Latin Roots (A-D) Vocabulary

to do, to drive, to force, to lead

“action, agent, agenda, agitate”

life, spirit, soul

“animal, animate, unanimous”

year

“annual, anniversary, perennial”

water

“aquarium, aquatic, aqueduct”

to hear

“audience, audio, audible, auditorium”

good, well

“benefit, benevolent, benediction”

to take, to seize

“capture, accept, receive, concept”

to go, to yield

“proceed, success, recede, access”

hundred

“century, percent, centennial”

to separate, to judge

“concern, discern, secret, discrete”

to cut, to kill

“decide, incision, homicide, precise”

to close, to shut

“include, exclude, conclusion, recluse”

to know

“recognize, cognitive, cognizant”

body

“corpse, corporate, incorporate”

to believe, to trust

“credit, credible, incredible, creed”

to run

“current, occur, cursor, excursion”

to say, to speak

“dictate, predict, verdict, diction”

to teach

“doctor, doctrine, document”

to lead

“conduct, educate, deduce, produce”

hard, lasting

“durable, endure, duration”