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English Root Words SNo. 1 Root Ab Meaning Off, Away From, Apart Examples Aberration a departure from what is normal, usual, or expected Abdicate give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations showing humiliation or submissiveness failure to be present perfect or complete or pure act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite Abject Absence Absolute Abstinence 2 Abil Aptitude, Handy 3 Abs Off, Away From, Apart 4 Acerb 5 Acid 6 7 Acou Acr 8 Acro 9 Act Abstract Abbreviate Capability Ability Incapability Abstract Abstraction Absent Abstruse Abstain Abduct Abstemious existing only in the mind shorten the quality of being capable the quality of being able to perform the quality of not being capable existing only in the mind a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples lost in thought difficult to penetrate choose not to consume pull away from the body sparing in consumption of especially food and drink Abstention Abstinence the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol) act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite Aversion Acerbic Acerbity Exacerbate Sour Acidic Acidity Acid Hearing Acoustics Bitter, Sour Acrid Acrimonious Pointed, Acrophobia Upper, Acronym Top, First Acrobat Acropolis Action the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away harsh or corrosive in tone a sharp sour taste exasperate or irritate being or containing an acid pH values below 7 having the characteristics of an acid the study of the physical properties of sound harsh or corrosive in tone marked by strong resentment or cynicism a morbid fear of great heights a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination the citadel in ancient Greek towns something done (usually as opposed to something said) Activist Counteract advocating or engaged in activism oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions Exact marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact extremely conservative descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously conduct business Bitter Move, Go, Do, Drive, Urge, Act Definition Reactionary Retroactive Transact PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Transaction 10 Acu Sharp Interaction Acute Acumen Acupuncture 11 Ad To, Towards, Near Adequate Adhere Admission Admonish Adventurous Adversity Advocate Edifice 12 Aedi House, Temple 13 Aer Air Edify Aerodynamics Move, Go, Do, Drive, Urge, Act Aerial Aeronaut Aerate Agent Agency Agenda 14 Ag Agility Agitate Agitation Coagulate Synagogue 15 Ago 16 Agog Move, Go, Do Leading, Bringing Agog Demagogue Pedagogue Pedagogy Synagogue 17 Agon Contest, Struggle Protagonist Agony Antagonist 18 Agr Field, Land, Agrarian Agriculture Definition the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities) a mutual or reciprocal action having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course a tapering point treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin (sometimes followed by `to') meeting the requirements especially of a task follow through or carry out a plan without deviation the act of admitting someone to enter take to task willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises a stroke of ill fortune a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place make understand the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of gases (especially air) and their effects on bodies in the flow growing in air someone who operates an aircraft impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen an active and efficient cause a business that serves other businesses a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble change the arrangement or position of the act of agitating something transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation highly excited an orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience someone who educates young people the activities of educating or instructing (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation the principal character in a work of fiction intense feelings of suffering a drug that neutralizes or counteracts the effects of another drug relating to rural matters the class of people engaged in growing food PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Country 19 Al To, Towards, Near 20 Ala A Wing 21 Alacr 22 Ali Swift, Lively Other, Another Examples Peregrinate Agribusiness Alloy travel around, through, or over, especially on foot a large a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten Alary Aileron Aisle Alienate having or resembling wings an airfoil that controls lateral motion passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores having or resembling wings having or resembling wings liveliness and eagerness quick and eager as known or named at another time or place (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated Inalienable incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another Allomorph a variant phonological representation of a morpheme Parallel being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting Allegory an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances hypersensitivity reaction to a particular allergen the usual method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects differing from those produced by the disease itself elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface an instrument that measures the height above ground Aliform Alar Alacrity Alacritous Alias Alibi Alien 23 All Other Allergy Allopathy 24 Alt High Definition Altitude Altimeter Altar 25 Alter Other 26 Altr Other Altruism a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made raise in rank, character, or status of or being the lowest female voice occurring by turns noisy quarrel remaining in an original state necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others 27 Am Love, Friend Amateur Amatory engaged in as a pastime expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance Exalt Contralto Alternate Altercation Unaltered Alternative PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 28 Amb 29 Ambi Meaning Around, About, Both Around, About, Both Examples Definition Ambition a strong drive for success Ambient Ambivalence Ambiance Ambition Ambiguous Ambiguity completely enveloping mixed feelings or emotions the atmosphere of an environment a strong drive for success having more than one possible meaning unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning Ambidextrous 30 Ambl Walk, Go 31 Ambul Walk 32 33 Amen Ami 34 Amic 35 Amor Love, Friend 36 Amphi On Both Sides, Around Spacious, Large 37 Ampl 38 An Pleasant Friend, Love Love, Friend Not, Without, Lacking marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another Preamble a preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution (usually explaining its purpose) Amble a leisurely walk (usually in some public place) Somnambulist someone who walks about in their sleep Ambulatory Perambulate Funambulist relating to or adapted for walking walk with no particular goal an acrobat who performs on a tightrope or slack rope Ambulance Amenity Amiable Amity Amicability a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions disposed to please a cordial disposition having a disposition characterized by warmth and friendliness characterized by friendship and good will inclined toward or displaying love attract a woman who cohabits with an important man relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia an oval large stadium with tiers of seats greatness of magnitude increase the volume of (electronics) the act of increasing voltage or power or current a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government) short account of an incident (especially a biographical one) loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness having both male and female characteristics an automaton that resembles a human being a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo composed of or marked with triangles in complete agreement steadiness of mind under stress a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility Amicable Amorous Enamor Paramour Amphibian Amphitheater Amplitude Amplify Amplification Anarchy Anecdote Anesthesia 39 Andr Man 40 Ang A Corner, Angle 41 Anim Androgynous Android Angle Triangulate Unanimous Mind, Soul, Spirit Equanimity Animosity PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. 42 Root Anima Meaning Examples Magnanimous generous and understanding and tolerant Pusillanimous lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution Life, Breath Inanimate Animal Animate 43 Ann Year Anniversary Annuity 44 Ante Before Annual Annum Antecedent Anterior Anteroom Antebellum Antediluvial 45 Anth Flower 46 Anthrop Man 47 Anti Against Antiqu Ancient 49 Anx Worried, Distressed not endowed with life of the nature of or characteristic of or derived from an animal or animals endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it) income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments completing its life cycle within a year (Latin) year preceding in time or order earlier in time a large entrance or reception room or area belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War of or relating to the period before the biblical flood Anthology Anthozoan a collection of selected literary passages sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps Philanthropy voluntary promotion of human welfare Lycanthrope a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf Misanthrope someone who dislikes people in general Anthropoid resembling human beings Anthropology the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings Anthropomorp suggesting human characteristics for animals or hic inanimate things Antidote a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison Antipathy Antibody the object of a feeling of intense aversion any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response Antisocial hostile to or disruptive of normal standards of social behavior a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one Anticlimax 48 Definition Antiseptic Antique Antiquity Anxiety Anxious Anxiousness (extended sense) of exceptionally clean language out of fashion an artifact surviving from the past a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill eagerly desirous a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments Anxiolytic anxiety relieving PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning 50 Apert Open 51 Apo Away 52 53 Apt Aqu Fit, Join Water Examples Apparatus Aperture April Aperient Apocalypse Apogee Apology Apologize Apocryphal Aptitude Adapt Inept Arbitr Witness, Judge, Umpire (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light) Adept having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude Aquatic Aqueous Aquarium operating or living or growing in water produced by the action of water a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals a conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley the act of deciding as an arbiter act between parties with a view to reconciling differences someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue Arbitration Arbitrate Arbiter Arbitrary 55 Arc Bow Archery Archer Arch Arcade 56 Arch Rule, Govern Anarchy Hierarchy Monarch Patriarch Monarchy 57 Archaeo Ancient, Old equipment designed to serve a specific function an man the month following March and preceding May mildly laxative a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil apoapsis in Earth orbit a poor example acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing being of questionable authenticity inherent ability make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse Adaptation Aqueduct 54 Definition Oligarchy Archaeologist Archaic based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice the sport of shooting arrows with a bow a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow expert in skulduggery a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government) the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority a political system governed by a few people an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 58 Arche 59 Archi Meaning Chief, Original, First Chief, First, Principal 60 Ard Burn 61 Argu Prove, Assert, Accuse 62 Arium 63 Arma Examples Archetype an original model on which something is patterned Architect someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings) a group of many islands in a large body of water a bishop of highest rank glowing or shining like fire feelings of great warmth and intensity malicious burning to destroy property a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable present reasons and arguments someone who engages in debate a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals Archipelago Archbishop Ardent Ardor Arson Argument Argue Arguer A Place For Aquarium (Suffix) Weapon, Armament Implements Armada , Arms, Armadillo Tools Armory Armistice Disarm Unarmed 64 Art Skill, Craft Artifice Artifact Artist Artisan 65 Artill Equip 66 Aster Star 67 Astr Star Artificial Artillery 69 Athl Atroc Contest Cruel weaponry used by military or naval force a large fleet burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates a place where arms are manufactured a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms remove offensive capability from (used of persons or the military) not having or using arms a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture) a man a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft Astronaut Astronomer Pentathlon artificially formal Artillery is a class of heavy military weapons built to fire munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry's small arms a star shaped like a star star an act that has disastrous consequences a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole a person trained to travel in a spacecraft a physicist who studies astronomy an athletic contest consisting of five different events Decathlon an athletic contest consisting of ten different events Ahlete a person who is proficient in sports and other forms of physical exercise an act of atrocious cruelty Asterisk Asteroid Aster Disaster Astrology Astronomy 68 Definition Atrocity PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning 70 Au Bird 71 Auct Increase 72 Aud Hear, Listen Examples Atrocious Auspices Inauspicious Auction provoking horror kindly endorsement and guidance not auspicious the public sale of something to the highest bidder Auctioneer Audit an agent who conducts an auction a methodical examination or review of a condition or situation a test of the suitability of a performer heard or perceptible by the ear a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority disposed to venture or take risks enlarge or increase profoundly honored an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy of the south or coming from the south a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence containing within itself the means of propulsion or movement operating with minimal human intervention a cruel and oppressive dictator a person's own signature functioning in a subsidiary or supporting capacity Audition Audible Audience Obedient 73 74 Audac Aug Bold, Dare Increase Audacious Augment August Augury Augur 75 Austr South, The Austral South Wind Australia 76 Auto Self Autonomy Automotive 77 Auxil 78 Av 79 Aval 80 81 Bast Bat Help, Increase Bird Descend Rapidly Build Beat Definition Automatic Autocrat Autograph Auxiliary Aviation Aviary Avian Avionics Auspice Avalanche Bastion Rebate Debate Battle Battalion Abate Combat Batter the art of operating aircraft a building where birds are kept pertaining to or characteristic of birds science and technology of electronic systems and devices for aeronautics and astronautics a favorable omen a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things projecting part of a rampart or other fortification a refund of some fraction of the amount paid the formal presentation of and opposition to a stated proposition (usually followed by a vote) a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war an army unit usually consisting of a headquarters and three or more companies become less in amount or intensity an engagement fought between two military forces a flour mixture thin enough to pour or drop from a spoon PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Battery 82 Be On All Sides; Overly; With A Quality 83 Bel Beautiful, Fair, Fine Abate Bedraggle Behavior Belittle Beseech Bestow Betray Bewildering Embellish Belle Belvedere Belmont 84 85 Bell War Bene Rebellion Rebel Well, Good Benefactor Bellicose Belligerent Antebellum Benefit Benevolent Benefice 86 Benediction Benign Biography Bi Life 87 Bi Biology Amphibious Two, Twice Bipartisan Bipolar Binary 88 Bibl Book Bibliography Biblical 89 Bio Life Bibliophile Biopsy Definition an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact become less in amount or intensity make wet and dirty, as from rain manner of acting or controlling yourself lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of ask for or request earnestly give as a gift reveal unintentionally causing bafflement make more beautiful a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals a gazebo sited to command a fine view a racetrack for thoroughbred racing in Elmont on Long Island having or showing a ready disposition to fight engaged in war belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War organized opposition to authority used by Northerners of Confederate soldiers a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help) something that aids or promotes well generous in providing aid to others an endowed church office giving income to its holder a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence an account of the series of events making up a person's life the science that studies living organisms operating or living on land and in water supported by both sides having two poles consisting of two (units or components or elements or terms) or based on two a list of writings with time and place of publication (such as the writings of a single author or the works referred to in preparing a document etc.) of or pertaining to or contained in or in accordance with the Bible someone who loves (and usually collects) books examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease Biology Antibiotic Biometrics the science that studies living organisms of or relating to antibiotic drugs a branch of biology that studies biological phenomena and observations by means of statistical analysis Amphibious operating or living on land and in water PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Definition Autobiography a biography of yourself Biogenic Biodegradable Symbiosis 90 Blust 91 Bole Bluster Blusterous Blustery Throw, Put Metabolism Blow Violently Hyperbole Symbol Parable 92 Bomb Booming Noise Bombard Bombardment 93 Bon Good 94 Botan Herb 95 Boun Good 96 Brac 97 Brev The Two Arms Short Bonny Bonus Bonanza Botanical Botany Bountiful Bounty Bracelet Embrace Brevity Abbreviate Breviary 98 Bri 99 Bull 100 Burs Brief Brief, Short Abridge Brief Boil, Bullet Bubble Bullion Bulletin 101 By Money, Purse Side 102 Cad Fall, Sink 103 Cada Corpse Ebullient Bursar Disburse Bypass Bystander Cadence Decadence Caducous Cadaver essential for maintaining the fundamental life processes capable of being decomposed by e.g. bacteria the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent a violent gusty wind blowing in violent and abrupt bursts noisily domineering the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life extravagant exaggeration something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible (New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message a large shawm the act (or an instance) of subjecting a body or substance to the impact of high very pleasing to the eye anything that tends to arouse an especially rich vein of precious ore of or relating to plants or botany the branch of biology that studies plants producing in abundance a ship of the British navy jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration a close affectionate and protective acceptance the attribute of being brief or fleeting shorten (Roman Catholic Church) a book of prayers to be recited daily certain priests and members of religious orders concise and succinct lessen, diminish, or curtail concise and succinct a projectile that is fired from a gun gold or silver in bars or ingots a brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast) joyously unrestrained the treasurer at a college or university pay out a road that takes traffic around the edge of a town a nonparticipant spectator a recurrent rhythmical series the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities shed at an early stage of development the dead body of a human being PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 104 Cal 105 Calc Meaning Beautiful, Beauty Tread, Press Examples Cadaverous Calisthenics of or relating to a cadaver or corpse light exercises designed to promote general fitness Calligraphy Calomel beautiful handwriting a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic an optical toy in a tube teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions a waterproof sealant and filler that is used in building and repair to make watertight monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg marked by stubborn resistance to authority capable of being calculated or estimated the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations the act of burning with steam or hot water a very large pot that is used for boiling unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure Kaleidoscope Inculcate Caulk 106 Calcu Pebble Definition Cockatrice Recalcitrant Calculable Calculus Calculator 107 Cald Hot 108 Calor Heat Scald Caldron Calorie 109 Camp Field Caloric Encampment of or relating to calories in food the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp Scamp Campaign one who is playfully mischievous an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa) Campus a field on which the buildings of a university are situated Championship a competition at which a champion is chosen 110 Can 111 Cand Dog Canine Kennel Burn, Glow Incandescent Candle Candor Incendiary 112 Candid 113 Cant White, Clear, Sincere Candid Candidate Sing, Song Recant Incantation Cantata of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog emitting light as a result of being heated stick of wax with a wick in the middle the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or burning readily openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Accentuate Accent 114 Cap 115 Capit Incentive Capable Take, Seize, Hold Capacious Captor Head Captive Captious Capacity Captivate Decapitate Capital Captain Capitalism Capitulate Capitation Precipitous Precipitate 116 Capitul 117 Capt Chapter, Head Head 118 Cardi Heart Capitulate Recapitulate Captain Cape Cardiac Cardiology Pericardium 119 Caric Load, Wagon Caricature Career Carriage 120 Carmen 121 Carn Song, Magical Formula Flesh Chariot Charm Charming Definition put stress on a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation a positive motivational influence (usually followed by òf') having capacity or ability large in capacity a person who captures and holds people or animals giving or marked by complete attention to tending to find and call attention to faults a specified function attract cut the head of uppercase a dining an economic system based on private ownership of capital surrender under agreed conditions a tax levied on the basis of a fixed amount per person characterized by precipices done with very great haste and without due deliberation surrender under agreed conditions summarize briefly a dining a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter of or relating to the heart the branch of medicine dealing with the heart and its diseases a serous membrane with two layers that surrounds the heart a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect the general progression of your working or professional life a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses Carnelian Reincarnate Carnage Carnal Carnation Carrion Carnival a light four something believed to bring good luck possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers a translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony having a new body the savage and excessive killing of many people of or relating to the body or flesh pink or pinkish the dead and rotting body of an animal a festival marked by merrymaking and processions Carnivorous (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 122 Cart Meaning A Paper Examples Cartoon Cartel Cartridge Carte-Blanche 123 Cas Fall, Sink 124 Cas/Cid/C Fall, Sink ad 125 Cast 126 Cata 127 Cauld 128 Caus 129 Caust 130 Caut 131 Cav Pure, Chaste Down Cartouche Cartography Cascade Casualty Occasional Casual Cascade Casualty Occasional Cadence Castigate Caste Hollow a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet complete freedom or authority to act a cartridge (usually with paper casing) the making of maps and charts a succession of stages or operations or processes or units a decrease of military personnel or equipment occurring from time to time hasty and without attention to detail a succession of stages or operations or processes or units a decrease of military personnel or equipment occurring from time to time a recurrent rhythmical series inflict severe punishment on a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth Chastise Catastrophe Catapult Cataclysm Catalyst censure severely a sudden violent change in the earth's surface medieval artillery used during sieges an event resulting in great loss and misfortune something that causes an important event to happen Catacomb an underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome) a large waterfall a sudden violent change in the earth's surface a very large pot that is used for boiling a justification for something existing or happening Cataract Catastrophe Warm, Hot Cauldron Cause Reason, Sake, Causal Motive, Causality Case Burn, Heat Caustic Cauterize Guard Against Definition Cautious Caution Cavity involving or constituting a cause the relation between causes and effects of a substance, especially a strong acid burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent an act of great destruction and loss of life a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc. cautious in attitude and careful in actions the trait of being cautious (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body Excavate Cavernous remove the inner part or the core of being or suggesting a cavern Holocaust Precaution PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 132 Cave 133 Ceas 134 Ced 135 Ced/Cess 136 Ceed 137 Ceipt Meaning Examples Definition Concave curving inward Caveat Emptor the principle that the buyer alone is responsible for checking the quality and suitability of goods before a purchase is made Caution the trait of being cautious Go, Yield Deceased dead Antecedent preceding in time or order Go, Yield Accede take on duties or office Concede be willing to concede Intercede act between parties with a view to reconciling differences Precede furnish with a preface or introduction Recede become faint or more distant Secede withdraw from an organization or communion Cede relinquish possession or control over Precedent preceding in time, order, or significance Go, Yield Ancestry inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline Procedure a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings Recede become faint or more distant Succession acquisition of property by descent or by will Proceed follow a certain course Go, Yield Exceed go beyond Succeed be the successor (of) Take, Receipt an acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment Hold, Seize has been made Guard Against, Beware 138 Ceit Take, Conceit Hold, Seize the trait of being unduly vain and conceited 139 Ceiv Deceive Take, Hold, Seize Conceive Heaven Celestial Ceiling Crowd, Celebrate Honor, Celebrity Solemnize Celebration Speed, Celerity Swift Accelerate Hundred Century Centurion Centipede cause someone to believe an untruth become pregnant of heaven or the spirit the overhead upper surface of a room have a celebration a widely known person any joyous diversion a rate that is rapid move faster a period of 100 years (ancient Rome) the leader of 100 soldiers chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs the foremost being modified into poison fangs 140 Cel 141 Celebr 142 Celer 143 Cent 144 Centr Center Centennial of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years Eccentric Epicenter not having a common center the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake in or near a center or constituting a center having a common center tending to move away from a center Central Concentric Centrifugal PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Egocentric 145 Cept Accept Take, Seize, Hold Conception Receptacle Concept Exception Intercept Acceptable Deception Reception Susceptible 146 Cerebr Brain Cerebral 147 Cern Separate, Observe Unconcern Discern Discreet Secret Concern 148 Cert Sure, Settled Concert Ascertain Uncertain Certify Certificate 149 Cess Go, Yield Ancestry Ancestor Succession Success Excess Concession Incessant Definition limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs