List 1

• Cau: to burn

  • Caustic: corrosive, capable of burning or dissolving; sarcastic

  • Cauterize: to burn or sear in order to stop bleeding and prevent infection

  • Holocaust: great/total destruction, especially by fire

• Greg: group or herd

  • Gregarious: seeking and enjoying the company of others, sociable

  • Congregate: to bring or come together in a group, to assemble

  • Aggregate: total, amounting to a whole

  • Segregate: to separate or isolate from others of from a main group

• Scen: to climb or leap

  • Ascend: to go or move upward, to climb

  • Descend: to move from a higher place to a lower one, to move downward

  • Condescend: to talk down to, to deal with someone in a patronizing manner

  • Transcend: to go beyond, exceed or surpass

• Porcine: pig-like, related to swine

List 2

• Forc/fort: strong

  • Fortress: a fortified place, a place built for defense

  • Fortify: to strengthen and secure, to invigorate

  • Forte: something at which one excels, an area of strength

• Dice/dict: to say or tell

  • Malediction: a curse or negative speech about someone

  • Benediction: a blessing or positive speech about someone

  • Contradict: to assert the opposite of something, to be contrary to

  • Edict: a proclamation issued by authority

• Fac: face

  • Facade: a deceptive appearance; the front face of a building, especially the principle face

  • Deface: to mar or spoil the appearance or surface of something

  • Facsimile: an exact copy or reproduction

  • Facile: very simple, easy, superficial

• Herculean: extremely strong; extremely difficult or intense

List 3

• Err: to wander

  • Erroneous: incorrect or mistaken

  • Erratic: lacking consistency or conformity, irregular

  • Aberration: a deviation from the normal, a defect

• Domin: master/ruler

  • Dominate: to govern, control or rule

  • Indomitable: impossible to overcome, unconquerable

  • Predominant: having greatest importance or authority

  • Dominion: an area of influence or control

• Scri: to write

  • Scribe: a writer, a professional copyist of manuscripts

  • Proscribe: to denounce or condemn, to prohibit or outlaw

  • Nondescript: lacking distinctive qualities, unremarkable

  • Inscribe: to engrave or carve words into a surface

• Laconic: using extremely few words

List 4

• Sol: alone

  • Desolate: deserted, dreary, lonely

  • Solitude: isolation, the state of being alone or a lonely or secluded place

  • Soliloquy: the act of speaking to oneself, a scene where an actor reveals his/her thoughts while alone on stage

• Noc/nox: to harm

  • Innocuous: harmless, having no adverse effects

  • Obnoxious: very objectionable, rude, or discourteous

• Chron: time

  • Anachronism: something that is out of place in time, not in proper historical context

  • Chronic: of long duration, lasting a long time

  • Chronology: an arrangement of events by date

  • Synchronize: to occur or cause to occur at the same time, to operate in unison

• Decimate: to destroy most of, to nearly exterminate, to remove a large percentage of

List 5

• Ev: age

  • Medieval: of or belonging to the middle ages, informal

  • Longevity: a long life, long duration

  • Primeval: belonging to the first or earliest age, original

• Magnus: large

  • Magnate: a powerful or influential person

  • Magnitude: greatness in size or extent

  • Magnanimous: generous and noble especially in forgiving

  • Magnum Opus: the greatest single of an artist, writer, or composer

• Dol: to feel pain or suffer

  • Condole: to express sympathy or sorrow

  • Dolorous: sorrowful, grieving

• Quintessential: representing the essence or the perfect example of something

List 6

• Dur: hard

  • Duress: constraint by threats, force, or illegal confinement

  • Obdurate: stubborn, hardened against influence, intractable

• Fer: to bear or carry

  • Vociferate: to cry out loudly, to verbally protest

  • Proliferate: to grow or multiply rapidly by producing offspring, to increase numerically

