Root: Flu

Meaning: to flow

• Affluent (adj)

  • Very rich or wealthy (has a lot of money flow)

  • “Howard County is relatively affluent”

• Confluence (noun)

  • A flowing together, usually of rivers

  • “Binghamton is at a confluence”

• Effluent (noun)

  • Polluting waste discharged into an environment

  • “The harbor was full of effluent”

Root: Prehend

Meaning: to seize

• Apprehensive (adj)

  • Look at the future with anxiety or alarm

  • “The students were apprehensive about the exam”

• Prehensile (adj)

  • Adapted for grasping, usually by wrapping around

  • “The monkey used his prehensile tail”

• Reprehensible (adj)

  • Deserving of stern criticism or severe punishment

  • “Animal cruelty is reprehensible”

Root: purg

Meaning: to clean or cleanse

• Expurgate (verb)

  • To cleanse of something morally offensive

  • “The curse words were expurgated”

• Purgative (adj)

  • Cleansing or purifying, especially from sin

  • “Confession is supposed to be purgative”

• Purge (verb)

  • Get rid of something unwanted or clear guilt or sin

  • “The IT guy purged the system”

• Purgatory (noun)

  • A place of state of temporary suffering or misery

  • “For some school is a purgatory”

Extra word:

• Acrimonious (adj)

  • Bitter, harsh (sometimes in language), behavior, or nature; rancorous

  • “The divorce was acrimonious”