100 English prefixes & word roots 2 (ad: to, toward)

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  1. accede
    yield to another's wish or opinion
  2. accelerate
    move faster
  3. accost
    approach and speak to someone aggressively or insistently
  4. account
    a record or narrative description of past events
  5. accredit
    grant credentials to
  6. accumulate
    get or gather together
  7. accustom
    familiarize psychologically or physically
  8. adapt
    make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
  9. adhere
    stick to firmly
  10. adjourn
    close at the end of a session
  11. adjure
    command solemnly
  12. adjust
    alter or regulate so as to conform to a standard
  13. administer
    supervise or be in charge of
  14. admire
    feel high regard for
  15. admonish
    scold or reprimand; take to task
  16. adopt
    take into one's family
  17. adore
    love intensely
  18. adorn
    make more attractive, as by adding ornament or color
  19. adulterate
    make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
  20. affable
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  21. affiliate
    join in a social or business relationship
  22. affirm
    declare solemnly and formally as true
  23. affix
    attach to
  24. afflict
    cause physical pain or suffering in
  25. affront
    a deliberately offensive act
  26. aggrandize
    embellish; increase the scope, power, or importance of
  27. aggravate
    make worse
  28. aggregate
    a sum total of many heterogeneous things taken together
  29. aggrieve
    cause to feel distress
  30. align
    arrange so as to be parallel or straight
  31. allay
    lessen the intensity of or calm
  32. alleviate
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  33. allocate
    distribute according to a plan or set apart for a purpose
  34. allot
    give out
  35. alloy
    a mixture containing two or more metallic elements
  36. allure
    the power to entice or attract
  37. ally
    a friendly nation
  38. ameliorate
    make better
  39. amenable
    disposed or willing to comply
  40. amend
    make revisions to
  41. annex
    attach to
  42. annihilate
    kill in large numbers
  43. annotate
    add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments
  44. announce
    make known
  45. annul
    cancel officially
  46. apparatus
    equipment designed to serve a specific function
  47. appeal
    earnest or urgent request
  48. appease
    make peace with
  49. append
    fix to; attach
  50. appertain
    be a part or attribute of
  51. apportion
    distribute according to a set plan or special purpose
  52. appraise
    consider in a comprehensive way
  53. apprehend
    anticipate with dread or anxiety
  54. approbate
    approve or sanction officially
  55. appropriate
    suitable for a particular person, place, or situation
  56. arouse
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  57. arrange
    put into a proper or systematic order
  58. assail
    attack someone physically or emotionally
  59. assault
    attack someone physically or emotionally
  60. assemble
    create by putting components or members together
  61. assent
    agree or express agreement
  62. assert
    declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
  63. assimilate
    make alike
  64. associate
    bring or come into action
  65. assort
    arrange or order by classes or categories
  66. assortment
    the act of distributing things into classes of the same type
  67. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  68. assume
    take to be the case or to be true
  69. assure
    inform positively and with certainty and confidence
  70. attach
    be in contact with
  71. attain
    gain with effort
  72. attaint
    bring shame or dishonor upon
  73. attemper
    modify the temperature of
  74. attend
    be present
  75. attest
    provide evidence for
  76. attune
    adjust or accustom to; bring into harmony with
  77. aver
    declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
  78. avow
    declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
  79. awake
    not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
Created on Sun Jan 29 16:06:50 EST 2012 (updated Thu Mar 18 18:41:16 EDT 2021)

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