ROOT LIST-II

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GEN - birth, class, kin
generation, congenital, homogeneous, heterogeneous, ingenious, engender, progeny

GRAD, GRESS - step
graduate, gradual, retrograde, centigrade, degrade, gradation, gradient, progress, digress, transgress

GRAPH, GRAM - writing
biography, bibliography, epigraph, grammar, epigram

GRAT - pleasing
grateful, gratitude, gratis, ingrate, congratulate, gratuitous, gratuity

GRAY; GRIEV - heavy
grave, gravity, aggravate, grieve, aggrieve, grievous

GREG - crowd, flock
segregate, gregarious, egregious, congregate, aggregate

HABIT, HIBIT - have, hold
habit, inhibit, cohabit, habitat

HAP - by chance
happen, haphazard, hapless, mishap

HELlO, HELI - sun
heliocentric, helium, heliotrope, aphelion, perihelion

HETERO - other
heterosexual, heterogeneous, heterodox

HOL - whole
holocaust, catholic, holistic

HOMO - same
homosexual, homogenize, homogeneous, homonym

HOMO - man
homo sapiens, homicide, bonhomie

HYDR - water
hydrant, hydrate, dehydration

HYPER - too much, excess
hyperactive, hyperbole, hyperventilate

HYPO - too little, under
hypodermic, hypothermia, hypochondria, hypothesis, hypothetical

N, IG, IL, IM, IR - not
incorrigible, indefatigable, indelible, inept, inert, inexorable, insatiable, insentient, insolvent, insomnia, interminable, intractable, incessant, inextricable, infallible, infamy, inoperable, insipid, intemperate, intrepid, inviolable, ignorant, ignominious, ignoble, illicit, immaculate, immutable, impasse, impeccable, impertinent, implacable, impotent, impregnable, impassioned, impervious, irregular, invade, incandescent, incarcerate, incense, indenture, induct, ingratiate, introvert, inception, incisive, infer

IN, IL, IM, IR - in, on, into
infusion, innate, inquest, inscribe, insinuate, inter, illustrate, imbue, immerse, implicate, irrigate, irritate

INTER- between, among
intercede, intercept, interject, interlocutor, interloper, intermediary, intermittent, interpolate, interpose, interrogate, intersect, intervene

INTRA, INTR - within
intrastate, intravenous, intramural, intrinsic

IT, ITER - between, among
transit, itinerant, reiterate, transitory

JECT, JET - throw
eject, interject, abject, trajectory, jettison

JOUR - day
journal, adjourn, sojourn

JUD - judge
judge, judicious, prejudice, adjudicate

JUNCT, JUG - join
junction, adjunct, injunction, conjugal, subjugate

JUR - swear, law
jury, abjure, adjure, conjure, perjure, jurisprudence

LAT - side
lateral, collateral, unilateral, bilateral, quadrilateral

LEG, LEC, LEX - read, speak
legible, lecture, lexicon

LEV - light
elevate, levitate, levity, alleviate

LIBER- free
liberty, liberal, libertarian, libertine

LIG, LI, LY - bind
ligament, oblige, religion, liable, liaison, lien, ally

LING, LANG - tongue
lingo, language, linguistics, bilingual

LITER- letter
literate, alliteration, literal

LITH - stone
monolith, lithograph, megalith

LOQU, LOC, LOG - speech, thought
eloquent, loquacious, colloquial, soliloquy, circumlocution, interlocutor, monologue,
dialogue, eulogy, philology, neologism

LUC, LUM - light
lucid, illuminate, elucidate, translucent

LUD, LUS - play
ludicrous, allude, delusion, allusion, illusory

MACRO - great
macrocosm, macrobiotics

MAG, MAJ, MAS, MAX - great
magnify, majesty, master, maximum, magnanimous, magnate, magnitude

MAL - bad
malady, maladroit, malevolent, malodorous

MAN- hand
manual, manuscript, emancipate, manifest

MAR- sea
submarine, marine, maritime

MATER, MATR - mother
maternal, matron, matrilineal

MEDI- middle
intermediary, medieval, mediate

MEGA - great
megaphone, megalomania, megalith

MEM, MEN - remember
memory, memento, memorabilia, reminisce

METER, METR, MENS- measure
meter, thermometer, perimeter, metronome, commensurate

MICRO - small
microscope, microorganism, microcosm, microbe

MIS - wrong, bad, hate
misunderstand, misanthrope, misapprehension, misconstrue, misnomer, mishap

MIT, MISS - send
transmit, emit, missive

MOLL- soft
mollify, emollient, mollusk

MON, MONIT - warn
admonish, monitor, premonition

MONO - one
monologue, monotonous, monogamy, monolith, monochrome

MOR, MORT - dead
morbid, moribund, mortal, amortize

MORPH - shape
amorphous, metamorphosis, morphology

MOY, MOT, MOB, MOM - move
remove, motion, mobile, momentum, momentous

MUT - change
mutate, mutability, immutable, commute

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