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Term Definition
a at (to)
ab about (concerning, re, regarding)
ac buy (purchase)
ad add (addition)
af business (trade)
ag field
ak attack (aggression)
al all (whole)
alk alcohol
am affection (love)
amu amuse
an annum (year)
& and
ang angle (corner)
ap open
aq water
are area (district, region)
ar friend
arg argue (discus)
arm arm
art art
as ascend (rise)
at anticipate (expect)
au hear
-a unfavourable
aut authority (official)
av fly
ax ask (enquire, inquire)
az [al oz] always (ever)
ba back (behind, rear)
bar check (obstruct)
b but
be before(time) (former, previous, prior)
bed layer (sheet, stratum)
bel beauty (beautiful)
ber bear (carry)
bib drink
bid bid (command, order, tell)
bil account (bill)
bi life (live)
bit bit (piece)
ble corn (grain)
blu blue
bod body (trunk)
bol ballgame
bor border (edge)
bo tree
-b possibility (possible)
bra brave (courage)
bri shine
bru brown
bu book
by by
ca room
cav hollow
-c collection
cel heaven
cen hundred
cer certain (positive, sure)
ce receive
ci decide
cir circle (ring)
co collect (collection)
con cone
c this (these)
D1 Sunday
D2 Monday
D3 Tuesday
D4 Wednesday
D5 Thursday
D6 Friday
D7 Saturday
da give
deb debt (owe)
de day
def define (distinguish)
dek right (hand)
dem nation (people)
des desire (want, wish)
d from (of)
dig finger
dik fat (thick)
dio God
dip deep
dir direction
di say (state)
dis disc
do dwell (live, reside)
dok document
don excuse (pardon)
dor sleep
dos two (2)
-d passive voice (past participle)
dra act (drama, play)
du continue (keep, last)
dy since
e am (are, is, be)
-e augmentative
eb even
ed conclude (end, finish)
ef capable (competent, efficient)
eg equal
eis ice
ek church
ele element
el electric (electricity)
em emotion
en attend to (attention, mind)
eng narrow
ent enter
ep location (place, position, put, set)
ern earnest
er person
es assess (estimate, reckon)
est appreciate (esteem)
et little (small)
fa act (commit, deed, do, make)
fab fabric (material)
fas easy (facile)
fat fat
-f causative
fe cheerfulness (glad, happy, pleased)
fem woman
fet celebration (feast, festival)
feu burn (combustion, fire)
F[femu] Madam
f for
fid faithful (loyal)
fi filament (thread)
fil son
f(i)n find)
fir firm
fis fish
fix fix (secure)
fla inflame (inflammation)
fle flesh
flo flower (bloom)
flu current (flow)
fo before (place) (fore, front)
fol leaf
fon origin (source)
for form (shape)
fot photograph
fra brother
fru fruit
fu few
ful fill (full)
fun five (5)
fur furnish (provide, supply)
fy cause (make, reason, render)
ga complete (quite)
gar keep (retain)
gas gas
ge connect (join, together)
gel yellow
gen birth (generate, yield)
-g general (an idea having a general relationship to the root)
gla smooth
gm gram
go go
gom rubber
gra gratitude (thank, thanks)
gre degree (grade, stage)
gro grow
g them (they)
gu good
gus flavour (taste)
hab common (custom, habit, normal, ordinary, use, usual)
ha have (own, possess)
han hand
har hair
haz chance (hazard, luck)
he heat (hot)
hem half
h has (have)
hi conceal (hide)
ho high (tall)
hom honest (sincere)
hor hour (o'clock)
hu having
hum humble
hy had
-i association (after speedwords ending in a consonant)
ib possible
id identical (same)
if inform (tell)
ig general
i in (within)
ik property (quality)
il particular (special)
ilu influence
im idea (imagine, suppose)
in among (between)
ind indicate
int interest
ip self (selves)
ir here
is complement
isk insect
ist professional
ite journey (travel, voyage)
it implement (instrument, tool)
iv association (indefinate preposition)
iz [ir ze] herewith
ja directly (presently, shortly, soon)
je each (every, per)
jet cast (throw)
j I (me)
jm [je om] everything
jr [je er] everybody (everyone)
ju deem (judge)
jun young (youth)
jur law (legal)
j(u)s fair (just, right)
jut jut (project, projection)
ka chief (head)
kal alkaloid
kan sing (song)
ke credit (due)
kem chemical
ken acknowledge (admit)
ki motion (move)
kin kin (kindred, relateive, relation)
K[koml] company (firm)
kla class (kind, sort)
ko come
kok cook
kol neck
kom accompany (company)
kon accord (agree)
kos world
kot cotton
-k quality
kre believe (belief)
kru cross
k that (conj.)