tolerate or accommodate oneself to the act of becoming pregnant a container that is used to put or keep things in an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances a deliberate act of omission the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis worthy of acceptance or satisfactory the act of deceiving the act of receiving (often followed by òf' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct a feeling of lack of concern detect with the senses marked by prudence or modesty and wise self the next to highest level of official classification for documents something that interests you because it is important or affects you a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging learn or discover with certainty ambiguous (especially in the negative) declare legally insane a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) acquisition of property by descent or by will an attainment that is successful more than is needed, desired, or required a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business occurring so frequently as to seem ceaseless or uninterrupted marked by blithe unconcern 150 Chal Heat, Warm Nonchalant 151 Champ Field 152 Chand Burn, Glow Chandelier branched lighting fixture 153 Chant 154 Char Sing Wagon, Load Pure, Chaste Pour Out, Enchanting Chariot Discharge Chastise capturing interest as if by a spell a light four the act of discharging a gun censure severely Chemistry the science of matter 155 Chast 156 Che Championship a competition at which a champion is chosen PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples 158 Cher Dear Cherish Charity Caress 159 Chor Dance, Chorus Choreography a scientist who specializes in chemistry a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times one who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the philosopher's stone to gain with effort capable of existing or taking place or proving true a person with a record of successes for the most part reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others be fond of an activity or gift that benefits the public at large a gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it) a notation used by choreographers Chorus any utterance produced simultaneously by a group Choir Chorea Suicide Genocide Homicide the area occupied by singers any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs a threadlike body in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order being or having or characterized by hue a record or narrative description of past events being long the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events make synchronous and adjust in time or manner an artifact that belongs to another time anything that happens by chance without an apparent cause the striking of a light beam on a surface without advance planning habitual relapse into crime (of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the western hemisphere the quality of occupying the same position or area in space a gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast moves his legs as the blades of scissors move the act of killing yourself systematic killing of a racial or cultural group the killing of a human being by another human being Regicide the act of killing a king Mix Chemist Alchemy Definition Alchemist 157 Chef Head, End Achieve Achievable Achiever Chiefly Mischief Kerchief 160 Chrom Color, Pigment 161 Chron Time 162 Cid Fall, Sink Chromosome Chromatic Chronicle Chronic Chronology Synchronize Anachronism Accident Incidence Accidentally Recidivism Deciduous Occidental Coincidence 163 Cide Cut, Kill, Slay Scissors PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning 164 Cil Unite, Bring Together 165 Cili Eyelid 166 Cinct 167 Cine 168 Cip 169 Cipit 170 Circ 171 Circum 172 Cise Examples Definition Fratricide Insecticide Decide the murder of your sibling a chemical used to kill insects reach, make, or come to a decision about something Concise Precise Council Reconcile Conciliate Conciliatory expressing much in few words sharply exact or accurate or delimited a meeting of people for consultation come to terms make compatible with intended or likely to overcome animosity or hostility expressive of contempt of or relating to the human eyelash Bind briefly giving the gist of something a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes Cincture a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers Cinematic of or pertaining to or characteristic of the cinema Motion Cinema a theater where films are shown Picture, Cinematograph the act of making a film Move y Incipient only partly in existence Take, a person who gets something Hold, Seize Recipient Recipe directions for making something Anticipate be a forerunner of or occur earlier than Reciprocate alternate the direction of motion of Discipline training to improve strength or self Emancipate give equal rights to Head Precipitous characterized by precipices Precipitate done with very great haste and without due deliberation Ring, Circle Circle any circular or rotating mechanism Circus performance given by a traveling company of acrobats clowns and trained animals Circuitous marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct Circular marked by or moving in a circle Circulate cause to become widely known Circuit an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow On All Circumspect heedful of potential consequences Sides, Circumference the size of something as given by the distance around it Around Circumlocution an indirect way of expressing something Cut, Kill Supercilious Ciliary Succinct Precinct Circumnavigati traveling around something (by ship or plane) on Precision the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance Precise sharply exact or accurate or delimited Incision the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation) Incisive suitable for cutting or piercing PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Exorcise Scissors Concise Chisel Definition expel through adjuration or prayers a gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast moves his legs as the blades of scissors move expressing much in few words an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge Decisive 173 Cit Arouse, Summon, Set In Motion 174 Civ Citizen 175 Claim Call Out, Declare 176 Clar Clear 177 Claus Close determining or having the power to determine an outcome Excite produce a magnetic field in Incite provoke or stir up Recitation a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance Solicitous showing hovering attentiveness Illicit contrary to accepted morality (especially sexual morality) or convention Resuscitate cause to regain consciousness Civic of or relating or belonging to a city Uncivilized without civilizing influences Civil of or in a condition of social order Civvies civilian garb as opposed to a military uniform Civilization a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations) Proclaim state or announce Acclaim enthusiastic approval Exclaim utter aloud Claim demand for something as rightful or due Reclaim make useful again Claimant someone who claims a benefit or right or title Exclamation an abrupt excited utterance Proclamation the formal act of proclaiming Clarity free from obscurity and easy to understand Clarion loud and clear Declare state firmly Clarinet a single Claustrophobia a morbid fear of being closed in a confined space Clause (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence Chanticleer a name given to a domestic cock, especially in fairy tales change toward something smaller or lower cause to recline an inclined surface connecting two levels the decisive moment in a novel or play a natural inclination an upward slope or grade (as in a road) a downward slope or bend a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions) disclose to view as by removing a cover surround completely 178 Cleer Clear 179 Clin Bend, Decline Slant, Recline Lean, Slope Incline Climax Slope Proclivity Acclivity Declivity Close, Shut Cloister 180 Cliv 181 Clois 182 Clos Close, Shut Disclose Enclose PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 183 Clud 184 Clus Meaning Examples Shut, Close Conclude Preclude Include Exclude bring to a close make impossible, especially beforehand add as part of something else prevent from being included or considered or accepted Occlude Seclude Shut, Close Seclusion Inclusive Occlusion block passage through keep away from others the act of secluding yourself from others including much or everything (dentistry) the normal spatial relation of the teeth when the jaws are closed withdrawn from society make impossible, especially beforehand the act of secluding yourself from others including much or everything withdrawn from society transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass make a concoction (of) by mixing appearing or developing early small round bread leavened with baking (pharmacology) the extraction by boiling of water attentive consideration and meditation Recluse 185 Clus/Clud Close, Shut Preclude Seclusion Inclusive Recluse 186 Coagu Curdle Coagulate 187 Coct Cook, Boil 188 Cogit Think, Know, Ponder Know 189 Cognit Concoct Precocious Biscuit Decoction Cogitation Incognito Cognition Coherence with your identity concealed the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body an expert able to appreciate a field range or scope of what is perceived (sometimes followed by òf') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception perceive to be the same (law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts Committee a special group delegated to consider some matter Recognition 190 Cogniz Know Cognoscenti Cognizance Cognizant Recognize Recognizance 191 Com Definition With, Together Communicatio something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups n Comparative having significance only in relation to something else Compassion the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it Compensation something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) Complication Compulsion the act or process of complicating using force to cause something PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning 192 Com Revelry, Banquet 193 Commun Common Examples Comedy Comic Encomium Communicate Commune Compare Comparative light and humorous drama with a happy ending of or relating to or characteristic of comedy a formal expression of praise transmit thoughts or feelings a body of people or families living together and sharing everything (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other qualities that are comparable having significance only in relation to something else Comparability qualities that are comparable Community 194 Compar 195 Comtemn 196 Con 197 Conn 198 Consul 199 Contra Alike, Matching Despise, Scorn Contempt a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body Contemptuous expressing extreme contempt Contemptible Conifer Conical Know Reconnaissanc e Deliberate, Consult Consultation Take Counsel, Contradict Opposite, Contrast Against Cone Contrary Contrarian 200 Copi Controversy Cornucopia Plenty, Abundance Copious Copyright 201 Cord Heart 202 Corn Horn Cordiality Accord Cordate Discord Concordance Recorder Capricorn Cornucopia Cornea Cornet Unicorn 203 Coron Crown Definition Corner Corona deserving of contempt or scorn any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones relating to or resembling a cone the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy) advise professionally a conference between two or more people to consider a particular question deny the truth of the act of distinguishing by comparing differences resistant to guidance or discipline an investor who deliberately decides to go against the prevailing wisdom of other investors a contentious speech act the property of being extremely abundant large in number or quantity (especially of discourse) a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work a cordial disposition sympathetic compatibility (of a leaf) shaped like a heart strife resulting from a lack of agreement an index of all main words in a book along with their immediate contexts equipment for making records the tenth sign of the zodiac the property of being extremely abundant transparent anterior portion of the outer covering of the eye a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone an imaginary creature represented as a white horse with a long horn growing from its forehead the intersection of two streets a long cigar with blunt ends PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Coronation Coronet Coroner Cornice Corolla Corollary 204 Corp Body Corpulent Corporation 205 Cort Court Corpse Incorporate Corporal Corset Cortege 206 Cosm World, Universe, Order, Ornament Microcosm Cosmopolitan Cosmonaut Cosmetic 207 Counter Against Cosmic Countermand Counteract 208 Cour Heart 209 Cour Run 210 Cours Run 211 Court Garden, Enclosure, Farmyard 212 Crac Govern 213 Crat Govern Definition the ceremony of installing a new monarch margin between the skin of the pastern and the horn of the hoof a public official who investigates by inquest any death not due to natural causes the topmost projecting part of an entablature (botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth (logic) an inference that follows directly from the proof of another proposition excessively fat a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state the dead body of a human being formed or united into a whole possessing or existing in bodily form a woman's close the group following and attending to some important person a miniature model of something of worldwide scope or applicability a person trained to travel in a spacecraft serving an aesthetic purpose in beautifying the body inconceivably extended in space or time a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions Counterfeit Encouragemen t Courier Course Coarse Recourse Discourse Concourse Courtly Courteous not genuine the expression of approval and support Courtesy Aristocracy Theocracy Democracy a courteous or respectful or considerate act the most powerful members of a society the belief in government by divine guidance the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives Autocracy a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual a political system governed by the wealthy people a cruel and oppressive dictator a member of the aristocracy an advocate of democratic principles Plutocracy Autocrat Aristocrat Democrat a person who carries a message as might be expected conspicuously and tastelessly indecent act of turning to for assistance extended verbal expression in speech or writing a coming together of people refined or imposing in manner or appearance characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 214 Creas 215 Creat 216 Cred Meaning Examples Technocrat Grow, Rise Increase Decrease Creative Make, Creature Create Recreation Procreate Uncreative Credo Believe Incredible Incredulous Credence Creed Credentials 217 Creet Increase, Grow 218 Cresc Grow, Increase Increase, Grow 219 Cret 220 Crimin Crime, Distinguish Creditor Credibility Discreet Secrete Accretion Concrete Crescendo Crescent Accretion Concrete Crescent Secrete Discriminate Recriminate 221 Crit Choose, Separate, A Judge 222 Cruc Cross 223 Crus Cross Definition an advocate of technocracy the act of increasing something the act of decreasing or reducing something promoting construction or creation a human being activity that refreshes and recreates have offspring or young not creative any system of principles or beliefs beyond belief or understanding not disposed or willing to believe the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true any system of principles or beliefs a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts a person to whom money is owed by a debtor the quality of being believable or trustworthy marked by prudence or modesty and wise self generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids (law) an increase in a beneficiary's share in an estate (as when a co capable of being perceived by the senses gradually increasing in volume resembling the new moon in shape (law) an increase in a beneficiary's share in an estate (as when a co capable of being perceived by the senses resembling the new moon in shape generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions Critique return an accusation against someone or engage in mutual accusations guilty of crime or serious offense marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws someone who frequently finds fault or makes harsh and unfair judgments a serious examination and judgment of something Criterion the ideal in terms of which something can be judged Hypocrite a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives of extreme importance subject to torture kill by nailing onto a cross any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims an ocean trip taken for pleasure Criminal Critical Critic Crucial Excruciate Crucify Crusade Cruise PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning 224 Crypt Hidden, Vault 225 Cub Lie Down, Sit 226 Culp Blame, Fault, Offense 227 Cult Till 228 Cumb Lie Down, Recline 229 Cumul Heap, Pile, Amass Run 230 Cur 231 Cura Care, Attention Examples Cryptic Apocryphal Cryptography Cubicle Incubate Incubus having a puzzling terseness being of questionable authenticity act of writing in code or cipher small area set off by walls for special use grow under conditions that promote development a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women Culpable Curate Curative Curator deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious someone who perpetrates wrongdoing suggest that someone is guilty pronounce not guilty of criminal charges the cultivation of plants the class of people engaged in growing food denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people prepare for crops lying down currently holding an office be fatally overwhelmed having stems that trail along the ground without putting down roots hold back a globular cloud marked by acquiring or amassing happen simultaneously occurring in or belonging to the present time make oneself subject to come to one's mind happen or occur again conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns) a person authorized to conduct religious worship tending to cure or restore to health the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library) Procure Secure Sinecure Cure get by special effort free from fear or doubt an office that involves minimal duties a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain Manicure Pedicure Concurrent Recurrent Occurrence Currency Cursory Excursion Incursion professional care for the hands and fingernails professional care for the feet and toenails occurring or operating at the same time recurring again and again an instance of something occurring general acceptance or use hasty and without attention to detail a journey taken for pleasure the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers) Culprit Inculpate Exculpate Horticulture Agriculture Cultural Cultivate Recumbent Incumbent Succumb Procumbent Encumber Cumulus Accumulative Concur Current Incur Occur Recur Accurate Curious 232 Curr Run 233 Curs Run Definition PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Precursor 234 Cus 235 Cycl Accusation a person who goes before or announces the coming of another not excusable challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence Excusable Excuse Cyclical Cyclone Unicycle easily excused or forgiven a note explaining an absence recurring in cycles a violent rotating windstorm a vehicle with a single wheel that is driven by pedals Cyclops Encyclopedia minute free a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty Bicycle a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals Inexcusable Reason, Sake, Case Recuse Circle, Wheel Tricycle Cycle Perdition a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon a cynical feeling of distrust someone who is critical of the motives of others something that strongly attracts attention and admiration instructive (especially excessively) delicately beautiful a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient an important or influential (and often overbearing) person angered at something unjust or wrong sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil Tradition Dedication Deficiency Delegation an inherited pattern of thought or action complete and wholehearted fidelity lack of an adequate quantity or number authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions Deliberate Delusion Desolate Destination Destructive by conscious design or purpose the act of deluding crushed by grief the ultimate goal for which something is done causing destruction or much damage 236 Cyn Dog Cynicism Cynic Cynosure 237 Dact 238 Dain Teach Worthy Didactic Dainty Disdain Dignitary 239 Dat Give Indignant Date Mandate Edition 240 De Away, Off, Reversal, Undoing, Downward Completely Definition PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning 241 Deb 242 Debt 243 Deca Owe Owe Ten 244 Decor Beauty, Elegance, Splendor Examples Definition Debenture Indebtedness Decathlon a certificate or voucher acknowledging a debt an obligation to pay money to another party an athletic contest consisting of ten different events Decade Decoration a period of 10 years the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive) propriety in manners and conduct characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. Decorum Decorous Decorate 245 Dei God Deify Deity 246 Del Destroy, Erase 247 Dem People, Common People Indelible Deleterious Delete Deletion Democracy exalt to the position of a God any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force cannot be removed, washed away or erased harmful to living things remove or make invisible the act of deleting something written or printed the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives Demagogue 248 Demi Half 249 Demon Demon an orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience Epidemic (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease Demitasse small coffee cup Demigod a person with great powers and abilities Demijohn large bottle with a short narrow neck Pandemonium a state of extreme confusion and disorder 250 Dendr Tree Dendrite 251 Dens Thick, Close Dense Density Condense Condensation slow to learn or understand the amount per unit size undergo condensation (psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol 252 Dent Tooth Denture a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth of or relating to the teeth small pointed ridge on the exoskeleton of an arthropod short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron Philodendron often grown as a houseplant Rhododendron any shrub of the genus Rhododendron: evergreen shrubs or small shrubby trees having leathery leaves and showy clusters of campanulate (bell Dental Denticle Dentifrice Trident Indentation a substance for cleaning the teeth a spear with three prongs the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 253 Derm Meaning Skin Examples Epidermis Dermatology Pachyderm Taxidermy 254 Dexter 255 Dextr RightHand; RightHand; Skillful Hypodermic Dexterous Dexterity Ambidextrous Dextrose 256 Di 257 Dia Day Through, Between, Apart Sundial Diurnal Meridian Diary Quotidian Dietitian Dialog Dialect Diameter Diagnosis Diabetes Digress 258 Dicat Declare, Speak Abdicate Predicate Dedicate 259 Dict Speak, Say, Declare Indicate Abdicate Indictment Dedication Edict Dictatorial Addicted Dictate Definition the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates the branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its diseases any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin: elephant the art of mounting the skins of animals so that they have lifelike appearance relating to or located below the epidermis skillful in physical movements adroitness in using the hands marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another an isomer of glucose that is found in honey and sweet fruits timepiece that indicates the daylight hours by the shadow that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial having a daily cycle or occurring every day of or happening at noon a personal journal (as a physical object) found in the ordinary course of events a specialist in the study of nutrition a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations one of the two main constituents of a sentence set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church indicate a place, direction, person, or thing give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations a formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense complete and wholehearted fidelity a formal or authoritative proclamation of or characteristic of a dictator compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit a guiding principle PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Contradict Diction deny the truth of the manner in which something is expressed in words Dictionary a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity make a prediction about (law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult) the student with the best grades who usually delivers the valedictory address at commencement Interdict Predict Verdict Benediction Malediction Valedictorian 260 Dign Worthy, Merited Indignant Dignitary Dignity Dignify Disdain 261 Dilig 262 Direct From French 263 Direct From Old English 264 DirectLatin & German 265 Dis 266 Dis Diligence Choose, Select, Like Diligent Crib, Nursery Definition Creche angered at something unjust or wrong an important or influential (and often overbearing) person the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect raise the status of a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks a hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for To Be Hale Wassail a punch made of sweetened ale or wine heated with spices and roasted apples Aromatic Gum Myrrh aromatic resin that is burned as incense and used in perfume Not, None Discreet Disgrace Dismal Dispel Disposable Disrupt Dissolve marked by prudence or modesty and wise self a state of dishonor causing dejection force to go away designed to be disposed of after use throw into disorder (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next Distortion Apart, Disperse Asunder, Dissociate Away From Dissolve Dissipate Disseminate the mistake of misrepresenting the facts move away from each other to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next live a life or pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption cause to become widely known PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 267 Dit Meaning Give Examples Editorial Addition Tradition Extradite Edition Perdition 268 Dit/Dat 269 Divid Give, Push Addition Editorial Divide 270 Divin Divine 271 Divis Divide 272 Doc Teach Extradite Tradition Dividend Divide Individual Devise Division Device Divinity Divine Division Devise Divisor Indivisible Docile Doctrine Documentary Dogmatic Doctorate Indoctrinate Doctor 273 Dogm Opinion Dogmatic Dogma 274 Dol Grieve, Worry, Suffer Indolent Condole Condolence Doleful Indolence Dolorous Definition of or relating to an article stating opinions or giving perspectives the act of adding one thing to another an inherited pattern of thought or action hand over to the authorities of another country the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil the act of adding one thing to another of or relating to an article stating opinions or giving perspectives hand over to the authorities of another country an inherited pattern of thought or action a bonus a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility) being or characteristic of a single thing or person (law) a gift of real property by will the act or process of dividing any clever maneuver the quality of being divine being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods the act or process of dividing (law) a gift of real property by will the number by which a dividend is divided impossible of undergoing division willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school relating to or consisting of or derived from documents characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university teach doctrines to children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative (of tumors e.g) slow to heal or develop and usually painless express one's sympathetic grief, on the occasion of someone's death an expression of sympathy with another's grief filled with or evoking sadness inactivity resulting from a dislike of work showing sorrow PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 275 Dom 276 Domin Meaning House Lord, Master Examples Domestic Domicile produced in a particular country (law) the residence where you have your permanent home or principal establishment and to where, whenever you are absent, you intend to return Dome Domain a hemispherical roof a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about have dominance or the power to defeat over rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner one of the self a small rectangular block used in playing the game of dominoes having superior power and influence a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense excuse, overlook, or make allowances for person who makes a gift of property act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage a reward or payment indicating the most important