Root: super/sur

Meaning: above

• Surpass -v-

  • To be greater than, to exceed

  • The class surpassed his expectations

• Supersede -v-

  • To replace in power or authority

  • Zeus superseded Cronus

• Superficial -adj-

  • Being at or concerned only with the surface, lacking depth

  • The car had superficial damage

• Surmount -v-

  • To get over or across, to prevail over

  • We must all surmount our challenges

Root: mut

Meaning: to change

• Immutable -adj-

  • Unable to be changed, unalterable

  • Some believe faith to be immutable

• Transmute -v-

  • To change into another substance, form, or condition

  • Alchemists tried to transmute lead into gold

Root: ple

Meaning: to fill

• Deplete -v-

  • To reduce in amount by using up

  • We are depleting the ozone layer

• Implement -v-

  • To put into practice, to use

  • The school implements new rules

• Replete -adj-

  • Fully or abundantly filled or supplied

  • The gas tank was replete

Extra Word:

• Prestidigitator -n-

  • One who uses a sleight of hand, a magician

  • The prestidigitator pulled a rabbit out of my hat