1. agr: field, crop

•agriculture: the cultivation of a field

•agrarian: related to field

•agrobiology: study of field life

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Farmers in the Midwest prosper from an agrarian lifestyle.

2. bat: beat

•battle: to engage in beating

•combat: to engage in beating as a group or with other people

•battalion: body of troops

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The Battle of Gettysburg left many soldiers wounded.

3. clin: bend, lean

•decline: to bend or lean down

•inclination: act of bending in or towards

•recline: to bend back

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•After a long day at work, Brian came home and reclined in his chair to unwind.

4. cod: written

•code: a written message, possibly with a hidden meaning

•codify: to write

•codicil: a supplement to a will, in writing

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•Before you take a test on scantron, you must code in your name, the date, and the class period.

5. cord: heart

•cordial: to be polite out of the kindness of your heart

•concordance: the state of being in agreement, together in heart

•discordant: that which is apart from your heart, or disagreeable

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•Everyone in the class was in concordance that the dress code was too strict.

6. cruc: cross

•crucial: quality of being necessary or really important

•crucify: to kill by nailing to a cross

•crusade: to mark with a cross, or to fight for one’s belief

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•The knights of the Holy Crusade were fighting to spread Christianity throughout the world.

7. dic (dict): speak, say, word

•dictionary: place where all known words are recorded and defined

•malediction: the act of speaking badly about someone or something

•predict: to say something will happen before it actually happens

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•Meteorologists predict the weather in their forecasts.

8. ego: self

•alter ego: other self

•egocentric: quality of being self-centered

•egomaniac: quality of being obsessed with oneself

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•The Incredible Hulk is Bruce Banner’s alter ego.

9. fort: strong

•comfort: to provide strength together with someone

•fortification: the act of making strong

•fortissimo: Italian superlative meaning very loud and strong

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•Cereal is fortified with vitamins and minerals.

10. gam (gamy): marriage, spouse

•bigamy: the state of being married to two people

•endogamy: marriage within one’s own tribe orgroup

•misogamist: one who hates marriage

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•In some cultures bigamy is an accepted practice.

11. glott (gloss): tongue

•epiglottis: cartilage at the base of the tongue that protects the windpipe during swallowing

•glossectomy: procedure of cutting out the tongue

•polyglot: many tongues, or many languages

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•Cancer of the tongue can make a glossectomy necessary.

12. jus: law

•justice: the fair, sound practice of law

•justify: to make lawful or right

•unjust: not lawful, or not right

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•The act of murder is unjust.

13. mand (mend): order, entrust

•mandate: to make an order

•countermand: to order against, or to recall an order

•commendation: to entrust someone with praise by awarding a formal citation

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•The No Child Left Behind Act is a federal mandate that requiresevery student to be proficient.

14. memor (mem, mne): memory, mindful

•memory: result of being mindful of something, or committing it to mind

•memoir: place where one records one’s memories of life

•mnemonic: related to memory, pertaining to devices that help one memorize something

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•Coming up with an acronym for a set of words or a phrase is amnemonic device.

15. orb: circle

•orbit: to travel in a circle

•exorbitant: quality of being out of the circle of norm, excessive

•supraorbital: located above the orbit of the eye

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•The Earth orbits the sun, and the moon orbits the Earth.

16. pet: seek, ask, attack

•petition: act of asking

•impetuous: rushing forward as to attack

•petulant: fretful; ready to attack

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•To get on the ballot the candidate had to have voters sign a petition.

17. phan (phen, fan): appear, show, seem

•phantom: a ghostlike appearance

•phenomenon: an unusual appearance

•fanciful: not real, imaginary

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•A shooting star is a natural phenomenon.

18. pond (pound): weight

•ponder: to weigh in the mind; consider carefully

•preponderance: being of greater power or having greater weight

•imponderable: without weight; impossible to evaluate

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•The student pondered what classes to take next semester.

19. poten: power

•potent: full of power

•omnipotent: all powerful

•plenipotentiary: person with full power, such as a position to negotiate a treaty

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•The aroma coming from the trashcan is very potent.

20. rhino: nose

•rhinoceros: animal with a horn-shaped nose

•rhinologist: one who studies the nose

•rhinoplasty: procedure of shaping the nose

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•Some people argue that Michael Jackson has had rhinoplastic surgery.

21. son: sound

•sonic: related to sound

•unison: one sound

•dissonant: not harmonious

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•When the teacher said good morning, the class replied in unison.

22. techn: skill, art

•technical: related to skills

•technology: study of skill, related to computers

•pyrotechnician: one who is skilled in working with fire

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•Many students choose to attend a technical college to receivetraining in a particular area.

23. tempor: time

•temporary: related to time, something that is for a short period of time

•contemporary: quality of being “with” the times

•extemporaneous: composed, performed, or spoken on the spur of the moment with no timeput into preparation

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•When a teacher quits, the principal might find a temporary substitute to take over before hiring a permanent replacement.

24. troph: growth, nourishment

•atrophy: condition of not growing

•autotrophic: related to self growth

•dystrophy: result of bad growth

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•Muscular dystrophy is a disease that results in deterioration of the muscles.

25. vest: clothes, dress

•vestment: ritual dress of the clergy

•investiture: ceremony of “clothing” a person in power

•transvestite: who dresses across genders

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•The vestment of Catholic clergymen usually includes some sort of robe.