Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Root List - P

1. PAC - Peace.
Pacify, Pacifist, Pacific.

2. PALP - Feel.
Palpable, Palpitation.

3. PAN - All.
Panorama, Panacea, Panegyric, Pandemic, Panoply.

4. PATER, PATR - Father.
Paternal, Paternity, Patriot, Compatriot, Expatriate, Patrimony, Patricide, Patrician.

5. PATH, PASS - Feel, Suffer.
Sympathy, Antipathy, Empathy, Apathy, Pathos, Impassioned.

6. PEC - Money.
Pecuniary, Impecunous, Peculation.

7. PED, POD - Foot.
Pedestrian, Pedinent, Expedient, Biped, Quadruped, Tripod.

8. PEL, PULS - Drive.
Compel, Compelling, Expel, Propel, Compulsion.

9. PEN - Almost.
Peninsula, Penultimate, Penumbra.

10. PEND, PENS - Hang.
Pendant, Pendulous, Compendium, Suspense, Propensity.

11. PER - Through, By, For, Throughout.
Perambulator, Percipient, Perfunctory, Permeable, Perspicacious, Pertinacious, Perturbation, Perusal, Perennial, Peregrinate.

12. PER - Against, Destruction.
Perfidious, Pernicious, Perjure.

13. PERI - Around.
Perimeter, Periphery, Perihelion, Peripatetic.

14. PET - Seek, Go toward.
Petition, Impetus, Impetuous, Petulant, Centripetal.

15. PHIL - Love.
Philosopher, Philanderer, Philanthropy, Bibliophile, Philology.

16. PHOB - Fear.
Phobia, Claustrophobia, Xenophobia.

17. PHON - Sound.
Phonograph, Megaphone, Euphony, Phonetics, Phonics.

18. PLAC - Calm, Please.
Placate, Implacable, Placid, Complascent.

19. PON, POS - Put, Place.
Postpone, Preponent, Exponent, Preposition, Posit, Interpose, Juxtaposition, Depose.

20. PORT - Carry.
Portable, Deportment, Rapport.

21. POT - Drink.
Potion, Potabe.

22. POT - Power.
Potential, Potent, Impotent, Potentate, Omnipotence.

23. PRE - Before.
Precede, Precipitate, Preclude, Precocious, Precursor, Predilection, Predisposition, Preponderance, Prepossessing, Presage, Prescient, Prejudice, Predict, Premonition, Preposition.

24.PRIM, PRI - First.
Prime, Primary, Primal, Primeval, Primordial, Pristine.

25. PRO - Ahead, Forth.
Proceed, Proclivity, Procrastination, Profane, Profuse, Progenitor, Progeny, Prognosis, Prologue, Promontory, Prope, Proponent, Propose, Proscribe, Protestation, Provoke.

26. PROTO - First.
Prototype, Protagonist, Protocol.

27. PROX, PROP - Near.
Approximate, Propinquity, Proximity.

28. PSEUDO - False.
Pseudoscientific, Pseudonym.

29. PYR - Fire.
Pyre, Pyrotechnics, Pyromania.

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