performer or role Dominate Domineer Dominion Domino 277 Don Give, Gift Predominate Pardon Condone Donor Donation Dowry 278 Donna 279 Dorm Lady (Italian) Sleep 280 Dors Back Definition Guerdon Prima Donna Dormitory Dormant Dormer Dorsal Endorse Dossier Do-Si-Do an Italian woman of rank a college or university building containing living quarters for students inactive but capable of becoming active a gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window belonging to or on or near the back or upper surface of an animal or organ or part sign as evidence of legal transfer a collection of papers containing detailed information about a particular person or subject (usually a person's record) Si an ornamental hanging of rich fabric hung behind the altar of a church or at the sides of a chancel 281 Dos A Giving Dossal Dose 282 Dot Given Anecdote a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time Endowment Antidote short account of an incident (especially a biographical one) the act of endowing with a permanent source of income 283 Dou Doubt Doubtful a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison 284 Dox Opinion, Glory, Praise Paradox Orthodox Doxology fraught with uncertainty or doubt (logic) a statement that contradicts itself adhering to what is commonly accepted PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 285 Dra Meaning Perform, Act, Play 286 Drom A Running 287 Dub Doubt 288 Duc 289 Duct Examples Dramatize a hymn or verse in Christian liturgy glorifying God Drastic Drama Hippodrome Syndrome Palindrome Dromedary represent something in a dramatic manner forceful and extreme and rigorous the quality of being arresting or highly emotional a stadium for horse shows or horse races a complex of concurrent things a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward one not convinced too obvious to be doubted lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct reason by deduction give an education to deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning) be conducive to reason or establish by induction formerly a gold coin of various European countries Dubious Indubitable Lead, Bring Seduce Deduce Educate Educe Conduce Induce Ducat Lead, Bring Induct Seductive Aqueduct Conductive Product Abduction Deduction 290 Dulc Sweet Dulcet Dulcimer Dulcify 291 Dur Hard 292 Dur Last 293 Dynam Power Dulcinea Obdurate Duress Durable Indurate Duration Endure Endurance Dynamite Dynamics Dynamism 294 Dys Bad, Ill, Sick, Abnormal, Impaired Definition Dysentery Dysfunction Dysplasia introduce or initiate tending to entice into a desired action or state a conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley having the quality or power of conducting heat or electricity or sound an artifact that has been created by someone or some process (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect) pleasing to the ear a trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers make sweeter in taste a woman who is a man's sweetheart showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings compulsory force or threat existing for a long time emotionally hardened continuance in time put up with something or somebody unpleasant the power to withstand hardship or stress an explosive containing nitrate sensitized with nitroglycerin absorbed on wood pulp the branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies the activeness of an energetic personality an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea (medicine) any disturbance in the function of an organ or body part PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning 295 E (Ec & Ef) Out Examples Emanate Ecstasy Eczema abnormal development (of organs or cells) or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth proceed or issue forth, as from a source leave an aircraft rapidly, using an ejection seat or capsule marked by complexity and richness of detail a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion Effect generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin Eject Elaborate 296 Eco 297 Ecu 298 Edif Effusive Environme Ecosystem nt, House Ecology Follow the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment Executive having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc. Execute Executor sign in the presence of witnesses a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place make understand uplifting enlightenment limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs a conceited and self a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme place into or assign to a category an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances travel around, through, or over, especially on foot Edifice 299 Ego Self, I Edify Edification Egocentric 300 Egor Speak Egotist Category Categorize Allegory 301 Egr Field, Land Peregrinate 302 Egri 303 Eido Field Image, Shape, Form Drive, Flexible Peregrination Kaleidoscope traveling or wandering around an optical toy in a tube Elasticity the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices an elementary particle with negative charge qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen Elastic 305 Electr Electric, Amber Electrode Electronics 306 Elig Select, (of a law) having legal validity extravagantly demonstrative a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment Eco-Activist Build 304 Ela Definition Electron Eligible PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Pick Out Examples Diligent Elegant 307 Emia Blood Condition (Suffix) Electorate Leukemia Anemia 309 En 310 Endo Take, Buy Peremptory Redemption Example an item of information that is representative of a type Exempt Premium Redeem In, Into, To Enchantment Enclosure Cover Or Contain Endure Energetic Engrave Enthusiastic Environmental Within, Inside 311 Enn Year 312 Epi Upon, Over, On The Outside Envision Endocrine Fit, Join having or reflecting superior quality or value convert into cash a magical spell the act of enclosing something inside something else put up with something or somebody unpleasant possessing or exerting or displaying energy carve, cut, or etch a design or letters into having or showing great excitement and interest concerned with the ecological effects of altering the environment picture to oneself of or belonging to endocrine glands or their secretions Endoscope a long slender medical instrument for examining the interior of a bodily organ or performing minor surgery Endothermic (of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with absorption of heat having a life cycle lasting two seasons of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years Biennial Centennial Perennial Epigram Epitaph Inept recurring again and again a witty saying an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series a brief abstract (as of an article or book) the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse Adept having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude Episode Epitome Epidermis 313 Ept characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style the body of enfranchised citizens malignant neoplasm of blood genus of terrestrial or lithophytic ferns having pinnatifid fronds a blood disorder consisting of an increase in the volume of circulating blood (of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject putting an end to all debate or action the act of purchasing back something previously sold Hypervolemia 308 Empt/Em Definition PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 314 Equ Meaning Equal, Same Examples Equitable Equal Equation Equilibrium Equinox Equivalent Equivocal Adequate Equity Equanimity Equivocate 315 Eque Horse 316 Erg Work 317 Err 318 Esce 319 Estim Wander either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length being essentially equal to something uncertain as a sign or indication (sometimes followed by `to') meeting the requirements especially of a task the ownership interest of shareholders in a corporation Allergy Energy Ergometer measuring instrument designed to measure power Aberration an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image Errant uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable Error (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed liable to sudden unpredictable change containing or characterized by error not liable to error fuse or cause to grow together to agree or express agreement in the state of development between puberty and maturity having a play of lustrous rainbow returning to health after illness or debility a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody Equestrian Equine Energetic Ergonomics Erratic Erroneous Unerring Process Of Coalesce Beginning, Acquiesce Becoming Adolescent (Suffix) Iridescent Convalescent Value Estimate Moral, Custom, Behavior implying justice dictated by reason, conscience, and a natural sense of what is fair to all well matched the act of regarding as equal a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head steadiness of mind under stress be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information of or relating to or featuring horseback riding of or belonging to the family Equidae possessing or exerting or displaying energy the branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments hypersensitivity reaction to a particular allergen an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing) Esteem 320 Eth Definition Ethos Ethical the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded) (anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 321 Ethic Meaning Moral, Behavior Examples Ethics Ethical Ethics Ethos 322 Eu Good, Well Eulogize Eulogy Euphonious Euphemism Euthanasia 323 Ex Excel Out, Out Of, Outside Exception Exclamation Exclusive Excursion Exotic Expectation Extensive 324 Exampl Sample, Pattern, Model 325 Exo Outside, Outer Beyond an item of information that is representative of a type Exemplary Exemplify Exotic Exogenous Exodus worthy of imitation clarify by giving an example of strikingly strange or unusual derived or originating externally a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law Extraneous Extrapolate Extravagance Extraordinary 327 Extrem Outward 328 Fa Speak the philosophical study of moral values and rules conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior the philosophical study of moral values and rules (anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era praise formally and eloquently a formal expression of praise for someone who has died recently having a pleasant sound an inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness) distinguish oneself a deliberate act of omission an abrupt excited utterance excluding much or all a journey taken for pleasure strikingly strange or unusual belief about (or mental picture of) the future large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity Example Exogamy 326 Extra Definition Extreme Extremity Extremeness Affable Fable Fabulous Ineffable Confabulate Fate Infantry not essential gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating excessive spending (of an official) serving an unusual or special function in addition to those of the regular officials most distant in any direction an external body part that projects from the body the quality of being extreme diffusing warmth and friendliness a short moral story (often with animal characters) barely credible too sacred to be uttered unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Preface 329 Fac Make, Do 330 Fac/Fic Do, Make 332 Fall Face, Form, Figure make easier a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help) Factor an independent variable in statistics Factory a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing Faculty one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind Facade the face or front of a building Faction a dissenting clique Olfactory of or relating to olfaction Facile performing adroitly and without effort Artificial artificially formal Deficiency lack of an adequate quantity or number Faculty one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind Magnificent characterized by grandeur Facade the face or front of a building Personification the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc. Suffice be sufficient Superficial being or affecting or concerned with a surface Faction a dissenting clique Olfactory of or relating to olfaction Proficient having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude Facial Superficial Deface Efface Surface Facade Infallible Deceive, Beguile, Err Fallacy Fallible Falter Fallacious 333 Fals 334 Fam Deceive Report, Public Opinion a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book Facilitate Benefactor Ratification 331 Faci Definition Falsify FALSE Falsification Falsetto Infamy Defame Famous Defamation making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it of or pertaining to the outside surface of an object being or affecting or concerned with a surface deface a building facade, for example make inconspicuous on the surface the face or front of a building incapable of failure or error a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning likely to fail or make errors the act of pausing uncertainly based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information falsify knowingly (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection the act of determining that something is false artificially high evil fame or public reputation charge falsely or with malicious intent widely known and esteemed a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 335 Fas 336 Fast 337 Fatu 338 Faul 339 Fav 340 Fect Meaning Examples Infamous Law, Right Nefarious Pride, Fastidious Conceit Infatuate Foolish, Silly, Feeble Fatuous Fatuity Default Deceive Fault Goodwill, To Be Make, Do, Act, Form Favorite Favor Confection Affect Affection Affectation Defect Defection Infect Infection 341 Feder Treaty, League Perfect Perfection Federal Confederate Confederation Counterfeit Surfeit Forfeit Defend Offend Indefensible Defensive 342 Feit/Fac Do, Make 343 Fend Strike 344 Fens Strike 345 Fer Offensive Refer Carry, Bear, Bring Reference Referee Suffer Defer Infer Confer Definition having an exceedingly bad reputation extremely wicked giving careful attention to detail arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way devoid of intelligence a ludicrous folly loss due to not showing up (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area) appealing to the general public an act of gracious kindness the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion a positive feeling of liking a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display a failing or deficiency withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility contaminate with a disease or microorganism (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure precisely accurate or exact the act of making something perfect national of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War the act of forming an alliance or confederation not genuine the state of being more than full surrendered as a penalty argue or speak in defense of cause to feel resentment or indignation incapable of being justified or explained intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another the act of referring or consulting (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play feel pain or be in pain submit or yield to another's wish or opinion believe to be the case have a conference in order to talk something over PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Definition Fertile Transfer capable of reproducing the act of transfering something from one form to another Vociferous conspicuously and offensively loud Odoriferous having a natural fragrance Circumference the size of something as given by the distance around it 346 Ferm 347 Ferv 348 Fess Cause To Rise, Leaven Ferment a substance capable of bringing about fermentation Fermentation a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances feelings of great warmth and intensity extremely hot form bubbles extremely hot confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith state insincerely (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place) offering fun and gaiety something experienced with great delight having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude Fervor Fervent Effervesce Fervid Speak, Talk Confess Boil Profess Confession Professional 349 Fest 350 Fic Feast Festival Make, Do Festive Feast Proficient Deficient Deficiency Difficult Efficacious 351 Fict 352 Fid inadequate in amount or degree lack of an adequate quantity or number not easy marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect Suffice be sufficient Magnificent characterized by grandeur Personification the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc. Superficial being or affecting or concerned with a surface Beneficiary having or arising from a benefice Fashion, Fictitious adopted in order to deceive Feign Fiction a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact Fictile capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material) written declaration made under oath Faith, Trust Affidavit Bona Fide genuine Confidential the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret Infidel a person who does not acknowledge your god Confide reveal in private Fidelity accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal Diffident lacking self PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Perfidious Defiance Fiduciary 353 Fig 354 Fil Make, Form, Feign, Shape Thread, Line Effigy Figment Disfigure Figure Figurative Configuration Filigree Filament Profile Fillet 355 Fin End, Limit Finale Finish Refine Indefinite Finesse Affinity Definitive Infinite Fine 356 Firm Strong, Steadfast, Firm Fixed, Fastened Prefix Suffix Transfixed Conflagration Flagrant Inflammatory characterized or caused by inflammation Confine Define Affirm Confirm Infirm Firmament Fixation Affix 358 Flagr Burn 359 Flam Burn tending to betray a defiant act relating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the holding of something in trust for another) a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture) a contrived or fantastic idea mar or spoil the appearance of a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal an arrangement of parts or elements delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire) a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current biographical sketch fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members the concluding part of any performance the act of finishing make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of not decided or not known subtly skillful handling of a situation a natural attraction or feeling of kinship supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement total and all characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment prevent from leaving or from being removed give a definition for the meaning of a word to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true make more firm lacking firmness of will or character or purpose the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected the property of being unyielding to the touch a health facility where patients receive treatment a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form an affix that is added in front of the word an affix that is added at the end of the word having your attention fixated as though by a spell a very intense and uncontrolled fire conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible Firmness Infirmary Confirmation 357 Fix Definition PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 360 Flect 361 Flex Meaning Bend Bend 362 Flict Strike, Dash 363 Flig Strike, Dash Flower 364 Flor Examples Flamboyant Genuflect Inflection Reflect Deflect richly and brilliantly colorful bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image deviation from a straight or normal course give evidence of the quality of turn aside and away from an initial or intended course Reflex Flexible without volition or conscious control bending and snapping back readily without breaking Flexor Circumflex a skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint a diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality Affliction Conflict Inflict Profligate a cause of great suffering and distress an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals) impose something unpleasant unrestrained by convention or morality Floral Florist resembling or made of or suggestive of flowers a shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold Florid inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments Flourish 365 Flu Flow Definition Fluent Fluid Flux Affluent Influence Effluence Flume smooth and unconstrained in movement subject to change in constant change having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value causing something without any direct or apparent effort the process of flowing out watercourse that consists of an open artificial chute filled with water for power or for carrying logs Superfluous Mellifluous Fluctuate Portfolio Foliage Folio 366 Fluctu 367 Foli A Wave Leaf 368 Forc Strong more than is needed, desired, or required pleasing to the ear be unstable the role of the head of a government department (architecture) leaf a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages Cinquefoil an ornamental carving consisting of five arcs arranged in a circle Defoliate deprived of leaves Exfoliate grow by producing or unfolding leaves Reinforcement information that makes more forcible or convincing 369 Fore Before, Previous, Forebode Forestall make a prediction about keep from happening or arising PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Earlier Examples Forecast Forebear Foretell Foreman Forehead 370 Form Shape, Form 371 Formid Fear 372 Fort Strong Conform Formula Definition a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop a person from whom you are descended indicate by signs a person who exercises control over workers the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits Deform Inform Transform Reform be similar, be in line with a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement alter the shape of (something) by stress give character or essence to change in outward structure or looks a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses Uniform Formidable Formidability Forte Comfort evenly spaced inspiring fear impressive difficulty used chiefly as a direction or description in music a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment Comfortable Effort Fortitude providing or experiencing physical well use of physical or mental energy strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage Fortification the addition of an ingredient for the purpose of enrichment (as the addition of alcohol to wine or the addition of vitamins to food) Reinforcement information that makes more forcible or convincing 373 Fortu 374 Fortun Casual, Chance, Luck Chance, Fortune Fortuitous occurring by happy chance Fortunate Fortune Misfortune presaging good fortune a large amount of wealth or prosperity unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event lowest support of a structure situated at or extending to great depth a person who founds or establishes some institution 375 Found Bottom, Foundation Foundation Profound Founder 376 Fourn Accomplish Furnish , Complete Performance Break Fractious Fraction Fracture Infraction Refract Fragment Break Fragile Fragment Fragmentation 377 Fract 378 Frag provide or equip with furniture any recognized accomplishment unpredictably difficult in operation a small part or item forming a piece of a whole the act of cracking something a crime less serious than a felony determine the refracting power of (a lens) an incomplete piece vulnerably delicate an incomplete piece the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning 379 Frater Brother 380 Fratr Brother 381 Frig Be Cold Examples Fraternity Fraternal Fratricide Friar Frigid Refrigerator Frigidity 382 Front Forehead, Face Frontal Affront 384 Frug 385 Fruit Enjoy, Fruit Thrift, Fruits Of The Earth Enjoy, Produce 386 Frustra In Vain 387 Fug Flee Fructose Frugal avoiding waste Fruitful productive or conducive to producing in abundance Fruition Frustrate Frustration Centrifuge enjoyment derived from use or possession treat cruelly an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension lasting for a markedly brief time a shelter from danger or hardship something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity tending to move away from a center the application of a gas or smoke to something for the purpose of disinfecting it a chemical substance used in fumigation the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group hasty and without attention to detail having ceased to exist or live being or involving basic facts or principles the act of financing come upon unexpectedly or after searching situated at or extending to great depth marked by quiet and caution and secrecy flow under pressure the action of pouring a liquid from one vessel to another the act of fusing (or melting) together mistake one thing for another spread out produced or growing in extreme abundance Fugitive Refuge Subterfuge 388 Fum Smoke Centrifugal Fumigation 389 Funct Perform Fumigant Function 390 Fund Bottom 391 Fur 392 Fus Steal Pour, Melt a social club for male undergraduates (of twins) derived from two separate fertilized ova the murder of your sibling a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms devoid of warmth and cordiality white goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures sexual unresponsiveness (especially of women) and inability to achieve orgasm during intercourse belonging to the front part a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect deal with (something unpleasant) head on audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits Confront Effrontery 383 Fruct Definition Perfunctory Defunct Fundamental Funding Found Profound Furtive Effusion Transfusion Fusion Confuse Diffuse Profuse PDF Download From :- www.mygknotes.com Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Infuse 393 Gam Marriage Effusive Monogamy Endogamy Polygamy Amalgamate Bigamy 394 Gastr Stomach 395 Gen Gastric Gastropod Gentle Kind, Race, Class Degenerate Genesis Gastronomy Congenial Generation Regeneration Genteel Indigenous Genealogy 396 Geo Earth, Soil, Ground Genetic Generosity Apogee Geode Geology 397 Geri 398 Germ Geocentric Geography Old Age Geriatric Seed, Bud, Germinate Vital Part Germane Germ 399 Geron Old Man 400 Gest Carry, Bring Gerontocracy Gerontology Gestation Digestion Gesture Suggest Congestion Register Definition introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes extravagantly demonstrative having only one spouse at a time marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law having more than one spouse at a time joined together into a whole the offense of marrying someone while you have a living spouse from whom no valid divorce has occurred the art and practice of choosing and preparing and eating good food relating to or involving the stomach a class of mollusks typically having a one having or showing a kindly or tender nature unrestrained by convention or morality the first book of the Old Testament: tells of creation used of plants the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production the activity of spiritual or physical renewal marked by refinement in taste and manners originating where it is found the study or investigation of ancestry and family history of or relating to the science of genetics acting generously apoapsis in Earth orbit (mineralogy) a hollow rock or nodule with the cavity usually lined with crystals a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks having the earth as the center study of the earth's surface of or relating to or practicing geriatrics cause to grow or sprout having close kinship and appropriateness a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism a political system governed by old men the scientific study of old age the conception and development of an idea or plan learning and coming to understand ideas and information motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling call to mind excessive crowding a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning 401 Glac Ice 402 Glom Ball Of Yarn Tongue, Language, Word Tongue 403 Gloss 404 Glot Examples Glacial Glacier Conglomerate Glossary Epiglottis 405 Glutin Glue, Bond Glutinous Gluten 406 Glyc Sugar Agglutinate Hypoglycemia Glycerol Triglyceride 407 Gnit/Not Know Cognizant Recognize Incognito Cognitive Cognition Recognition 408 Gno Know 409 Gon Corner, Angle Throat 410 Gorg 411 Grac Pleasing, Thankful 412 Grad Step, Go, Walk, Degree Acquaint Prognosticate Gnome Diagnose Agnostic Hexagon Polygon Gorge Gorgeous Gargle Gracious Grace Disgrace Gradient Definition relating to or derived from a glacier a slowly moving mass of ice composed of heterogeneous elements gathered into a mass an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge a flap of cartilage that covers the windpipe while swallowing having the sticky properties of an adhesive a protein substance that remains when starch is removed from cereal grains united as if by glue abnormally low blood sugar usually resulting from excessive insulin or a poor diet a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils glyceride occurring naturally in animal and vegetable