress

seraglio, serried

sera, bolt

larch (type of tree)

larix, larch (type of tree)

morbid

morbus, disease

limbo

limbus, border

sans

sine, without

porcelain, pork

porcus, pig

hospice, hospitable, hospital, host, hostel, hotel

hospes, host

confraternity, fraternal, fraternize, friar

frater, brother

beautiful, beau, embellish

bellus, beautiful

magnus, great + animus, mind

magnanimous

infest

infestus, unsafe

milliner (someone who makes and sells hats)

Mediolanum, Milan

iocus, joke + pars, part

jeopardy

lachrymal

lacrima, tear

honest, honor

honor (honos), honor

lard, larder

laridum, lard

empire, imperative, imperial, imperious, parade, pare, parry, prepare, rampart, repair, separate, sever, several

paro, to prepare

excel, excellence

cello, to rise high

pontiff, pontificate

pontifex, high priest

dupe

upupa, hoopoe

latent

lateo, to lurk

gorge

gurges, whirlpool

deflect, flexible, inflection, reflect

flecto, to bend

facetious, superficial,

facetus, witty

pagan, peasant

pagus, district

malus, bad + volo, to wish

malevolent

approve, disapprobation, probable, probation, probe, proof, prove, proven

probo, to approve

trowel (the thing that you spread mortar with)

trua, ladle

annunciation, denounce, enunciation, nuncio, pronounce

nuntio, to announce

marinate, marine, maritime, submarine

mare, sea

cuticle (dead skin at the base of a fingernail/toenail)

cutis, skin

assuage (to provide physical relief, as from pain, to satisfy (thirst), suave

suavis, sweet

poppy

papaver, poppy

shingle

scandula, roof-shingle

potis, able + sum, to be

puissance (power to influence/coerce)

dexterity

dexter, right

scintillation, tinsel

scintilla, spark

retard, tardy

tardus, slow

innuendo

nuo, to nod

element, elementary

elementum, principle

anxiety

anxius

instigate

instigo, to stimulate

primus, first + capio, to take

principle

calcite, calcium, calculate, calk, chalk

calx, chalk

homage, human

homo, man

insipid (not interesting or exciting), sage (wise man), sapient, savant, savor

sapio, to taste of

anal

anus, anus

impale, palisade, pole

palus, stake

act, activity, actual, agent, agile, agitate, ambiguous, assay (examination and determination as to characteristics), coagulate, cogent (powerfully persuasive), cogitate, essay, exact, examine, exigent (requiring precise accuracy), prodigal, squat

ago, to do

sex, six + mensis, month

semester

poultice

puls, porridge

radial, radiant, radiation, radiator, radio, radium, ray

radius, ray (of light)

medullary (resembling the medulla of an organ)

medulla, marrow

art, artillery, inert, inertia

ars, skill

colander (bowl-shaped strainer), percolate (to pass through)

colum, strainer

affinity, final, finance, fine, finesse, finish, finite, infinite, refine

finis, end

satis, enough + facio, to do

satisfy

condemn, damage, damn, indemnity

damnum, damage

locus, place + moveo, to move

locomotion

saturnine (bitter or scornful)

Saturnus, Saturn

absurd

surdus, deaf

aequus, equal + libra, balance

equilibrium

coil, collect, cull, diligent, elect, eligible, intellect, lecture, legend, legible, legion, lesson, neglect, select

lego, to read

trench, trenchant, truncheon (short stout club used primarily by policeman), trunk

truncus, tree trunk

pit

puteus, pit

moral, morale, morose

mos, custom

curb, curve

curvus, curved

accent, cantata, canto, chant, charm, enchant, incentive, recant

cano, to sing

variety, vary

varius, diverse

bail, bailiff (officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests)

baiulus, porter

vex, vexation

vexo, to shake

page

pagina, sheet of paper

docile, doctorate, doctrine, document

doceo, to teach

allude, delude, elusive, illusion, ludicrous, prelude

ludo, to play

elegance

elegans, elegant

tepid

tepeo, to be warm

avalanche, collapse, lapse

labor, to fall

across, crossword, crucial, cruise, crusade

crux, cross

colonel, colonnade, column

columna, column

frustrate

frustra, in vain

vespers

vesper, evening

congested, digest, gerund, gesticulate, gesture, jest, register, suggest

gero, to bear

lactic, lettuce

lac, milk

contortion, distort, extort, retort, torch, torment, torture

torqueo, to twist

fosse (ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water), fossil

fodio, to dig

canary, canine, kennel

canis, dog

chard (type of beet)

carduus, artichoke

add, betray, date, dative, dice, donate, dowry, edit, extradite, guerdon (reward or payment), pardon, perdition (abode of Satan and the forces of evil), render, rendezvous, rent, surrender, tradition, traitor, treason, vendor

do, to give

insinuate, sine, sinuous

sinus, hollow

credence, credible, credit, creed, grant, incredible, miscreant

credo, to believe

compact, dispatch, impact, impinge (to infringe upon), propaganda, propagate

pango, to fasten

fuse (n.)

fusus, spindle

mortar

mortarium, mortar

aggression, congress, degrade, degree, digress, gradation, grade, gradual, graduate, ingredient, progress

gradior, to step

alleviate, elevate, leaven, levee, lever, levy, relevant, relief

levis, light

tremble, tremendous, tremulous (quivering from weakness or fear)

tremo, to tremble

accost, coast, cutlet (thin slice of meat (esp. veal), usually fried/boiled)

costa, rib

effigy, faint, feign, feint, fiction, figure

fingo, to shape

plebs, plebeians + scio, to know

plebiscite (vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance)

bene, well + volo, to wish

benevolent

nodule, noose

nodus, knot

me, me + domus, house

Madonna

barbed, barber

barba, beard

detect, integument (outer protective covering, such as the skin of an animal), protect, prot�g�, tile

tego, to cover

lenient, lenity

lenis, soft

quotation, quotient

quot, how many

collaborate, elaborately, laboratory, laborer, laborious

laboro, to work

vinum, wine + emo, to buy

vintage

kale

caulis, stalk

era

aes, bronze

emanate

mano, to give out

vacillate

vacillo, to waver

sol, sun + sto, to stand

solstice

adjutant (officer who acts as a military assistant to a more senior officer), aid, coadjutor (assistant to a bishop), jocund (full of high-spirited merriment

iuvo, to help

gratus, pleasing + facio, to do

gratify

penetrate

penes, within

feast, festival, festive, festoon (to decorate with strings of flowers), fete

festus, merry

larval

larva, ghost

cohort, cortege (group following/attending to some important person, funeral procession), court, courteous, courtesy, courtesan, curtsey

cohors, court

rigid, rigorous

rigeo, to stiffen

auxiliary

auxilium, help

ample

amplus, spacious

dorsal, endorse

dorsum, back

raisin

racemus, cluster of grapes

afflict, conflict, inflict, profligate (unrestrained by convention or morality; recklessly wasteful)

fligo, to strike

garner, grain, granary, granite, granule (a tiny grain), gravy, grenadier (infantryman equipped with grenades), ingrain

granum, grain

callow (young or inexperienced)

calvus, bald

unus, one + sono, to sound

unison

peach

Persia, peach

vascular, vase, vessel

vas, vessel

agree, congratulate, grace, ingrate (a person who shows no gratitude)

gratus, pleasing

ab, from + ante, before

vamp (piece of leather forming the front part of the upper shoe)

collateral, lateral

latus, side

emulate

aemulus, rivalling

frigid, refrigerate

frigus, cold

abolish

aboleo, to destroy

culminate

culmen, peak

amplus, spacious + facio, to make

amplify

salicylic (derived from the acid of the same name)

salix, willow

article, articulate

artus, joint

humid, humor

humeo, to be moist

medius, middle + dies, day

meridian

style

stilus, stake

pommel (knob, as on the hilt of a sword), pummel

pomum, fruit

demolish, molecule, molest

moles, mass

vulnerable

vulnus, wound

cement, chisel, circumcise, concise, decide, incisive, indecision, precise, scissors

caedo, to cut

aedis, temple + facio, to do

edifice

nourish, nurse, nurture, nutrient, nutriment, nutrition

nutrio, to suckle

cousin

soror, sister

crevice, decrepit, discrepancy

crepo, to rattle

candid, candidate, candle, chandelier, incandescent

candeo, to shine

season

sero, to sow

chinch (bug of temperate regions that infests beds)

cimex, bedbug

buckle

bucca, cheek

advise, envy, evidence, improvise, preview, provide, providence, provision, proviso, prudent, purveyor, revise, survey, view, visage, visible, vision, visit, visor, vista

