Latin Roots (M-P) Vocabulary

great, large

“magnify, magnificent, magnitude”

bad, evil

“malice, malfunction, malevolent”

hand

“manual, manufacture, manuscript”

to order, to command

“command, demand, mandate”

mindful of

“memory, remember, memorial”

to send

“transmit, permit, mission, dismiss”

to move

“mobile, motion, remove, promote”

death

“mortal, immortal, mortify”

to change

“mutate, mutual, commute”

to be born

“native, nature, nation, innate”

name

“nominate, synonym, anonymous”

new

“novel, novice, innovate, renovate”

order, rank

“order, ordinary, subordinate”

to hang, to weigh

“pendant, suspend, expense, pension”

to seek, to strive

“compete, petition, appetite”

to fold

“complicate, apply, reply, multiply”

to place, to put

“postpone, position, compose, deposit”

to carry

“transport, report, export, import”

first

“primary, prime, primitive”

to prove, to test

“probe, probable, approve”