*Root Words* Part 3

Front

pend

Back

to hang/ weigh

Front

pop

Back

people

Front

form

Back

to shape

Front

tract

Back

to pull/ draw

Front

loc, logu

Back

to speak/ talk/ say

Front

Pending:

Back

Hanging on; not yet decided; awaiting a conclusion.

Front

Populists

Back

A politician appealing to ordinary people whose concerns are ignored by elites.

Front

Transformation

Back

Act of moving across to another shape.

Front

elocution

Back

expert manner of speaking; art of speaking clearly and well

Front

retract

Back

to pull back like an inaccurate newspaper story