PREFIXES, SUFFIXES, & ROOTS

WORD - - - - - -SYNONYMS - DEFINITION

***CON means "with."

CONCLUSIVE (1) = DECISIVE - SETTLED - DEFINITE
shut WITH

CONVEY (1) = TRANSPORT - COMMUNICATE - IMPART
go WITH

CONVENTIONAL (1) = USUAL - CUSTOMARY - NORMAL
Like convey: going WITH the normal or usual

CONSPIRACY (1) = COLLUSION - SCHEME - PLOT
a plot WITH another person.

CONSPIRATORIAL = COLLABORATIVE - CONNIVING - PLOTTING
plotting with another (adj. form)

CONGREGATE (1) = GATHER - ASSEMBLY - MEETING
WITH others (***think of greg-arious which means sociable)

CONSCIENTIOUS (1) = SCRUPULOUS - PRINCIPLED - MORAL
WITH thought (scien, like science or thought)

CONSPICUOUS (1) = OBSERVABLE - RECOGNIZABLE - DISCERNIBLE
[observable] WITH sight (think of spic like spec, or sight)

CONTEMPORARY (1) = COEXISTENT - SIMULTANEOUS - PRESENT
WITH time (***temp means time)

CONSUMMATE (1) = COMPLETE - SUPERB - QUINTESSENTIAL
WITH completion (think of sum like the complete total)

CONGLOMERATION (2) = AGGREGATE - COLLECTION - SOLUTION
WITH others

***CONTRA means "against."

CONTRADICTION (1) = DISAFFIRMATION - DENIAL - REFUTATION
AGAINST what is said

***VOC means "voice."

ADVOCATE (1) = SUPPORT - SPEAK IN FAVOR OF - UPHOLD
to VOICE your opinion for something

EQUIVOCATE (2) = PREVARICATE - QUIBBLE - LIE
to say something (literally with your VOICE) that is untrue

VOCIFEROUS (3) = NOISY - LOUD - CLAMOROUS
an abundance of noise, or VOICES

VOCIFERATE (3) = CLAMOR - YELL - ROAR
to make noise with your VOICE

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***LUC means "light."

ELUCIDATE (1) = ILLUMINATE - CLARIFY - MAKE PLAIN
to shed LIGHT on or to make clear

LUCID (1) = UNDERSTANDABLE - CLEAR - ARTICULATE
something that is clear with LIGHT

PELLUCID (3) = LIMPID - LUCID - CLEAR
also something that is clear because of LIGHT

TRANSLUCENT (3) = LIMPID - CLEAR - COMPREHENSIBLE
something that LIGHT shines through

***CIRCUM means "around."

CIRCUMFERENCE (1) = GIRTH - PERIMETER - PERIPHERY
AROUND the edge

CIRCUMLOCUTION (2) = VERBOSE - DECEIVING - DISHONEST
AROUND the point

CIRCUMLOCUTORY (3) = PERIPHRASTIC - REDUNDANT - VERBOSE
AROUND the point

CIRCUMSPECT (2) = CAUTIOUS - WATCHFUL - CAREFUL
looking AROUND

CIRCUMVENT (2) = BY-PASS - OUTWIT - GO AROUND
going AROUND

***GRESS means "go."

DIGRESS (1) = DEVIATE - RAMBLE - STRAY
to GO astray

DIGRESSION (1) = MAUNDERING - TANGENT - ROVING
GOING astray

TRANSGRESSION (2) = ENCROACHMENT - INTRUSION - OFFENSE
to GO too far

RETROGRESS (3) = REVERT - DEGENERATE - REGRESS
to GO backwards

***TERM means "end."

INDETERMINATE (1) = INDEFINITE - UNCERTAIN - UNCLEAR
not ENDING at a certain point

TERMINALLY (1) = EVENTUALLY - LASTLY - ULTIMATELY
an ENDING condition

DETERMINED (1) = DOGGED - EARNEST - STUBBORN
knowing of a certain END

PREDETERMINED (1) = PREARRANGED - PREDECIDED - DELIBERATE
knowing beforehand of a certain END

