Literature Vocabulary Words
Week One
folio-leaf
Words:bifoliate, defoliant, exfoliate, foliage, folic acid, folio, portfolio,
trefoil, foil, unifoliate
miss/mitt-to send
Words:commissioner, smite, transmit, submissive, missive, remittance,
missile, missionary, permit, admissible
manu-hand
Words:manufacture, manual, manuscript, manicure, manacle, manager,
manipulate, maneuver, mandate, emancipate
mal-bad
Words:malevolent, malapropism, malicious, malodorous, malady, malaria,
malediction, malefactor, malignant, malpractice
gen-birth
Words:progeny, generous, genius, gender, genteel, generic, generation,
genesis, genuine, indigenous
Week Two
geo/terr-earth
Words:geology, geometry, terrace, subterranean, geode, inter, geography,
Mediterranean, geocentric, terrain
ped/pod-foot
Words:podiatrist, pedestal, pedestrian, centipede, quadruped, pedal,
pedometer, impediment, tripod, pedicure
astr/stell-star
Words:astronomy, astrologer, asteroid, aster, stellar, constellation, stelliform,
asterisk, disaster, astrodome
chron/temp-time
Words:anachronism, chronicles, chronic, chronometer, temporary,
extemporaneous, contemporary, tempo synchronize, tempest
aqua/hydra-water
Words:aquamarine, aquatic, hydrophobia, aquarelle, hydraulic, aqueduct,
hydroponic, hydrant, Aquarius, aqueous
Week Three
mob/mot-move
Words:commotion, remote, demote, nonmotile, promote, immobile,
locomotion, unmotivated, emotion, automobile
cap-head
Words:capitulate, caparison, decapitate, recapitulate, cape, capitalism, cap,
capricious, capital, captain
mater/patermother/father
Words:patrician, patron, pattern, patriarch, patronym, maternity, alma mater,
matrix, matrimony, matricide
bene/bon-good
Words:bounteous, bona fide, benediction, bonanza, bonus, benevolent, bon
vivant, beneficiary, benign, benefactor
ject/jet-throw
Words:interjection, jettison, interjection, subject, reject, dejection, eject,
projectile, trajectory, projection
Week Four
flam/pyro-fire
Words:flammable, pyre, flamboyant, pyrotechnics, inflammatory, pyromania,
inflammation, pyrite, pyrophobia, pyrography
prim/prin/pronto-first
Words:principle, prima donna, protocol, primer, primeval, prince,
primogenitor, principality, protagonist, primary
rota/volv-turn
Words:revolution, evolution, voluminous, volume, vault, rotate, voluble,
rotund, rotunda, rotisserie
cor-heart
Words:accord, discord, concord, concordance, courage, cordial, encourage,
discourage, record, accordion
rect/reg-king
Words:regal, rectitude, rectangle, regalia, regicide, regime, regimen, rector,
erect, regulation
Week Five
mono/uni-one
Words:monastery, monotone, monophobia, union, unison, monogamy,
unique, monopoly, monocle, monolith
bi/du-two
Words:bicuspid, biped, bicep, bicentennial, bifocal, bilingual, dialogue, duet,
duel, duplicity
tri/quad/quint/pent/dec/centthree/four/five/seven/ten/hundred
Words:trident, trilogy, quadruped, quadragenarian, pentagon, quintuplet,
Decalogue, decapod, century, centipede
spec/spic-look
Words:spectacle, spectator, conspicuous, specter, spectrum, suspicious,
speculate, specimen, retrospective, speculum
graph/gram-write
Words:-autobiography, autograph, biography, biography, cardiogram, epigraph, grammar, graphic, graphology, orthography, paragraph
Week Six
carn/corp-flesh/body
Words:carnival, carnage, reincarnation, corpse, esprit de corps, corpuscle,
corporation, corpulence, corsage
curr/curs/cours-run
Words:current, curriculum, courier, cursive, precursor, corsair, courser,
cursory, discourse, corridor
arch-ruler
Words:archenemy, monarch, archangel, anarchy, archive, archival, architect,
hierarchy, archetype, archipelago
cycl/orb-roundness
Words:tricycle, cyclone, cycle, Cyclops, encyclopedia, cyclostome, orb,
exorbitant, orbit, periorbital
min-small
Words:mince, miniature, minimum, minuscule, minute, minister, minus,
minor, minstrel
Week Seven
phon-sound
Words:euphony, cacophony, symphony, phonic, microphone, homophone,
xylophone, phonolite, antiphony, aphonia
anthro/homo/hum-man
Words:misanthrope, anthropology, anthropocentric, anthropomorphize,
homo sapiens, homicide, homage, humane, anthropophagous,
humanitarian
dict-speak
Words:diction, dictionary, edict, predict, contradict, verdict, dictation,
dictator, dictum, indictment
portcarry
Words:portal, export, deportation, department, portable, portage, portcullis,
porter, support, transport
sym/syn-together/same
Words:sympathy, symmetry, synagogue, symptom syndicate, synthetic,
synonym, symbiosis, symposium, photosynthesis
phil-love
Words:philanthropist, philosophy, bibliophile, philharmonic,
philoprogenitive, philatelists, philander, philodendron, philter,
necrophile