video, to see

navis, ship + ago, to do

navigate

rare

rarus, scattered

pave

pavio, to beat

iteration, reiterate

iterum

exorbitant, orb, orbit

orbis, circle

recent

recens, recent

recoil

culus, anus

sermon

sermo, conversation

tumult

tumultus, uproar

mulberry

morus, mulberry tree

fortis, strong + facio, to do

fortification

affirm, confirm, firm, infirm

firmus, stable

accelerate, celerity

celer, swift

primus, first + capio, to take

principal

effulgence (quality of being bright and sending out rays of light), fulminate (to explode violently and with loud noise), refulgent (radiating or as if radiating light)

fulgeo, to flash

conscience, conscious, nice, prescient, science

scio, to know

fortunate, fortune

fortuna, fortune

suture (joining of the lips of a wound)

suo, to sew

confiscate, fiscal

fiscus, basket

mundane

mundus, world

hibernate

hiems, winter

brutal

brutus, heavy

intuition, tuition, tutelage

tueor, to behold

rego, to rule + facio, to do

rectify

mel, honey + fluo, to flow

mellifluous (pleasing to the ear)

despair, desperado, desperation

spes, hope

succulent

sucus, juice

propitiate (to make peace with)

propitius, favorable

dilapidated

lapis, stone

powder, pulverize

pulvis, powder

condense, dense

densus, dense

dilate, latitude

latus, wide

sock

soccus, slipper

centum, hundred + pes, foot

centipede

catch animals)

inferiority, infernal, inferno

inferus, low

caste, castigate (inflict severe punishment on), chaste, chastise, incest

careo, to lack

annihilate

nihil, nothing

vicar, vicepresident, vicissitude

vicis (gen.), change

velocity

velox, swift

acetic, acid

aceo, to be sour

nebular, nebulous

nebula, cloud

bill, billet (lodging for military personnel), boil, bouillon (clear seasoned broth), budge, bullet, bulletin, bullion (gold or silver in bars or ingots/mass of precious metal)

bulla, bubble

silent

sileo, to be silent

expiate (to make amends for), piety, piteous, pittance, pity

pius, pious

accumulate, cumulative

cumulus, heap

frond

frons (frondis), frond

pusillus, petty + animus, mind

pusillanimous

flora, florid, flour, flourish, flower

flos, flower

kettle

catinus, bowl

asset, satiate

satis, enough

digit

digitus, finger

ab, from + ante, before

vanguard

victim

victima, victim

munus, gift + facio, to do

munificent

solemn

sollemnis, annual

maraschino (kind of sweet cherry used in desserts or alcoholic drinks)

amarus, sour

familiar, family

famulus, servant

apprehend, apprentice, apprise, comprehend, comprise, enterprise, entrepreneur, impregnable, prison, pry, reprehensible, reprisal, surprise

prehendo, to seize

serenade, serene

serenus, tranquil

ameliorate

melior, better

comport (to behave in a certain matter), important, portable, portage, porter (one who carries), portly, purport (to profess or claim, often falsely), report, sport, support

porto, to carry

priority, priory (religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior)

prior, former

felicitous, felicity

felix, lucky

demure, mature

maturus, mature

common, communicate, community

communis, common

amenable, demeanor, menace, promenade

minor, to threaten

operio, to cover + lectus, bed

coverlet (decorative bedspread, usually quilted)

nerve, nervous

nervus, sinew

restaurant, restore

restauro

contemplate, temple

templum, temple

pulpit

pulpitum, platform

calamity

calamitas, disaster

axial

axis, axis

cup, coop, cooper

cupa, handle

pencil

penis, tail

libel, library, libretto (words of an opera or musical play)

liber, book

corrugated

ruga, wrinkle

jaundice (yellow staining of the skin and the whites of the eyes)

galbinus, yellow

livid

liveo, to be livid

devour, voracious

voro, to devour

change

cambio, to exchange

extol, tolerate

tollo, to raise

malady, malaria, malice, maugre (in spite of)

malus, bad

rouge, rubric, ruby

rubeo, to be red

avail, available, convalescent (returning to health after illness or debility, a person who is recovering from illness), evaluate, prevail, prevalent, valence, valiant, valid, valor, value

valeo, to be strong

effeminate, female, feminine

femina, woman

penurious (excessively unwilling to spend, not having enough money to pay for necessities)

penuria, want

divine

divus, god

friction

frico, to rub

align, delineate, line, lineage, linen, lingerie, lint

linum, flax

acquaintance, cognizant, connoisseur, incognito, noble, notice, notion, notorious, recognition, recognize, reconnaissance, reconnoiter

nosco, to know

carnage, carnation, carrion (dead and rotting body of an animal)

caro, flesh

via, road + duco, to lead

viaduct

vice (an instrument), vise

vitis, vine

abstruse, intrusive, obtrusive, protrude

trudo, to thrust

gout, gutter

gutta, drop

armistice, arrest, assist, constant, cost, desist, destiny, destitute, destitute, distance, establish, estate, exist, extant, insist, instant, institute, obstacle, obstetrics (the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother), obstinate, persistent, prostitute, resist, rest, stable, stage, staid (characterized by dignity and propriety), stanchion, stanza, state, station, statistics, stay, subsist, substantial, superstitious

sto, to stand

convulse, revulsion

vello, to wish

appalling, pale, pall (v.), pallid

palleo, to be pale

connive

coniveo, to wink

conceal, occult

celo, to hide

reptile

repo, to creep

putrefy, putrid

puter, rotten

mosquito, musket

musca, fly

militant, military

miles, soldier

elicit

elicio, to draw forth

ma�am

me, me

difficult, facile, facilitate, faculty

facilis (derived from facio), easy

pes, foot + grus, crane

pedigree

igneous, ignite

ignis, fire

aim, esteem, estimate

aestimo, to reckon

serious

serius, grave

obstreperous (boisterously and noisily aggressive)

strepo, to rattle

extra, outside of + vagor, to wander

extravagant

focal, foyer, fuel, fusillade (rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms)

focus, hearth

confute (to prove to be false)

confuto, to supress

parsimonious (excessively unwilling to spend), parse

parco, to spare

ros, dew + mare, sea

rosemary (extremely pungent leaves used as seasoning for meats)

fungous

fungus, mushroom

casino

casa, house

duo, two + plico, to fold

duplicate

taupe (a greyish brown)

talpa, mole

vilis, cheap + facio, to do

vilify

inch, ounce

uncia, a twelfth part

peacock

pavo, peacock

abstract, attract, contract, detract, distract, distraught, entreat, extract, portrait, protract, retreat, subtract, trace, traction, tractor, train, trait, treat

traho, to drag

uncle

avus, uncle

meddle, medley, melee, miscellaneous, mix, pell-mell, promiscuous

misceo, to mix

foment (bathe with warm water or medicated lotions, to try to stir up public opinion)

foveo, to warm

paene, almost + insula, island

peninsula

medical, medicine, remedy

medeor, to heal

pest

pestis, disease

client

cliens, client

eliminate, preliminary

limen, threshold

veal, vellum

vitulus, bull calf

implant, plant, plantain, supplant

planta, plant

suburb, urban

urbs, city

venison

venor, to hunt

lance, launch

lancea, lance

refute

refuto, to repress

talon

talus, ankle

reveal, revelation, veil

velum, sail (of a ship)

administer

ministro, to minister

apron, map, napkin

mappa, napkin

sublime

sublimis, lofty

reluctant

luctor, to struggle

mucilage (gelatinous substance secreted by plants), mucous

mucus, mucus

immune, munificence, remuneration

munus, gift

emolument (compensation receive by virtue of holding an office or having employment), immolation, mill, molar

molo, to grind

erudite (having or showing profound knowledge), rude, rudimentary

rudis, rough

ius, right + dico, to say

jurisdiction

adhere, coherent, cohesion, hesitate

haereo, to stick

aver, veracity, veritable, verity, very

verus, true

soiree

serus, late

evaporate, vaporize

vapor, steam

suffrage

suffragium, vote

absolute, absolve, resolute, resolve, soluble, solution, solve, solvent

solvo, to loosen

vehement

vehemens, violent

retina

rete, net

corroborate, robust

robur, oak/strength

insular, insulate, isle, isolate

insula, island

adjacent, gist

iaceo, to lie down

striated (furrowed)

stria, furrow

pugilist (boxer)

pugil, boxer

colleague, college, delegate, legacy, relegate

lego, to despatch

contra, against + facio, to do

counterfeit

nosco, to know + facio, to do

notify

lobster, locust

locusta, locust

hearse, rehearse

hirpex, harrow (sort of like a rake)

alien

alius, another

congeal (to become gelatinous), gelatin, jelly

gelu, frost

relent

lentus, sticky

caro, flesh + voro, to devour

carnivorous

arrears (unpaid overdue debt), rear

retro, back

salad, salary, saline (containing salt), saltpeter, sauce, sausage

sal, salt

car, career, cargo, caricature, carriage, carrier, carry, charge, chariot

carrus, wagon

coordinate, inordinate, ordain, order, ordinance, ordinary,

ordo, row

languid (lacking spirit or liveliness), languish

langueo, to be weak

arma, weapons + sto, to stand

armistice

reciprocity

reciprocus, alternating

bus

omnis, all

pax, peace + facio, to do

pacific

lignite (intermediate between peat and bituminous coal)