  • Defer: to put off or postpone, to submit to the opinion of another

  • Confer: to bestow or give, to hold a meeting

• Stru/Struct: to build

  • Indestructible: unable to be destroyed

  • Obstruct: to block with obstacles, to impede

  • Construe: to interpret, to translate

• Imbue: to permeate, invade, or stain

List 7

• Grad/Gress: to go or to walk

  • Egress: to exit, to go out

  • Digress: to stray from the main idea in speaking or writing

  • Gradient: a rate of incline, slope

  • Regress: to go back, to move backwards, to return to a less developed state of being

• Cog: to know

  • Cogitate: to think carefully about, to ponder

  • Incognito: with one’s identity disguised or concealed

  • Precognition: a knowledge of something before it happens, clairvoyance, the ability to see the future

  • Cognizant: having conscious awareness or knowledge

• Form/Forma: shape

  • Conformity: similarity or agreement with others

  • Deformed: disfigured, misshapen, grotesque

  • Formulaic: following a certain repetitive pattern

  • Reformatory: an institution designed for the punishment of young offenders

• Abysmal: very bad; limitless

List 8

• Grat/Grac: dear, pleasing, or beloved

  • Gratuity: a tip for services rendered

  • Ingratitude: ungratefulness

  • Gratuitous: unnecessary, unwarranted

  • Ingratiate: to bring oneself into the favor of another

• Lab: exertion or work

  • Laborious: requiring hard work

  • Belabor: to harp on, to continually mention

  • Collaborate: to work together

  • Elaborate: planned or executed with attention to detail, intricate

• Juv: young

  • Juvenile: childish, immature, not fully grown

  • Rejuvenate: to restore to a youthful vigor or appearance, to make young again

• Countenance: a face, or a facial expression

List 9

• Gen: type, kind begin

  • Regenerate: to reform or to reconstruct

  • Engender: to give rise to, to create

  • Degenerate: to decline in quality; a depraved or corrupt person

  • Generic: relating to an entire group; not having a trademark or brand name

• Fid: to trust

  • Confide: to tell something to someone as if it is a secret

  • Fidelity: faithfulness to obligations or duties

  • Infidel: someone who is without loyalty

  • Perfidy: treachery, betrayal

• Vac: to be empty

  • Vacuous: inane, stupid, pointless, empty

  • Vacancy: an empty space, slot or position

  • Evacuate: to remove the contents of, to empty out

• Altruism: selflessness, generosity, devotion to others

List 10

• Join/Junct: to join

  • Adjunct: one who is attached to another in a dependent or subordinate positions

  • Juncture: a place where two things are joined

  • Conjunctive: joined together, combined

  • Adjoin: to be net to, to attach

• Grav/Grev: heavy, weighty, serious

  • Gravitate: to be attracted to

  • Grievous: serious, causing grief, pain or anguish

  • Aggrieve: to injure, to distress

  • Aggravate: to make worse, to provoke

• Horr: to bristle, dread, or shudder

  • Abhorrent: causing a feeling of revulsion or disgust

  • Horrid: dreadful, causing horror, offensive

  • Abhor: to detest, to regard with loathing

• Inexorable: relentless, unavoidable, inevitable

List 11

• Ferv: to boil

  • Fervent: greatly emotional or zealous

  • Effervescent: containing small bubbles of gas; showing high spirits or excitement, having a bubbly personality

  • Fervor: a great intensity of emotion

• Jur: to swear

  • Conjure: to summon or bring forth, to evoke; to perform magic tricks

  • Abjure: to renounce or take back under oath, to recant

  • Perjure: to deliberately testify falsely under oath

  • Jurisdiction: the power to apply the law, authority, area of control

• Nasc/Nat: to be born

  • Cognate: an item having a common ancestor or origin with another

  • Innate: owned or possessed at birth, inborn, inherent

  • Nascent: emergent, recently coming into existence, brand new

  • Prenatal: existing or occurring before birth

• Superfluous: extra, unnecessary

List 12

• Nom/Nym: name

  • Pseudonym: a fictitious name assumed by an author, a pen name

  • Misnomer: an incorrect or misleading name

  • Ignominy: personal dishonor or humiliation, shameful or disgraceful behavior

  • Anonymous: having an unknown or unacknowledged name

• Qui: quiet, rest

  • Acquiesce: to consent or comply without protest

  • Acquit: to free from a charge or accusation

  • Requiem: a mass for a deceased person or a musical compositions for such a mass

