Word Skills 18“One great use of words is to

hide our thoughts”~Voltaire

Ampl: Large, Great, EnoughAmplyAmplificationAmplifier

-cle: SmallParticleFollicleCubicle

Culp: Guilt, BlameCulpritExculpateInculpate

Di-DayDiaryDialCarpe Diem

Dors: BackDorsalEndorseDo-Si-Do

Fin: End, BoundryFiniteInfiniteFinale

Grav: Heavy, WeighGraveGravityGravitate

Helio: SunAphelionHeliocentricHeliotropic

Hepat: LiverHepatitisHepatogenicHepatectomy

Ign: FireIgniteIngenousReignite

Luna: MoonLunarLunaticLunation

Mund: WorldMundaneMundanityTransmundate

Nephr: KidneyNephrectomyNephrologyNephrite

-Oma: TumorMelanomaNeuroblastomaHematoma

Paleo: Old, Ancient

PaleontologistPaleographyPaleozoic

Parl: Speak, TalkParliamentParlorParley

Punct (pung): Point, stab

PuncturePunctuatePungent

Rap (rapt): Seize or Grasp

RapidRaptorRapacious

Sal (sault, sult): Leap, Jump, Spring

ForwardSalientAssaultDesultory

Sen: OldSeniorSenilitySenescent

Solv: Loosen or Release

DissolveSolventSoluble

Strat: LayerStrataSub StrataStratosphere

Tox: Poison ToxinToxemiaDetoxification

Ut (Util, us)UtensilUsuryUtilitarianism