72400130 | (-)cord(-), (-)cor(-), (-)cardi(-) | [heart] | |
72400133 | Cordial | invigorating the heart; stimulating | |
72400134 | Concord | agreement between persons, groups, nations, etc.; | |
72400135 | Discord | lack of concord or harmony between persons or things; disagreement | |
72400136 | Courage | the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc | |
72400137 | Encourage | to put heart into | |
72400138 | Discourage | take heart out of | |
72400139 | Core | the central, innermost, or most essential part of anything | |
72400140 | Coronary | of or pertaining to the human heart, with respect to health | |
72400141 | Cardiac | of or pertaining to the heart | |
72400142 | (-)corp(-) | [body] | |
72400143 | Corporation | a legal body | |
72400144 | Corpse | a dead body, usually of a human being | |
72400145 | Corpulent | large or bulky of body; portly, stout; fat | |
72400146 | (-)cosm(-) | [universe, world] | |
72400147 | Cosmos | the universe | |
72400148 | Cosmic | having to do with the universe | |
72400149 | Cosmonaut | a Russian or soviet astronaut | |
72400150 | Microcosm | anything that is regarded as a world in miniature | |
72400151 | Cosmopolitan | world citizen | |
72400152 | Macrocosm | the great world or universe; the universe considered as a whole | |
72400153 | (-)crat(-), (-)cracy(-) | [rule, strength] | |
72400155 | Democratic | pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy | |
72400156 | Autocracy | government in which one person has uncontrolled or unlimited authorityy over others; the government or power of an absolute monarch | |
72400157 | (-)crea(-) | [create] | |
72400158 | Creed | statement of beliefs | |
72400159 | Credo | a creed | |
72400160 | Credence | belief | |
72400161 | Credit | belief, trust | |
72400162 | Credulous | believing too readily,easily deceived, gullible | |
72400163 | Incredible | so extraordinary as to seem impossible | |
72400164 | (-)cresc(-), (-)cret(-), (-)crease(-), (-)cru(-) | [rise, grow] | |
72400168 | Crescendo | growing in loudness or intensity | |
72400169 | Concrete | grown together, solidified | |
72400170 | Increase | to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality | |
72400171 | Decrease | to diminish or lessen in extent, quantity, strength, power, etc | |
72400172 | Accrue | to grow | |
72400173 | (-)crit(-) | [separate, choose] | |
72400174 | Critical | inclined to find faulty or to judge with severity, often too readily | |
72400175 | Criterion | that which is used in choosing | |
72400176 | Hypocrite | a person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc. | |
72400177 | (-)cur(-) | [run] | |
72400178 | (-)curs(-) | [run] | |
72400179 | Current | running or flowing; prevalent | |
72400180 | Concurrent | occurring or existing simultaneously or side by side | |
72400181 | Concur | to accord in opinion; agree; run together | |
72400182 | Incur | run into | |
72400183 | Recur | to occur again, as an event, experience, etc. | |
72400184 | Occur | to happen; take place; come to pass | |
72400185 | Courier | a messenger, usually traveling in haste, bearing urgent news, important reports or packages, diplomatic | |
72400186 | Precursor | forerunner | |
72400187 | Cursive | (of handwriting) in flowing strokes with the letters joined together | |
72400188 | (-)cure(-) | [care] | |
72400189 | Curator | A person in charge of a museum | |
72400190 | Curative | a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain | |
72400191 | Manicure | caring for the hands | |
72400192 | (-)cycl(-), (-)cyclo(-) | [wheel, circular] | |
72400194 | Cyclops | a mythical giant with one eye in the middle of his forehead | |
72400195 | Unicycle | a vehicle with a single wheel that is driven by pedals | |
72400196 | Bicycle | a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals | |
72400197 | Cyclone | a wind blowing circularly; a tornado | |
72400198 | (-)deca(-) | [ten] | |
72400199 | Decade | ten years | |
72400200 | Decalogue | the ten biblical commandments of Moses | |
72400201 | Decathlon | an athletic contest consisting of ten different events | |
72400202 | (-)dem(-) | [people] | |
72400203 | Democracy | government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them | |
72400204 | Demography | vital statistics of the people: deaths, births, etc., the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations | |
72400205 | epidemic | ..., a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease | |
72400206 | dental | ..., of or relating to the teeth | |
72400207 | denture | ..., a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth | |
72400208 | dentrifice | a paste or powder for cleaning teeth | |
72400209 | orthodontist | ..., a dentist specializing in the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth | |
72400210 | (-)derm(-) | [skin] | |
72400211 | hypodermic | ..., a piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections | |
72400212 | dermatology | ..., the branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its diseases | |