• Reg/Roy: king

  • Regal: characteristic of or relating to a monarch, royal

  • Regicide: the killing of a king

  • Regalia: the emblems and symbols of royalty, magnificent attire

  • Viceroy: the ruler or governor of a state or region

  • Regent: one acting as ruler or governor, sort of a temporary ruler

• Rancor: a bitter, long-lasting ill will, a deep, severe hatred

List 13

• Man: hand

  • Manacle: a device for shackling the hands; something that confines or restrains

  • Maneuver: to guide to a desired position or goal

  • Emancipate: to set free from captivity or oppression

  • Manipulate: to operate or control by skilled use of the hands; to influence or manage cleverly

• Ped: foot

  • Impede: to obstruct or slow the progress of something

  • Expedite: to speed up the progress of something

  • Pedestrian: a person traveling by foot; dull, ordinary, common

  • Expedition: a journey taken with a definitive objective

• Simul/Semble: same or alike

  • Assimilate: to make or become similar to

  • Ensemble: a group of performers; a coordinated outfit or costume

  • Semblance: the outward appearance of something

  • Simultaneous: happening at the same time

• Rapacious: greedy, avaricious

List 14

• Temper: to regulate

  • Temperance: moderation and self-restraint; abstinence from alcoholic beverages

  • Intemperate: lacking self control, unrestrained

• Sal/Sul/Xult: to leap, to spring forward

  • Exult: to rejoice greatly, as in triumph

  • Desultory: without purpose or intent, aimless, random

  • Salacious: lustful, lecherous, lewd

  • Salient: sticking out, conspicuous, obvious

• Rupt: to break

  • Abrupt: unexpectedly sudden, curt

  • Disrupt: to throw into confusion, to break apart

  • Corrupt: marked by immorality (immoral behavior), depraved, open to bribery, dishonest

  • Rupture: to break open or burst

• Sycophant: a suck-up

List 15

• Sed/Sid: to sit

  • Sedentary: marked by or requiring little physical activity

  • Sedative: having a calming or tranquilizing effect

  • Dissident: one who disagrees with a belief or opinion

  • Insidious: working harmfully in a subtle or a stealthy manner; charming, but harmful

• Par: equal

  • Disparate: entirely distinct or different

  • Incomparable: beyond comparison, unsurpassed

  • Disparage: to speak of in a slighting or insulting way, to belittle

  • Paramount: supreme in rank or power, of chief importance

  • Paramour: a lover, especially in an adulterous relationship

• Nov: new

  • Innovation: something (often a method or product) that is newly introduced or created

  • Novice: a beginner

  • Novelty: something which is new and unusual, a trinket

• Sagacious: wise, shrewd, having good judgement

List 16

• Pun/Punct: to point, to stab

  • Punctilious: marked by a precise accordance to the rules, meticulous, detail oriented

  • Pungent: causing an irritating sensation to the sense of smell and/or taste

  • Expunge: to delete, omit, or eradicate

• Psych: the mind

  • Psychedelic: generating hallucinations and distortions of perception

  • Psychosomatic: relating to a disorder with physical symptoms, but originating from mental causes

  • Psychopath: a person with a personality disorder, that manifests in aggressive or criminal behavior

• Arch: to rule or reign

  • Monarch: a hereditary sovereign, such as a king or queen, one who inherits their power

  • Archetype: an original model after which other things are patterned

  • Anarchy: an absence of governmental authority or law, usually marked by confusion, disorder, or chaos

  • Patriarch: a man who rules a family, nation, clan, or tribe

  • Oligarchy: leadership or government by a few

• Virulent: extremely poisonous, malignant