Root Words: List #3
Root Word = acer, acri, acid
Meaning = bitter, sharp, sour
Related words = acerbic, acidity, acrid,
acrimony
Sentence = Lemon juice is very acerbic.
Root Word = belli
Meaning = war
Related words = rebellion, belligerent,
casus belli, bellicose
Sentence = The men caused a rebellion
when they protested their paycut.
Root Word = cad, cas
Meaning = to fall
Related words = cadaver, cadence, cascade
Sentence = The cadaver was examined
cause of death.
Root Word = cur, curs
Meaning = run
Related words = current, concurrent,
concur, incur, recur, occur, courier,
precursor, cursive
Sentence = Whenever a full moon occurs,
John turns into a warewolf.
Root Word = dem
Meaning = people
Related words = democracy, demography,
epidemic
Sentence = In 1775, the small pox
epidemic killed thousands of people.
Root Word = erg
Meaning = work
Related words = energy, erg, allergy,
ergometer, ergograph, ergophobia
Sentence = I often run out of energy when
it comes do doing my laundry.
Root Word = fid, fide, feder(is)
Meaning = faith, trust
Related words = confidante, fidelity,
confident, infidelity, infidel, federal,
confederacy, semper fi
Sentence = I am confident that if I study, I
will do well on my test.
Root Word = grad, gress
Meaning = step, go
Related words = grade, gradual, graduate,
progress, graduated, egress
Sentence = I worked hard my freshman
year in order to earn a good grade.
Root Word = morph
Meaning = form
Related words = amorphous, dimorphic,
metamorphosis, morphology
Sentence = The metamorphosis of the
butterfly took a month.
Root Word = pel, puls
Meaning = drive, urge
Related words = compel, dispel, expel, repel,
propel, pulse, impulse, pulsate, compulsory,
expulsion, repulsive
Sentence = I felt compelled to eat another
piece of chocolate cake after I dreamed of it.
Analyze
 V. to
separate (a material or
abstract entity) into constituent
parts or elements
 Chris
analyzed the poem and
found a metaphor in the first
stanza.
Illustrate
 V. to
make clear or intelligible, as
by examples or analogies;
exemplify
 The
author chooses which words
to use in order to illustrate his
ideas.