English 10 –Roots Word List #10: Common Latin Verbs N-S
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2.
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Root
Meaning
Example
Explanation
nat, nasc
born
native
one born in a country
deny
_____________
negative
_________________________
deny truth of
speak, pray
_____________
orator
_________________________
speaker
_________________________
decorate
neg
ora
4.
orn
decorate
_____________
adorn
5.
pel, puls
drive
_____________
repel
_________________________
drive back
6.
plic, plex, ply
fold
_____________
complicated
_________________________
involved (fold ed in on itself)
place, put
_____________
postpone
_________________________
place after
carry
_____________
import
_________________________
carry in
_____________
pugnacious
_________________________
ready to fight
_________________________
seek ing information
_________________________
break
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8.
pon, pos
port
9.
pugn
fight
10.
seek
11.
quir, ques
quis
rupt
break
_____________
inquisitive
_____________
rupture
12.
scend
climb
_____________
ascend, descend
_________________________
climb up, climb down
13.
sci
know
_____________
conscious
_________________________
able to know
write
_____________
inscribe
_________________________
write in
cut
_____________
bisect
_________________________
cut in two
_________________________
a sit ting in
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15.
scrib, script
sect
16.
sed, sess
sit
_____________
session
17.
sens, sent
feel
_____________
sensation
_________________________
feel ing
18.
solv, solut
loosen
_____________
solvent
_________________________
something that loosens
see
_____________
spectacles
_________________________
device for see ing
build
_____________
destruction
_________________________
opposite of build ing
_____________
_________________________
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spec, spect
stru, struct,
English 10 –Roots Word List #11: Common Latin Verbs T-Z
Root
Meaning
Example
Explanation
21.
tang, tact
touch
tangible
_____________
able to be touch ed
_________________________
22.
tent, tin, tain
hold
tenacious
_____________
hold ing on
_________________________
23.
tend, tens, tent stretch
extend
_____________
stretch out
_________________________
24.
torqu, tort
twist
distorted
twist ed
share, pay
_____________
tribute
_________________________
something paid
_____________
intrude
_____________
disturb
_____________
vary
_____________
convene
_____________
reverse
_____________
_________________________
thrust in
_________________________
agitate
_________________________
different from
_________________________
come together
_________________________
turn back
_________________________
visible
_____________
convince
_____________
revive
able to be seen
_________________________
conquer (in discussion)
_________________________
bring back to life
_____________
vocation
_____________
_________________________
call ing
_________________________
25.
trib
26.
trud, trus
thrust
27.
turb
agitate
28.
var
different
29.
ven
come
30.
vert, vers
turn
31.
vid, vis
see
32.
vinc, vict
conquer
33.
viv
live
34.
voc, vok
call
35.
vol
wish, will
involuntary
_____________
against the will
_________________________
36.
volv, volut
turn
revolve
_____________
turn around
_________________________