Latin and Greek Root Words: Puzzle Pieces that Make Up Words

secession

Formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation

aviatrix

a female airplane pilot

re-

again

-ure

an action or process; state, quality, act

-ion

an action or process; state, quality, act (ex. construction)

cognizant

aware

infra-

below, underneath, beneath

pugilism

boxing, fighting with the fists

brevity

briefness; short duration

de-

from, away, down, apart; not

immobility

inability to move

extermination

killing, especially of a whole group of people or animals.

retraction

moving a part backward

invincible

not able to be defeated, unbeatable

obstruction

something that blocks the way of things being created or built; something in the way

digression

straying from main point

circumventive

tending to go around; tending to bypass restrictions

counteraction

the act of going directly against something or someone

infrastructure

the basic framework of a building or a system

struc-

to build

ob-

to, toward, against

aqueous

watery

con-

with or together