Roots and Affixes, Grade 5: act (do)

Learn this list of words containing the Latin root act, meaning "do."
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  1. act
    do something; perform some deed
  2. action
    something done (usually as opposed to something said)
  3. actor
    a person who does something or gets things done
  4. active
    disposed to do something or bring about change
  5. activate
    put in motion
  6. activation
    causing something to take effect or to have energy
  7. activist
    a reformer who works to achieve social or political change
  8. interact
    do something together or with others
  9. react
    act against or in opposition to
  10. inactive
    not in physical motion
Created on Wed Apr 15 18:28:37 EDT 2026 (updated Wed Apr 22 15:31:51 EDT 2026)

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