lignum, firewood

eo, to go + sto, to stand

constable

camp, campaign, champion, scamp

campus, field

serpent

serpo, to creep

arid

areo, to be dry

feeble

fleo, to weep

aedis, temple + facio, to do

edification

applaud, explode, plaudit, plausible

plaudo, to strike

ensemble, simultaneous

simul, at the same time

tabernacle, tavern

taberna, shop

stips, alms + pendo, to suspend

stipend

immediate, intermediate, mean (middle), median, mediate, mediocre, meridian, moiety (one of two approximately equal parts)

medius, middle

juice

ius, broth

language, linguistic

lingua, tongue

carpenter

carpentum, carriage

scio, to know + facio, to do

scientific

estrange, external, extreme, strange

extra, outside of

fatuous (devoid of intelligence), infatuate

fatuus, foolish

mutilate

mutilus, mutilated

porch, portal, porter (doorkeeper), portico, portiere (a heavy curtain hung across a doorway)

porta, gate

abundance, inundate, redundant, surround, undulate

unda, wave

bowel

botulus, sausage

sol, sun + paro, to prepare

parasol

cerement (burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped)

cera, wax

onion, union, unique, unison, unit, unite

unus, one

conflagration, flagrant

flagro, to burn

padre, paternal, patrician, patron, patter

pater, father

simple

simplex, single

safe, sage (adj.), salvage, salvation, save

salvus, safe

achieve, cabbage, cadet, capital, capitalize, capitol, capitulate, captain, cattle, chapter, chattel (something that a person owns other than land or buildings), chef, chief, mischief, precipice, precipitate carbo, coal

caput, head

sine, without + curo, to care for

sinecure (office that involves minimal duties)

crass, grease

crassus, dense

people, populace, popular, populate, pub, public, publish, pueblo

populus, people

alliteration, letter, literacy, literal, literary, literature, obliterate

littera, letter

faun, fauna

Faunus, Faunus

appoint, compunction (feeling of deep regret), expunge, poignant, point, puncheon (large cask), punctilious, punctual, punctuate, puncture, pungent

pungo, to prick

frivolous

frivolus, silly

apparel, compare, disparage, disparity, pair, parity, peer

par, equal

illuminate, luminous

lumen, light

oral, usher

os, mouth

mint, money

moneta, mint

delicious

lacio, to deceive

durable, duress, during, endure

durus, hard

lugubrious (excessively mournful)

lugeo, to mourn

porta, gate + colum, strainer

portcullis (iron/wooden gate, able to be lowered to prevent passage into a town)

inane (devoid of intelligence)

inanis, empty

dulcet, dulcimer (flat musical instrument that has strings stretched across it and played with two light hammers)

dulcis, sweet

confess, profess, profession

fateor, to admit

gourd

cucurbita, gourd

protuberance, truffle, tubercular, tuberculosis

tuber, hump

pillow

pulvinus, cushion

interpolate (to insert words into texts, often falsifying it; to estimate the value of) , polish, polite

polio, to polish

gem

gemma, jewel

bulla, bubble + dulcis, sweet

billet-doux (personal letter to a loved one expressing affection)

fig

ficus, fig

convivial, revive, survive, viand (a choice or delicious dish), victual, vivacious, vive, vivid

vivo, to live

dormant, dormitory

dormio, to sleep

tedious, tedium

taedet, it wearies

determine, exterminate, indeterminate, term, terminal, terminate, terminology

terminus, end

ovation

ovo, to exult

bile

bilis, bile

rosary, rose

rosa, rose

attempt, tempt, tentacle, tentative

tempto, to try

refrain

frenum, bridle

aboriginal, abortion, orient, oriental, origin

orior, to rise

fecundity (state of being fertile)

fecundus, fruitful

construct, construe, destroy, instruct, instrument, obstruct, structure

struo, to construct

vernacular

verna, home-born slave

exile

exsul, exile

rabid, rage

rabio, to be mad

adore, inexorable (impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reasons), oracle, oration

oro, to beg

press, pressure, print, reprimand, sprain

premo, to press

abhor, horrible, horrid, ordure (solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels)

horreo, to tremble

minimize, ministry, minority, minstrel

minor, less

porto, to carry + folium, leaf

portfolio

opprobrious (deserving or bringing disgrace or shame)

probrum, disgrace

contra, against + sto, to stand

contrast

irritate

irrito, to incite

condolence, dolorous, indolence (inactivity resulting from a dislike of work)

doleo, to feel pain

gin (liquor), juniper

iuniperus, juniper-tree

annotation, notable, notary, note

nota, mark

me, me + senex, old man

monsieur

glebe (plot of land belonging to an English parish church)

glaeba, clod

lace, necklace

laqueus, noose

ace

as, as (type of coin)

bracket

braca, trousers

bonanza, bonbon, bonny (very pleasing to the eye), boon, bounty, debonair

bonus, good

revere, reverend

vereor, to fear

hortus, garden + colo, to till

horticulture

farce

farcio, to stuff

defend, fence, fender, offend

fendo, to strike

possum, to be able + sedeo, to sit

possess

test, testy, tete-a-tete

testa, brick

assortment, consort, sorcerer, sort

sors, lot

combustion

uro, to burn

cutlass, cutlery

culter, knife

amulet

amuletum, amulet

rapacious (excessively greedy and grasping), rape, rapid, rapt, ravage, ravenous, ravine, ravish, surreptitious

rapio, to seize

assail, desultory (marked by lack of definite plan, regularity or purpose), exult, insult, result, salient, sally

salio, to jump

fume, fumigate, perfume

fumus, smoke

comestible (suitable for use as food), edible, obese

edo, to eat

pellet, pill, platoon

pila, ball

quinque, five + sum, to be

quintessence

mitigate

mitis, gentle

glut, glutton

gluttio, to swallow

consternation, prostrate, stray, street

sterno, to spread

stipulate

stipulor, to bargain

foreclose, foreign, forest

foris, door

urn

urna, urn

exaggerate

agger, heap

silica, silicate, silicon

silex, flint

religion

religio, religion

persevere, severe

severus, severe

confederacy, federal

foedus, treaty

urchin

ericius, hedgehog

class, classic

classis, fleet

mendicant (practicing beggary)

mendicus, beggar

arraign (to accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy, to call before a court to answer an indictment), rate, rating (n.), rational, reason, reasonable

reor, to reckon

plebeian

plebs, plebeians

complain, plague, plaintiff, plaintive

plango, to strike

device, devise, divide, individual

divido, to divide

virulent

virus, slime

claret (dark purplish-red color), clarinet, clarity, clear, declare

clarus, bright

comfort, effort, force, fort, forte

fortis, strong

doubt, dubious

dubito, to doubt

mesa

mensa, table

vail (to lower), vale, valley

vallis, valley

ivory

ebur, ivory

pars, part + capio, to take

participate

larceny

latro, bandit

etude (short composition for a solo instrument), studio, study

studeo, to study

octave

octo, eight

lubricate

lubricus, slippery

mile, million

mille, thousand

utor, to use + rapio, to take

usurp

tres, three + licium, thread

trellis (latticework used to support climbing plants)

accomplish, complementary, complete, compliment, comply, deplete, expletive, implement, plenary, plenitude, plenty, replete, supplement, supply

plenus, full (of)

russet (yellowish brown)

russus, red

proles, offspring + facio, to do

prolific

furious, fury, infuriate

furo, to rage

virile, virtual, virtue, virtuoso

vir, man

portion

portio, share

magnate, magnitude, majestic, majority, maxim, maximum, mayor

magnus, great

divulge, vulgar

vulgus, crowd

lunacy, lunar, lunatic

luna, moon

alarm, arm, armada, armadillo, armor, army

arma, weapons

emergency, immerse, merge

mergo, to dip

eradicate, radical, radish

radix, root

malus, bad + genus, kind

malign

medius, middle + aevum, age

medieval

torpedo, torpid

torpeo, to be stiff

mustard

mustum, unfermented wine

satellite

satelles, attendant

impeccable

pecco, to sin

impudent

pudeo, to be ashamed

vomit

vomo, to vomit

quilt

culcita, mattress

compass, expand, impassable, pace, pass, pass� (behind the times), passenger, password, past, repass, spawn, surpass, trespass

pando, to spread

manus, hand + mitto, to send

manumission

loin, lumbar

lumbus, loin

permeate

meo, to traverse

confound, confuse, diffuse, found (melt), foundry, funnel, fuse, futile, profuse, refund, refuse

