Root: mor

Meaning: death

• Moribund -adj-

  • in the process of dying

  • Sadly, the patient was moribund.

• Mortify -v-

  • to embarrass greatly or to humiliate

  • Sometimes teens are mortified by their parents.

Root: luc

Meaning: light

• Elucidate -v-

  • to clarify by explaining

  • Teachers elucidate.

• Lucubration -n-

  • hard and difficult study

  • AP Physics requires lucubration.

• Translucent -adj-

  • partly transparent, allowing some light through, but not clearly

  • Stained glass windows are translucent.

Root: pan

Meaning: all

• Panacea -n-

  • a remedy for all ills, a cure-all

  • Money is not always a panacea.

• Pandemonium -n-

  • a wild uproar or commotion

  • The crowd erupted in pandemonium.

• Panegyric -n-

  • a formal speech giving high praise to someone or something

  • At the funeral there was a panegyric

Root: mal

Meaning: bad

• Malevolent -adj-

  • having or showing ill will or hatred

  • The villain was malevolent.

• Malign -v-

  • to make harsh and false statements about someone or something

  • The student was maligned.

Extra Word:

• Adamant -adj-

  • impervious, immovable, inflexible, unbreakable, unyielding

  • We are adamant about our core beliefs.