INTERMENT (2) = BURIAL - ENTOMBMENT - BURIAL
an ENDING ceremony (death)

***MAL means "bad."

MALICIOUS (1) = MALEVOLENT - VILIFYING - ABUSIVE
with BAD intent

MALEVOLENT (2) = MALICIOUS - SPITEFUL - EVIL
with BAD intent

MALIGN (2) = SLANDER - DEFAME - DERIDE
to speak BADLY of someone

MALEDICTION (3) = CURSE - IMPRECATION - EXECRATION
a BAD fate for someone

MALODOROUS (3) = FETID - ODOROUS - STENCHFUL
BAD odor

***SAL means "health."

SALUTARY (2) = HEALTHFUL - SALUBRIOUS - BENEFICIAL
good for HEALTH

SALUBRIOUS (2) = HEALTHFUL - SALUTARY - BENEFICIAL
good for HEALTH

***TRANS means "across."

TRANSCRIBE (1) = COPY - REPRODUCE - DUPLICATE
MOVING text from place to another

TRANSCRIPTION (1) = TRANSLATION - RENDERING - VERSION
text that has been MOVED to another place

TRANSGRESSION (2) = ENCROACHMENT - INTRUSION - OFFENSE
to go ACROSS a line of good will

TRANSMUTE (2) = TRANSFORM - ALTER - CONVERT
to MOVE something's state of being

TRANSLUCENT (3) = LIMPID - CLEAR - COMPREHENSIBLE
able to see light ACROSS and THROUGH an object

TRANSITORY (3) = EPHEMERAL - WORLDLY - MUNDANE
something that MOVES THROUGH time quickly

***IM/IN words often means "not." A few examples:

IMMORTALITY (1) = INDESTRUCTIBILITY - EVERLASTINGNESS - PERPETUITY
NOT moral

IMPARTIAL(1) = UNBIASED - UNPREJUDICED - DISPASSIONATE
NOT biased

IMPARTIALITY (1) = EQUITY - FAIRNESS - JUSTICE
NOT biased

INSATIABLE (2) = UNAPPEASABLE - VORACIOUS - UNQUENCHABLE
NOT appeasable

INEFFECTUAL (2) = INEFFECTIVE - UNSERVICEABLE - INOPERATIVE
NOT effectual

***UN means "not." A few examples.

UNCONVENTIONAL (1) = UNCOMMON - UNUSUAL - UNORTHODOX
NOT conventional

UNETHICAL (1) = UNPRINCIPLED - IMMORAL - UNSCRUPULOUS
NOT ethical

UNENLIGHTENED (2) = IGNORANT - UNINFORMED - DULL
NOT enlightened

***IR means "not."

IRREFUTABLE (2) = UNDENIABLE - UNARGUABLE - UQUESTIONABLE
NOT refutable

IRREVOCABLE (2) = IRRECOVERABLE - PERMANENT - CAN'T BE TAKEN BACK
NOT recoverable

***MUT means "change."

IMMUTABLE (2) = CHANGELESS - INALTERABLE - INVIOLATE
not CHANGEABLE

TRANSMUTE (2) = TRANSFORM - ALTER - CONVERT
CHANGE across

PERMUTATION (2) = ALTERATION - TRANSPOSITION - TRANSFORMATION
CHANGE

MUTATION (2) = TRANSFORMATION - TRANSFIGURATION - METAMORPHOSIS
CHANGE

***EU means "good."

EUPHEMISM (2) = MAKE BAD SOUND GOOD - CONTRIVANCE - LIORATION
GOOD wording

EUPHONY (2) = PLEASING SOUND - SONOROUS - DULCET
GOOD sound

EULOGY (3)
GOOD words

***other derivations to recognize:

SCIENT: think of science then thought or knowledge (prescient, omniscient)

AMOR: love (amorous)

MORPH: change (amorphous)

RECT: upright, straight (rectalinear)

TERR: earth, land (subterranean, terrestrial)

SUB: below (submarine, subterranean)

RE: again (repeat, redo, replay)

CULP: the one responsible/to blame (culprit, culpable, exculpate)

PRE: before (predestined, predetermined)