fundo, to pour

face, superficial

facies, face

convict, convince, evince (to show clearly), invincible, vanquish, victory

vinco, to conquer

mercurial, mercury

Mercurius, Mercury

caterpillar, peel, pillage, plush

pilus, hair

constellation, stellar

stella, star

bis, twice + lanx, platter

balance

mall, malleable, mallet, maul

malleus, hammer

cornu, horn + ops, power

cornucopia

constrain, constrict, distress, district, prestige, restraint, restrict, strain, strait, stress, strict, stringent

stringo, to press

fork

furca, fork

abrupt, bankrupt, corrupt, erupt, route, routine, rupture

rumpo, to break

annul, null

nullus, none

aspire, conspire, expire, inspire, perspire, respire, spirit, sprightly, sprite, transpire

spiro, to breathe

fascinate

fascinum, charm

exuberant

uber, udder

grand, grandeur

grandis, grand

nephew, niece, nepotism

nepos, nephew

ark

arca, box

plural, surplus

plus, more

primus, first + aevum, age

primeval

tres, three + dens, tooth

trident

avoid, evacuate, vacant, vacate, vacation, vacuity, void

vaco, to be empty

consonant, dissonant (lacking in harmony), resound, sonata, sonnet, sonorous, sound

sono, to sound

vestibule

vestibulum, vestibule

imbue

imbuo, to moisten

vicis, change + eo, to go

viscount (noble below an earl and above a baron)

distil, instill

stilla, drop

clang

clango, to resound

sculptor, sculpture

sculpo, to carve

forensic

forum, forum

belt

balteus, belt

genus, kind + arma, weapons

gendarme (French policeman)

accept, anticipate, cable, capacity, caption, capture, catch, cater, chase, conceit, conceive, deceive, exception, imperceptible, incapacitate, inception, incipient, inconceivable, intercept, irrecoverable, misconceive, occupy, perceive, precept, purchase, receipt, receive, recipe, recipient, recover, recuperate, susceptible

capio, to take

venial

venia, indulgence

porcus, pig + spina, thorn

porcupine

beef, bugle

bos, cow

alley, amble, ambulance, perambulator, preamble

ambulo, to walk

debit, debt, due, duly, duty, endeavor

debeo, to owe

automobile, commotion, emotional, mob, mobile, moment, motif, motion, motive, motor, move, movie, mutiny, promote, remote, remove

moveo, to move

invective, inveigh, vehicle

veho, to carry

monger

mango, slave-dealer

irascible, ire

ira, anger

enumerate, innumerable, number

numerus, number

unus, one + forma, form

uniform

indigence (state of extreme poverty or destitution)

egeo, to lack

aspersion (abusive attack on a person�s character or good names), disperse, intersperse, sparse

spargo, to scatter

glacial, glacier

glacies, ice

confront, front, frontage (part of a building/land that runs along a river, road, etc.), frontier

frons (frontis), forehead

crust, crustacean, custard

crusta, rind

vagabond, vague

vagor, to wander

cardinal

cardo, hinge

avenue, convene, convent, convention, covenant, event, intervene, invent, inventory, parvenu (a person who has suddenly risen to a higher status but has not gained social acceptance), prevent, revenue, souvenir, venture

venio, to come

feline

feles, cat

spume (foam of the sea)

spuma, foam

inter, among + sequor, to follow

intrinsic

tamper, temper, temperament, temperature

tempero, to moderate

image, imagine

imago, image

aureole, oriole

aurum, gold

manus, hand + facio, to do

manufacture

ceremony

caerimonia, ceremony

manus, hand + curo, to care for

manicure

salivary

saliva, spittle

verdant, verdure

vireo, to be green

attain, contact, contagious, contaminate, contiguous, contingent, disintegrate, entire, integral, integrity, tact, tangent, tangible, taste

tango, to touch

canker

cancer, crab

plover (any of various similar shorebirds)

pluit, it rains

bract (specialized leaf, situated at the bottom of a flower)

bractea, veneer

dissipate

dissipo, to scatter

alligator, lizard

lacertus, arm

culinary, kiln

culina, kitchen

assemble, assimilate, resemble, semblance, similar, simulate

similis, similar

solar

sol, sun

grave (adj.), gravity, grief, grieve

gravis, heavy

rancid, rancor

ranceo, to be rotten

calk, cockatrice (monster hatched by a reptile from a cock�s egg, able to kill with a glance), inculcate (teach and impress by frequent repetitions/admonitions), recalcitrant (marked by stubborn resistance to authority)

calx, heel

animadversion, animosity

animus, mind

dimension, immense, measure

metior, to measure

cado, to fall + paro, to prepare

parachute

mortal, mortgage

mors, death

furnace

fornax, furnace

clandestine

clam

censorship, censure (harsh criticism/disapproval, to rebuke formally), excise (tax that is measured by the amount of business done, to remove by cutting)

censeo, to think

delirious

lira, furrow

heir, hereditary, heritage, inherit

heres, heir

vaccinate, vaccine

vacca, cow

magnus, great + facio, to do

magnificent

clarus, bright + facio, to make

clarify

emasculate, male, masculine

mas, male

spike

spica, ear of grain

vine, vineyard, wine

vinum, wine

sterile

sterilis, barren

senate, senile, seniority, senor, sir, sire, surly

senex, old man

tantus, so much + mons, mountain

tantamount

spurious

spurius, false

consult, counsel

consulo, to consult

gland

glans, acorn

fritter (small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or vegetables), fry

frigo, to roast

romance

Roma, Rome

ubiquitous

ubique, everywhere

stupeo, to be stunned + facio, to do

stupefy

pallet

palea, chaff

fail, fallacy, fallible, false, fault

fallo, to deceive

affiance (to give into marriage), affidavit (written declaration made under oath), confidant, confide, defiant, deft, diffident (lacking self-confidence), faith, fealty, fianc�e, fidelity, fiduciary, perfidious (tending to betray)

fido, to trust

industry

industria, diligence

saint, sanctimonious (excessively or hypocritically pious), sanction, sanctuary, sentry

sancio, to make holy

concourse, concur, corridor, corsair (swift pirate ship), courier, course, current, cursory (hasty and without attention to detail), hussar (member of a European light cavalry unit, renowned for elegant dress), incur, occur, recur, succor (assistance in type of difficulty, to help in a difficult situation)

curro, to run

mollis, soft + facio, to do

mollify

modus, measure + facio, to do

modify

decimal, decimate, dime

decem, ten

histrionic (relating to actors or acting)

histrio, actor

vicis, change + rego, to rule

viceroy

dental, indent, indenture

dens, tooth

carbohydrate, carbon, carbuncle (cluster of connected boils under the skin), carburetor

carbo, coal

insole, soil, sole (n.)

solum, bottom

bene, well + dico, to say

benison (spoken blessing)

ops, power + facio, to do

official

frequent

frequens, crowded

acquiesce, acquit, coy, quiescent (causing no symptoms, quiet or still), quiet, quit, quite

quies, rest

columbine (plant of the buttercup family)

columba, dove

deflate, inflate, souffl�

flo, to breathe

consomm� (clear soup made by boiling meat or chicken, etc.), consummate, sum, summit

summus, highest

anoint, ointment, unction, unguent

unguo, to anoint

spontaneous

sponte, willingly

raucous

ravus, hoarse

deny, negate, renegade

nego, to deny

shambles

scamnum, stool

antique, antics

antiquus, old

assent, consent, dissent, resent, scent, scentless, sensation, sense, sentence, sententious (abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims), sentient, sentiment

sentio, to feel

supra, over + salio, to jump

somersault

eminent, imminent, prominent, promontory

mineo, to project

contemporary, extempore (with little to no preparation), tempestuous, tempo, temporal, temporary, tense (n.)

