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Root Word: Chron

Origin: Greek for “time”

Example:

Chronic(Recurring event, usually associated with illness)

Synchronize(Align time-wise)

Chronicle(Record of history in order of time)

Chronometer(Exceptionally accurate clock, usually associated with sailing)

Anachronism(Seemingly in the wrong time period, like if a floppy disk was used on brand-new quantum computer)

Chronology(Arrangement of events in time)

Synchronous(2 or more events happening simultaneously)

Chronograph(Timer)

Achronism(Timeless)

Chronophobia(Fear of time)

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Root Word: Mut

Origin: Latin for “change”

Examples:

Mutate(To change)

Mutation(A change that has happened)

Mutable(Subject to change)

Mutagen(Any substance that can cause genetic changes, usually associated with cancer)

Mutilate(To change to not be perfect)

Transmute(Transform the nature of an object)

Commute(Change location/Make a judicial sentence less harsh)

Permutation(Permanent change)

Besmut(To ruin something with soot)

Hypermutability(Rapid mutation to DNA)

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Root Word: Eu

Origin: Greek for “good”

Examples:

Euphoria(Feeling good)

Euphemism(Using a good word in place of a bad one)

Eulogize(Give a good speech, usually for the deceased)

Euphonious(Pleasant-sounding)

Euphony(Good-sounding succession of words)

Europe(One of the 7 continents)

Eureka(Shout of satisfaction)

Euthanasia(Killing someone who is in pain, a “mercy killing”)

Eutrophication(A lot of nutrients in a body of water, usually increase amount of life in water)

Eucharist(Christian ceremony celebrating the Last Supper)

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Root Word: Somn

Origin: Latin for “sleep”

Examples:

Somniloquence(Talking in your sleep)

Insomnia(Not being able to sleep well/at all)

Somnolent(Making someone sleepy)

Somnambulist(Sleepwalker)

Insomniac(One who has insomnia)

Somnambulate(Sleepwalker)

Somniloquy(Something said in someone’s sleep)

Somnolence(Being sleepy)

Hypersomnia(Disease, Being excessively in the daytime)

Hyposomnia(Disease, Being excessively awake in the nighttime)

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Root Word: Loc/Loq

Origin: Latin for “speech”

Examples:

Colloquial(Word used in everyday language but not in formal settings)

Eloquent(Well-spoken, using large vocabulary)

Interlocutor(Someone who partakes in conversation)

Circumlocution(Avoiding talking about something by talking about something else, beating around the bush)

Grandiloquent(Using grandiose language to impress someone, Dr. Jones’ speech pattern)

Blandiloquent(Using a soft voice)

Soliloquy(Talking to oneself, ignoring others around you)

Pleniloquence(Talking too much)

Somniloquence(Talking in your sleep)

Omniloquence(Talking about everything)