| agog- leader |
demagogue |
false leader of people |
| agri- field |
agrarian culture |
farmer cultivation of fields |
| ambi- both |
ambidextrous |
skilled w/both hands |
| ante- before |
antecedent ante-nuptial antebellum |
preceding event or word before the wedding before the Civil War |
| anthro- man |
anthropology misanthrope philanthropy |
study of man recluse (hater of mankind) love of mankind: charity |
| arch- chief, first |
archetype archbishop archeology |
original model chief bishop study of antiquities |
| arch- government, ruler |
monarch |
sole ruler |
| aqua- water |
aquaduct aquatic |
passageway for water living in water |
| chronos- time |
chronology anachronism chronicle |
timetable of events something out of time sequence to register events in order |
| cid, cis- to cut, to kill |
incision homicide fratricide |
to cut (surgical) killing of a man killing of a brother |
| clam- to cry out |
clamorous acclamation |
loud shouted approval |
| cognit- to learn |
cognition incognito agnostic |
knowledge traveling under an asumed name (without knowledge) lacking knowledge/skeptical |
| com- with, together |
combine commerce communicate |
merge with trade with correspond |
| corpor- body |
incorporate corporeal corpse |
organize into a body pertaining to the body a dead body |
| cred- to believe |
credence credulity incredulous |
belief belief with no facts not believing, skeptical |
| inter- between, among |
intervene international |
come between between nations |
| leg- law |
legislature legitimate legal |
law-making body lawful lawful |
| luc- light |
lucid translucent elucidate |
clear permitting light through enlighten, make clear |
| mal- bad |
malevolent malediction malefactor |
evil curse, saying evil evil-doer |
| man- hand |
manufacturemanuscript |
created, make by hand writing by hand |
| vid, vis- to see |
vision evidence |
sight items seen |
| voc- to call |
avocation provocation invocation |
calling, minor occupation calling or rousing to anger calling in prayer |