tempus, time

alacrity

alacer, swift

deliver, liberate, liberty, livery (care of horses for pay)

liber, free

caress, charity, cherish

carus, dear

pulp

pulpa, flesh

cinch, cincture (band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers), succinct

cingo, to gird

satire, saturate

satur, full

libation

libo, to taste

accrue, concrete, crescent, crew, decrease, increase, increment, recruit

cresco, to grow

opaque

opacus, shaded

desolate, sole (adj.), solitary, solitude, solo, sullen

solus, alone

plus, more + facio, to do

pluperfect

penance, penitent, repent

paeniteo, to regret

duo, two + decem, ten

dozen

odor, smell + fero, to bear

odoriferous (emitting an odor)

chain

catena, chain

congregate, egregious, gregarious (seeking and enjoying the company of others), segregate

grex, herd

cornea, corner

cornu, horn

aquiline, eagle,

aquila, eagle

create, creature

creo, to create

plagiarism

plagiarius, torturer

nocturnal

nox, night

circumlocution, colloquial, elocution, eloquence, loquacious, obloquy (harsh or critical statements about someone), soliloquy

loquor, to say

expatiate, space

spatium, space

surveillance, vigilant

vigil, watchman

unus, one + cornu, horn

unicorn

quantity

quantus, how much

spaniel

Hispania, Spain

expedience, expedition, impeach, impediment, pawn, pedal, pedestal, pedestrian, pioneer

pes, foot

expectorate (discharge from the lungs and out of the mouth), pectoral

pectus, chest

eglantine (sweetbriar)

acus, needle

cowl

cucullus, hood

exhaust

haurio, to draw (water)

supercilious (having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain to those whom one views as unworthy)

cilium, eyelid

spoil

spolium, booty

deteriorate

deterior, worse

denominate, ignominious (deserving or bringing disgrace or shame), misnomer, nominate, noun, renown

nomen, name

sanguine

sanguis, blood

tres, three + pes, foot

trivet (three-legged metal stand used to support a cooking vessel on a hearth)

ruin

ruo, to hurry

dame, damsel, dome, domestic, domicile, ma�am, mademoiselle

domus, house

caro, flesh + levis, light

carnival

equestrian

equus, horse

salmon

salmo, salmon

duel, rebel, revel

bellum, war

detail, retail, tailor, tally

talea, rod

exhale, inhale

halo, to breathe

fastus, contempt + taedet, it wearies

fastidious (giving careful attention to detail)

converge, diverge

vergo, to bend

caulis, stalk + flos, flower

cauliflower

liqueo, to be fluid + facio, to do

liquefaction (conversion of a solid or gas into a liquid)

czar, tsar

Caesar, Caesar

cognate, innate, na�ve, natal, nation, native, nature, renaissance

nascor, to be born

vicinity

vicus, village

odorous

odor, smell

shrine

scrinium, case

terse

tergeo, to rub

contra, against + pars, part

counterpart

turpitude

turpis, shameful

acclaim, claim, clamorous, declaim, disclaim, proclaim, reclaim

clamo, to shout

beet

beta, beet

vein

vena, vein

fetid (offensively malodorous)

feteo, to stink

disciple, discipline

disco, to learn

amenity

amoenus, pleasant

caution

caveo, to beware

affiliate, filial

filius, son

salubrious (favorable to health of mind or body), salute

salus, health

ancient, anterior

ante, before

lament

lamentum, wailing

bene, well + facio, to do

benefactor

appropriate, proper, property, proprietary, proprietor

proprius, own

paro, to prepare + pectus, chest

parapet

iuxta, beside + pono, to place

juxtaposition

pristine

pristinus, former

farrier (a person who shoes horses)

ferrum, iron

meticulous

metuo, to fear

mandible, manger

mando, to chew

mollusk

mollis, soft

flaccid

flaccus, flabby

prone

pronus, inclined

quattuor, four + latus, side

quadrilateral

invigorate, vigorous

vigeo, to flourish

adorn, ornament, ornate, suborn (to induce or commit perjury)

orno, to furnish

lacerate

lacer, mangled

indomitable (impossible to subdue), undaunted

domo, to tame

effete (marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay), fawn

fetus, pregnant

parvus, small + finis, end

paraffin (kerosene)

manus, hand + scribe, to write

manuscript

large, largess (gift or money given, usually ostentatiously)

largus, abundant

suffocate

fauces, throat

fruit, frugal

fruor, to enjoy

balance

lanx, platter

abdominal

abdomen, abdomen

vibrant, vibrate

vibro, to shake

pip, pituitary

pituita, mucus

strenuous

strenuous, brisk

sober

sobrius, sober

delicacy, delicate

delicates, delightful

aluminum

alumen, alum

plumber, plummet, plunge

plumbum, lead

perforate (to pass into or through, usually by overcoming resistance)

foro, to bore

apparent, apparition, appear, transparent

pareo, to appear

operio, to cover + focus, hearth

curfew

cover, covert, discover

operio, to cover

adjunct, conjugate, join, jostle, joust, junction, subjugate, subjunctive

iungo, to join

complex, multiple, perplex, plexus (networking of intersecting blood vessels)

plecto, to plait

declivity (downward slop/bend)

clivus, slope

non, not + par, equal

umpire

baize (bright green fabric used to resemble felt, e.g. pool tables)

badius, chestnut-colored

potis, able + sum, to be

puissant (powerful)

conscript, scribble, scribe, script, scrivener (someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts), shrive (confess to a punishable and reprehensible deed, especially under pressure)

scribo, to write

cite, excite, incite, recite, resuscitate, solicit

cieo, to rouse

parent, repertoire

pario, to bear

miniature

minium, red-lead

ablution (ritual washing of a priest�s hands or of sacred vessels), deluge, dilute, laundry, lava, lavatory, lavish, lotion

lavo, to wash

pall (n.), palliate (providing physical relief, as from pain)

pallium, cloak

famine, famish

fames, hunger

bituminous (containing bitumen)

bitumen, pitch

ferret, furtive

fur, thief

enormous, normal

norma, standard

evanescent, vain, vanish, vaunt (extravagant self-praise)

vanus, empty

animal, animate

anima, soul

tunic

tunica, tunic

sagacious (having or showing an ability to understand difficult ideas)

sagio, to perceive

violet

viola, violet

single

singuli, one by one

consolidate, solder, soldier, solid, solidarity

solidus, solid

delectable, delight, dilettante (showing frivolous or superficial interest)

delecto, to please

adequate, equal, iniquity

aequus, equal

oleo, to smell + facio, to do

olfactory (pertaining to the sense of smell)

ignore, narrate

gnarus, practiced

opine (to hold or express and opinion), opinion

opinor, to suppose

assert, desert, dissertation, exert, insert, serial, series

sero, to join together

verge (n.)

virga, twig

compassion, compatible, passion, passive, patience

patior, to endure

puerile

puer, boy

arbitrary, arbitrate

arbitror, to judge

parson (a person authorized to conduct religious worship), person, personnel

persona, mask

concord, cordial, core, courage, discord, encourage, record

cor, heart

gizzard (thick-walled muscular pouch which many animals use to grind food)

gigeria, gizzard

compile

compilo, to plunder

onerous

onus, burden

abate, battalion, batter, battery, battle, combat, debate, rebate

battuo, to beat

acquire, conquer, exquisite, inquest, inquire, query, quest, question, require

quaero, to search for

jade

ilia, guts

luxury

luxus, excess

resin

resina, resin

disseminate, seminary

semen, seed

explain, piano, plain, plan, plane

planus, level

marshmallow, mauve (pale bluish purple)

malva, mallow plant

volcano, vulcanize

Vulcanus, Vulcan

abbreviate, brief

brevis, short

outrage, ultimate

ultra, beyond

sacer, holy + do, to give

sacerdotal

lentil

lens, lentil bean

spine

spina, thorn

adapt, adept, apt, attitude,

aptus, fitted

bland

blandus, bland

velox, swift + pes, foot

velocipede (vehicle with three wheels, moved by foot pedals)

exude

sudo, to sweat

celibacy

caelebs, unmarried

agrarian, agriculture, peregrination (traveling or wandering around), pilgrim

ager, field

oval, ovary, ovule (small or immature ovum)

ovum, egg

posterity, postern (a small gate in the rear of a fort or castle), preposterous, puny

post, after

possible

possum, to be able

abuse, peruse, use, usual, usury, utensil, utility, utilize

utor, to use

parsnip

pastinaca, parsnip

dessicate

siccus, thirst

prosper

prosperus, prosperous

indelible

deleo, to destroy

suction

sugo, to suck

caleo, to be warm + facio, to do

chauffeur

abscess, accede, access, ancestor, antecedent, cease, cede, deceased, exceed, incessant, incessantly, intercede, necessary, precede, proceed, recede, secede, succeed

cedo, to yield

palace, palatine

Palatium, Palatine (hill)

cereal

Ceres, Ceres

total

totus, whole

bis, twice + coquo, to cook

biscuit

judge, judicial, judicious, prejudice

iudico, to judge

sedulous (marked by care and persistent effort)

dolus, trick

bookcase, caisson (chest to hold ammunition, vehicle to hold ammunition), capsule, case (box), cash, casket, chassis, encase

capsa, box

longus, long + aevum, age

longevity

poison, potation, potion

poto, to drink

periwinkle

pervinca, periwinkle

dismantle, mantel, mantle

mantellum, cloak

janitor

Ianus, Janus

affable (diffusing warmth and friendliness), fable, fabulous, fairy, fatal, fate, ineffable (too sacred to be uttered, defying expression or description), infant, nefarious, preface

for, to speak

example, exempt, impromptu, premium, prompt, ransom, redeem, sample

emo, to buy

flagitious (shockingly brutal or cruel)

flagito, to demand

tonsil

tonsillae, tonsil

copious (large in number or quantity), copy, opulent

ops, power

oblique (slanting, sloping)

