Level F: Unit 7

Latin and Greek Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

austere / auster-(Greek: harsh, rough, bitter)
beneficent / bene-, ben-, beni- (Latin: good, well)
fac-, facil-, fact-, feas-, -feat, -fect, -feit, -facient, -faction, -fic-, -fy, -ficate, -fication (Latin: to make, to build, to produce)
cadaverous / cad-, cas-, cid- (Latin: to fall)
-ous, -ious, -eous + (Latin: full of or having the qualities of)
concoct / con- (together, with)
coct-, cocto- + (Latin: to cook, to boil; to prepare; to digest)
desecrate / de- (Latin: from, away from, off, undo)
sacr-, sacro- + (Latin: sacred, holy)
disconcert / dis-, di-, dif- (Latin: separation; removal, away)
cern-, cert-, cer-; cret-, creet-, cre- + (Latin: to separate, to sift, to distinguish, to understand, to set apart)
grandiose / grand- (Latin: large, great)
-ose (Latin: full of)
infraction / frag-, frang-, fract-, fring- + (Latin: break)
-tion (Latin: an act or process)
mitigate / miti- + (Latin: mild, gentle, soft)
-igate, -egate + (Latin: to drive)
punctilious / pung-, punc-, punct-, point (Latin: to punch, to pierce, to sting, to bite)
reprove / re-, red (Latin: back, backward, again)
prob-, proba-, probat-, prov- + (Latin: upright, good, honest; to try, to test, to examine)
restitution / re-, red (Latin: back, backward, again)
stato-, stat-, sta-, -static, -stasi, staso-, -stasis, -stasia, -stacy, -stitute, -stitution, -sist (Latin: standing, to stay, to make firm, fixed; cause to stand, to put, to place, to put in place; to stand still)
vulnerable / vulner- + (Latin: wound, hurt)
able- (capable of being done)


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Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes
Quiz for Unit 7

1.  / able-
2.  / Auster
3.  / bene-, ben-, beni-
4.  / cad-, cas-, cid-
5.  / cern-, cert-, cer-; cret-, creet-, cre-
6.  / coct-, cocto-
7.  / con-
8.  / de-
9.  / dis-, di-, dif-
10.  / fac-, facil-, fact-, feas-, -feat, -fect, -feit, -facient, -faction, -fic-, -fy, -ficate, -fication
11.  / frag-, frang-, fract-, fring- +
12.  / grand-
13.  / igate, -egate
14.  / miti-
15.  / ose
16.  / ous, -ious, -eous
17.  / prob-, proba-, probat-, prov-
18.  / pung-, punc-, punct-, point
19.  / re-, red
20.  / re-, red
21.  / sacr-, sacro-
22.  / stato-, stat-, sta-, -static, -stasi, staso-, -stasis, -stasia, -stacy, -stitute, -stitution, -sist
23.  / tion
24.  / vulner-