luc, lum, lun = light Words lucid - clear elucidate - enlighten translucent – allowing some light to pass through lunar - relating to the moon luminary - characterized by light

magn = great Words magnify - enlarge magnanimity – generosity, greatness of soul magnitude – greatness of size, importance magnate – a rich and powerful person

mal = bad Words malevolent – harmful or evil malediction – a curse, slander malefactor – evil-doer malign – to criticize someone spitefully malignant - harmful

mori, mort = to die Words mortuary – place for dead bodies moribund - dying immortal – never dying, famous mortal – human, eventually dying

morph = shape, form Words amorphous – formless, lacking shape metamorphosis – change of shape anthropomorphic - human characteristics given to nonhumans morph – transform from one image to another

mut = change Words mutate – undergo a great change mutable - changeable immutable – not changeable mutability – changeableness, inconstancy

nat, nasc = born Words innate – present from birth prenatal – before birth nativity – birth or origin renaissance – classical rebirth nascent - beginning to develop

neg = deny Words negate – invalidate something negation – denial, negative of something renege – deny, go back on one’s word renegade - traitor

nov = new Words novice - beginner novel – new and different renovate – make new novelty – new thing or experience nova - star that shines then fades

omni = all, every Words omniscient – all knowing omnipotent – all powerful omnivorous – eating everything omnipresent – always present everywhere