obliquus, slanting

emaciate, meager

macer, lean

annoy, ennui (the feeling of being bored by something tedious), noisome (offensively malodorous, causing or able to cause nausea), odious (unequivocally detestable)

odi, to hate

toast, torrent, torrid

torero, to scorch

scale, echelon

scala, ladder

adverse, advertise, avert, controversy, converse, convert, divert, divorce, inadvertently, introvert, invert, perverse, prose, reverse, subvert, suzerain (superior feudal lord to whom fealty is due), traverse, varsity, versatile, verse, version, vertebrate, vertical

verto, to turn

costume, custom, desuetude (state of inactivity/disuse)

suesco, to be accustomed to

sulphur

sulphur, sulfur

altar, altitude, alto, enhance, exalt, haughty, haut (high-class), oboe

altus, high

avenge, revenge, vengeance, vindicate, vindictive

vindex, claimant

pregnant

praegnans, pregnant

declension, decline, incline, recline

clino, to bend

poplar

populus, tree

admit, commissar (official of the Communist party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit), commit, compromise, demise, intermittent, mess, message, missal, missile, mission, muss, permit, premise, promise, remit, submit, surmise

mitto, soft

dissuade, persuade

suadeo, to presuade

puberty

pubes, adult

condiment

condio, to season

limit, lintel

limes, limit

complacent, placid, plea, please

placeo, to please

contra, against + rota, wheel

control

tranquil

tranquillus, quiet

scruple, scrupulous

scrupus, rough stone

redolent (having a strong pleasant odor)

oleo, to smell

truculent (defiantly aggressive)

trux, wild

promulgate

promulgo, to publish

[everything with "fect" basically], affair, confetti, deface, defeat, difficult, fa�ade, facet, facile, facilitate, fact, faction, fashion, feasible, feat, fetish, proficient, profit, ramification, suffice, surface, surfeit (state of being more than full)

facio, to do

form, formal, formation, formless, formula, inform, informal, platform, reform

forma, shape

palpable, palpitate

palpo, to stroke

obtuse, toil

tundo, to beat

optimism

optimus, best

foil (n.), foliage, folio

folium, leaf

irrigate

rigo, to wet

marl (friable earthy despoit consisting of clay; archaic, earth)

marga, marl

millet (grain of any number of grasses)

milium, millet

venter, stomach + loquor, to say

ventriloquist

transept

saepes, hedge

pane, panel

pannus, cloth

accompany, companion, company, pantry

panis, bread

audacious

audeo, to dare

deserve, dessert, serf, sergeant, servant, serve, subservient

servio, to serve

consecrate, execrable (deserving a curse, detestable), sacrament, sacred, sexton (official of a church charged with taking care of the edifice)

sacer, sacred

audible, audience, audit, obedient, obey

audio, to hear

arrive, river

ripa, bank

commemorate, memoir, memorial, memory, remember

memor, mindful

citadel, citizen, city, civic, civilian, civilization

civis, citizen

ab, from + ante, before

advantage

estuary

aestus, tide

angle

angulus, angle

abduct, conducive, conduct, deduce, doge (chief magistrate in Venice/Genoa), ducat (former gold coin of various European countries), duke, educe, endue (give qualities or abilities to), induce, introduce, produce, redoubt, reduce, reproduce, seduce, subdue, traduce

duco, to lead

gladiolus

gladius, sword

liniment (medicinal liquid rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain)

lino, to daub

fabric, fabricate, fabrication, forge, forgery

faber, blacksmith

mural, immure (to lock up or confine)

murus, wall

manus, hand + opus, work

manure

dens, tooth + leo, lion

dandelion

compensate, dispense, expend, expense, pansy, pension, pensive, perpendicular, poise, ponder, pound, preponderance, recompense, suspend

pendo, to suspend

mute

mutus, mute

cadaverous

cadaver, corpse

sui, himself + caedo, to cut

suicide

nasal

nasus, nose

jubilant

iubilo, to cheer

assign, consign, design, designate, ensign, resign, seal, sign

signum, sign

defunct, function, perfunctory (hasty and without attention to detail)

fungor, to perform

celebrate

celeber, crowded

callous (emotionally hardened)

callum, hard skin

caleo, to be warm + facio, to do

chafe

aspect, conspicuous, despicable, despise, despite, expect, inspect, perspective, perspicuity (clearness of a statement), prospective, respectful, respite, special, specimen, specious, spectacle, spectacular, spectator, specter, speculate, spice, spite, suspicious

specio, to observe

inter, terrace, terrestrial, terrier, territory

terra, earth

egotism

ego, I

beverage, bib, imbibe

bibo, to drink

custodian, custody

custos, guard

quip

quis, who

store

instauro, to repeat

post, after + nascor, to be born

puny

acumen, acute, ague (fit of shivering), cute

acuo, to sharpen

ops, power + facio, to do

office

immaculate

macula, spot

vestal

Vesta, Vesta

fame

fama, fame

domus, house + me, me

madam

console, solace

solor, to comfort

foil ( to cover or back with foil)

fullo, fuller (one who fulls cloth)

sepulcher, sepulture (a chamber that is used as a grave)

sepelio, to bury

pear

pirum, pear

interpret

interpres, broker

crinis, hair + linum, flax

crinoline (stiff coarse fabric used to stiffen hats/clothing)

venom

venenum, poison

animus, mind + verto, to turn

animadversion

erase, raze, razor

rado, to scrape

facio, to do + totus, whole

factotum (servant employed to do a variety of jobs)

primus, first + ordior, to begin

primordial (having existed from the beginning)

chloroform, formaldehyde (colorless poisonous gas)

formica, ant

anguish

ango, to torment

argent

argentum, silver

absorb

sorbeo, to suck in

culpable

culpa, blame

fraction, fracture, fragile, fragment, frail, fritter (spend frivolously and unwisely), infringe

frango, to break

glutinous

gluten, glue

causa, reason + qualis, what kind of

kickshaw (something considered choice to eat)

appraise, appreciate, praise, precious, price, prize

pretium, price

manus, hand + opus, work

maneuver

identity

idem, the same

debilitate

debilis, weak

beast

bestia, beast

pact

paciscor, to make a bargain

cheese

caseus, cheese

mors, death + facio, to do

mortify

ascend, condescension, descend, scan, transcendent

scando, to climb

reverberate

verbero, to beat

depredation (act of plundering/marauding), predatory, prey

praeda, booty

appendage, depend, impending, pendant, pending, pendulous (hanging down loosely), pendulum, penthouse, propensity

pendeo, to hang

cuneus, wedge + forma, shape

cuneiform (wedge-type script used in ancient Mesopotamia)

amicable, enemy, enmity, inimical

amicus, friend

scout

ausculto, to heed

billion, combine

bis, twice

resplendent, splendid, splendor

splendeo, to shine

illicit, leisure, license

licet, it is allowed

ventral, ventricle

venter, stomach

denizen, intestine

intus, within

vitreous (containing glass), vitriol

vitrum, glass

malus, bad + habeo, to have

malady

polecat, pony, poultry

pullus, young (of a horse)

cortical (resembling cortex)

cortex, bark

contumely (rude expression intended to offend or hurt)

contumelia, insult

munition

munio, to fortify

unus, one + verto, to turn

universe

appeal

appello (appellare), to call

devolve, evolve, involve, revolt, revolution, revolver, vault, voluble, volume, voluminous

volvo, to roll

viper

vipera, viper

pastor, pasture, pester, repast (quantity of food provided for one occasion of eating)

pasco, to feed

lambent

lambo, to lick

abjure (formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief), adjust, conjure, jury, just, perjury (criminal offense of making false statements under oath)

ius, right

pomum, fruit + granum, grain

pomegranate

prairie

partum, meadow

obscene

obscenus, inauspicious

venal, vendor

venum, for sale

neutral

neuter, neither

formidable

formido, to dread

age, eternal

aevum, age

allow, laud

laudo, to praise

sordid

sordeo, to be dirty

sacer, holy + lego, to read

sacrilege

flail

flagrum, whip

stolid (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility)

stolidus, stupid

acrid, acrimonious (marked by strong resentment/cynicism), eager

acer, sharp

nude

nudus, nude

petiole (slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf)

petiolus, stem

demented, mental

mens, mind

crayon, cretaceous

creta, chalk

omnis, all + praesens, present

omnipresent

deprecate, imprecate (to utter profanities, invoke evil on), pray, precarious, prithee

prex, prayer

cobra

colubra, serpent

pumice

pumex, pumice

aequus, equal + animus, mind

equanimity

bene, well + facio, to do

benefit

cancel, chancel (area around the altar of a church for the clergy + choir), chancellor, chancery (court of public records/court with jurisdiction in equity)