tissues (sometimes followed by òf') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception perceive to be the same with your identity concealed of or being or relating to or involving cognition the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body inform indicate by signs a short pithy saying expressing a general truth determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis uncertain of all claims to knowledge a six a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides a deep ravine (usually with a river running through it) Congressional dazzlingly beautiful the sound produced while gargling disposed to bestow favors a disposition to kindness and compassion a state of dishonor the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal the successful completion of a program of study in a gradual manner having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends of or relating to congress Degrade lower the grade of something Graduation Gradually Aggressive Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Degree a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality Graduate of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree Ingredient Progress Gradual Transgress Transgression a component of a mixture or compound the act of moving forward toward a goal proceeding in small stages pass beyond (limits or boundaries) the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal of amnesia violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked Gradient Retrograde Aggression Congressman 413 Gramm A Letter, Written Character Progressive Congress Diagram Monogram Epigram Anagram Grammatical Programme 414 Grand Great, Large Definition Grandiose Grandeur a member of the United States House of Representatives advancing in severity the legislature of the United States government a drawing intended to explain how something works a graphic symbol consisting of 2 or more letters combined (usually your initials) a witty saying a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase conforming to the rules of grammar or usage accepted by native speakers a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand Grandstand a stand at a racecourse or stadium consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats that are under a protective roof Aggrandize add details to Grandiloquent puffed up with vanity 415 Graph Write Calligraphy Demography Graphite Autograph Geography Lithography Holograph beautiful handwriting the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors a person's own signature study of the earth's surface the act of making a lithographic print the intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 416 Grat Meaning Thankful, Pleasing 417 Grat/Grac Thankful, Pleasing 418 Grav Heavy, Weighty 419 Gred Step, Degree Thankful, Pleasing Herd, Flock 420 Gree 421 Greg Examples Seismograph a measuring instrument for detecting and measuring the intensity and direction and duration of movements of the ground (as an earthquake) Gratuitous Congratulate Ingrate Gratis Gratify Grateful Ingratiate Gratitude Disgrace Gracious Gratitude Ingrate Aggravate Engrave Gravity Gravitate Grieve Grievance Graveness Ingredient without cause express congratulations a person who shows no gratitude costing nothing yield (to) feeling or showing gratitude gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation a state of dishonor disposed to bestow favors a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation a person who shows no gratitude make worse carve, cut, or etch a design or letters into a solemn and dignified feeling move due to the pull of gravitation feel grief a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action a manner that is serious and solemn a component of a mixture or compound Agreement Disagreeable Aggregate compatibility of observations not to your liking gathered or tending to gather into a mass or whole Gregarious instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others the act of congregating conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible Congregation Egregious 422 Gress Step, Walk Aggression Egress Congressman Digress 423 Griev 424 Gyn 425 Gyr Heavy, Weighty Woman Definition Progressive Grievance Gynecology Misogyny Circle, Ring Gyrate Gyroscope Gyration violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked the act of coming (or going) out a member of the United States House of Representatives lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking advancing in severity a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action the branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and hygiene of women hatred of women to wind or move in a spiral course rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction the act of rotating in a circle or spiral Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Gyre 426 Hab Have, Hold Habit Habitual Haberdashery Behavior Rehabilitate 427 Habit 428 Hal 429 Hap 430 Harb 431 Hard 432 Harm Habitat Dwell, Live, Abide Inhabitant Habitation Habitual Inhale Breathe Halitosis Exhalation Inhalant By Chance Haphazard Mishap Hapless Happen Shelter Harbor (German) Harbinger Make Brave, Harden A Joining, Fitting, Joint Definition a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) a pattern of behavior acquired through frequent repetition made a norm or custom or habit the drygoods sold by a haberdasher manner of acting or controlling yourself help to readapt, as to a former state of health or good repute the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs a person who inhabits a particular place the native habitat or home of an animal or plant made a norm or custom or habit draw in (air) offensive breath the act of expelling air from the lungs inhaling or serving for inhalation marked by great carelessness an instance of misfortune deserving or inciting pity come to pass a place of refuge and comfort and security an indication of the approach of something or someone Foolhardy marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences Harmony Harmonize compatibility in opinion and action bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing in a harmonious manner Harmoniously Harmonic 433 Haut 434 Heart 435 Hedr High, Grand (French) relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body Haute Couture expensive Haughty Heart Heartbroken (Compound Word) Seat, Base Octahedron Polyhedron Cathedral 436 Heir Inherit Heiress Heirloom 437 Helic Spiral Helicopter Helix Heliport having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy full of sorrow any polyhedron having eight plane faces a solid figure bounded by plane polygons or faces relating to or containing or issuing from a bishop's office or throne a female heir something that has been in a family for generations an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades type genus of the family Helicidae an airport for helicopters Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 438 Helio Meaning The Sun Examples Heliotrope green chalcedony with red spots that resemble blood Heliocentric Aphelion Perihelion Helium having the sun as the center apoapsis in solar orbit periapsis in solar orbit a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses the worship of the sun an apparatus for sending telegraphic messages by using a mirror to turn the sun's rays off and on Heliolatry Heliograph 439 Hem Blood 440 Hemat 441 Hemi Blood Half 442 Hend Grasp 443 Her 444 Hered 445 Heri Hemophilia Hemorrhage Hematite Hemisphere Hemiplegia Hemiparasite Apprehend Reprehensible Apprehensive Stick, Hold Adherence Fast Adhere Inherit, Heir Inherit Different, Other, Another 449 Hex Six in fear or dread of possible evil or harm faithful support for a religion or cause or political party follow through or carry out a plan without deviation logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts Inherent in the nature of something though not readily apparent Incoherent Hereditary unable to express yourself clearly or fluently inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent hereditary succession to a title or an office or property Inheritance Hero Heroism Stick, Hold Hesitate Fast Adhesive Adhesion 448 Hetero congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessels the principal form of iron ore either half of the cerebrum paralysis of one side of the body a parasitic plant that contains some chlorophyll and therefore is capable of photosynthesis anticipate with dread or anxiety bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure Coherence Heritage 446 Hero 447 Hes Definition practices that are handed down from the past by tradition the qualities of a hero or heroine pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness tending to adhere a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures Cohesive causing cohesion Cohesion (physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid Heterogeneous consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature Heteronym two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation (e.g. `bow') Heterodox characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards Hexagon a six Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 450 Hib 451 Hibit Meaning Examples Exhibitor Have, Occupy, Prohibit Hold As Have, Hold Exhibit 453 Hod 454 Holo Sacred, Priestly Way, Road Whole someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see Hieroglyphics command against an object or statement produced before a court of law and referred to while giving evidence command against the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof) the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body enigmatic or incomprehensible symbols or writing Hierocracy Method rule by priests a way of doing something, especially a systematic way Odometer Synod a meter that shows mileage traversed a council convened to discuss ecclesiastical business Period a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations free from provincial prejudices or attachments an act of great destruction and loss of life emphasizing the organic or functional relation between parts and the whole the intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three Prohibit Prohibition 452 Hiero Definition Hierarchy Catholic Holocaust Holistic Hologram 455 Homeo Like, Same Homeopathy a method of treating disease with small amounts of remedies that, in large amounts in healthy people, produce symptoms similar to those being treated 456 Homo Same Homonym two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings Homogeneous all of the same or similar kind or nature Horror Horrible Horrendous Horrify Horrid Horticulture Horticulturist something that inspires dislike provoking horror causing fear or dread or terror fill with apprehension or alarm exceedingly bad the cultivation of plants an expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants) 457 Horr Shudder, Stand On End 458 Hortus A Garden 459 Hosp Horticultural Host, Guest Hospitable Hostess Hospital Hospice Hostel of or relating to the cultivation of plants favorable to life and growth a woman innkeeper a health facility where patients receive treatment a program of medical and emotional care for the terminally ill inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips) Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 460 Host Meaning An Enemy Examples Hostler someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses Hotel a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company ( used of attempts to buy or take control of a business) a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms dig up for reburial or for medical investigation partially decomposed organic matter marked by meekness or modesty a disposition to be humble a discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the mains of waterworks Hostile Hostage 461 Hum The Ground, Earth 462 Hydr Water Exhume Humus Humble Humility Hydrant Hydrangea Hydrogen 463 Hyper 464 Hypn 465 Hypo Hydraulics Hydrophobia Dehydrate Over, Above Hyperactive Hyperbole Hypertension Sleep Beneath, Under Hypnosis Hypnotize Hypnotic Hypnotism Hypoglycemia Hypothesis Hypocrisy Hypothermia Hypothetical Hypotenuse 466 Icon Image Iconoclast Iconology Iconography 467 Ideid Form, Shape Definition Idyllic Idyl any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Hydrangea a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas study of the mechanics of fluids a morbid fear of water remove water from more active than normal extravagant exaggeration a common disorder in which blood pressure remains abnormally high (a reading of 140/90 mm Hg or greater) a state that resembles sleep but that is induced by suggestion induce hypnosis in attracting and holding interest as if by a spell the act of inducing hypnosis abnormally low blood sugar usually resulting from excessive insulin or a poor diet a tentative theory about the natural world insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have subnormal body temperature based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions the branch of art history that studies visual images and their symbolic meaning (especially in social or political terms) the images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subject excellent and delightful in all respects a short pastoral poem Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 468 Iden Meaning Same Examples Identity Identify Identification 469 Ideo 470 Idio Thought, Idea One'S Own, Peculiar Ideology Idealistic Idiom Idiot Idiosyncrasy 471 Ign Fire 472 In Not 473 Insul Island 475 Intellig 476 Inter 477 Intra Power To Know Power To Think Between, Among Within Peninsula Islet Isolate Intellectual Intellect Unintelligible a small island place or set apart appealing to or using the intellect knowledge and intellectual ability poorly articulated or enunciated, or drowned by noise Interval Intercept the distance between things the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis Interject Interfere Intramural to insert between other elements come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle carried on within the bounds of an institution or community relating to or existing within the boundaries of a state Ignition Igneous Ignite Indefinite Injustice Immortality Impatience Impractical Improbable Insatiable Invalid Insular Insulation Intrastate 478 Intrin Inward the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity consider to be equal or the same the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons) imaginary or visionary theorization of high moral or intellectual value an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up a person of subnormal intelligence a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual the act of setting something on fire produced by the action of fire or intense heat cause to start burning not decided or not known an unjust act the quality or state of being immortal a dislike of anything that causes delay not practical too improbable to admit of belief impossible to satisfy no longer valid narrowly restricted in outlook or scope the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material a large mass of land projecting into a body of water Insulate 474 Intellec Definition Intravenous Intrinsic Interior within or by means of a vein situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts of or coming from the middle of a region or country Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 479 Invid 480 Irish 481 Irrir 482 Isl 483 Iso Meaning Envy Examples Invidious containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice Envious Envy showing extreme cupidity spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins) a humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba excite to an abnormal condition, of chafe or inflame A County Limerick In Ireland Irritate Provoke, Exasperate, Irritable Excite Irritation Island Equal Islet Isometric Isobar Isotope 484 Iss Depart, Go Issue Out, Go Reissue Forth 485 It Go Ambition Circuit Exit Transit Sedition 486 Iter Again, Repeat 487 Itiner Journey 488 Jac 489 Ject Throw, Lie Throw, Cast, Hurl Definition Iterate Reiterate Iteration Itinerary Itinerant Adjacent Dejected Projection Interjection Reject Adjective Abject Conjecture Object Jetty Trajectory abnormally sensitive to a stimulus the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed a small island of or involving muscular contraction in which tension increases while length remains constant (meteorology)an isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time one of two or more atoms with the same atomic number but with different numbers of neutrons the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity) a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale a strong drive for success an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow the act of going out a journey usually by ship an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government run or be performed again to say, state, or perform again doing or saying again a proposed route of travel working for a short time in different places near or close to but not necessarily touching affected or marked by low spirits any structure that branches out from a central support the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law showing humiliation or submissiveness reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence a tangible and visible entity a protective structure of stone or concrete the path followed by an object moving through space Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples 490 Joc A Jest, Joke 491 Join Join 492 Journ Day, Daily 493 Jud Judge Jocular Jocund Jocose Jocosity Adjoining Disjointed Journey Journal Adjourn Sojourn Judgment 494 Judic Judge, Judgment Adjudicate Prejudice Judiciary Judicial Judicious 495 Jug 496 Jun Yoke, Join Conjugal Young Subjugate Conjugate Junior Juniper 497 Junct 498 Jur 499 Jure Join Law, Right Swear (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity Junction Juncture Subjunctive Adjunct an act of joining or adjoining things an event that occurs at a critical time relating to a mood of verbs of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another Conjunction Jurisdiction Injurious Perjury an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences in law tending to cause great harm criminal offense of making false statements under oath Jurist a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations Conjure Adjust engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions Injustice an unjust act Perjure Law, Right characterized by jokes and good humor full of or showing high characterized by jokes and good humor fun characterized by humor having a common boundary or edge separated at the joint the act of traveling from one place to another the part of the axle contained by a bearing close at the end of a session a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest) the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event bring to an end a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation persons who administer justice decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband make subservient of an organic compound used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones Injunction Abjure 500 Jus Definition Justification Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning 501 Juven Young 502 Kilo 503 Kine One Thousand Move 504 Labor Work 505 Lacer Mangled, Torn Milk 506 Lact Examples Unjustly Readjustment in an unjust manner the act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances) Rejuvenate Juvenile become young again of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people becoming or being young or youthful a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles) the branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies a workplace for the conduct of scientific research work together on a common enterprise of project attack verbally with harsh criticism characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion act of working jointly having edges that are jagged from injury the act of lacerating the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands a sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule relating to or consisting of or producing or resembling milk leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca sativa the mental faculty or power of vocal communication Juvenescent Kilometer Kinetics Laboratory Collaborate Belabor Laborious Collaboration Lacerate Laceration Lactation Lactose Lacteal 507 Lang Tongue 508 Langu Be Weary 509 Laps Slip 510 Lass 511 Lat Definition Lettuce Language Elapse Lapse become feeble lacking spirit or liveliness inactivity a mishap caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in pass by a break or intermission in the occurrence of something Collapsible Lassitude capable of collapsing or being collapsed weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy Lass Late Alas Carry, Lift, Relate Legislative Bring Translation Elated Oblate a girl or young woman who is unmarried having died recently by bad luck give an account of of or relating to or created by legislation the act of uniform movement exultantly proud and joyful having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter highest in quality a senior clergyman and dignitary tending to ablate compare critically scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought mutually related Faint, Weary Languish Languid Languor Collapse Superlative Prelate Ablative Collate Latitude Correlate Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Collateral 512 Later Side Collateral Equilateral Quadrilateral Unilateral Lateral Laudable Plaudits Cum Laude Applaud Lavish Lave Lavender Lavatory 513 Laud Praise 514 Lav Wash 515 Lax Loose 516 Leas Loose 517 Lect Gather, Choose Select Recollection Predilection Intellect Collect Eclectic 518 Leg Law Legitimate Privilege Laxative Relax Laxity Release Relegate Legislate 519 Leg 520 Lega 521 Lege Definition descended from a common ancestor but through different lines descended from a common ancestor but through different lines having all sides or faces equal having four sides involving only one part or side lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body worthy of high praise enthusiastic approval with distinction express approval of very generous wash or flow against of a pale purple color a toilet that is cleaned of waste by the flow of water through it stimulating evacuation of feces cause to feel relaxed the quality of being lax and neglectful (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone selected or chosen for special qualifications something recalled to the mind a predisposition in favor of something knowledge and intellectual ability payable by the recipient on delivery selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas of marriages and offspring a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all assign to a class or kind make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation Illegal Lecture Read, Gather The Lesson "Sense" Legible Legend prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class) a task assigned for individual study (of handwriting, print, etc.) able to be read a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events Legacy Appoint, Send, Bring Legate Delegate Delegation (law) a gift of personal property by will a member of a legation a person appointed or elected to represent others authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions Gather, Choose, Allege Relegate Colleague report or maintain assign to a class or kind a person who is member of your class or profession Elegant refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Pick 522 Lei 523 Lemm 524 Lent 525 Leo Be Permitted Something Taken, Received Or Taken For Granted Slack, Loose Lion Examples Elegance Legion Legume Elect Electoral Leisure state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options Lemma the heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry Relent give in, as to influence or pressure Chameleon lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue any of several herbs of the genus Taraxacum having long tap roots and deeply notched leaves and bright yellow flowers followed by fluffy seed balls Leopard Light Leonard Alleviate Leverage Irrelevant Levity Levitate 527 Lev/Liev Raise, Lift Up, Rise Relevant Irrelevant Relieve Lever Levy Leaven 528 Lexi A Word, Saying, Phrase a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste a large military unit the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils) selected as the best relating to or composed of electors freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity Dilemma Dandelion 526 Lev Definition Elevate Lexicographer Lexicon Lexicology 529 Li Tie, Bind, Hold Liable Lien 530 Liber Free Liaison Liberate large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots United States writer of thrillers (born in 1925) provide physical relief, as from pain investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses) having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue a manner lacking seriousness be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue provide physical relief, as from pain a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum the act of drafting into military service an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something raise in rank or condition a compiler or writer of a dictionary a language user's knowledge of words the branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language held legally responsible the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged a channel for communication between groups grant freedom to Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Liberty Deliver Livery 531 Liber, Libr Balance, Weigh 532 Libr Book Libertine Liberal Liberate Deliberate Deliberation Library Libel 533 Lic Be Permitted 534 Lict Leave 535 Lig Gather, Choose, Collect Tie, Bind, Hold the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization Licentious Illicit lacking moral discipline contrary to accepted morality (especially sexual morality) or convention freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity willful negligence an antiquity that has survived from the distant past Leisure Dereliction Relic Relict Diligent Negligible Diligence Eligible Ligament Ligature Liaison Religion 537 Lin Flax 538 Line Line 539 Lingu Tongue freedom of choice deliver (a speech, oration, or idea) suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress unrestrained by convention or morality tolerant of change grant freedom to by conscious design or purpose the trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study the written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defamation) and any relief he seeks License Intelligent 536 Lig Definition Oblige Liable Linen Lining Linseed Crinoline Delineate Linear Lineal Bilingual Linguist Linguistics Lingo geological feature that is a remnant of a pre characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks so small as to be meaningless conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen any connection or unifying bond thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood) a channel for communication between groups a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny bind by an obligation held legally responsible white goods or clothing made with linen cloth the act of attaching an inside lining (to a garment or curtain etc.) the seed of flax used as a source of oil a stiff coarse fabric used to stiffen hats or clothing represented accurately or precisely of or in or along or relating to a line arranged in a line using or knowing two languages a person who speaks more than one language the humanistic study of language and literature a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Definition Language the mental faculty or power of vocal communication 540 Linqu Leave, Abandon Delinquent Relinquish Delinquency past due relinquish to the power of another an antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor 541 Lip Leave Eclipse Ellipse one celestial body obscures another a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing the ability to read and write use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse the profession or art of a writer reduced to nothingness the act of making a lithographic print a single great stone (often in the form of a column or obelisk) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe) Elliptical 542 Liter Letter Literary Literacy Alliteration 543 Lith Stone Literature Obliterate Lithography Monolith Megalith 544 Liver 545 Loc Free Place Delivery Locate Locomotion Dislocate the act of delivering a child discover the location of self put out of its usual place, position, or relationship Allocate distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose the act of changing your residence or place of business Relocation 546 Locut 547 Log Locality Speak, Talk Elocution a surrounding or nearby region an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture Circumlocution an indirect way of expressing something Word, Speech, Reason Interlocutor Dialogue Apology Epilogue Eulogy Prologue Neologism Logic Analogy Monologue a person who takes part in a conversation a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people a poor example a short passage added at the end of a literary work a formal