List of words with Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words

1. Amiable (Latin: amare – to love) – Friendly and pleasant.
2. Benevolent (Latin: bene – good; volens – wishing) – Well-meaning and kindly.
3. Chronology (Greek: chronos – time) – The arrangement of events in time.
4. Democracy (Greek: demos – people; kratos – power) – A system of government by the whole population.
5. Euphoria (Greek: eu – good; phero – to bear) – A feeling of intense happiness.
6. Fragile (Latin: fragilis – easily broken) – Easily broken or damaged.
7. Gregarious (Latin: gregarius – belonging to a flock) – Sociable and outgoing.
8. Harmonic (Greek: harmonia – harmony) – Relating to harmony or music.
9. Ignorant (Latin: ignorare – not to know) – Lacking knowledge or awareness.
10. Judicious (Latin: judicium – judgment) – Having or showing good judgment.
11. Kinetic (Greek: kinesis – motion) – Relating to motion.
12. Luminous (Latin: lumen – light) – Emitting light; shining.
13. Metamorphosis (Greek: meta – change; morphosis – form) – A complete change in form or appearance.
14. Nostalgia (Greek: nostos – return home; algia – pain) – A sentimental longing for the past.
15. Omnipotent (Latin: omnis – all; potens – powerful) – Having unlimited power.
16. Pseudonym (Greek: pseudes – false; onoma – name) – A fictitious name used by an author.
17. Quantum (Latin: quantus – how much) – A discrete quantity of energy proportional in magnitude to the frequency of radiation it represents.
18. Rejuvenate (Latin: re – again; juvenis – young) – To make someone or something look or feel younger.
19. Submarine (Latin: sub – under; mare – sea) – A watercraft capable of underwater operation.
20. Transcend (Latin: trans – across; scandere – to climb) – To rise above or go beyond.
21. Ubiquitous (Latin: ubique – everywhere) – Present, appearing, or found everywhere.
22. Vocal (Latin: vox – voice) – Relating to the voice or speech.
23. Widespread (Old English: widen – broad; spreadan – to spread) – Spread over a large area or among many people.
24. Xenophobia (Greek: xenos – stranger; phobos – fear) – Fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners.
25. Yacht (Dutch: jacht – hunt) – A medium-sized sailing boat.
26. Zealous (Greek: zelos – fervor) – Having or showing zeal; passionate.
27. Amphibian (Greek: amphi – both; bios – life) – An animal that can live both on land and in water.
28. Benefactor (Latin: bene – good; facere – to do) – A person who gives money or other help to a person or cause.
29. Concord (Latin: con – with; cor – heart) – Agreement or harmony.
30. Dissonance (Latin: dis – not; sonare – to sound) – Lack of harmony among musical notes.
31. Eccentric (Greek: ek – out; kentron – center) – Unconventional and slightly strange.
32. Facilitate (Latin: facilis – easy) – To make an action or process easy or easier.
33. Gregarious (Latin: gregarius – flock) – Enjoying the company of others; sociable.
34. Hieroglyphic (Greek: hieros – sacred; glyphikos – carving) – A writing system using pictorial symbols.
35. Incredible (Latin: in – not; credere – to believe) – Impossible to believe.
36. Jubilant (Latin: jubilare – to shout for joy) – Feeling or expressing great joy.
37. Kaleidoscope (Greek: kalos – beautiful; eidos – form; skopein – to look) – A toy that shows changing patterns of colors.
38. Lethargic (Greek: lethargos – forgetful; sleepy) – Affected by lethargy; sluggish and apathetic.
39. Melancholy (Greek: melas – black; chole – bile) – A deep, persistent sadness.
40. Nomenclature (Latin: nomen – name; calare – to call) – A system of names used in an art or science.
41. Omnipresent (Latin: omnis – all; praesens – present) – Widely or constantly encountered.
42. Paradox (Greek: para – beside; doxa – opinion) – A statement that contradicts itself but might be true.
43. Quintessential (Latin: quinta essentia – fifth essence) – Representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality.
44. Rebuke (Latin: re – back; bucare – to call) – To express sharp disapproval or criticism.
45. Synthesize (Greek: syn – together; thesis – putting) – To combine a number of things into a coherent whole.
46. Transient (Latin: transire – to go across) – Lasting only for a short time.
47. Unanimous (Latin: unus – one; animus – mind) – Fully in agreement.
48. Vociferous (Latin: vox – voice; ferre – to carry) – Loud and noisy; compelling attention.
49. Wanderlust (German: wandern – to wander; Lust – desire) – A strong desire to travel.
50. Xenon (Greek: xenos – stranger) – A chemical element with atomic number 54.
51. Yearn (Old English: geornian – to long for) – To have an intense feeling of longing.
52. Zephyr (Greek: zephyros – west wind) – A gentle, mild breeze.
53. Anomaly (Greek: anomalia – irregularity) – Something that deviates from what is standard.
54. Biology (Greek: bios – life; logos – study) – The study of living organisms.
55. Cacophony (Greek: kakos – bad; phone – voice) – A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.
56. Decipher (Latin: de – reverse; cifrare – to encode) – To convert a coded message into understandable language.
57. Eloquent (Latin: eloqui – to speak out) – Fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing.
58. Fascinate (Latin: fascinare – to bewitch) – To attract and hold the attention of.
59. Gigantic (Greek: gigantos – giant) – Of very great size or extent.
60. Hypothesis (Greek: hypo – under; thesis – position) – An assumption made for the sake of argument.
61. Inscription (Latin: inscriptio – something written) – Words inscribed or written on a surface.
62. Juxtapose (Latin: juxta – next to; pose – to place) – To place close together for contrasting effect.
63. Kinetics (Greek: kinesis – motion) – The study of forces and motion.
64. Lament (Latin: lamentari – to mourn) – A passionate expression of grief or sorrow.
65. Meteorology (Greek: meteoros – high in the air; logos – study) – The study of weather.

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