cancelli, lattice

deter, terrible, terrorize

terreo, to frighten

clemency, inclement

clemens, mild

stimulate

stimulus, prick

cab, caper (to jump about playfully)

caper, goat

sierra

serra, saw

implacable, placate, supple, suppliant

placo, to appease

decent, decorate, decorous

decet, to be fitting

voluptuous

voluptas, pleasure

interval, wall

vallum, wall

real

res, thing

porcus, pig + piscis, fish

porpoise

abstemious (sparing in consumption of food and drink)

temetum, alcohol

ferocious, fierce

ferus, wild

sex

sexus, division

omnis, all + voro, to devour

omnivorous

cell, cellar

cella, hut

falcon

falx, sickle

pup, pupil, puppet, puppy

pupa, girl

pile, pillar

pila, pillar

asinine, ass, easel

asinus, donkey

conglomerate

glomus, yarn

munus, gift + capio, to take

municipal

transom (horizontal crosspiece across a window), trestle (a horizontal beam or bar held by two pairs of divergent legs)

transtrum, transom

purus, pure + facio, to do

purefy

cuspidor (receptacle for spit)

spuo, to spew

tres, three + palus, stake

travel

inebriate

ebrius, drunk

couple, lariat (long noose used to

juvenile, rejuvenate

iuvenis, young

entice

titio, firebrand

fraud

fraus, fraud

insolent, obsolete

soleo, to be accustomed

emulsion (mixture of liquids, thin coating on photographic film or paper)

mulgeo, to milk

enter, entrails, entrance, entr�e, entry, intern, internal, intimate

inter, among

ulcer

ulcus, sore

flair, fragrant

fragro, to smell of

account, amputate, compute, count (verb), counter, deputy, impute (to attribute or credit to), repute

puto, to think

intrepid, trepidation

trepidus, nervous

crepe (soft think light fabric with a crinkled surface, small pancake), crisp

crispus, curly

gullet, gully

gula, gullet

mere (small pond of standing water)

merus, sheer

castle, chateau

castrum (castra), castle

consecutive, consequence, execute, obsequious (attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery), persecute, prosecute, pursue, second, sect, sequel, sequence, set, sue, suit, suitable, suite

sequor, to follow

quarantine, quarry, quart, quarter, quartet, squad, square

quattuor, four

citron

citrus, citron tree

deuce, double, doubloon, dual, duet

duo, two

mille, thousand + annus, year

millennium

sterno, to spread + facio, to do

stratify (to form/place in layers)

prevaricate (to be deliberately ambiguous in order to withhold information)

varus, bow-legged

autumn

autumnus, autumn

arrogant, derogatory, interrogate, prerogative (right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group), surrogate

rogo, to ask

repudiate (to reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust), repudiation

repudium, repudiation

addict, condition, contradict, dictate, diction, ditty, edict, indict, predict, prediction

dico (dicere), to say

attribute, contribute, distribute, retribution, tribe, tribune, tributary, tribute

tribus

exasperation

asper, rough

indulge

indulgeo, to be indulgent

associate, social, society

socius, comrade

jean (material from which jeans are made)

Genua, Genoa

consul

consul, consul

primus, first + capio, to take

prince

legume

legume, pulse

legal, legitimate, loyal

lex, law

longitude, lunge, oblong, prolong, purloin

longus, long

avarice, avid

aveo, to desire

clause, cloister, close, closet, conclude, disclose, enclose, exclude, foreclose, include, preclude, recluse, seclude, sluice

claudo, to close

cushion

coxa, hip

tube, tubular

tubus, tube

pin, pinnacle

pinna, feather

demur

moror, to delay

vile

vilis, cheap

strident

strideo, to grate

annus, year + verto, to turn

anniversary

cucumber

cucumis, cucumber

humble, humiliate, humility

humus, earth

alloy, ally, league, liable, liaison, ligament, oblige, rally, rely

ligo, to bind

ferule (a switch [cane] used to punish children)

ferula, fennel

bene, well + dico, to say

benediction

subordinate

depict, paint, picture, pigment

pingo, to paint

coerce, exercise

arceo, to enclose

lymph

lympha, pure water

naval, nave, navy

navis, ship

accurate, assure, curate, cure, curio, curious, ensure, insurance, procure, proctor, proxy, reassure, scour, secure, surely

curo, to care for

supine

supinus, supine

depraved (marked by immorality)

pravus, crooked

cerebral

cerebrum, brain

bacillus (straight rodshaped bacterium that requires oxygen for growth)

baculum, stick

cuirass (medieval armor that covers the chest and back), scourge

corium, hide

aunt

amita, aunt

rescind

scindo, to cut

stain, taint, tinge, tint

tingo, to moisten

astonish, astound, detonation, stun, tornado

tono, to thunder

labial

labium, lip

font, fount

fons, fountain

termite

termes, woodworm

specio, to observe + facio, to do

specific

darnel (weedy annual grass), negro

niger, black

cavalier, cavalry, chevalier (gallant or courtly gentleman), chivalrous

caballus, horse

diminish, diminutive, menu, mince, minute

minuo, to lessen

fatigue, indefatigable

fatigo, to tire

manor, mansion, menagerie, menial, permanent, remain, remnant

maneo, to remain

careen

carina, keel

manus, hand + capio, to take

emancipate

commerce, market, mart, mercantile, merchandise, merchant, mercenary, mercy

merx, merchandise

domino, danger, domain, dominate, dominion, dungeon

dominus

adopt, option

opto

albino, albumen (white part of an egg), auburn, daub

albus, white

tertiary, treble

tres, three

illustrate, illustrious, lackluster, lustrous

lustro, to purify

adage

aio, to say

contumacious (willfully obstinate)

contumax, insolent

margin

margo, border

tumid, tumor

tumeo, to be swollen

appease, pay, peace

pax, peace

apricot, concoct, cook, cuisine, kitchen, precocious, terracotta

coquo, to cook

improve, improvement

prodo, to bring forth

enroll, rigmarole, role, roll, rotate, rotund, roulette, round

rota, wheel

triumph

triumphus, triumph

architrave (lowermost member of a classical entablature, resting on columns)

trabs, beam

pollinate

pollen, flour

litter

lectus, bed

extirpate (to pull up or as if by the roots, to destroy completely)

stirps, root

accusative, accuse, because, cause, excuse

causa, reason

buzzard (type of hawk)

buteo, hawk

stupefy, stupendous, stupid

stupeo, to be stunned

peculation (fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else), peculiar, peculiarity, peculiarly, pecuniary

pecu, herd

secular, si�cle

saeculum, age

command, commend, commodore (commissioned naval officer ranked above a captain and below a real admiral), demand, mandate

mando, to order

imbecile

imbecillus, weak

accident, cadence, cascade, case (event), casual, chance, cheat, chute, coincidence, decadence, decay, deciduous, incident, occasion, occidental

cado, to fall

ability, able, enable, exhibit, habit, inhabit, inhibit, prohibit, provender (stock or supply of foods), rehabilitate

habeo, to have

attenuate (to become weaker), extenuate (to lessen the seriousness or extent of)

tenuis, slender

concubine, covey (small flock of grouse), cubit (ancient unit of length based on the length of a forearm), incubator, incubus, incumbent, recumbent, succumb

cubo, to lie down

disturb, imperturbable, trouble, turbid (clouded as with sediment), turbine, turbulence

turba, crowd

contempt

temno, to despise

manacle, manage, manifest, manipulate, manner, manual

manus, hand

auricular

auris, ear

sanctus, holy + facio, to do

sanctify

devote, devout, votary, voce, voter, votive, vow

voveo, to vow

adolescent, adult, aliment (source of materials to nourish the body), alimony, coalesce, coalition

alo, to nourish

qualis, what kind of + facio, to do

qualify

aisle

ala, wing

code

caudex, tree trunk

urinal, urine

urina, urine

ab, from + ante, before

vantage

affluent, confluence, fluctuate, fluent, fluid, flume (narrow gorge with a stream running through it), flux, influence, influenza

fluo, to flow

conserve, observe, preserve, reserve

servo, to save

maestro, magisterial, magistrate, master, mistress

magis, more

carpet, excerpt, scarce

carpo, to pluck

abomination, ominous

omen, omen

accomplice, apply, display, employ, explicit, exploit implicate, implicit, plait, pleat, pliable, pliers, plight, ply, replica, reply, splay

plico, to fold

vinum, wine + acer, sharp

vinegar

liquid, liquor, prolix (tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length)

liqueo, to be fluid

antler, inoculate (to implant a disease in a person in order to study it), inveigle (to entice by flattery), monocle, ocular

oculus, eye

coward

cauda, tail

abstain, appertain (to be a part or attribute of), contain, content, continent, continue, countenance, detain, entertain, impertinent (improperly forward or bold), obtain, pertinent, rein, retain, retinue, sustain, tenacious, tenant, tenement, tennis, tenor, tenure

teneo, to hold

affix, fix, prefix, suffix, transfix

figo, to fix

vermilion (vivid red color), vermin

vermis, worm

tres, three + via, road

trivial

pen, pennant

penna, feather

clef, conclave

clavis, key

grate, grid, grill

cratis, wickerwork

annex, connect

necto, to bind

village, villain

villa, house

correspond, despondent, espouse, respond, spouse

spondeo, to promise

arduous

arduus, steep

tender (adj.)

