1.alt: other alteration:to change to the other form altercation: to quarrel with others alter ego: other self Joseph seemed to get into an altercation with anyone who crossed his path.

2. ann (enn) : year anniversary: happens every year perennial: lasting through the year millennium: a thousand years The gardener planted perennials in my yard so I could enjoy the flowers every year.

3.ar (al): pertaining to related to astral: pertaining to the stars circular: pertaining to a circle bipolar: related to two stakes The circular patterns in the wheat fields made the farmers suspect extraterrestrial visitations.

4.carn: meat, flesh carnivorous: meat eating incarnate: to make into flesh carnage: destroying of flesh as in war The carnage he experienced during the war left him in need of counseling.

5.corp: body corpse: dead body corporal: related to the body corpulent: having a large body [Corporal, meaning lowest noncommissioned officer, derives from caporal<capit (head).] The corpulent man sued McDonalds because he would not fit into any of their booths.

6.duc (duct): lead conduct: lead together deduce: lead to a conclusion production: the act of leading forward It was easy to deduce that school was going to be cancelled when it started snowing at midnight.

7.fact (fect, fic, fy): make, do manufacture: making by hand deify: to make a god beneficent: doing good The company moved its manufacturing plant to Mexico where the labor was cheaper.

8. ist: one who perfectionist: one who makes thoroughly or perfect physicist: one who studies nature linguist: one who studies language Since he was such a perfectionist he drove himself crazy trying to do everything perfectly.

9. liter: word, letter literal: related to words, word for word illiterate: not understanding words alliteration: the act of repeating letters The literal meaning of a work of literature is seldom the entire meaning.

10. locut (loqu): talk loquacious: talking a great deal eloquent: talking with a fancy flair circumlocution: talking around the topic The loquacious minister kept the congregation long past lunch.

11. migr: move migrate: move to another location emigrant: one who moves out of a country immigrant: one who moves into a country Birds often migrate to warmer climates during the winter.

12. morph: shape amorphous: without shape polymorphous: full of many shapes morphology: the study of shapes The movie “The Blob” is based on an amorphous creature.

13. nom: law, rule, principle astronomy: the law or study of the stars economics: science of financial law taxonomy: principles of arranging things Bloom’s taxonomy of educational objectives lists the principles of learning information.

14. onym: name anonymous: without a name pseudonym: false name synonym: same name or meaning Samuel Langhorne Clemmens wrote under the pseudonym, Mark Twain.

15. ose: having quality of bellicose: having the quality of being warlike morose: having the quality of being peevish verbose: having the quality of being wordy The lecture took four hours since the teacher was very verbose.

16. phobia: fear hydrophobia: fear of water claustrophobia: fear of being too close monophobia: fear of being alone The small tight room brought out his claustrophobia, and he started to scream uncontrollably.

17. pli (plic, ply): fold complicate: make fold together or make harder pliable: capable of being folded, relaxed reply: fold back or repeat The tent was very pliable, so it was easy to pack it away.

18. rogat: ask interrogate: ask among prerogative: that which is asked before rogation: asking a prayer or supplication The police interrogated the students until they begged for no more questions.

19. sens (sent): feel sensitive: having strong feelings insentient: full of no feeling sentimental: related to having strong feelings The sentimental song brought tears to the old man’s eyes.

20. somn: sleep insomnia: state of not being able to sleep somniferous: the ability to produce sleep somnambulate: sleepwalking After suffering from insomnia for years, the girl fell asleep and slept for days.

21. spir: breathe respiration: breathing again perspire: breathing of the skin expire: breathe out The men from the rescue squad checked the victim’s respiration.

22. act (tang,ting): touch tactile: pertaining to touch tangent: full of touch contingent: touching together Tactile learning is not possible unless students get to touch as they learn.

23. tude: state of solitude: state of being alone multitude: state of involving many gratitude: state of being thankful The students were all in a posture of gratitude as they bowed before their instructor.

24. vid (vis): see visual: related to seeing revise: making able to see again provident: seeing forward A PowerPoint presentation is a visual aid to help students learn.

25. xylo: wood xylophone: sound from wood xylophagous: eating into wood as termites xylotomy: cut from wood for microscopic examination The xylophone added mellow sounds to the orchestra’s arrangement.