72400213 | epidermis | ..., the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates | |
72400214 | taxidermy | ..., the art of mounting the skins of animals so that they have lifelike appearance | |
72400215 | (-)dict(-) | [say, speak] | |
72400216 | diction | the manner in which something is expressed in words | |
72400217 | dictionary | a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them | |
72400218 | dictate | say out loud for the purpose of recording; an authoritative rule | |
72400219 | dictator | a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine; a ruler with complete power over a nation | |
72400220 | dictaphone | a tape recorder that records and reproduces dictation | |
72400221 | dictatorial | speaking and acting in a domineering or oppressive way | |
72400222 | edict | an order issued by someone in authority | |
72400223 | predict | to say what will happen before it occurs | |
72400224 | verdict | the decision a jury makes in a trial; the decision said by the jury | |
72400225 | contradict | to speak against; to say the opposite | |
72400226 | benediction | an utterance of good wishes | |
72400227 | (-)doc(-) | [teach] | |
72400228 | indoctrinate | teach doctrines to, to teach certain principles | |
72400229 | document | writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature) | |
72400230 | doctrine | a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school | |
72400231 | (-)domin(-) | [master] | |
72400232 | dominate | have dominance or the power to defeat over | |
72400233 | dominion | control; rule; area of influence | |
72400234 | predominant | Having dominating influence over others | |
72400235 | domain | territory over which rule or control is exercised | |
72400236 | (-)don(-) | [give] | |
72400237 | donate | give to a charity or good cause | |
72400238 | condone | overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse | |
72400239 | (-)dorm(-) | [sleep] | |
72400240 | dormant | sleeping; temporarily inactive; lethargic; latent | |
72400241 | dormitory | a place with sleeping facilities for a number of people | |
72400242 | (-)dox(-) | [opinion, praise] belief, creed, or opinion, | |
72400243 | doxy | belief, creed, or opinion--a woman who cohabits with an important man, a mistress (what do you think she hears all day?) | |
72400244 | paradox | a statement that contradicts itself | |
72400245 | orthodox | adhering to what is commonly accepted | |
72400246 | heterodox | characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards | |
72400247 | (-)drome(-) | [run, step] | |
72400248 | syndrome | set of symptoms that occur or run together | |
72400249 | hippodrome | an oval track for horse races and chariot races | |
72400250 | (-)duc(-), (-)duct(-) | [lead] | |
72400252 | induce | cause to do | |
72400253 | seduce | lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct | |
72400254 | produce | bring forth or yield | |
72400255 | reduce | lessen and make more modest | |
72400256 | aquaduct | waterway that brings water into a city | |
72400257 | viaduct | bridge for conducting a road or railroad over a valley, river, etc. | |
72400258 | conduct | direct the course of | |
72400259 | conduit | ..., a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass | |
72400260 | subdue | to put down by force or authority | |
72400261 | duke | the highest type of European noble, ranking just below a prince; a type of leader | |
72400262 | (-)dura(-) | [hard, lasting] | |
72400263 | durable | long lasting | |
72400264 | duration | the period of time something lasts | |
72400265 | endurance | the degree by which something lasts or withstands | |
72400266 | (-)dynam(-) | [power] | |
72400267 | dynamo | generator for producing electricity; energetic person | |
72400268 | dynamic | active, energetic, forceful | |
72400269 | dynamite | Powerful explosive | |
72400270 | hydrodynamics | n. The branch of mechanics that treats of the dynamics of fluids. | |
72400271 | (-)endo(-) | [within] | |
72400272 | endoral | within the mouth | |
72400273 | endocardial | within the heart | |
72400274 | endoskeletal | the internal skeleton or framework of the body of an animal | |
72400275 | (-)equi(-) | [equal] | |
72400276 | equinox | period of equal days and nights; the beginning of spring and autumn | |
72400277 | equilibrium | a stable situation in which forces cancel one another, a state of balance | |
72400278 | (-)erg(-) | [work] | |
72400279 | energy | an exertion of force | |
72400280 | erg | unit of work | |
72400281 | allergy | overly strong reaction of the immune system to a foreign substance | |
72400282 | ergophobia | morbid fear of work | |
72400283 | ergometer | measuring instrument designed to measure power | |
72400284 | ergograph | instrument for measuring and recording muscular work | |
72400285 | (-)fac(-), (-)fact(-), (-)fic(-), (-)fect(-) | [do, make] | |
72400289 | factory | workplace where workmen make goods of various kinds | |
72400290 | fact | a concept made whose truth can be proved | |
