Latin Roots English I Pre-AP

Act To do, Drive Sample Words: Acting (the art or practice of representing (doing) a character on a stage) React (to change what one is doing in response to a stimulus) Enact (to drive or make into law)

Alt High Sample Words: Altos (voices in a choir higher than tenors and basses) Altitude (the vertical height of an object above a surface) Altimeter (an instrument for measuring height of an object )

Anima, Anim Life, Mind Sample Words: Animal (any of a kingdom of living things ) Animated (endowed with life or the qualities of life ) Animator (one who gives a picture life)

Ann, Enn Year Sample Words: Annual (something that occurs once a year) Perennial (persisting for several years) Bicentennial (200th year celebration)

Aqua Water Sample Words: Aquarium (a container in which living animals and water are kept) Aquamarine (a pale blue to light greenish blue that mimics the color of water) Aquanaut (a scuba diver who lives and operates both inside and outside an underwater shelter for an extended period)

Arm Army, Weapon Sample Words: Armory (a place where weapons and military equipment are stored) Armament (the process of preparing weapons and an army for war )

Bell War Sample Words: Belligerent (waging war; inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness (war-like behaviors)) Bellicose (favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars)

Cede To go, To yield Sample Words: Intercede (to intervene between parties with a view to make one party yield) Supersede (to cause to be set aside or yield) concede (to yield to someone else’s point or idea)

Cert To be sure, To trust Sample Words: Certain (known or proved to be true or trustworthy) Certify (to attest as being true or as represented or as meeting a standard; attest to being trustworthy)

Cid, Cis To cut of, be brief; To kill Sample Words: Concise (brief; having all superfluous elaboration and detail cut out) Homicide (the crime of killing another person) Genocide (the deliberate and systematic killing of a racial, political, or cultural group

Curs, Curr, Corr To run Sample Words: Current (presently elapsing or running) Courier (one who runs messages from place to place) Corral (an enclosure for confining livestock so they won’t run off)

Dic, Dict To say, to speak; To assert Sample Words: Dictate (to speak or act domineeringly) Dictionary (an alphabetical listing of words people say) Diction (choice of spoken or written words esp. with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness)

Duct, Duc To lead; To draw Sample Words: Aqueduct (a conduit for drawing water) Conduct (to lead from a position of command) Reduce (to draw together or cause to converge)

Dur Hard, Lasting Sample Words: Durable (lasting for a long time without significant deterioration) Duration (lasting for a specific period of time) Endure (to last under suffering without yielding)

Gen Race, Family, Kind Sample Words: Generation (a group of individuals having the same kind of status) General (involving, relating to, or applicable to every member of a class, kind, or group)

Loc Place Sample Words: Location (a place outside a motion-picture studio where a picture or part of it is filmed) Dislocate (to put out of place)

Mar Sea Sample Words: Marine (of or relating to the sea) Marina (a dock or basin on the sea providing secure moorings for pleasure boats and often offering supply, repair, and other facilities)

Mit, Mis To send Sample Words: Remission (to send a disease into a dormant state) Transmit (to send from one person or place to another) Mission (a body of persons sent to perform a service or carry on an activity)

Mort Death Sample Words: Mortician (one who prepares a dead body for a funeral) Mortal (causing or having caused death) Mortify (to subject to severe and vexing em- barrassment that makes the person want to die)

Mut Change Sample Words: Mutation (a significant and basic change) Transmute (to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form) Mutant (of or relating to something produced by change)

Ord, Ordin To put in order Sample Words: Order (to put in order) Ordinal (rites for the ordination of deacons, priests, and bishops [for induction into the order]) Ordinary (to regular or customary order of things)

Part, Pars Portion, Part Sample Words: Partial (of or relating to a part rather than a whole) Particle (a minute quantity, part, or fragment) Partner (on that shares part of something)

Ped Foot Sample Words: Pedestal (the base of foot of a column) Pedestrian (one who travels on foot) Pedal (a lever pressed by the foot)

Prov, Prob To Prove, Test Sample Words: Probate (the proving of the validity of a will) Probation (subjection of an individual to a period of testing and trial to ascertain fitness) Prove (to test the truth, validity, or genuineness of)

Rupt To Break, Burst Sample Words: Disrupt (to break apart) Eruption (the act, process, or instance of erupting [breaking/bursting out]) Rupture (a break of peace or concord)

Sacr, Secr, Sanct Sacred Sample Words: Desecrate (to violate the sanctity/sacredness of) Sacrifice (an act of sacred offering) Sacrilege (a violation of something sacred) Sanctify (to set apart as sacred)

Sent, Sens To Feel Sample Words: Sense (one of the five “feelings”) Sentimental (marked or governed by feeling) Sentinel (a sentry; a guard or watch placed at a point of passage [one who feels for danger])

Sol, Soli Alone, Lonely Sample Words: Soliloquy (a speech given by one person alone on stage) Solo (something done alone) Solitary (being, living, or going alone or without companions)

Test To Witness, Affirm Sample Words: Attest (to affirm to be true or genuine) Contest (a struggle for the affirmation of superiority or victory) Testify (to bear witness)

Vers, Vert To Turn Sample Words: Adverse (acting against or in a contrary [turning] direction) Conversion (the turning from former ways and the embracing of new) Reverse (to turn around and go the opposite direction)