tener, tender

compost, compound, deposit, depot, expound, opponent, opposite, position, positive, postal, posture, propound, provost, repository, supposition

pono, to place

vegetable, vegetation

vegeo, to be alive

quarrel, querulous

queror, to lament

crux, cross + figo, to fix

crucify

fanatic, profane

fanum, temple

extricate, intricate, intrigue

tricae, trifles

coin

cuneus, wedge

fringe

fimbriae, fibers

convex

convexus, vaulted

aberration, err

erro, to wander

deprive, private, privy

privus, private

molasses

mel, honey

censer (container for burning incense), frankincense, incendiary, incense

incendo, to set on fire

amount, dismount, insurmountable, mountain, mountebank (a flamboyant deceiver, one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes), paramount

mons, mountain

cooperate, inure (to cause to accept or become hardened to), operate

opus, work

morsel, remorse

mordeo, to bite

importune (to beg persistently or urgently), opportunity, port

portus, harbor

solus, alone + loquor, to say

soliloquy

maternal, matrimony, matrix, matron

mater, mother

table, tableau, tablet, tabulate

tabula, tablet

calorie, cauldron, chowder, coddle, nonchalant, scald

caleo, to be warm

litigation

lis, quarrel

flamboyant, flame

flamma, flame

pollute

polluo, to soil

muscle, mussel

mus, mouse

violate, violent

vis, force

sebaceous (containing an unusual amount of grease or oil), suet (hard fat around the kdineys and loins in beef and mutton)

sebum, grease

contrary, counter, encounter

contra, against

distinct, distinguish, extinct, extinguish, instinctive

stinguo, to put out

grandis, grand + domus, house

grandma

glory

gloria, glory

filum, thread + granum, grain

filigree (delicate and intricate ornamentation)

exhort

hortor, to encourage

funeral

funus, funeral

adultery, alter, altercation, alternate, altruistic, subaltern (inferior in rank or status/commissioned officer below the rank of captain)

alter, other

cage, cave, cavity, decoy, excavate, jail

cavus, hollow

nomen, name + calo, to call

nomenclature

merle (common black European thrush)

merula, blackbird

dissect, insect, intersect, section, segment, sickle

seco, to cut

amend, mend

mendum, fault

mule

mulus, mule

terreo, to frighten + facio, to do

terrific

convey, conveyor, convoy, deviation, devious, envoy, impervious, obvious, previous, voyage

via, road

context, pretext, subtle, text, textile, textual, texture, tiller, tissue, toilet

texo, to weave

fissure

findo, to cleave

apartment, compartment, depart, department, impart, parcel, part, partake, particle, particular, parting, partisan, partition, partner, party, repartee

pars, part

ides

Idus, Ides

potent, potential, power

potis, able

limpid

limpidus, clear

defile (n.), filament, file (for papers or of soldiers), fillet (think narrow strip of material), profile

filum, thread

squalid

squaleo, to be stiff

delinquent, derelict, relic, relinquish

linquo, to foresake

escutcheon (a shield, especially displaying a coat of arms), esquire, squire

scutum, shield

somber, umbrage, umbrella

umbra, ghost

effervescent, ferment, fervent, fervid

ferveo, to boil

negotiate

otium, leisure

ardent, arson

ardeo, to burn

velour (heavy fabric that resembles velvet), velvet

villus, hair

arbor, herb

herba, grass

porto, to carry + mantellum, cloak

portmanteau (new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanins)

vice (a fault), vicious, vitiate (to spoil something)

vitium, vice

adulation (servile flattery)

adulor, to flatter

turgid

turgeo, to be swollen

nuclear

nux, nut

province, provincial

provincia, province

scullery (a small room next to the kitchen, where utensils are cleaned and kept)

scutra, platter

cerno, to separate + facio, to do

certify

surplice (loose-fitting white ecclesiastical vestment with wide sleeves)

pellis, hide

vermis, worm + forma, shape

vermiform (resembling a worm)

aequus, equal + valeo, to be strong

equivalent

appetite, compete, competent, impetuous (characterized by undue haste), perpetual, petition, petulant (easily irritated or annoyed), repeat

peto, to seek

advocate, avouch, avow, convoke, evoke, invoke, irrevocable, provocative, revoke, vocabulary, vocal, vocation, voice, vouch, vowel

voco, to call

jovial

Iuppiter, Jupiter

stagnant

stagnum, pond

inevitable

vito, to shun

lucid, translucent

luceo, to shine

cask, concussion, discuss, rescue, squash (v.)

quatio, to shake

cavil (evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant objections)

cavillor, to mock

evade, invade, pervade

vado, to go

beautiful + domus, house

beldam (woman of advanced age)

auction, augment, august (inspiring reverence or admiration), author, authority

augeo, to increase

junket (trip taken at official public expense)

iuncus, reed

dainty, deign, dignity, disdain, indignant

dignus, worthy

plenus, full + potis, able

plenipotentiary (a diplomat fully authorized to represent his/her government)

fan

vannus, winnowing basket

grackle (long-tailed American blackbird with iridescent black plumage)

graculus, jackdaw

virgin

virgo, maiden

stipule (small leafy outgrowth at the base of a leaf), stubble

stipula, stalk

sincere

sincerus, clean

lagoon, lake

lacus, lake

privus, private + lex, law

privilege

unus, one + animus, mind

unanimous

fornication (voluntary intercourse between persons not married to one another)

fornix, vault

capon (castrated male chicken)

capo, castrated male chicken

conjugate, jugular, subjugate

iugum, yoke

circle, circulate, cirque, search

circus, ring

omelet

lamina, thin plate

aliquis, someone + filius, son

hidalgo (man of lower nobility in Spain)

classis, fleet + facio, to make

classify

bis, twice + caput, head

biceps

soprano, sovereign, superb, superiority, supernal, supreme

super, above

host (throng), hostile

hostis, enemy

material, matter

materia, matter

testis, witness + facio, to do

testify

invite, vie

invito, to invite

pine, pineapple

pinus, pine tree

valve

valva, double door

crude, cruel

crudus, rough

collate, correlate, elated, oblation (act of making a religious offering), relative, superlative, translate

latus, carried

agriculture, colony, cult, cultivate, culture

colo, to till

admire, marvel, miracle, mirage, mirror

miror, to wonder

fever, fevered, feverish, feverishly

febris, fever

pitch

pix, pitch

attest, contest, detest, protest, protestant, testament, testimony

testis, witness

argue

arguo, to show

os, mouth + facio, to do

orifice

dire

dirus, fearful

commiseration, miserable, misery

miser, wretched

aequus, equal + voco, to call

equivocate

globe, globular, globule, hemoglobin

globus, sphere

meditate

meditor, to reflect upon

neat, net

niteo, to shine

alas, lassitude (weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy)

lassus, weary

pavilion

papilio, butterfly

accolade, collar

collum, neck

chalice

calix, chalice

comment, reminiscence

memini, to remember

lurid (gruesome, horrible)

luror, paleness

rural, rustic

rus, countryside

crime

crimen, judgment

concupiscence, covet, cupidity

cupio, to desire

fair (n.)

feriae, festival

certain, concern, concert, decree, discern, discreet, discretion, discriminate, excrete, recrimination, secret, secretary, secrete

cerno, to separate

avis, bird + specio, to observe

auspicious

dine, jejune (lacking in nutritive value)

ieiunus, hungry

innocent, innocuous, noxious, nuisance

noceo, to harm

rego, to rule + angulus, angle

rectangle

devastate, vast

vastus, empty

impugn, pugnacious, repugnant

pugno, to fight

merit

mereo, to earn

matinee

Matuta, Matuta

persiflage (light teasing)

sibilo, to hiss

premier, prim, primitive

primus, first

sane, sanitation

sanus, healthy

found (originate), fund, fundamental, fundamentally, profound

fundus, bottom

peril

periculum, danger

plume

pluma, feather

lax, laxative, lease, leash, relax, release, relish

laxus, wide

palate

palatum, palate

deride, ridiculous

rideo, to laugh

os, bone + facio, to do

ossify

quality

qualis, what kind of

subter, below + fugio, to flee

subterfuge

pure, purge

purus, pure

ramification

ramus, branch

bene, well + genus, kind

benign

future

futurus, about to be

deplore, explore, implore

ploro, to weep

patent

pateo, to lie open

arable

aro, to plow

impair, pessimist

peior, worse

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