CRW POWER ROOTS 1

Kevan O.
CAD - Falling under this category of words that derive from the Latin root "cadere," meaning "to fall,"
VOC/VOK - The word "vocabulary" itself grows out of this root. Learn these words derived from the Latin root "vocare" (meaning "to name or call").
STRUCT - This root means "to build".
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  1. decadent
    relating to indulgence in something pleasurable
  2. coincide
    happen simultaneously
  3. homicide
    the killing of a human being by another human being
  4. provoke
    provide the needed stimulus for
  5. advocate
    a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea
  6. equivocate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  7. revoke
    cancel officially
  8. unequivocal
    admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding
  9. construct
    make by combining materials and parts
  10. deconstruct
    interpret by carefully examining a work's ideas and language
  11. obstruct
    block passage through
  12. reconstruction
    the activity of building something again
Created on Sun Oct 20 21:36:05 EDT 2013 (updated Mon Oct 21 11:10:01 EDT 2013)

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