expression of praise for someone who has died recently an introduction to a play the act of inventing a word or phrase reasoned and reasonable judgment drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect a (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Catalog Illogical Logistics Syllogism 548 Logy Study Of (Suffix) Criminology Genealogy Theology 549 Long Long the study of the sources and development of words Geology a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks the property of being long the angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich having notably more length than width deviating from a square or circle or sphere by being elongated in one direction lengthen in time make off with belongings of others a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively full of trivial conversation state of disgrace resulting from public abuse a performer who projects the voice into a wooden dummy any of various cosmetic preparations that are applied to the skin a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten Longevity Longitude Prolong Purloin Speak, Talk Soliloquy Eloquent Loquacious Obloquy Ventriloquist 551 Lot Wash Lotion 552 Loy Bind Alloy 553 Luc Shine, Light Lucid Elucidate Translucent Pellucid Lucifer 554 Luct Wrestle, Struggle Play, Laugh, Sport, Mock Reluctant 555 Lud a book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things lacking in correct logical relation handling an operation that involves providing labor and materials be supplied as needed deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior and law enforcement the study or investigation of ancestry and family history the learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary) Etymology Elongate Oblong 550 Loqu Definition Allude Delude Ludicrous Collude Interlude having a clear mind make free from confusion or ambiguity almost transparent (of language) transparently clear lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical not eager make a more or less disguised reference to be false to broadly or extravagantly humorous act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose a brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 566 Man Meaning Hand Examples Manacles Manipulate Manifest Emancipate Manufacture Maneuver Manuscript 567 Mand Order, Command Demand Countermand Aquamarine the act of demanding a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory availability for use an extraordinary writ commanding an official to perform a ministerial act that the law recognizes as an absolute duty and not a matter for the official's discretion an irresistible impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motive wildly disordered an uncontrollable desire to set fire to things a psychological state characterized by delusions of grandeur wildly disordered a large and imposing house the mansion of a lord or wealthy person the residence of a clergyman (especially a Presbyterian clergyman) continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place be left native to or inhabiting the sea bordering on or living or characteristic of those near the sea a fancy dock for small yachts and cabin cruisers soak in marinade low a man who serves as a sailor extremely pungent leaves used fresh or dried as seasoning for especially meats a transparent variety of beryl that is blue green in color Remarkable Birthmark unusual or striking a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth Kleptomania Maniac Pyromania Megalomania 569 Mans Maniacal Stay, Dwell Mansion Manor Manse Permanent 570 Mar The Sea, Pool Remain Marine Maritime Marina Marinate Marsh Mariner Rosemary 571 Marg Border, Sign give equal rights to the organized action of making of goods and services for sale an action aimed at evading an opponent the form of a literary work submitted for publication requiring human effort the act of managing something the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial) Command Mandamus Madness one of two metal bands joined by a chain treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment Manual Management Remand Mandate 568 Mania Definition Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Threaten 583 Mend Fault, Defect 584 Mens Measure Examples Menace Promenade a threat or the act of threatening a march of all the guests at the opening of a formal dance Demeanor (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people Amend make amendments to Mendacious intentionally untrue Mendacity the tendency to be untruthful Amendment the act of amending or correcting Emendation a correction by emending Commensurate corresponding in size or degree or extent Dimension Immense Measure 585 Mer Lake 586 Merg To Plunge, Dip, Sink 587 Meri Deserve, Earn 588 Meta Along With, After, Among, Change 589 Meter Measure Mermaid Marsh Mere Merge Submerge Emerge Emergence Merit Meritorious Meritocracy Metastasis Metaphysical Perimeter Barometer highly abstract and overly theoretical a line enclosing a plane areas an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure Diameter the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference measuring instrument for measuring temperature Metaphor Geometry Measure the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height) unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope how much there is of something that you can quantify half woman and half fish low being nothing more than specified join or combine cover completely or make imperceptible come out into view, as from concealment the act of emerging any admirable quality or attribute deserving reward or praise the belief that rulers should be chosen for their superior abilities and not because of their wealth or birth a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity the spreading of a disease to another part of the body Thermometer 590 Metr Definition Metric Symmetry Geometry Trigonometry the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces based on the meter as a standard of measurement (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces the mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Definition 591 Metro Mother Metropolis people living in a large densely populated municipality 592 Micro Small 593 Migr Wander Microcosm Microbe Microscopic Migratory Migrant a miniature model of something a minute life form (especially a disease too small to be seen except under a microscope used of animals that move seasonally habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work come into a new country and change residency leave one's country of residence for a new one civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army disposed to warfare or hard associated with or performed by armed services as contrasted with civilians of imposing height high status importance owing to marked superiority 594 Milit Soldier Immigrate Emigrate Militia Militant Military 595 Min Project Eminent Eminence Prominent Imminent Preeminent 596 Minn Diminish, Diminish Diminutive Lessen, Make Small Diminution Minute 597 Minor Less 598 Minut Make Small, Lessen, Diminish 599 Mir Minuet Miniature Minority Minute Minuscule Diminution Minuet Wonder At, Admire Mirage Behold, Miracle Look Marvel Mirror 600 Mis Hate 601 Mis Wrong, Mistaken, Ill Misanthrope Misogamy Misogyny Misoneism Misnomer Mistrial Misprint Mistrust conspicuous in position or importance close in time greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of very small the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original) characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination a stately court dance in the 17th century being on a very small scale being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination very small the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original) a stately court dance in the 17th century feel admiration for something illusory and unattainable a marvellous event manifesting a supernatural act of God something that causes feelings of wonder polished surface that forms images by reflecting light someone who dislikes people in general hatred of marriage hatred of women hatred of change or innovation an incorrect or unsuitable name a trial that is invalid or inconclusive a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind the trait of not trusting others Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 602 Miss Meaning Send Examples Submission Dismissal Omission Permissible the act of submitting the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) the act of emitting expel (gases or odors) not deserving to be admitted the act of suspending activity temporarily a person who carries a message relating to or connected to a religious mission a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives a mistake resulting from neglect that may be permitted especially as according to rule Promise Remittance grounds for feeling hopeful about the future a payment of money sent to a person in another place Transmit Commissar send from one person or place to another an official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit Demise Emissary the time when something ends someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else stopping and starting at irregular intervals a written message addressed to a person or organization refusing to bind oneself to a particular course of action or view or the like a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn failing in what duty requires a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence shrub of central and southeastern Europe stopping and starting at irregular intervals send from one person or place to another cause to be admitted expel (gases or odors) large game fish declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of leave undone or leave out put before (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court) make less severe or harsh or extreme vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves) free from ostentation or pretension worthy of imitation the most frequent value of a random variable articles of commerce a tall elegant chest of drawers Emission Emit Inadmissible Intermission Messenger Missionary Missile Intermittent Missive Noncommittal Premise Remiss Surmise. 603 Mistl 604 Mit Twig Send, Throw Mistletoe Intermittent Transmit Commit Emit Permit Admit Omit Submit Remit 605 Mod Measure, Manner, Way Definition Modify Modulate Modest Model Mode Commodity Commode Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Modality 606 Moder 607 Mol Measure, Manner, Mode Heap, Mass 608 Moll Soft Bimodal Moderate Modern Immoderate Demolish Molecule Mole Emollient Mollify Mollusk 609 Mon Warn, Remind, Advise Monument Monster Summon Admonish Monitor Premonition Admonition 610 Monit Warn, Remind, Advise Premonition Admonition Monitor Monition Definition a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment of a distribution not extreme characteristic of present not within reasonable limits defeat soundly (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound small velvety having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin make less rigid or softer invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell an important site that is marked and preserved as public property (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus call in an official matter, such as to attend court take to task any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia an early warning about a future event cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger) an early warning about a future event cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger) any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia a summons issued after the filing of a libel or claim directing all parties concerned to show cause why the judgment asked for should not be granted 611 Mono One, Single Monocle Monarch 612 Monstr Show, Point Out lens for correcting defective vision in one eye large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings Monogram a graphic symbol consisting of 2 or more letters combined (usually your initials) Monologue a (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor Demonstrate march in protest Demonstrative given to or marked by the open expression of emotion Foolish Muster Remonstrate Sophomore 614 Mori 615 Moron Die Stupid Sophomoric Moribund Moronic a gathering of military personnel for duty argue in protest or opposition used of the second year in United States high school or college pretentious or juvenile being on the point of death having a mental age of between eight and twelve years 616 Morph Shape, Form Amorphous Morphine without real or apparent crystalline form an alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium 613 Mor Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Definition Morphology 617 Mors 618 Mort 619 Mot 620 Mount 621 Mov 622 Mult 623 Mun 624 Muni 625 Mut Bite Death the branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants Anthropomorp suggesting human characteristics for animals or hic inanimate things Metamorphosis a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft Remorse a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed) Morsel Mordacity Morose Mortal Rigor Mortis Mortician Mortify Immortality Postmortem Move Emotional Momentarily Remote Promoter Commotion Motivate Motive Motor Mountain, Tantamount Hill Amount Paramount Mountaineer Insurmountabl e Move Movement Momentum Move Many, Multilingual Much Multifarious Multitude Multiply A Gift, Munificent Achievemen Commune t Remunerate Excommunicat e Communicate Official Immunity Duties, Functions Communism Change Commute Mutation Mutable a small amount of solid food a disposition to biting showing a brooding ill humor unrelenting and deadly excessive sternness one whose business is the management of funerals hold within limits and control the quality or state of being immortal occurring or done after death of more than usual emotion at any moment far apart in nature someone who is an active supporter and advocate the act of making a noisy disturbance give an incentive for action causing or able to cause motion causing or able to cause motion being essentially equal to something how much of something is available having superior power and influence someone who climbs mountains not capable of being surmounted or overcome the act of changing the location of something the product of a body's mass and its velocity the act of deciding to do something using or knowing more than one language having many aspects the common people generally in several ways very generous a body of people or families living together and sharing everything make payment to exclude from a church or a religious community transmit thoughts or feelings the quality of being unaffected by something a political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work a change or alteration in form or qualities capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Disconnect 634 Neg Deny Renege Negative Abnegation 635 Negat Deny Renegade Negate Abnegation Negative Negation 636 Negoti Do Business Negotiate Negotiation 637 Neo New Neophyte 638 Neur Nerve Neurotic Neuritis Neuralgia 639 Nic 640 Nihil 641 Noc 642 Noct 643 Nom 644 Nom(Y) Harm, Death Nothing Neural Pernicious Annihilate Nihilism Hurt, Harm Innocent Innocuous Obnoxious Nocturnal Night Noctambulist Name, Binomial Term Polynomial Misnomer Law, Economy System Of Agronomy Laws Autonomy Astronomy 645 Nomen Name Nomenclature 646 Nomin Name, Nominal 647 Non Not Nominate Denominate Ignominy Nonpartisan Nonfiction Definition an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding) the mistake of not following suit when able to do so expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others having deserted a cause or principle prove negative renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial (logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false succeed in passing through, around, or over the activity or business of negotiating an agreement a plant that is found in an area where it had not been recorded previously affected with emotional disorder inflammation of a nerve accompanied by pain and sometimes loss of function acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves of or relating to neurons working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way kill in large numbers a revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake (used of things) lacking sense or awareness not injurious to physical or mental health causing disapproval or protest belonging to or active during the night someone who walks about in their sleep relating to binomials having the character of a polynomial an incorrect or unsuitable name an act of economizing the application of soil and plant sciences to land management and crop production immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline propose as a candidate for some honor assign a name or title to a state of dishonor free from party affiliation or bias prose writing that is not fictional Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 648 Nost 649 Not Meaning A Return Home Know Examples Nonsense Nonchalant Nonexistent Nostalgia having no intelligible meaning marked by blithe unconcern not having existence or being or actuality longing for something past Notice Notify Notion the act of noticing or paying attention inform (somebody) of something (usually plural) small personal articles or clothing or sewing items having an exceedingly bad reputation involve as a necessary condition of consequence someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions Notorious Connote Notary Annotate 650 Not(A) Mark Denote Denote Denotation Note Notable Annotate 651 Nounc Declare, Tell 652 Nov New 653 Nox Night 654 Nox Hurt 655 Null None, Nothing 656 Numer Number 657 Nunci Declare, Tell, Bring Tidings Definition Pronounce Announce Denounce Renounce Novice Innovate Novelty Renovation Novel Nova Equinox add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments have as a meaning have as a meaning the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression a characteristic emotional quality widely known and esteemed add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments pronounce judgment on announce publicly or officially speak out against cast off or disown someone new to a field or activity bring something new to an environment originality by virtue of being new and surprising the act of improving by renewing and restoring pleasantly new or different a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length Noxious injurious to physical or mental health Obnoxious causing disapproval or protest Nullify make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of Nullification the act of nullifying Annul annul by recalling or rescinding Numerous amounting to a large indefinite number Numeral of or relating to or denoting numbers Enumerate specify individually Innumerable too numerous to be counted Supernumerar more than is needed, desired, or required y Enunciate express or state clearly Nuncio (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 658 Nur Meaning Nourish, Feed Examples Nurse one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician) Nurture helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community a room in a house for the special use of young children Nursery 659 Nutr Nourish, Feed Nutriment Nutritious Nutritive Nurture Nurse 660 Nym Name Pseudonym Eponym Synonym 662 Oc 663 Oct Toward, To, On, Over, Against Eight 664 Octav 665 Ocul Eight Eye Oblige Obvious bind by an obligation easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind Oblique slanting or inclined in direction or course or position Obstacle an obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented) an instance of something occurring Occurrence Octopus Octagon Octave Ocular Binoculars Monocle Inoculate Oculist 666 Odi Hate, IllWill a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role the name derived from a person (real or imaginary) Object Obligate Oblique Acronym Toward, To, On, Over, Against a source of materials to nourish the body of or providing nourishment of or providing nourishment helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician) two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name a tangible and visible entity restricted to a particular condition of life slanting or inclined in direction or course or position Antonym 661 Ob Definition Odium bottom an eight a rhythmic group of eight lines of verse able to be seen an optical instrument designed for simultaneous use by both eyes lens for correcting defective vision in one eye impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune a medical doctor specializing in the treatment of diseases of the eye state of disgrace resulting from detestable behavior Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning 667 Ombr Shade 668 Omni All 669 Ompt 670 Oner Take, Buy Burden 671 Onym Name Examples Odious Annoy Sombrero Somber Omnipresent Omnipotent Omniscient Omnivore Omnibus Prompt Exonerate Onerous Anonymous two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings Synonym two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context of leaves etc a body of people united in opposing something happen a building where musical dramas are performed the practice of cooperating fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations secret or hidden of or relating to or involving light or optics a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living rich and superior in quality a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated in the mouth an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity 674 Operi 675 Opt See, Sight 676 Opul Wealth 677 Or Mouth 673 Oper Toward, To, On, Work Covert Optical Optician Opulence Opulent Oral Orifice 678 Or Pray, Address 679 Orat Pray, Address, Speak 680 Ord Begin, Weave Order, Rank, 681 Ordin unequivocally detestable cause annoyance in a straw hat with a tall crown and broad brim grave or even gloomy in character being present everywhere at once having unlimited power infinitely wise an animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances providing for many things at once quick in apprehending or reacting pronounce not guilty of criminal charges not easily borne having no known name or identity or known source Homonym Opposite Opposition Operate Opera Cooperation Hide, Cover Cover 672 Op Definition Inexorable Adore Peroration Orison Oratory Adoration Primordial impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason love intensely (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration reverent petition to a deity addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous) a shrine where an oracular god is consulted a person who delivers a speech or oration an instance of oratory addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous) the worship given to God alone having existed from the beginning Subordinate Ordinance lower in rank or importance a statute enacted by a city government Oracle Orator Oration Oratory Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 693 Pan Meaning All Examples Pantheon Panacea Panoply Panorama Pandora Pancreas 694 Pand Pandemic Spread Out Expand 695 Pans Spread Out Expanse 696 Par Set In Order, Get Ready 697 Par 698 Par Equal Come In Sight (antiquity) a temple to all the gods hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases a complete and impressive array a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene (Greek mythology) the first woman a large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach existing everywhere become larger in size or volume or quantity Prepare a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky friendly and open and willing to talk something done or paid in expiation of a wrong an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery Separate Inseparable Irreparable Imperious Compare Repair separated according to race, sex, class, or religion not capable of being separated impossible to repair, rectify, or amend able to deal authoritatively with affairs qualities that are comparable the act of putting something in working order again Parity Disparity Disparate Parimutuel functional equality inequality or difference in some respect including markedly dissimilar elements betting where winners share the total amount wagered Peer a person who is of equal standing with another in a group the peers of a kingdom considered as a group express a negative opinion of an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly Expansive Reparation Rampart Peerage Disparage Apparition Transparent Parent Repertoire 699 Para Definition Beside, Paradox Beyond, At Parabola Or To One Side Of, Paragraph Past By Parasite Paraphrase easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety) a father or mother a collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular schedule (logic) a statement that contradicts itself a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the curve one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant) rewording for the purpose of clarification Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Parachute 700 Pars Part Parse Parcel 701 Part Divide, Share, Separate, Part Partisan Apartment Apartheid Partial Particle Parcel Partition Tripartite Depart Impartial Portion Compartment 702 Pass Step a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another) involving three parties or elements go away or leave showing lack of favoritism the allotment of some amount by dividing something Encompass Passage include in scope the act of passing from one state or place to the next Passport a document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re navigational instrument for finding directions a step in walking or running a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it incapable of being passed lacking in energy or will the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it Impassable Feel, Suffer Passive Compassion Suffer, Feel, Endure devoted to a cause or party a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites being or affecting only a part a function word that can be used in English to form phrasal verbs the allotment of some amount by dividing something Repartee Surpass Trespass Passenger 704 Pat rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence) the allotment of some amount by dividing something a partitioned section or separate room within a larger enclosed area adroitness and cleverness in reply be or do something to a greater degree entry to another's property without right or permission Compass Pace Password 703 Pass Definition Passionate Passivity Patient Compatible Patient Passive having or expressing strong emotions the trait of remaining inactive enduring without protest or complaint able to exist and perform in harmonious or agreeable combination enduring without protest or complaint lacking in energy or will Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Compassion 705 Pater 706 Path Impatience Father Paternity Feel, Suffer Antipathy Apathy Sympathizer Pathetic Sympathy Pathos 707 Patr Father Patriarch Patriotism Patronize Patrician 712 Pect Breast, Chest Patron Expatriate Paucity Peaceful Appease Impeccable Peccadillo Peccant Peccable Pectoral Expectorate 713 Pecu Money Peculate 708 709 710 711 Pau Peac Peas Pecc Few Peace Peace Sin Impecunious Pecuniary Expedite Pedal Impede Biped Quadruped Pedestal 714 Ped Foot 715 Ped Child 716 Peer 717 Pel-Pell Equal Peerage Drive, Urge Expel Repel Compel Pedestrian Pedagogue Pedagogy Pediatrician Pedantic Definition the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it a dislike of anything that causes delay the state of being a father the object of a feeling of intense aversion the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally someone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successful inspiring scornful pity an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow) a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it be a regular customer or client of of the hereditary aristocracy or ruling class of ancient Rome or medieval Europe a regular customer voluntarily absent from home or country an insufficient quantity or number not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war make peace with not capable of sin a petty misdeed liable to sin liable to sin of or relating to the chest or thorax discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use not having enough money to pay for necessities relating to or involving money process fast and efficiently of or relating to the feet be a hindrance or obstacle to having two feet having four feet an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue) lacking wit or imagination someone who educates young people the activities of educating or instructing a specialist in the care of babies marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects the peers of a kingdom considered as a group put out or expel from a place force or drive back force or compel somebody to do something Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 718 Pel/Pul 719 Pell 720 Pen Meaning Examples Dispel Repellent Drive, Urge Expulsion Propel Pulsate Repulsive Skin, Fur Pellicle Pelt Pelisse Surplice Pain, Penal Punishmen Penitent t Punish Impunity Repent Subpoena Penalty 721 Pend 722 Pens Hang, Stipend Weigh, Pay Impending Pendulum Hang, Weigh, Pay Pendent Expend Suspend Append Pension