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1. –ago-, -acta- 1. –ago-, -acta-

2. –caput- 2. –caput-

3. –culpa-3. –culpa-

4. –genus-4. –genus-

5. –loquor- 5. –loquor-

6. –nihil-6. –nihil-

7. –phobos-7. –phobos-

8. –pugno-8. –pugno-

9. –scio- 9. –scio-

10. –totus-10. –totus-

11. –verto-11. –verto-

Answer:Answer: -caput--caput-

headhead

captcaptainaindedecapitcapitateate

dedecapitcapitate: ate: to to cut off the head cut off the head ofof (v.)

Answer: Answer: -verto--verto-

turnturn

aavertvert conconvertvert

annianniverversarysary

avert:avert: to turn away to turn away or aside (as the or aside (as the eyes) in avoidanceeyes) in avoidance <avert disaster> (v.)

Do, things Do, things donedone

Answer: Answer: -ago-, -acta--ago-, -acta-

agagentent enenactacttranstransactact

enenactact: : to establish by to establish by legal and legal and authoritative act; authoritative act; specificallyspecifically : to make : to make (as a bill) into law(as a bill) into law (v.)

Answer: Answer: -loquor--loquor-

speakspeak

eeloquloquententloquloquaciousacious

loquloquacious: acious: full of full of excessive talkexcessive talk; WORDY (adj.)WORDY (adj.)

Answer: Answer: -nihil--nihil-

nothingnothing

nihilnihilismismanannihilnihilateate

anannihilnihilate: ate: to cause to cause to cease to exist; to cease to exist; especiallyespecially : KILL (v.) : KILL (v.)

Answer: Answer: -pugno--pugno-

To fightTo fight

imimpugnpugnpugnpugnaciousacious

pugnpugnacious: acious: having having a quarrelsome or a quarrelsome or combative nature :combative nature :(v.)(v.)

Answer: Answer: -phobos--phobos-

fearfear

phobiaphobia

claustroclaustrophobiaphobia

claustroclaustrophobia: phobia: abnormal dread of abnormal dread of being in closed or being in closed or narrow spaces (n.)narrow spaces (n.)

Answer:Answer: -culpa--culpa-

blameblame

culpaculpablebleculpculpritrit

culpaculpable: ble: GUILTY, GUILTY, CRIMINAL; (adj.)CRIMINAL; (adj.)

Answer: Answer: -scio--scio-

knowknow

sciesciencenceconconsciosciousus

conconscioscious: us: perceiving or perceiving or noticing with a degree of noticing with a degree of controlled thought or controlled thought or observation observation <was <was consciousconscious that someone that someone was watching>was watching>

Answer: Answer: -totus--totus-

wholewhole

totatotalitarianismlitarianism

totatotalitarianism: litarianism: the the political concept that political concept that the citizen should be the citizen should be totally subject to an totally subject to an absolute state absolute state authorityauthority (n.)

Answer: Answer: -genus--genus-

Kind, originKind, origin

genegenericricconcongengenitalital

concongengenital: ital: existing existing at or dating from at or dating from birth <birth <congenitalcongenital deafnessdeafness>> (adj.)