Word root/prefix | Root Meaning | Words based on the Root |
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Cogn/i | know | Cognition - process of acquiring knowledge Incognito - disguised so no one knows you Recognize - to discover that one knows |
Corp/o | body | Corporation - a company recognized by law as a single body Corpse - a dead body Corporal - pertaining to the body |
Cred | believe | Credence - belief that something is true or valid Credulous - believing things too easily, gullible Incredible - unbelievable |
Cruc | cross | Crucial - characteristic of or having the form of a cross Crucifix - the cross itself as a Christian emblem Excruciating - so intense as to cause great pain or anguish |
Crypto | hidden, secret | Cryptic - of hidden meaning Cryptography - science of secret codes Encrypt - encode into secret code |