72400291 | manufacture | the organized action of making of goods and services for sale | |
72400292 | amplification | n. strengthening, reinforcement; enlarging | |
72400293 | confection | the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components | |
72400294 | (-)fall(-), (-)fals(-) | [deceive] | |
72400296 | fallacy | a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning | |
72400297 | falsify | to make false by mutilation or addition | |
72400298 | (-)fer(-) | [bear, carry] | |
72400299 | ferry | transport from one place to another | |
72400300 | coniferous | of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves | |
72400301 | fertile | capable of reproducing | |
72400302 | defer | give in respectfully; submit; delay till later; exempt temporarily | |
72400303 | infer | to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply | |
72400304 | refer | make reference to | |
72400305 | (-)fid(-), (-)fide(-), (-)feder(-) | [faith, trust] | |
72400308 | confidante | a female confidant | |
72400309 | Fido | to trust, believe | |
72400310 | fidelity | the quality of being faithful | |
72400311 | confident | having faith in oneself | |
72400312 | infidelity | the quality of being unfaithful | |
72400313 | infidel | one who does not accept a particular faith; unbeliever | |
72400314 | federal | any federal law-enforcement officer | |
72400315 | confederacy | a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act | |
72400316 | (-)fila(-), (-)fili(-) | [thread] | |
72400318 | filament | a threadlike conductor heated by electrical current | |
72400319 | filter | remove by passing through a filter | |
72400320 | filet | a boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef | |
72400321 | filibuster | a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches | |
72400322 | filigree | an ornamental work, especially of delicate lace-like patterns | |
72400323 | (-)fin(-) | [en, ended, finished] | |
72400324 | final | an examination administered at the end of an academic term | |
72400325 | finite | having limits; lasting for a limited time | |
72400326 | finish | the act of finishing | |
72400327 | confine | place limits on (extent or access) | |
72400328 | fine | ultimately, finally, at last | |
72400329 | refine | treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition | |
72400330 | define | delineate the form or outline of | |
72400331 | finale | conclusion; concluding part | |
72400332 | (-)fix(-) | [fix] | |
72400333 | fix | set or place definitely | |
72400334 | fixation | the activity of fastening something firmly in position | |
72400335 | fixture | the quality of being fixed in place | |
72400336 | affix | attach or become attached to a stem word | |
72400337 | prefix | an affix that added in front of the word | |
72400338 | suffix | an affix that is added at the end of the word | |
72400339 | (-)flex(-) | [bend] | |
72400340 | (-)flect(-) | [bend] | |
72400341 | flex | the act of flexing | |
72400342 | reflex | an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus | |
72400343 | flexible | bending and snapping back readily without breaking | |
72400344 | flexor | a skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint | |
72400345 | inflexibility | the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe | |
72400346 | reflect | to throw or bend back or reflect (from a surface) | |
72400347 | deflect | turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest | |
72400348 | (-)flu(-), (-)fluc(-), (-)fluv(-) | [flowing] | |
72400351 | influence | a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc | |
72400352 | fluid | a continuous amorphous substance that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container | |
72400353 | flue | pipe, tube, channel | |
72400354 | fluently | in a fluent manner | |
72400355 | fluctuate | waver; shift; rise and fall as if in waves; change or vary irregularly | |
72400356 | (-)form(-) | [form, shape] | |
72400357 | form | give a shape or form to | |
72400358 | uniform | one form | |
72400359 | conform | adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions | |
72400360 | deform | alter the shape of (something) by stress | |
72400361 | reform | To change for the better. | |
72400362 | perform | carry out or perform an action | |
72400363 | formative | susceptible to alteration by development and experience | |
72400364 | formation | the act of forming something | |
72400365 | formal | refined or imposing in manner or appearance | |
72400366 | formula | a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement | |
72400367 | (-)fort(-), (-)forc(-) | [strong] | |
72400369 | fort | a fortified defensive structure | |
72400370 | fortress | a building with strong walls to defend against attack; a fort | |
72400371 | fortify | to make stronger | |
72400372 | forte | strong point; loud | |
72400373 | fortitude | strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage | |
72641357 | (-)cred(-) | [believe] |
WI 376, WFC 523 Roots
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