Pensive Suspension 723 Penta 724 Per 725 Per Five Try, Test Compensate Propensity Dispense Inexpensive Pentagon Definition force to go away incapable of absorbing or mixing with the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting cause to move forward with force expand and contract rhythmically possessing the ability to repel thin protective membrane in some protozoa body covering of a living animal a sleeveless cape that is lined or trimmed with fur a loose subject to punishment by law feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds impose a penalty on exemption from punishment or loss feel remorse for a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding (games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game a sum of money allotted on a regular basis close in time an apparatus consisting of an object mounted so that it swings freely under the influence of gravity supported from above use up, consume fully cause to be held in suspension in a fluid fix to a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working showing pensive sadness a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc) Pentathlon make payment to a disposition to behave in a certain way grant a dispensation relatively low in price or charging low prices a government building with five sides that serves as the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense an athletic contest consisting of five different events Experiment the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation Experience the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities Expert having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude Peril a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior Through, Pervert Thoroughly Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning , Utterly, Very Examples Perfect Pervade Perceive Perturb Peruse Peripheral 726 Peri Around 727 Peri Perimeter Perigee Trial, Test, Peril Try, Experience 728 Pet(It) Attack, Seek, Ask, Strive, Fall, Rush At Compete Appetite Propitious Competent Competitor Petition compete for something a feeling of craving something presenting favorable circumstances adequate for the purpose the contestant you hope to defeat a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority the act of applying force suddenly marked by violent force easily irritated or annoyed an event that repeats occurring so frequently as to seem ceaseless or uninterrupted cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned Stone, Rock Petrify 731 Phen 732 Phil Show, Bring To Light, Appear Appear, Show, Shine Loving, Fond a line enclosing a plane areas periapsis in Earth orbit a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude Petroleum Peter Pier 730 Phan precisely accurate or exact spread or diffuse through become conscious of throw into great confusion or disorder examine or consider with attention and in detail on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary Expert Impetus Impetuous Petulant Repeat Perpetual 729 Petr Definition Phantom Epiphany Fancy Fantastic Fantasy Diaphanous Phenomenon Phenomenal Bibliophile Francophile Philanthropy Philosophy Philology Philanderer Philter a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons disciple of Jesus and leader of the apostles a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles something apparently sensed but having no physical reality a divine manifestation not plain extraordinarily good imagination unrestricted by reality so thin as to transmit light any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning of or relating to a phenomenon someone who loves (and usually collects) books an admirer of France and everything French voluntary promotion of human welfare any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation the humanistic study of language and literature a man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them a drink credited with magical power Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 733 Phobia 734 Phon 735 Phor Meaning Fear Sound Carry, Bringing Examples Definition Philatelist a collector and student of postage stamps Philodendron often grown as a houseplant Claustrophobia a morbid fear of being closed in a confined space Acrophobia Hydrophobia Xenophobia Cacophony Phonic Symphony a morbid fear of great heights a morbid fear of water an irrational fear of foreigners or strangers loud confusing disagreeable sounds relating to speech a long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra Euphonious Megaphone Telephone having a pleasant sound a cone electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds an apparatus for visual signaling with lights or mechanically moving arms a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells Semaphore Metaphor Phosphorus 736 Phos 737 Phot Light Light Phosphorous Photogenic Photon Photography 738 Physi Nature, Natural Science Physics containing or characteristic of phosphorus looking attractive in photographs a quantum of electromagnetic radiation the occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies the science of matter and energy and their interactions Physiology Physiography processes and functions of an organism the study of physical features of the earth's surface Physiologist Picturesque Depict Picture a biologist specializing in physiology suggesting or suitable for a picture give a description of a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead pleasant in manner or behavior the feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves cause to be more favorably inclined incapable of being placated express approval of enthusiastic approval apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful 739 Pict Paint 740 Plac Please Complacent Placebo Pleasant Displeasure Placid 741 Plaud Placate Implacable Clap, Strike Applaud Plaudit Plausible Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples 742 Plaus Explode Clap, Strike Plausible 743 Ple Fill Implement Supplement Definition increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end a quantity added (e.g. to make up for a deficiency) Complement Implement something added to complete or make perfect instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end Complementar of words or propositions so related that each is the y negation of the other Complete having every necessary or normal part or component or step Completion a concluding action Replenish fill something that had previously been emptied Plenty as much as necessary Plenary full in all respects Complete having every necessary or normal part or component or step Plethora extreme excess Depletion the act of decreasing something markedly Replete (followed by `with')deeply filled or permeated Expletive a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line 744 Plen Fill 745 Plet Fill, Full 746 Pli Fold, Bend Compliant Suppliant Pliable 747 Plic Fold, Bend, Embrace Apply Imply Reply disposed or willing to comply humbly entreating capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking ask (for something) express or state indirectly the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange Explicit precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable Complicity Imply Implicit Replica Implement Implicate Explicate Multiplication guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense express or state indirectly being without doubt or reserve copy that is not the original instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end the quality of being simple or uncompounded ask humbly (for something) a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) bring into intimate and incriminating connection elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division Duplicate Explode being two identical increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner Simplicity Supplicate Applicant Accomplice 748 Plod Clap Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples 749 Plor Cry Out, Wail 750 Ploy Fold Implode Exploration Deplore Implore Deployment 751 Plur More Plurality Plural 752 Ply 753 Pneuma Definition burst inward to travel for the purpose of discovery express strong disapproval of call upon in supplication the distribution of forces in preparation for battle or work (in an election with more than 2 options) the number of votes for the candidate or party receiving the greatest number (but less that half of the votes) grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units express or state indirectly of or relating to or using air (or a similar gas) Fold Wind, Air, Breath Lung, Breath Imply Pneumatic Pneumonia respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants 755 Pod Foot Podium 756 Poign Podiatrist Tripod Chiropodist Prick, Point Poignant a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it a specialist in care for the feet a three a specialist in care for the feet keenly distressing to the mind or feelings 754 Pneumon 757 Pol Make Sooth Polish Interpolate Polite 758 Polis City Apology Megalopolis Metropolis 759 Poll 760 Poly 761 Pon Necropolis Acropolis (Hair Of Pollster The) Head, Poll Many Polygamy Polynomial Polyhedron Polymer Place, Put Component Opponent Exponent 762 Popul People Postpone Populace Popular of or relating to Poland or its people or culture insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc. a poor example a very large urban complex (usually involving several cities and towns) people living in a large densely populated municipality a tract of land used for burials the citadel in ancient Greek towns someone who conducts surveys of public opinion the counting of votes (as in an election) having more than one spouse at a time having the character of a polynomial a solid figure bounded by plane polygons or faces a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up characterized by active hostility a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself hold back to a later time people in general considered as a whole (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people) Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 763 Port Meaning Examples Populate Portable Carry, Bear, Bring Portfolio Portage Porter Portico Portmanteau Comport Deport Export Import Purport Report Support Transport Opportune 764 Portio Part, Share Portion Proportion Apportion 765 Pos 766 Posit Place, Put, Lay Place, Put, Settle Juxtapose Expose Suppose Compose Posture Oppose Propose Purpose Impose Position Composition Deposit Imposition 767 Poss Impostor Impose Repository Possessive Be Able, Have Power Posse Definition fill with people or supply with inhabitants of a motor designed to be attached to the outside of a boat's hull the role of the head of a government department carrying boats and supplies overland a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley a porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area a large travelling bag made of stiff leather behave in a certain manner expel from a country commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country the pervading meaning or tenor a short account of the news a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose the allotment of some amount by dividing something harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design) distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose place side by side the exposure of an impostor or a fraud express a supposition put together out of existing material characteristic way of bearing one's body be against make a proposal, declare a plan for something an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions impose something unpleasant the act of positing something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole the act of putting something somewhere the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo) a person who makes deceitful pretenses impose something unpleasant a burial vault (usually for some famous person) desirous of owning a temporary police force Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning 768 Post After 769 Poster Coming After, Following Examples Dispossess Possibility Postpone Posterity Posthumous Preposterous Posterior 770 Pot Drink 771 Potent Powerful, Potent 772 Pov Poor Preposterous Anterior Posterity Potable Potion Potation Pottage Potent Potential Potentate Impotent Omnipotent Poverty 773 Pre Before, In Advance Impoverish Predict Precaution Predominant Prejudice Presume Prevail Preoccupation 774 Preci 775 Prehend 776 Press expel or put out of the possession of real estate a possible alternative hold back to a later time all future generations occurring or coming into existence after a person's death incongruous at or near the hind end in quadrupeds or toward the spine in primates incongruous earlier in time all future generations suitable for drinking a medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage the act of drinking (especially an alcoholic drink) a stew of vegetables and (sometimes) meat having a strong physiological or chemical effect existing in possibility a ruler who is unconstrained by law lacking power or ability having unlimited power the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions make poor make a prediction about a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc. having superior power and influence a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation take liberties or act with too much confidence use persuasion successfully the mental state of being preoccupied by something Premature Price, Value Appreciation Precious Depreciate Praise Take, Apprehend Seize, Comprehend Grasp Apprehensive Reprehensible uncommonly early or before the expected time an increase in price or value of high worth or cost lose in value an expression of approval and commendation anticipate with dread or anxiety get the meaning of something in fear or dread of possible evil or harm bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure Press, Strain a force that compels characterized by expression a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever) the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another causing or suggestive of sorrow or gloom an increase in price or value lose in value Pressure Expressive Compress Impression 777 Preti Definition Price Depressive Appreciation Depreciate Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 778 Prim 779 Pris 780 Priv Meaning First Examples Appraise Appreciable Primitive consider in a comprehensive way enough to be estimated or measured used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies Primeval Primer Primogeniture having existed from the beginning an introductory textbook right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son of primary import a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness) a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime the act of surprising someone form or compose a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all (followed by `to') informed about something secret or not generally known concerning things deeply private and personal the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others take away state or announce indicate by signs advancing in severity any structure that branches out from a central support Primarily Seize, Prison Grasp, Hold Enterprise Separate, Deprive, Single Reprisal Surprise Comprise Privilege Privy Private Privacy 781 Pro 782 Prob 783 Prob Deprive Proclaim In Front Of, Before, Prognosticate Progressive Forward, In Favor Of Projection Promotion Proposal Prospect Provoke Probity Honest, Excellent Test, Prove Approbation Reprobate Improbable Probation Probe Probable Prove 784 Propri One'S Own, Peculiar, Select Definition Appropriate Propriety Proprietary Property Proper act of raising in rank or position the act of making a proposal the possibility of future success provide the needed stimulus for complete and confirmed integrity official recognition or approval marked by immorality too improbable to admit of belief (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them an investigation conducted using a flexible surgical instrument to explore an injury or a body cavity apparently destined establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc correct or appropriate behavior protected by trademark or patent or copyright any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples 785 Proto First Protocol Prototype Protagonist Protozoan Protoplasm 786 Provis Provide 787 Proxim Nearest, Very Near Provision Proviso Approximate Proxy 788 Prud Foresee 789 Psych Public, Of The People 791 Pud Feel Shame, Blush Fight 793 Puls 794 Pun 795 Punct code of correct conduct a standard or typical example the principal character in a work of fiction of or relating to the Protozoa the substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus) the activity of supplying or providing something a stipulated condition located close together a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting the property of being close together careful and sensible a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum Jurisprudence the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do Provide take measures in preparation for Psychoanalysis a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives Mind, and a method of treating various mental disorders Soul, Spirit 790 Public 792 Pugn Definition Proximity Prudent Prude Psychology Psychopath Psychic Republic Publicize Repudiate Impudent Repugnant Pugnacious Pugilism Impugn Pugilist Drive, Urge Impulsive Pulse the science of mental life someone with a sociopathic personality outside the sphere of physical science a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch make public refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid Compunction marked by casual disrespect offensive to the mind ready and able to resort to force or violence fighting with the fists attack as false or wrong someone who fights with his fists for sport without forethought the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart strongly motivated to succeed required by rule the act of repulsing or repelling an attack the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting inflicting punishment exemption from punishment or loss insert punctuation marks into the act of puncturing or perforating acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed) Punctilious marked by precise accordance with details Compulsive Compulsory Repulsion Expulsion Punishmen Punitive t, Pain Impunity Prick, Point Punctuate Puncture Punctual Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples 796 Pung Prick, Point Pungent Expunge 797 Put Think, Reckon, Suppose 798 Put 799 Pyr 800 Quadr Dispute Impute Repute Amputate strong and sharp remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line may be computed or estimated an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent coming into conflict with attribute or credit to the state of being held in high esteem and honor remove surgically Pyrometer an uncontrollable desire to set fire to things a painful burning sensation in the chest caused by gastroesophageal reflux (backflow from the stomach irritating the esophagus) a thermometer designed to measure high temperatures Pyre wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite Pyrotechnics Empyrean Quadrant the craft of making fireworks of or relating to the sky or heavens a measuring instrument for measuring altitude of heavenly bodies a rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings Computable Deputy Cleanse, Trim, Prune, Lop Off Pyromania Fire Pyrosis Square, Fourfold Quadrangle Quadrille Squadron 801 Quaint Know 802 Qual 803 Quarant Of What Sort Or Forty 804 Quart Fourth 805 Quer Ask, Seek 806 Quest Ask, Seek Definition Quadruped Quadrilateral Quadruple Acquaint Quaint Acquaintance Reacquaint Quality Qualify Quarantine Quarterly Quartet Quarter Query Querulous Conquer Questionable Inquest Request Conquest a square dance of 5 or more figures for 4 or more couples an air force unit larger than a flight and smaller than a group having four feet having four sides four times as great or many inform strange in an interesting or pleasing way personal knowledge or information about someone or something acquaint anew of high social status make more specific isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease of or relating to or consisting of a quarter a musical composition for four performers clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent an instance of questioning habitually complaining overcome by conquest able to be refuted an inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority success in mastering something difficult Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Questionnaire 807 Quies 808 Quiet 809 Quint Quiet, Rest Acquiescence Quiescent Acquiesce Quiet, Rest Quietness Tranquil Five Acquit Quietude Requite Quintile Quintuple Quintet Quintessence Definition a form containing a set of questions acceptance without protest causing no symptoms to agree or express agreement the property of making no sound (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves pronounce not guilty of criminal charges a state of peace and quiet make repayment for or return something any of five equal groups into which a population can be divided according to the distribution of values of a particular variable. having five units or components a musical composition for five performers the most typical example or representative of a type 810 Quir Seek, Ask Acquire Exquisite Inquisitive Require Enquire Perquisite win something through one's efforts of extreme beauty showing curiosity make someone do something have a wish or desire to know something a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right) 811 Quis Seek, Ask Conquistador an adventurer (especially one who led the Spanish conquest of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century) Inquisitive Exquisite Perquisite showing curiosity of extreme beauty a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right) 812 Quit Quiet, Rest Acquittal a judgment of not guilty 813 Quot How Many a passage or expression that is quoted or cited the practice of quoting from books or plays etc. a limitation on imports the number obtained by division of or infected by rabies violent state of the elements disparaging terms for the common people radiating or as if radiating light expose to radiation the spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere especially of leaves pungent fleshy edible root kill in large numbers prized variety of chicory having globose heads of red leaves 814 Rab 815 Radi Quote Quotation Quota Quotient Madness, Rabid Rage Rage Rabble Ray, Shine Radiant Irradiate Radioactivity Radius 816 Radic Root Radical Radish Eradicate Radicchio Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Ramification Ramify Rapidity Rapacious Rapid Rapine Rapture an arrangement of branching parts grow and send out branches or branch a rate that is rapid excessively greedy and grasping done or occurring in a brief period of time the act of despoiling a country in warfare a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion Raptores Abrasion Erase Rase Razor Ratify term used in former classifications erosion by friction remove from memory or existence tear down so as to make flat with the ground edge tool used in shaving approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation having its source in or being guided by the intellect (distinguished from experience or emotion) Ration the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel) amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis 817 Ram Branch 818 Rap Grasp, Seize 819 Rapt Seize 820 Ras Scrape 821 Rat Think, Calculate, Determine, Rational Settle Rate Ratio Ratification 822 Rav 823 Raz 824 Re Ravish Ravine Scrape Razor Again, Back Rebellious Bear Away Recognition Reflect Rehabilitation Reliable Respiration Reunion Revive 825 Rect 826 Refer Ruled, Right, Straight Definition Rectify Rectangle Rectitude Correct Erect Direct Rector Referendum Bring Back, Carry Back Reference the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it hold spellbound a deep narrow steep edge tool used in shaving participating in organized resistance to a constituted government designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body give evidence of the quality of the restoration of someone to a useful place in society worthy of reliance or trust the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules the act of coming together again restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state convert into direct current a parallelogram with four right angles righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest free from error upright in position or posture lacking compromising or mitigating elements a person authorized to conduct religious worship a legislative act is referred for final approval to a popular vote by the electorate the act of referring or consulting Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning 827 Reg King 828 Reg Rule, Govern Examples Referee (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play Relate Regicide Regal Regalia give an account of the act of killing a king belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler paraphernalia indicative of royalty (or other high office) Regency of or relating to or characteristic of the style (especially the style of furniture) favored during the Regency (1811 Regent someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch (medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet) army unit smaller than a division the extended spatial location of something related or limited to a particular region fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device Regimen 829 Regis 830 Regul 831 Relat List, Matters Recorded A Rule Carry Back, Bring Back Regiment Region Regional Regulate Register Regular Regulate Deregulate Correlate Relation Correlation 832 Relatio Carry Back Relationship 833 Rend Give Up 834 Rept 835 Retro 836 Rever 837 Rid Creep, Seize, Snatch Backward To Stand In Awe Of; Fear Laugh Definition Render Surrender Rendezvous Surreptitious Reptile Retroactive Revere Reverence Reverend Ridiculous Deride in accord with regular practice or procedure fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of lift the regulations on mutually related an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together a statistical relation between two or more variables such that systematic changes in the value of one variable are accompanied by systematic changes in the other a relation between people a substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls the delivery of a principal into lawful custody a meeting planned at a certain time and place conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods any cold descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735 a reverent mental attitude worthy of adoration or reverence inspiring scornful pity treat or speak of with contempt Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning 838 Ris Laugh 839 Riv Stream, Brook 840 Rod Gnaw, Eat Examples Ridicule language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate Risible Derisory Derision Derive Derivation arousing or provoking laughter incongruous the act of deriding or treating with contempt develop or evolve from a latent or potential state the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin the contestant you hope to defeat a small stream erosion by chemical action become destroyed by water, air, or an etching chemical such as an acid remove soil or rock (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it) Rival Rivulet Corrosion Corrode Erode Erosion Rodent 841 Rog Ask, Demand Arrogant Rogue Interrogate Surrogate 842 Rogat Ask, Demand Abrogate Derogatory Interrogate Surrogate Prerogative 843 Rot Wheel 844 Rou Red 845 Roy Rule, King 846 Rub Red Definition Abrogate Rotate Rotary Rouge Royalty Viceroy Corduroy Rubella Rubicund Ruby 847 Rud Red Rubric Ruddy 848 Rud Crude, Raw, Rudimentary Rude relatively small gnawing animals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel pose a series of questions to providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties revoke formally expressive of low opinion pose a series of questions to providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right) revoke formally plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession relating to or characterized by rotation makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks royal persons collectively showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller a road made of logs laid crosswise a contagious viral disease that is a milder form of measles lasting three or four days inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange) category name of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange) being in the earliest stages of development socially incorrect in behavior Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 849 Rupt Meaning Examples Rough Erudite Rudiment Break, Burst Rupture Erupt Abrupt Corrupt Disrupt Interruption 850 Sacr Holy, Sacred Consecrate Desecrate remove the consecration from a person or an object skillful in statecraft or management type genus of the Sagittariidae of the grey a foreboding about what is about to happen the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations marked by utter benignity Bankrupt Sacrilege Sacrament 851 Sag Perceive, Seek