A Course On Words Unit 6

Front 1

ab-/abs-*

Back 1

from
abducted, aberrant, abstain, abstract

*s added before / t /

Front 2

ad-*

Back 2

toward, to, forward
adhesive, adhere, adduce, adapt
accede, affluent, aggression, allocate, announce, appetite, assume, attract, assimilation

*d assimilates into first sound of base

Front 3

ex-/e-/ef-*

Back 3

out
eject, exit, expel, effusive, eviscerate, emitted, egress, exceed, expose

*ef- used before / f /)

Front 4

in-/en-/em-/im-

Back 4

in, into
induct, inject, entopic, empathy, impel, expel, imbibe, ingress, impose, interrupt, infer, inflame, inflammable

Front 5

duce/duct

Back 5

lead, take

abduct, induct, adduce, introduce

Front 6

it

Back 6

go

exit, relinquit

Front 7

err

Back 7

wander

aberrant

Front 8

ject

Back 8

throw

inject, eject

Front 9

hes/here

Back 9

stick

adhesive, adhere

Front 10

tain

Back 10

hold

abstain

Front 11

tract

Back 11

draw, pull

abstract, attraction

Front 12

bibe

Back 12

drink

imbibe

Front 13

fus

Back 13

pour, gush

effuse

Front 14

viscer

Back 14

intestines

eviscerate

Front 15

mit/miss

Back 15

send/let out

emit

Front 16

apt

Back 16

fit, fasten

adapted

Front 17

similat

Back 17

like

assimilation

Front 18

ced/cede/ceed/cess

Back 18

go, come

accede, recede, proceed, procession, seceded, intercede, precede, antecedent, exceed, concede

Front 19

nounce

Back 19

proclaim

announce

Front 20

flu

Back 20

flow

affluent

Front 21

petit

Back 21

seek, desire

appetite

Front 22

gress

Back 22

step, move

aggression, regress, progress, congress, ingress, digress, transgress, egress, pretergress

Front 23

sume

Back 23

take

assume

Front 24

loc

Back 24

place

allocate

Front 25

di-/dis-/de-/dif-

Back 25

away, away from, apart
digress, depose, dedicate, depose, deference, divide, redivide, difference, differ

Front 26

pro-

Back 26

forward
progress, proceed, propose

*can be a live morpheme

Front 27

re-

Back 27

back, backwards, again
regress, recede, relinquish, return, redivide, refer, repose

Front 28

trans-

Back 28

across
transgress, transfer, transpose

Front 29

ante

Back 29

before
antecede, anteposition

*can be a live morpheme

Front 30

pre

Back 30

before
precede, predetermined

Front 31

con/com/co/col

Back 31

together with; or as an intensifier
concede, congress, commensal, co-author, collaborator, commotion, conference, compose, percolate

Front 32

inter

Back 32

between
intercede, intercollegiate, interrupt, interpose, intermural

Front 33

se

Back 33

away, apart
secede, secure

Front 34

mens

Back 34

table

commensal

Front 35

labor

Back 35

work

collaborator

Front 36

pose/pone

Back 36

put, place
compose, expose, interpose, transpose impose, depose, propose, superimpose, suppose, supposition, repose

Front 37

linqu

Back 37

leave

relinquit

Front 38

rupt

Back 38

break

interrupt

Front 39

Live Morpheme

Back 39

Prefix used to easily coin new words

Ex. ante, pro

Front 40

anti

Back 40

against

Front 41

cure

Back 41

care

secure

Front 42

fer

Back 42

carry

circumference, conference, confer, deference, difference, differ, infer, offer, refer, transfer, suffering

Front 43

circum

Back 43

around
circumference

Front 44

ob-/of-

Back 44

against, toward
offer, opposition, opponent

Front 45

sub-/suf-

Back 45

under
suffering, supposition, suppose

Front 46

post/posit

Back 46

after (time), behind (of place)
postdate, posterior, postposition, post-game, opposition, contraposition, opponent

