Word Power # 6

word

meaning

examples

cap, capt, chap

head

decapitate, per capita, chapter, captain, capital

derm

skin

dermatologist, epidermis, pachyderm, hypodermic

sym, syn

with, together

sympathy, symphony, symbol, symmetrical, synonym, synthetic

path

feeling, suffering, disease

sympathy, pathogen, pathetic, telepath, pathologist

mal

bad

malfunction, malnutrition, malpractice, malice, malevolent, malicious

bene

good

benefit, beneficial, benevolent, beneficiary, benefactor

mob, mot, mov

move

mobile, motion, movement, motor, automobile, movie, motivate

quint

five

quintuplets, quintet, quintuple

dis

not, opposite of

disagree, disappear, disapprove, displease, disprove, dismantle

cred

believe

incredible, incredulous, creed, credit, credible, discredit, credential

hex, sex

six

hexagon, sextuplets, sextet, hexapod

hept, sept

seven

heptagon, septuplets, septet, September