Out Sagacious Sagittarius Sage Presage Sagacity 852 Sain Sacred, Holy Leap, Spring Forward Saintly Salient Salmon Sally Assail Resilient Salacious Saltation 854 Sal 855 Salut 856 Salv Salt having or showing profound knowledge the remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life the act of making a sudden noisy break become active and spew forth lava and rocks surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner lacking in integrity throw into disorder some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity financially ruined blasphemous behavior a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it (sacrifice) an out that advances the base runners (often followed by `to') devoted exclusively to a single use or purpose or person solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose Sacrifice Sacred 853 Sal Definition Saline Salad Health Salary Salinity Saltwater Salute Save Salubrious Salutary Salvation Salvage (of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees of orange tinged with pink a venture off the beaten path attack someone physically or emotionally recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like suggestive of or tending to moral looseness a mutation that drastically changes the phenotype of an organism or species containing salt food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing something that remunerates the relative proportion of salt in a solution water containing salts an act of greeting with friendly words and gestures like bowing or lifting the hat favorable to health of mind or body tending to promote physical well saving someone or something from harm of from an unpleasant situation the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning 857 San Heal 858 Sanct Holy, Sacred 859 Sangui Blood 860 Sanit Health 861 Sap Taste, To Be Wise 862 Satis Enough, Sufficient Examples Salve Sanitarium anything that remedies or heals or soothes a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases Sanity normal or sound powers of mind Sanctuary a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept Sanctity the quality of being holy Sanctify make pure or free from sin or guilt Sanctimony the quality of being hypocritically devout Sanction a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards Sanguinary marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed Sanguine confidently optimistic and cheerful Consanguinity (anthropology) related by blood Sanity Sanitarium normal or sound powers of mind a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases Sanitary free from filth and pathogens Sanitize make less offensive or more acceptable by removing objectionable features Sanitation making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing Sapid full of flavor Sapient acutely insightful and wise Savor the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth Insipid not pleasing to the sense of taste Satisfy make happy or satisfied Satiate supplied (especially fed) to satisfaction Insatiable impossible to satisfy Unsatisfactory not giving satisfaction Saturate 863 Satur Enough 864 Sault Leap, Spring Forward Satisfaction Unsaturated Saturate Assault Insult Result Exult Somersault 865 Scend Climb Definition Ascend Descend Transcend cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance act of fulfilling a desire or need or appetite (of color) not chromatically pure cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect something that results feel extreme happiness or elation an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return travel up, "We ascended the mountain" move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way go beyond Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Condescend 866 Sci Know Plebiscite Conscientious Definition debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way a vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance characterized by extreme care and great effort Scientific 867 Scope 868 Scrib 869 Script conforming with the principles or methods used in science Conscious (followed by òf') showing realization or recognition of something Unconscionabl greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation e Science a particular branch of scientific knowledge Subconscious just below the level of consciousness Omniscient infinitely wise Prescience the power to foresee the future Watch, See Horoscope a diagram of the positions of the planets and signs of the zodiac at a particular time and place Gyroscope rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction Stethoscope a medical instrument for listening to the sounds generated inside the body Periscope an optical instrument that provides a view of an otherwise obstructed field Write Scribble an aimless drawing Ascribe attribute or credit to Describe give a description of Inscribe address, (a work of literature) in a style less formal than a dedication Subscribe adopt as a belief Prescribe issue commands or orders for Proscribe command against Transcribe convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA Write Conscript Scripture Inscription 870 Scrut 871 Scur 872 Se Search Into Cover, Conceal Apart, Without Descriptive Subscription Script Inscrutable Scrutiny Obscure Segregate Sequester Sedition Secede someone who is drafted into military service any writing that is regarded as sacred by a religious group the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words describing the structure of a language the act of signing your name a particular orthography or writing system of an obscure nature a prolonged intense look not clearly understood or expressed someone who is or has been segregated set apart from others an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government withdraw from an organization or communion Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Seduce 873 Sec 874 Sect Follow Cut Secondary Dissect Intersect Section Secant 875 Secu/Sequ Follow Insect Consecutive Inconsequentia l Prosecute Sequel 876 Secut Follow 877 Sed Sit, Settle Consecutive Persecute Prosecute Execute Sediment 878 Self By Oneself Sedate Sedentary Supersede Selfish 879 Sell Take, Sees Consulate Consult Consultation Consultancy 880 Sembl Semblance Seem, Appear, Be Resemble Like Dissemble Assembly Reassemble 881 Semi Half 882 Semin Seed, Sow Definition lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct belonging to a lower class or rank cut open or cut apart meet at a point one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right small air in regular succession without gaps not following logically as a consequence carry out or participate in an activity a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it in regular succession without gaps cause to suffer carry out or participate in an activity sign in the presence of witnesses matter that has been deposited by some natural process characterized by dignity and propriety requiring sitting or little activity take the place or move into the position of concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others diplomatic building that serves as the residence or workplace of a consul advise professionally a conference between two or more people to consider a particular question the practice of giving expert advice within a particular field an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading appear like behave unnaturally or affectedly the social act of assembling assemble once again, after taking something apart Semiprecious used of gemstones having less commercial value than precious stones Semicolon a punctuation mark (` Semester half a year Semiconscious partially conscious Semiskilled Disseminate Seminary Seminar possessing or requiring limited skills cause to become widely known a private place of education for the young a course offered for a small group of advanced students Seminal pertaining to or containing or consisting of semen Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 883 Sen Meaning Old Examples Senile Senior Senate Senescent Seneschal Sire 884 Sens Feel, Perceive, Think Sensory Sense Sensible Sensual Nonsense Consensus Sensation 885 Sent Feel, Be Aware, Think Sentiment Presentiment Sentence Assent 886 Sequ Follow Consent Dissent Resent Obsequious Sequester Sequel Sequence 887 Ser 888 Seri 889 Sert Consequent Subsequent Join, Bind, Serial Put, Serialize Connect, Series Order, A Row Dissertation Grave, Serious Serious Join, Bind, Assert Put Desert Dissertation Exert Insert Concert Definition mentally or physically infirm with age used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college assembly possessing high legislative powers growing old the chief steward or butler of a great household male parent of an animal especially a domestic animal such as a horse involving or derived from the senses the faculty through which the external world is apprehended aware intuitively or intellectually of something sensed sexually exciting or gratifying having no intelligible meaning agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion a feeling of evil to come a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language agreement with a statement or proposal to do something permission to do something a difference of opinion feel bitter or indignant about attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner set apart from others a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie following as an effect or result following in time or order of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations arrange serially (mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research requiring effort or concentration state categorically located in a dismal or remote area a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research put to use an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 890 Serv 891 Sesqui 892 Sess 893 Sever 894 Sext 895 Sid Meaning Serve, Keep, Protect Examples Conservatory a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner Conservation the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources Observe observe correctly or closely Preserve a reservation where animals are protected Reserve the trait of being uncommunicative Deserve be worthy or deserving One And A Sesquipedalian given to the overuse of long words Half Sit, Be Still Obsession an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone Session a meeting devoted to a particular activity Serious, Persevere be persistent, refuse to stop Grave,Stric Asseverate state categorically t Severity excessive sternness Severe very bad in degree or extent Perseverance the act of persisting or persevering Sixth Sextant a measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects Sextuple having six units or components Sexagenarian being from 60 to 69 years old Sit, Settle Preside act as president Subside wear off or die down Presidency the office and function of president Subsidy a grant paid by a government to an enterprise that benefits the public Residue matter that remains after something has been removed Assiduous Insidious Reconsider Consider marked by care and persistent effort working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards consider again regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem Consideration a considerate and thoughtful act Insignia Signal Resignation a badge worn to show official position notably out of the ordinary a formal document giving notice of your intention to resign assign a name or title to not large enough to consider or notice convey or express a meaning a person who devises plots or intrigues a sheet with several pages printed on it the act of distributing something to designated places or persons a salt or ester derived from silicic acid become similar to one's environment the quality of being similar Dissident 896 Sider 897 Sign Star Mark Designate Insignificant Signify Designer Signature Assignment 898 Silic 899 Simil Definition Flint Silicate Like, Make Assimilate Like, Similarity Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Together 900 Simul 901 Sinu At The Same Fold, Bend, Curve Examples Simile Simulate Dissimilar Simultaneous Simulate Insinuate Cosine 902 Sipa Throw Sinuous Dissipate 903 Sir Star, Heavenly To Stand, Place Undesirable Desirous Persist Assist 904 Sist 905 Soci Partner, Companion Insist Resist Subsist Consist Desist Exist Sociologist Association Associate Society Socialism 906 Sol Alone, Only Soliloquy Solo 907 Sol The Sun Sole Desolate Solitaire Solitude Solitary Solar Parasol Solstice 908 Solut Loosen Resolution Absolute Dissolute Solution Soluble Definition a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or às') make a pretence of not similar occurring or operating at the same time make a pretence of introduce or insert (oneself) in a subtle manner ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right curved or curving in and out live a life or pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption not desirable having or expressing desire for something stay behind (sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play assert to be true withstand the force of something support oneself be composed of choose not to consume have an existence, be extant a social scientist who studies the institutions and development of human society the act of consorting with or joining with others having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization a political theory advocating state ownership of industry a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections composed or performed by a single voice or instrument not divided or shared with others crushed by grief a card game played by one person a solitary place remote or secluded relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun a handheld collapsible source of shade either of the two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator finding a solution to a problem perfect or complete or pure unrestrained by convention or morality the successful action of solving a problem (of a substance) capable of being dissolved in some solvent (usually water) Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Definition 909 Solv Loosen, Release Absolve Insolvent Resolve Dissolve 910 Somn Sleep Insomnia an inability to sleep Somnolent inclined to or marked by drowsiness Somnambulist someone who walks about in their sleep 911 Son Sound Somnolence Sonata Resonance Consonant Sonorous Unison 912 Soph Wise, Wisdom Dissonance Philosopher Sophistication Philosophy Sophistry 913 Sort Lot, Kind Sorcery let off the hook unable to meet or discharge financial obligations the trait of being resolute (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next a very sleepy state a musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities involving or characterized by harmony full and loud and deep (music) two or more sounds or tones at the same pitch or in octaves disagreeable sounds a specialist in philosophy falsification by the use of sophistry any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world Consort Assort Sort Sorcerer Assortment Escape, Go Resort Out, Leave the husband or wife of a reigning monarch arrange or order by classes or categories an approximate definition or example one who practices magic or sorcery a collection containing a variety of sorts of things a hotel located in a resort area 915 Spe(R) Hope 916 Speci Kind, Sort 917 Spect Look, See, Appear grow stronger the condition of prospering a specific kind of something for a special service or occasion decide upon or fix definitely any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring food broad range of related values or qualities or ideas or activities a blunder that makes you look ridiculous a formal or official examination a close observer (usually preceded by ìn') a detail or point heedful of potential consequences 914 Sorti Prosper Prosperity Species Special Specify Spice Spectrum Spectacle Inspection Spectator Respect Circumspect Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Perspective Species Specimen Expectant Expectorant Expectorate 918 Sper Scatter, Strew, Sprinkle 919 Sphere Sphere Disperse Intersperse Aspersion Spherical Atmosphere Hemisphere Stratosphere Spheroid 920 Spic Look At, See 921 Spir Breathe Suspicious Inauspicious Perspicuity Despicable Conspicuous Transpire Spirit Aspire Conspire Expire Inspire Perspire Respiration 922 Spond Promise, Pledge, Answer 923 Spons Promise, Answer 924 Sta Stand Definition the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer a specific kind of something a bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes in an advanced stage of pregnancy a medicine promoting expectoration discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth move away from each other introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare) of or relating to spheres or resembling a sphere the mass of air surrounding the Earth either half of the cerebrum the atmospheric layer between the troposphere and the mesosphere a shape that is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes not as expected not auspicious clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous morally reprehensible obvious to the eye or mind give off (water) through the skin a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together expel air supply the inspiration for excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules Respond respond favorably or as hoped Despondent without or almost without hope Despondency feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless Correspondenc communication by the exchange of letters e Response a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister Responsible being the agent or cause Unresponsive not responding to some influence or stimulus Sponsor someone who supports or champions something Stamina enduring strength and energy Obstacle an obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented) Standard commonly used or supplied Constant steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection Establish use as a basis for Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 925 Stant Meaning Stand Examples Ecstasy a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion Stability the quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast Substance Constant Distant Instant Stanchion Stanza that which has mass and occupies space steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection apart in space in or of the present month any vertical post or rod used as a support a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem information that should be kept in mind when making a decision the way something is with respect to its main attributes Circumstance 926 Stat Stand State Status Statue Stature 927 Statut Place, Put, Set, Establish, Stand Statute Constitute Destitute Substitute Institute 928 Stell Star Stellar 929 Stereo Solid Constellation Stereotype Stereophonic 930 Stern Sternum Spread (Out), Stretch Out Substrate 931 Stigm 932 Stimul 933 Stinc 934 Stingu Prick, Mark, Brand Prick, Excite Prick, Mark, Brand Prick, Definition the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society a sculpture representing a human or animal (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot enacted by a legislative body form or compose poor enough to need help from others artificial and inferior an association organized to promote art or science or education being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars a configuration of stars as seen from the earth a conventional or formulaic conception or image designating sound transmission from two sources through two channels the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs an indigenous language that contributes features to the language of an invading people who impose their language on the indigenous population Stratum one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock) Stratosphere Stigmatize Stigma the atmospheric layer between the troposphere and the mesosphere mark with a stigma or stigmata a skin lesion that is a diagnostic sign of some disease Stimulate Stimulation Stimulant Instinct Distinctive cause to be alert and energetic the act of arousing an organism to action that stimulates (followed by `with')deeply filled or permeated of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing Extinguish kill in large numbers Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 935 Stit Meaning Pierce, Quench Stand Examples Distinguishable capable of being perceived as different or distinct Superstition Solstice an irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear either of the two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator Destitute Obstinate Substitute Institution poor enough to need help from others resistant to guidance or discipline artificial and inferior an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup) showing ignorance or the laws of nature and faith in magic or chance the ultimate goal for which something is done the act of constraining hold back characterized by hard work and perseverance place limits on (extent or access) severe and unremitting in making demands a region marked off for administrative or other purposes very large boa of tropical America and West Indies Constituent Superstitious 936 Strain 937 Stri 938 Strict 939 String 940 Strix Destination Constraint Draw Tight, Bind Restrain Build Industrious Restrict Draw Tight, Bind Strict District Draw Tight, Bind Screech Owl BoaConstrictor Constrict Astringent demanding strict attention to rules and procedures Strident Stridulate being sharply insistent on being heard make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures a whistling sound when breathing (usually heard on inspiration) a sudden violent change in the earth's surface extremely harmful the mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word the means whereby some act is accomplished make sense of drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem a thing constructed give instructions or directions for some task causing destruction or much damage block passage through lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action provide physical relief, as from pain 941 Strophe Turn, A Twist Catastrophe Catastrophic Apostrophe 942 Stru Build, Arrange Build, Arrange Instrument Construe Construction 944 Stup 945 Suad become tight or as if tight tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue Stringent Stridor 943 Struct Definition Structure Instruct Destructive Obstruct Be Amazed Stupid Stupefy Stupendous Persuade, Persuade Recommen Assuage d Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Persuasive Suave Dissuade Suave 946 Suav Sweet 947 Sub Under, Below Subjugate Subliminal Submit Subversion Subconscious Subdue Submarine Submission Suppress Subscribe Substance Subterranean 948 Suf Below, From Under Leap, Spring Forward Sufficient 949 Sult Insult Result Exult Exultant Desultory Consultation 950 Sum Take 951 Summ Highest 952 Sumpt Take Assume Consume Presume Resume Consummate Summit Assumption Presume Consumption Sumptuous Sumptuary 953 Sumptu Expense 954 Sup Under, Down 955 Super Above, Over Superficial Superior Suppress Support Superb Definition capable of convincing smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication turn away from by persuasion smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication make subservient below the threshold of conscious perception put before the act of subverting just below the level of consciousness correct by punishment or discipline beneath the surface of the sea the act of submitting to put down by force or authority adopt as a belief that which has mass and occupies space lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed) of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect something that results feel extreme happiness or elation joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose a conference between two or more people to consider a particular question take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect engage fully take liberties or act with too much confidence a summary of your academic and work history having or revealing supreme mastery or skill a meeting of heads of governments the act of taking possession of or power over something take liberties or act with too much confidence the act of consuming something rich and superior in quality regulating or controlling expenditure or personal behavior to put down by force or authority a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission being or affecting or concerned with a surface (often followed by `to') above being affected or influenced by surpassingly good Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Supernatural 956 Sur Over, Above, Upon, In Addition 957 Surg Rise 958 Surrect Rise 959 Sus Below, Under 960 Sym Together Supreme Sovereign Surface Surround Surpass Surfeit Surrender Resurgent Surge Insurgent Source Insurrection Resurrection Susceptible Suspend Sustain Suspect Symmetry Symposium Symbiosis Symphony Symmetrical Symbol Sympathetic 961 Syn Together, With Definition not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws greatest or maximal in degree greatest in status or authority or power on the surface the area in which something exists or lives be or do something to a greater degree the state of being more than full the delivery of a principal into lawful custody rising again as to new life and vigor a sudden or abrupt strong increase in opposition to a civil authority or government a facility where something is available organized opposition to authority a revival from inactivity and disuse (often followed by òf' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of cause to be held in suspension in a fluid admit as valid not as expected (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent a long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible Syntax expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings the combination of ideas into a complex whole music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts make synchronous and adjust in time or manner a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences Synonymous (of words) meaning the same or nearly the same Synthesis Syncopation Synopsis Synonym Synthetic Synchronize Syndicate Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Synthesizer 962 Tac 963 Tact 964 Tag 965 Tain 966 Tali 967 Tang Be Silent Touch Arrange, Put In Order Tacit Taciturn Reticent Tactile Tactful Contact Intact Tactics (music) an electronic instrument (usually played with a keyboard) that generates and modifies sounds electronically and can imitate a variety of other musical instruments indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed directly habitually reserved and uncommunicative reluctant to draw attention to yourself producing a sensation of touch showing skill and sensitivity in dealing with people close interaction undamaged in any way the branch of military science dealing with detailed maneuvers to achieve objectives set by strategy Tactical Tactician Hold Detain Entertain Obtain Pertain Retain Sustain Maintain Compensati Retaliation on In Kind of or pertaining to tactic or tactics a person who is skilled at planning tactics cause to be slowed down or delayed take into consideration, have in view come into possession of be a part or attribute of keep in one's mind admit as valid state or assert action taken in return for an injury or offense Touch Tangent Tangible ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch Tangential Contagious of or relating to or acting along or in the direction of a tangent easily diffused or spread as from one person to another Contiguous Contingent very close or connected in space or time uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances Taxable Retardant Tardy Retard Tasteless Distasteful Technology Pyrotechnics Protection (of goods or funds) subject to taxation any agent that retards or delays or hinders after the expected or usual time a person of subnormal intelligence lacking aesthetic or social taste not pleasing in odor or taste the practical application of science to commerce or industry (of production of chemicals) made for commercial purposes especially on a large scale the craft of making fireworks payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence Detect discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of Toga a one 968 Tard Slow 969 Tast Touch 970 Techn Art Technical 971 Tect Definition Cover, Protect Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 972 Teg Meaning Touch Examples Integer Integral Integrate Integrity Disintegrate 973 Tege Protect, Cover Protege Protect 974 Tele Far 975 Temn Scorn, Slight 976 Templ Temple 977 Tempor 978 Ten Time Definition any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero constituting the undiminished entirety make into a whole or make part of a whole moral soundness break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage Telephone electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds Telescope a magnifier of images of distant objects Telepathy apparent communication from one mind to another without using sensory perceptions Contempt a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body Contemptible deserving of contempt or scorn Contemptuous expressing extreme contempt Contemplate consider as a possibility Contemplation a long and thoughtful observation Contemplative persistently or morbidly thoughtful Temporary