Ms. Howitt
Eng. 11 Ap. Per 1
1/31/2013
Root List #5
1. Vita – Life
Viable - physically fitted to live
Vital having- remarkable energy, liveliness, or force of personality
Devitalize- to deprive of vitality or vital properties
Vitamin- any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism
Vitalize- to give life to
2. Demo - People
Democracy- government by the people
Demography- the science of vital and social statistics of populations
Undemocratic -pertaining to or of the nature of democracy
Demagogue-a person, especially an orator or political leader
Democratize - to make or become democratic
3. Stereo – solid
Stereophonic a system of sound recording or reproduction
Stereoscope- an optical instrument for studying the crystal structure
Stereotropism -a tropism determined by contact with a solid
Stereotype -to characterize or regard as a stereotype
Stereopticon -a projector usually consisting of two complete lanterns
4. Ism - doctrine
Capitalism-an economic system
Cubisma style of painting and sculpture developed in the early 20th -
Marxism the system of economic and political thought developed by Karl Marx
Pluralism -a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle
Tribalism - the customs and beliefs of tribal life and society
5. Cogn – know
Cognizant - aware
Cognoscenti -persons who have superior knowledge and understanding of a particular field, Incognita - a woman or girl who is incognita
Recognize - to identify as something or someone previously seen
Precognition - knowledge of a future event or situation
6. Sur – over
Surface - the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing
Surmount - to mount upon; get on the top of
Surname - the name that a person has in common with other family members,
Surpass - to go beyond in amount, extent, or degree; be greater than
Surplus - something that remains above