tempor = time Words temporal – relating to time contemporary – of same time, modern in style pro tem – for the time being extemporaneous – done unrehearsed

ten, tent = hold Words tenable – able to be defended tenacious – tightly held, persistent retentive – having a good memory obstinate – stubborn abstain – to choose not to do something

tors, tort = twist Words torsion – shape caused by twisting tortuous – twisting and winding, devious distort – alter shape extort – obtain something by force or coercion

tract = drag, pull Words intractable – stubborn, difficult to manipulate distract – pull one’s attention away traction – the application of a pulling force subtract – to take away something from a larger unit

vac = empty Words vacuum – space empty of matter vacuous – lacking ideas or intelligence, idle, having no substance vacate – to empty something of occupants vacant – unoccupied, lacking expression

veni, vent, ven = come Words convene – come together for meeting intervene – come between venue – place where an event is held advent – arrival of something important coming

ver = true Words veracious - truthful verify – to prove something is true verity – truth or reality verdict – decision or opinion (“say truth”) aver – to allege, to assert

viv, vit = alive Words vivacious - full of life vivisection – operating on living animals vitality - liveliness revive – to bring back to live, to flourish again vivid – lively, graphic, bright

voc, vocat = call Words vocation – someone’s job (calling) provocation – calling or arousing anger of evoke – to call to mind a memory or feeling advocate – to speak (call) in favor of something

volv, volut = roll Words revolve – roll around evolve – roll out, develop convoluted – tightly twisted, a coiled state voluble – talking a great deal (easily turned around)