Temporal Temporize lacking continuity or regularity of this earth or world draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time Contemporary belonging to the present time Extemporaneo us Hold, Keep Lieutenant Tenure Tenet with little or no preparation or forethought Tenacious Retentive an officer in a police force the right to hold property a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice sticking together having the power, capacity, or quality of retaining water Content satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are Detention a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified Tenant Tenor Untenable Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 979 Tend Meaning Stretch, Reach Examples Tenacity Distend Portend Pretend Attend Tendon Tender Extend Bartender Superintend Tendency 980 Tens 981 Tent Stretch, Strain Stretch, Reach Make Thin 983 Termin Boundary, End, Limit 984 Terr Earth, Land, Ground the act of giving a false appearance the action of stretching something tight taut or rigid the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle Intensity Tensile Intent Detention Ostentation Contentious Unpretentious high level or degree of or relating to tension giving or marked by complete attention to a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home a courteous act indicating affection the easing of tensions or strained relations (especially between nations) pretentious or showy or vulgar display involving or likely to cause controversy lacking pretension or affectation Tenuous Attenuate Extenuate very thin in gauge or diameter reduced in strength lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of Tenuity Exterminate Terminology a rarified quality kill en masse a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline fix conclusively or authoritatively causing or ending in or approaching death lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed) place in a grave or tomb an area of knowledge or interest a piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential operating or living or growing on land authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity a struggle between rivals Determine Terminal Subterranean Inter Territory Terrain 985 Test Witness persistent determination swell from or as if from internal pressure indicate by signs imagined as in a play give heed (to) a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment (of plants) not hardy increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar watch and direct a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect Pretense Tension Tense Hypotenuse Attention Detente 982 Tenu Definition Terrestrial Attest Contest Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Detest Protest Testify Testimony Intestate 986 Testat Make A Will Testament Testator Intestate 987 Text Woven, Plaited, Texture, A Web Pretext Textile Texture Context 988 The Place, Put Antithesis Theme Thesis Epithet Hypothesis Synthesis Parenthesis 989 The 990 Therm God Theocracy Theology (antiquity) a temple to all the gods the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god) Theism the doctrine or belief in the existence of a God or gods Atheist Heat, Warm Thermal Isotherm Thermometer Be Silent Time, Hour, Season dislike intensely the act of protesting give testimony in a court of law something that serves as evidence having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will a profession of belief a person who makes a will having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will something serving to conceal plans of or relating to fabrics or fabric making the feel of a surface or a fabric discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument descriptive word or phrase a tentative theory about the natural world the combination of ideas into a complex whole either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material the belief in government by divine guidance the learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary) Pantheon Apotheosis Thermos 991 Tic 992 Tid Definition related to or characterized by or given to atheism caused by or designed to retain heat (meteorology) an isogram connecting points having the same temperature at a given time vacuum flask that preserves temperature of hot or cold drinks measuring instrument for measuring temperature Thermostat a regulator for automatically regulating temperature by starting or stopping the supply of heat Thermocouple a kind of thermometer consisting of two wires of different metals that are joined at both ends reluctant to draw attention to yourself the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon new information about specific and timely events marked by good order and cleanliness in appearance or habits Reticent Tide Tidings Tidy Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 993 Tig 994 Tim 995 Tin Meaning Touch, Contact Fear Examples Intertidal Contiguous of or relating to the littoral area above the low very close or connected in space or time Timid Intimidate Timorous Timidity showing fear and lack of confidence make timid or fearful timid by nature or revealing timidity fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities having control over urination and defecation act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite Hold, Keep Continent Abstinence Pertinent 996 Ting Touch, Contact 997 Toler Bear, Put Up With Cut 998 Tom Discontinuity Impertinent having precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand lack of connection or continuity characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality Contingent uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances Contingency Tolerance the state of being contingent on something the act of tolerating something Anatomy Tome Atom Epitome Dichotomy Lobotomy a detailed analysis a (usually) large and scholarly book (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything a brief abstract (as of an article or book) being twofold surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain a surgical operation that creates an opening into the trachea with a tube inserted to provide a passage for air Tracheotomy 999 Tomy Cutting, Incision Definition Appendectomy surgical removal of the vermiform appendix Dichotomy Lithotomy Lobotomy Tracheotomy 1000 Ton Thunder, Tone Astonish Detonate 1001 Torn Thunder, Turn Tornado Attorney Tornillo 1002 Torp Stiff, Numb Torpid Torpor 1003 Torr Parch, Burn, Dry Torrid Torrent being twofold surgical removal of a stone (calculus) surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain a surgical operation that creates an opening into the trachea with a tube inserted to provide a passage for air affect with wonder burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel a professional person authorized to practice law shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods slow and apathetic a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility burning hot a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid) Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 1004 Tort Meaning Twist, Wring Examples Toast Torrential Extort Tortuous Contort Tortoise Torch Torment Retort 1005 Tox Poison Contortionist Toxic Antitoxin Endotoxin Intoxicate Toxicology 1006 Tract Pull, Draw Attractive Contract Definition slices of bread that have been toasted pouring in abundance get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner not straightforward twist and press out of shape usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant a light carried in the hand the act of harassing someone a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat an acrobat able to twist into unusual positions of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison an antibody that can neutralize a specific toxin a toxin that is confined inside the microorganisms and is released only when the microorganisms are broken down or die have an intoxicating effect on, of a drug the branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature and effects and treatments of poisons pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid Portrait Retraction any likeness of a person the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back Abstract Distraction Portrayal Protract Distraught Entreat Intractable Traction existing only in the mind the act of distracting acting the part of a character on stage lengthen in time deeply agitated especially from emotion ask for or request earnestly not tractable (orthopedics) the act of pulling on a bone or limb (as in a fracture) to relieve pressure or align parts in a special way during healing an inherited pattern of thought or action someone who betrays his country by committing treason reveal unintentionally portray in words public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive change from one form or medium into another change in outward structure or looks travel across send from one person or place to another the act of transfering something from one form to another go beyond crossing the Atlantic Ocean 1007 Trad Deliver, Betray Tradition Traitor 1008 Trah Draw Betray Portray Train 1009 Trans Across Translate Transform Traverse Transmit Transfer Transcend Transatlantic Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 1010 Treat 1011 Trem Meaning Draw, Handle Tremble Examples Definition Transact Transport conduct business an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes Treaty a written agreement between two states or sovereigns Treatise Entreat Retreat Mistreatment a formal exposition ask for or request earnestly (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat the practice of treating (someone or something) badly Tremble a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement Tremendous 1017 Trop Turn Tropical Trophy Heliotrope extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear) a feeling of alarm or dread invulnerable to fear or intimidation a three a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle a spear with three prongs having three units or components or elements a three obvious and dull a musical composition for three performers occurring every third year or lasting 3 years the apse of a Christian church that contains the bishop's throne relating to or characteristic of a tribe payment by one nation for protection by another an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity contribute to some cause give out the act of correcting for your wrongdoing paying tribute having many complexly arranged elements the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) a cunning or deceitful action or device marked by elaborately complex detail a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends of weather or climate something given as a token of victory green chalcedony with red spots that resemble blood 1018 Trud Thrust, Push Protrude Intrude Extrude swell or protrude outwards thrust oneself in as if by force form or shape by forcing through an opening 1012 Trepid 1013 Tri 1014 Trib 1015 Tribut 1016 Tric Tremor Trembling, Trepidation Intrepid Agitated Triad Three Triangle Trident Triple Tripod Trivial Trio Triennial Tribune Race, Family, Or Waste Away Tribal Tribute Assign, Allow, Pay, Attribute Allot Contribute Distribute Retribution Tributary Intricate Make Trickery Trouble, Entangle Trick Intricacy Intrigue Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 1019 Trus 1020 Tuit Meaning Thrust, Push Watch, Protect, Look After Examples Abstruse Unobtrusive Tuition Intuition Intuitive Tutelage Tutor 1021 Tun Thunder, Shake, Thump , Pound Disturb, Drive, Throw In Disorder Stunning 1023 Tus Strike 1024 Tut Watch, Protect, Look After Contusion Obtuse Tutorial Tutor 1022 Turb Turbulent Disturb Perturb Turbid Turbine Tutelage 1025 Typ Impression, Prototype Typical Form, Archetype Model Type 1026 Uber 1027 Ultim 1028 Ultra 1029 Umbr 1030 Un Not, None difficult to penetrate not obtrusive or undesirably noticeable a fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education) instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes) obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately) a person who gives private instruction (as in singing or acting) strikingly beautiful or attractive (of a liquid) agitated vigorously damage as if by shaking or jarring throw into great confusion or disorder (of especially liquids) clouded as with sediment rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate the action of bruising lacking in insight or discernment of or relating to tutors or tutoring a person who gives private instruction (as in singing or acting) teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately) a standard or typical example conforming to a type an original model on which something is patterned Penumbra a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval produced or growing in extreme abundance a final peremptory demand being the last or concluding element of a series next to the last having or employing wavelengths shorter than light but longer than X extremely modern very high frequency sound a synthetic suede cloth covering or applying simultaneously to a number of similar items or elements or groups a fringe region of partial shadow around an umbra Umbrage Adumbrate Unanimous Unattractive a feeling of anger caused by being offended give to understand in complete agreement lacking beauty or charm Exuberance Bear Abundantly Exuberant Last Ultimatum Ultimate Penultimate Beyond Ultraviolet Shade, Shadow Definition Ultramodern Ultrasound Ultraliberal Umbrella Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Definition Unconscious Unfinished Unnecessary Unpredictable (followed by òf') not knowing or perceiving not brought to an end or conclusion not necessary unknown in advance Unravel 1031 Und Wave, Flow, Overflow, Be Excessive Unworthy Undulate Abound Inundate Redundant Redound Abundance 1032 Under Beneath Underground become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of lacking in value or merit having a wavy margin and rippled surface be abundant or plentiful fill or cover completely, usually with water repetition of same sense in different words have an effect for good or ill the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods 1033 Uni One Understand Unilateral Reunion Unique know and comprehend the nature or meaning of involving only one part or side the act of coming together again highly unusual or rare but not the single instance Uniformity the quality of lacking diversity or variation (even to the point of boredom) join or combine establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching Unite University Unison 1034 Urb City, Town Unanimous Unify Unionize Suburb Urbane 1035 Urgy Working With, Producing 1036 Us Use Urban Metallurgy Zymurgy Usurp Abusive Abuse Peruse Usurious 1037 Ut Use Utensil Utility (music) two or more sounds or tones at the same pitch or in octaves in complete agreement become one form or join a union a residential district located on the outskirts of a city showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience located in or characteristic of a city or city life the science and technology of metals the branch of chemistry concerned with fermentation (as in making wine or brewing or distilling) take the place of characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment a rude expression intended to offend or hurt examine or consider with attention and in detail greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation an implement for practical use (especially in a household) capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 1038 Util 1039 Vac 1040 Vad 1041 Vag Meaning Examples Utilize Utilitarian Use, Useful Utilitarian Utilize Utility Empty, At Leisure Vacuous Evacuate Vacuum 1043 Val 1044 Van 1045 Vanq 1046 Var Go, Advance the act of making something legally void leave behind empty being unoccupied spread or diffuse through march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation Wander Evade Invasion Vagabond Available use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid the act of invading continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another any lavishly staged or spectacular entertainment not clearly understood or expressed continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service Prevail Countervail use persuasion successfully oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions Avail Valid Valiant Valor Value Invalid Evaluate Equivalent Vanity Empty, Vanish Vain Evanescent Conquer Vanquish Bend, Turn Vary Variegate a means of serving still legally acceptable having or showing valor the qualities of a hero or heroine relative darkness or lightness of a color no longer valid form a critical opinion of being essentially equal to something the quality of being valueless or futile decrease rapidly and disappear tending to vanish like vapor come out better in a competition, race, or conflict make something more diverse and varied change the appearance of, especially by marking with different colors a difference that is usually pleasant be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information Be Strong, Be Worth Be Strong, Be Worth Variety Prevaricate 1047 Vari 1048 Vas convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust) having a useful function having a useful function convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust) capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team devoid of matter excrete or discharge from the body an electrical home appliance that cleans by suction Vacation Vacate Vacancy Pervade Invade Extravaganza Vague Vagrant 1042 Vail Definition Varus Diverse, Of Variation Many Kinds Variety Variegated Various Go, Invasion an activity that varies from a norm or standard a difference that is usually pleasant having a variety of colors considered individually the act of invading Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Advance 1049 Vast Lay Waste 1050 Veh Carry, Bring 1051 Vel 1052 Veloc Examples Evasion Evasive Devastate Devastation Vehicle Vehement Vein Inveigh Cover, Veil Revelation Reveal Veil Swift, Velocity Speed Velocipede Velodrome 1053 Velop Wrap, Cover Envelop Development 1054 Ven Come Convenient Souvenir Intervene Revenue Covenant 1055 Vent Come the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver deliberately vague or ambiguous overwhelm or overpower an event that results in total destruction a conveyance that transports people or objects characterized by great force or energy one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect speak against in an impassioned manner an enlightening or astonishing disclosure make clear and visible a garment that covers the head and face distance travelled per unit time any of several early bicycles with pedals on the front wheel a banked oval track for bicycle or motorcycle racing enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining easy to reach something of sentimental value occur between other event or between certain points of time the entire amount of income before any deductions are made (Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return Venue Convene Prevention Adventure in law: the jurisdiction where a trial will be held meet formally the act of preventing a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful) Invent come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort the act of convening full of events or incidents arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous) any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome confirm the truth of precisely accurate unwillingness to tell lies (law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true an enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic truth Convention Eventful Advent Venture 1056 Ver Definition True, Truth Verify Veracious Veracity Verdict Aver Verity Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Definition Verisimilitude the appearance of truth Word Verbatim in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker 1058 Verd Flourish, Be Green Verbose Verbal Adverb Proverbial Verbiage Verdant Verdigris 1059 Verer Stand In Awe Of, Turn using or containing too many words communicated in the form of words the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses widely known and spoken of overabundance of words characterized by abundance of verdure a green patina that forms on copper or brass or bronze that has been exposed to the air or water for long periods of time the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation a reverent mental attitude profoundly honored someone who offers opposition in an opposing direction a stroke of ill fortune the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it) (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed a contentious speech act the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc. distinctly dissimilar or unlike having variety of character or form or components reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect 1057 Verb 1060 Vers Verdure Reverence Revered Adversary Adverse Adversity Anniversary Averse Controversy Conversation Diverse Diversified Inverse Perverse Reverse 1061 Vert Turn Traverse Universal marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle travel across adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations Universe everything stated or assumed in a given discussion University establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching Version manual turning of a fetus in the uterus (usually to aid delivery) having a wide variety of skills a piece of poetry a reeling sensation one of the bony segments of the spinal column the point of intersection of lines or the point opposite the base of a figure a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides) call attention to a public promotion of some product or service Versatility Verse Vertigo Vertebra Vertex Vortex Advertise Advertisement Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Avert Convert Divest Invest Veteran Veterinarian Devious Obvious turn away or aside a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one being concerned with the social and physical environment (psychology) a person who tends to shrink from social contacts and to become preoccupied with their own thoughts make an inversion (in a musical composition) undergo reversion, as in a mutation destroy completely having a backbone or spinal column of or relating to different levels in a hierarchy (as levels of social class or income group) gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way reduce or dispose of make an investment rendered competent through trial and experience a doctor who practices veterinary medicine deviating from a straight course easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind Impervious not admitting of passage or capable of being affected Deviate Obviate Previous Viaduct markedly different from an accepted norm do away with just preceding something else in time or order bridge consisting of a series of arches supported by piers used to carry a road (or railroad) over a valley Viaduct bridge consisting of a series of arches supported by piers used to carry a road (or railroad) over a valley Trivial Vicissitude obvious and dull mutability in life or nature (especially successive alternation from one condition to another) a Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher Divert Extrovert Introvert Invert Revert Subvert Vertebrate Vertical 1062 Vest Clothe, Garment, Dress 1063 Veter Old 1064 Vi Way, Road 1065 Via Way 1066 Vic Turn, A Change Vestment Travesty Vicar 1067 Vict Conquer Victim Evict Victor Conviction 1068 Vid Definition Victimize See, Appear Evident Provide an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process a combatant who is able to defeat rivals (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed punish unjustly capable of being seen or noticed take measures in preparation for Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 1069 Vig 1070 Vil 1071 Vin Meaning Lively, Vigor Examples Invidious containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice Providential Vigil resulting from divine providence the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival) vigilant attentiveness impart vigor, strength, or vitality to spread negative information about spread negative information about of or relating to wine the oldness of wines someone who makes wine the process whereby fermentation changes grape juice into wine incapable of being overcome or subdued give expression to come out better in a competition, race, or conflict characteristic of the provinces or their people make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something characterized by energy and vigor a group of three men responsible for public administration or civil authority existing in essence or effect though not in actual fact Vigilance Invigorate Mean, Base Vilify Revile Wine Vinous Vintage Vintner Vinification 1072 Vinc Conquer Invincible Evince Vanquish Provincial Convince 1073 Vir Man Virile Triumvirate Virtual Virtuoso Virago Environs Environmental 1074 Viron A Circle 1075 Viru Poison 1076 Vis See, Appear Visionary Revise Provisional Virulent Virus Visor 1077 Vit Life, Alive 1078 Viv Life, Alive Definition Visual Improvise Vitality Revitalize Vital Vitamin Vivacity Vivify Revive Survive Vivisection Viviparous having or revealing supreme mastery or skill a noisy or scolding or domineering woman an outer adjacent area of any place concerned with the ecological effects of altering the environment infectious (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts not practical or realizable the act of rewriting something under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon a piece of armor plate (with eye slits) fixed or hinged to a medieval helmet to protect the face able to be seen perform without preparation an energetic style give new life or vigor to manifesting or characteristic of life any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism characterized by high spirits and animation make more striking or animated restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state continue to live the act of operating on living animals (especially in scientific research) producing living young (not eggs) Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root 1079 Voc Meaning Voice, Call 1080 Vol Wish, Will 1081 Vol Fly Examples Definition Vivacious Vociferous Vocalize Vocabulary Vocation vigorous and animated conspicuously and offensively loud utter speech sounds a language user's knowledge of words the particular occupation for which you are trained Advocate a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea Equivocal Irrevocable Evoke Revoke uncertain as a sign or indication incapable of being retracted or revoked call to mind the mistake of not following suit when able to do so Provoke Volition Volunteer Benevolent Malevolent Involuntary Volatile provide the needed stimulus for the act of making a choice without payment generous in providing aid to others wishing or appearing to wish evil to others not subject to the control of the will tending to vary often or widely Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples Volley Volitalize 1082 Volu Roll, Turn Revolutionary Volume Revolting Evolution 1083 Volv Roll, Turn 1084 Vor Devour 1085 Vot Vow, A Wish 1086 Vour Eat Voluble Voluminous Convoluted Evolve Revolver Involve Devolve Carnivore Voracious Herbivore Votive Voter Votary Devotional Devotee Devout Devour Definition a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces involving or causing a complete or dramatic change. markedly new or introducing radical change the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction) highly offensive (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms marked by a ready flow of speech large in volume or bulk rolled or coiled together undergo development or evolution a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets) make complex or intricate or complicated grow worse any animal that feeds on flesh devouring or craving food in great quantities any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants dedicated in fulfillment of a vow a citizen who has a legal right to vote a devoted (almost religiously so) adherent of a cause or person or activity relating to worship an ardent follower and admirer devoutly religious eat greedily Black book of English Vocabulary: English Root Words SNo. Root Meaning Examples 1087 Voy Way 1088 Vulcan 1089 Vuls Fire Vulcanize Pluck, Tear Convulsion Convoy Envoy Convey Voyage Invoice Revulsion Vulture 1090 Was 1091 Zo Be Hale (Old English) Animal Definition the act of escorting while in transit a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry make known a journey to some distant place an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered subject to vulcanization a physical disturbance such as an earthquake or upheaval intense aversion any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion Convulse Wassail be overcome with laughter a punch made of sweetened ale or wine heated with spices and roasted apples Zoology Zodiac the branch of biology that studies animals (astrology) a circular diagram representing the 12 zodiacal constellations and showing their signs Zoophyte any of various invertebrate animals resembling a plant such as a sea anemone or coral or sponge Total: 4338 Words.

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