preview of roots 91-100

Preview of Roots 91-

100

91. fort:______

91. fort: strong

91. fort: strong•fortify: __________

91. fort: strong•fortify: strengthen

91. fort: strong•comfort:__________________________

91. fort: strong•comfort:To give

strength (or to ease)

91. fort: strong•fortitude: ____________________________________________

91. fort: strong•fortitude:

strength of mind that allows one to endure pain or adversity with courage.

91. fort: strong•forte: ___________________

91. fort: strong•forte: in a loud, strong manner

91. fort: strong•fort: ____________

91. fort: strong•fort: a stronghold

Fort Knox

91. fort: strong•fortress: ______________ __________________________________________________

Hohensalzburg Fortress

91. fort: strong•fortress: a large, permanent military stronghold that often includes a townHohensalzburg Fortress

92. fract: break•fraction: a disconnected piece; a fragment.

92. fract: break•fraction: a disconnected piece; a fragment.

92. fract: break•infraction: the act of breaking (as in rules or the law)

92. fract: break•infraction: the act of breaking (as in rules or the law)

92. fract: break•refractory: obstinate; unmanageable; difficult to melt or work

92. fract: break•refractory: obstinate; unmanageable; difficult to melt or work

92. fract: break•fracture: the act or process of breaking.

92. fract: break•fracture: the act or process of breaking.

93. frag: break

93. frag: break

93. frag: break•fragile: easily broken, damaged, or destroyed

93. frag: break•fragile: easily broken, damaged, or destroyed

93. frag: break•fragment: a small part broken off or detached.

93. frag: break•fragment: a small part broken off or detached.

94. frater: brother

94. frater: brother

94. frater: brother•fraternal: of or relating to brothers

94. frater: brother•fraternity: brotherliness

94. frater: brother•fraternize: to associate with others in a brotherly way

94. frater: brother•Friar: a member of a usually mendicant Roman Catholic order. [Middle English frere, from Old French, from Latin frater]

94. frater: brother•Friar: a member of a usually mendicant Roman Catholic order. [Middle English frere, from Old French, from Latin frater]

95. fus

95. fus: pour

95. fus: pour•refuse: to indicate unwillingness to do, accept, give, or allow

95. fus: pour•refuse: to indicate unwillingness to do, accept, give, or allow

95. fus: pour•diffuse: to pour out and cause to spread freely.

95. fus: pour•diffuse: to pour out and cause to spread freely.

95. fus: pour•profuse: giving or given (poured out) freely and abundantly

95. fus: pour•profuse: giving or given (poured out) freely and abundantly

95. fus•transfusion: the pouring out of something from one thing into another

95. fus•transfusion: the pouring out of something from one thing into another

96. gam: _______

96. gam: marriage

96. gam: marriage•bigamist: the criminal offense of marrying one person while still legally married to another.

(bi=two gam=marriage)

96. gam: marriage•bigamist: the criminal offense of marrying one person while still legally married to another.

(bi=two gam=marriage)

96. gam•misogamist: one who hates marriage

96. gam•misogamist: one who hates marriage

96. gam•gamete: a cell that fuses with another cell

96. gam•gamete: a cell that fuses with another cell

97. gen: ________________

97. gen: race, birth, kind, origin

•generation: all of the offspring that are at the same stage of descent from a common ancestor

•generation: all of the offspring that are at the same stage of descent from a common ancestor

•genius: extraordinary intellectual and creative power.

•genius: extraordinary intellectual and creative power.

•generate: to bring into being; give rise to

•generate: to bring into being; give rise to

•gentleman: a man of gentle or noble birth or superior social position

•gentleman: a man of gentle or noble birth or superior social position

•generous: characterized by nobility and forbearance in thought or behavior (literally “of noble birth”)

•generous: characterized by nobility and forbearance in thought or behavior (literally “of noble birth”)

•genesis: the coming into being of something

•genesis: the coming into being of something

•genetics: the branch of biology that deals with heredity

•genetics: the branch of biology that deals with heredity

•genre: a type or class

•genre: a type or class

98. geo: _____

98. geo: earth

98. geo: earth•geode: a

hollow, usually spheroidal rock with crystals lining the inside wall (literally “earthlike”)

98. geo: earth•geode: a

hollow, usually spheroidal rock with crystals lining the inside wall (literally “earthlike”)

98. geo: earth•geology: the scientific study of the origin, history, and structure of the earth.

98. geo: earth•geology: the scientific study of the origin, history, and structure of the earth.

98. geo: earth•geometry: the mathematics of the properties, measurement, and relationships of points, lines, angles, surfaces, and solids (literally “to measure land”)

98. geo: earth•geometry: the mathematics of the properties, measurement, and relationships of points, lines, angles, surfaces, and solids (literally “to measure land”)