kub cube
ku contain (enclose, hold, include)
kup culpable (fault, guilt)
kur curve
kut cut
ky eat
L10 October
L11 November
L12 December
L1 January
L2 February
L3 March
L4 April
L5 May
L6 June
L7 July
L8 August
L9 September
la big (great, large, size)
las allow (leave, let, permit)
lat side
leg leg
lek lecture
le letter
len gentle (mild)
les damage (harm, hurt, injure)
lib deliver (discharge, free, liberate, release)
li liquid
lim bound (limit, utter)
lin language
lob praise
log logic (sense)
lo length (long)
lon lend (loan)
lot allot (assign, deal)
-l special (an idea having a special relationship to the root)
l the
lt litre
lud game (play)
luf air
lum illuminate (light)
lu month
lut contest (match)
ma construct (make, produce)
mar marry
mat concrete (material, matter, physical, stuff)
mau mouth
me- comparative
me greater (increase, more)
mek machine (mechanical)
mel sweet (sweetness)
mem memory (recollect, recall, remember)
men mental (mind, intellect)
mer mother
mes measure
met metal
mid medial (middle)
mik microbe
mil million
mi midday (noon)
min mineral
mir wonder (wonderful)
miu minute (time)
M Mr.
mol soft
mot word
mr metre
Ms Mrs.
-m thing
mu great (abs.) (much, many)
m(u)s must (have to)
muz music
m with
my most
my- superlative
nam call (name)
na nature (of course)
nar account (narrate, story, tale)
nat native
nav ship
ner nerve
nes necessary (necessity, need, require, want)
ne take
n no (not)
nob celebrated (honour, note, repute)
no look (at) (note, notice, observe)
n(o)m nothing
nor north
nov new
num count (number, several)
nu now (present)
nur food
ny about (almost, near, nearly, nigh)
nyn nine (9)
ob acquire (get, obtain, procure, secure)
-o contrary (after speedwords ending in a consonant)
od manner (method, mode, way)
odo odour (smell)
of offer
og eye
oil oil
ok accurate (correct, right)
ol receptacle (vessel)
om article (object, thing)
on man
o on
op against (contrary, oppose)
ord arrange (order)
org organ
orn decorate (ornament)
or or
os bone
O sir
ost east
ot other
otto eight (8)
ov above (over)
oz happen (occasion, occur, time)
p able (can)
pad pad
pa pay
pap paper
par part (instalment, portion)
pas ago (past)
pat paste
ped foot
pel clear (plain)
pen hang
pe period (while (n.))
per father
pes weight
pin point
pi(r) soul (spirit)
pit mercy (pity)
pla flat (horizontal, level)
pl(e) please (ure)
pli fold
po after (afterwards)
poe poem
pol polite
por important (matter)
pos post
pot earthenware (pot)
pov poor (poverty)
-p place
pre prepare
pri cost (price)
pro promise
pru prove
pu guess (think, thought)
pul powder
pur clean
qa how
qar four (4)
q do (questioning) (question, query)
qe when
q(i)d what
qi who (whom)
qo where
qu that (rel.) (which)
qy why
rad root
rag anger (rage, temper)
ra labour (work)
rap fast (quick, rapid, speed)
re again (repeat)
reg control (direct, govern, handle, rule)
rek direct (straight)
rel religion
ren meet (meeting)
rep reptile
rev revolve (rotate)
rex king (monarch)
rit rhythm
ri write
ro list (schedule)
ron (a)round (rotund)
-r person
r shall (will)
rub friction (rub)
rud red
ruk crease (wrinkle)
rup break
ru remain (rest, stay, stop)
ry building (establishment)
saf safe (secure)
sak holy (sacred)
sa know (ledge)
sal jump (leap, spring)
san health
sau condiment (sauce)
-s complement (an idea having a complementary relationship to the root)
sed sit
sek course (follow, sequence)
sem seed
sen feel (sense, senseibility)
sep seven (7)