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A root word derived in Latin meaning "truth"
What is ver?
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Meaning of the root word -mal as in Malificent
What is "bad"? malpractice, malevolent
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This root might make you think of a liquid measurement, but it also refers to "letter"
What is "liter"? as in illiterate, literacy, alliteration,
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Meaning of root word "vac" as in vacuum.
What is "empty"? as in vacuole.
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The type of character a boy named Ben should have.
What is "good"? bene-good
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A root word meaning "closeness" or "near"
What is prox? as in proximity, approximate, proximal, proxy
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Meaning of the root word "belli" as in Bellatrix LeStrange
What is "war"? bellicose, belligerent, antebellum
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This root can mean "feeling" or "disease"
What is path or pathos? sympathy, empathy, pathological, apathy
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This meaning of the root of TV show Nova or Terra Nova. (not terra)
What is "new" (nov)? as in novel, nova, novice
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A girl named Alexis should be this way.
What is talkative, chatty, etc? "lex" - speak
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Root word meaning "speak" or "talk"
What is "dic" as in Dictaphone, dictate, dictionary, contradict
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Meaning of the root OMNI as in Omni-Man
What is "all" as in ominiscient, omnipresent, omnivore
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This root might make you think elimination, but it actually has to do with laughter.
What is rid? Ridicule, ridiculous, deride
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Meaning of root of "complacent"
What is "calm" or "please"? plac- as in placate, implacable
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A girl named Ami should be of this character.
What is love or loving?
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Two roots meaning "against"
What are "contra" and "anti"?
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French for "day", this root word can be found in the name of a famous abolitionist.
What is "jour" as in Sojourner Truth, or journey.
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A root often confused for "time" that actually means "color"
What is chrom? chromotagraphy, chromatic, chromosome
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Meaning of root "ob"
What is against?
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You would expect a boy named Tim to be like this.
What is fearful or timid? Tim-fear, frighten. timid, timorous
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Root word meaning between.
What is inter?
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Root word for "word" and the home planet of a famous girl.
What is "lex" as in Planet Lexicon, home of Word Girl. Also "lec" or "leg" as in legible, lecture
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The name of a song by The Strokes that refers to a hallucinogenic drug in the book Brave New World, this root actually refers to the body.
What is Soma?
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Roots meaning "break"
What is "frac" or "frag"? as in fraction or fragment or refract
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A girl named Lucy, Luz, or Lumana would be expected to be this way.
What is bright? all mean light