- abase: to lower
- acerbity: sharpness of temper
- acr: sharp
- alter: other
- alter ego: second self
- altercation: heated dispute
- ambul: walk
- anim: mind
- archy: government
- aver: affirm or declare
- bas: low
- bene: good
- benediction: blessing
- caco: bad
- cacophony: bad noise
- centri: center
- circulocution: talking in circles
- circum: around
- clam: cry out
- cogn: know
- con: together
- condescend: lower oneself
- confluence: a flowing together
- contra: against
- contravene: go against
- cred: believe
- de: down
- declaim: speak rhetorically
- dict: say
- dox: opinion
- ego: I
- egocentric: self-centered
- epi: on
- epigram: witty comment
- fid: faith
- flu: flow
- fort: strong
- forte: strong point
- fortissimo: very loudly
- fy: make
- gram: writing
- greg: group
- gregarious: sociable
- hetero: different
- heterodox: unorthodox
- hierarchy: ranking
- hypo: under
- hypothecate: pledge as security
- imponderable: difficult to ponder
- impugn: attack as false
- in: in or not
- in: not
- inanimate: lifeless
- incredulous: not believing
- inter: between
- interdiction: prohibition
- interstice: small space
- ism: doctrine
- lat: side
- lith: rock
- loqu: talk
- loquacious: talkative
- luc: light
- mal: bad
- malapropism: ludicrous misuse of a word
- mega: large
- megaton: force of a million tons of dynamite
- moll: soft
- mollify: make soft
- mono: one
- monolithis: massive and uniform
- muta: change
- mutatis mutandis: with necessary changes
- neo: new
- neophyte: beginner
- nihil: nothing
- nihilism: belief in nothing
- non: not
- non sequitur: an idea which does not follow
- nonplussed: perplexed
- ob: against
- obit: death
- obiter dictum: passing remark
- obsequious: servilely following
- omni: all
- omnibus: covering many things
- omnisient: all-knowing
- ous: full of
- pater: father
- paterfamilias: male head of family
- path: feeling
- pathetic fallacy: ascribing feelings to things
- per: through
- perambulate: wander through
- perfidy: breach of faith
- phon: sound
- phyte: plant
- pond: weight
- port: carry
- portly: stout
- post: after
- postlude: concluding section
- pugn: fight
- put: think
- putative: thought-to-be
- ratiocination: methodical thinking
- re: again
- retort: swift reply
- sacro: holy
- sacrosanct: sacred
- sanct: holy
- sangfroid: cold-blooded composure
- sangui: blood
- sci: know
- sed: sit
- sedate: calm
- sequ: follow
- sol: alone
- soliloquy: speech to oneself
- sotto voce: in a low voice
- super: over
- supersede: replace
- tang: touch
- tangible: touchable
- terr: land
- terra incognita: unknown land
- tion: act or state
- tort: twist
- trans: across
- translucent: semitransparent
- uni: one
- unilateral: one-sided
- ven: come
- ver: true
- vid: look
- vide: see
- voc: voice