<p>English 11 </p><p>Vocabulary Development Lesson #4 Instructions: Using the core root definition, try to find the definition of at least two of the words per root without using a dictionary. Then, seek out the definition of any word that you do not currently know. This is the fourth of a series of 17 lists we will be drawing from this year. (This list used with permission by Susan van Druten, AP English teacher) morph (shape) amorphous, mesomorph, morphology, polymorphously, protomorphic Greek vest (clothes) divest, invest, transvestite, travesty, vest, vestibule, vestment, vestry Latin bene (good) benediction, benefactor, beneficial, benefit, benevolent, benign Latin pond (weight) compound, imponderable, ponder, ponderous, pound, preponderant Latin corp (body) corporal, corporation, corps, corpse, corpulent, corpuscle, habeas corpus, incorporate Latin dorm (sleep) dormancy, dormant, dormer, dormient, dormitive, dormitory, dormouse Latin pater (father) expatriate, Jupiter, padre, paternity, patriarch, patrician, patriot, patronize Latin nov (new) innovation, nouveau riche, nova, Nova Scotia, novel, novelty, novice, novocain, rennovate Latin punct (point) acupuncture, contrapuntal, punctilious, punctual, punctuate, puncture Latin ject (throw) conjecture, dejected, eject, inject, interject, projection, reject, subject Latin tion (act or state) complication, creation, devastation, objection, production, transition, verification Latin loc (place) dislocate, local, localize, location, locomotive, locomotor, locus, relocate Latin dox (opinion) doxology, heterodox, indoctrinate, orthodox, paradox Greek amphi (both) ambidextrous, ambient, ambiguous, ambition, ambivalence, amble Greek magn (great) Magna Carta, magnanimous, magnate, magnificent, magnum opus Latin eu (good) eucalyptus, Eucharist, eugenics, eulogy, euphemism, euphony, euphoria, euthanasia Greek endo (within) endocrine, endogamous, endoplasm, endoskeleton, endothermic Greek phobia (fear) acrophobia, agoraphobia, claustrophobia, hydrophobia, xenophobia Greek ortho (straight) orthodontist, orthodox, orthography, orthogonal, orthopedics Greek put (think) computer, dispute, disreputable, impute, putative, reputation Latin ver (true) aver, cinema verite, veracity, verdict, verify, verisimilitude, veritable Latin matri (mother) matriarch, matricide, matrilineal, matrimony, matron, metropolis Latin mega (large) megahertz, megalith, megalomania, megalopolis, megaphone, megaton Greek pop (people) popular, popularize populate population populist, populous Latin sangui (blood) consanguinity, sangfroid, sangria, sanguinary, sanguine Latin</p>