8th Roots & Affixes

log

• word

• reason

• study

• measure

neg

• to affirm or confirm

• to deny or nullify

• to enhance or improve

• to simplify or clarify

junct / jug / join

• join, connect (e.g., junction – place where things join; conjugal – joined in marriage)

• separate, divide (e.g., disjunction – a separation of ideas)

• isolate, detach (e.g., junction – a point of isolation)

• merge, blend (e.g., conjunction – a blending of ideas)

liber

• free (e.g., liberty – freedom; liberate – to set free)

• bound (e.g., bondage – slavery)

• restricted (e.g., restriction – limitation)

• captive (e.g., captivity – imprisonment)

urb

• city (e.g., urban – related to the city; suburb – an area near a city)

• a type of rural area

• a term for a small village

• a synonym for countryside

juven

• young (e.g., juvenile – a young person; rejuvenate – to make young again)

• old

• average

• mature

aesth / esth

• feeling, perception, sensation (e.g., aesthetic – relating to beauty or the senses)

• a type of musical composition

• a method of scientific analysis

• a form of artistic expression

dent / odon

• tooth (e.g., dentist – tooth doctor; orthodontist – tooth straightener)

• bone

• muscle

• skin

agon

• struggle, contest (e.g., antagonist – one who struggles against another)

• peaceful resolution

• collaboration and teamwork

• a type of celebration

lav / lu

• to wash (e.g., lavatory – a place to wash)

• to dry

• to clean with chemicals

• to store liquids