*can be a live morpheme

Front 47

super

Back 47

above
Superman, superhuman, superimpose

Front 48

the

Back 48

put or place

hypothesis

Front 49

extra

Back 49

without, outside
extramural, extracurricular, extrasensory

Front 50

intro

Back 50

into, inward
introspective, introvert

Front 51

intra

Back 51

within
intramural, intraveneous

Front 52

retro

Back 52

back
retroactive, retrospective

Front 53

mur

Back 53

wall

intramural, extramural

Front 54

non

Back 54

does not
nonalcoholic, nonfunny, nonhuman, nonlegal

*can be a live morpheme

Front 55

in/im/il/ir

Back 55

negating prefix
illiterate, irreplacable, inhuman, illegal, impose, illuminate, ingratitude

Front 56

liter

Back 56

letter

literate, illiterate

Front 57

lumin

Back 57

light

illuminate

Front 58

infra-

Back 58

below
infrasonic, infrahuman, infrastructure

Front 59

preter-

Back 59

beyond, more than
preternatural, preterhuman, pretergressed

Front 60

per-

Back 60

through
perambulate, percolate, perforation

Front 61

ultra

Back 61

beyond
ultrasonic, ultralightweight, ultraconservative

Front 62

ambula

Back 62

walk
ambulatory, perambulate

Front 63

Recidivist

Back 63

Origin: Classical Latin recidere to fall back, sink, lapse, revert < re- re- prefix + cadere to fall

Modern: intr. to fall back, relapse; to backslide. Now: spec. to relapse into crime, to reoffend.

Front 64

Influenza

Back 64

Origin: Latin influĕre "to flow in" > medieval Latin influxus "emanation from the stars"

Modern: An acute, highly infectious viral disease of humans, which typically occurs in seasonal (winter) outbreaks or as major epidemics or pandemics, is characterized by the sudden onset of fever and chills, headache, muscle pain, weakness, and cough, and can result in death. Came to English in connection with a particular outbreak of influenza which spread from Italy.

Front 65

Jingoism

Back 65

Origin: Appears first c. 1670 as a piece of conjuror's gibberish, usually hey or high jingo!, probably a mere piece of sonorous nonsense with an appearance of mysterious meaning. A nickname for those who supported and lauded the policy of Lord Beaconsfield in sending a British fleet into Turkish waters to resist the advance of Russia in 1878.

Modern: one who brags of his country's preparedness for fight, and generally advocates or favors a bellicose policy in dealing with foreign powers; a blustering or blatant ‘patriot’; a Chauvinist.

Front 66

Nickname

Back 66

Origin: Middle English (via Germanic roots) eke "also" + name > nekename

Modern: A (usually familiar or humorous) name which is given to a person, place, etc., as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.

Front 67

Ostracized

Back 67

Origin: ancient Greek ὀστρακίζειν to banish from a city by by means of voting with ὄστρακον “pot sherds”.

Modern: To banish; to exclude from favor, or from a society or group; to refuse to speak to or acknowledge.

Front 68

desert

Back 68

Modern: v. to leave, abandon; or n. an uncultivated place with few or no inhabitants.

Front 69

dessert

Back 69

Modern: n. sweet course served at the end of a meal.

Front 70

innocuous

Back 70

Origin: Latin- in “not” + nocu “harmful”

Modern: harmless

Front 71

inoculate

Back 71

Origin: Latin- in “into” + ocul “eye, plant bud”; meaning to graft a bud onto a tree, i.e. introducing a foreign body.

Modern: to create an immunity by injecting a disease agent into a animal or plant.

Front 72

ingenious

Back 72

Origin: Latin

Modern: gifted

Front 73

ingenuous

Back 73

Origin: Latin- free born, of noble birth.

Modern: frank, open, simple, naive.

Front 74

Pro forma

Back 74

for the sake of appearance

Front 75

De jure

Back 75

legal

Front 76

Ad hoc

Back 76

(formed) for the purpose

Front 77

Ante meridiem

Back 77

before noon

Front 78

In absentia

Back 78

although not present