Guessing what the meaning of the word might be?? Root words come to the rescue. Here is my compilation of root words which often comes in handy.
Note *<Greword(meaning)>
Note *<Greword(meaning)>
Ab-away<abstemious(sparing in eating and drinking)>
Acer,acri-sour,harsh,bitter<exacerbate(worsen,irritate),acrimonious(angry
and bitter)>
Acu-sharp,intense<acumen(acuteness)>
Acro-height,beginning<acronym(abbreviation formed from
the initial components in a phrase),acrophobia(fear of heights)>
Agog-one who leads<pedagogue(teacher),demagogue(political
leader without using rational argument)>>
Alg-pain<nostalgic(unhappy about being away)
Ambi-around,both<ambiguous,ambidextrous(capable of using
both hands with equal facility)>
Andro-man<android-manlike>
Anthrop-mankind<misanthrope(hater of mankind)>
Ante-before<antediluvian(old
fashioned),antecedent(previous)>
Anim-life<inanimate(without life)
Arch-rule,superior<patriarch-head of
tribe/family/respected>
Aug-increase<augment(increase)>
Auto-self<autocratic(leadership in the hands of one
person>
Bell-war<bellicose(warlike,combative),belligerent>
Bi-two,both<bipartisan(Of or involving the agreement or cooperation of
two political parties that usually oppose each other's policies.)>
Brev-short,concise<brevity>
Carn-flesh,body<carnal(physical),carnage(killing)>
Celer-swift<celerity(swiftness)>
Chrom-color<chromatics(study
of color)>
Chron-time<anachronistic(misplaced basing on time)>
Circum-around<circumscribe(to draw around)>
Cogn-knowledge<cognizance(knowledge)>
Demi-small,half<demigod(halfgod)>
Eu-good<euphemism(replacing good for something
offensive)>
Idio-peculiar<idiosyncracy>
Juven-young<juvenile>
Loqu-talk<loquacious(talkative),soliloquy(self talk)>
Man-hand<manuver(to move by hands)>
Melan-black<melancholy(a state of dark emotions)>
Nat-birth<natal,innate(included since birth)>
Neo-new<neophyte(beginner)>
Pan-all<panorama,panacea(cure for all diseases)
Phon-sound<cacophony(noisy)>
Retro-backward<retrospect>
Somn-sleep<insomnia(cant sleep),somniferous(tending to
induce sleep)>
Son-sound<sonorous>
Tin-hold<pertinent>
Thei-god(theism)
Ver-truth<veracity>
Xen-foreign<xenophobic>
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