TOP | place | topical | adj. | of current interest |
topiary | adj./n. | ornamentally pruned |
ectopic | adj. | away from its usual place |
topography | n. | landscape features |
CENTR/
CENTER | exactly
middle
point | eccentric － | adj./n. | placed off-center |
epicenter | n. | central point (except) |
egocentric | adj. | self-centered (self) |
ethnocentric | adj. | centered on one’s own group (nation) |
DOM | rule
power | predominant | adj. | strongest |
domicile | n./v. | home |
domination | n. | control |
dominion | n. | kingdom |
HABIT/
HIBIT | reside in | exhibitionist | n.－ | show-off |
habitation | n. | dwelling |
habitual | adj. | customary |
inhibit | vt.－ | restrain |
PRO | ＋ | procrastinate | v. | put off |
prodigious | adj. | enormous |
prophylaxis | n. | disease prevention (physical) |
propitious | adj. | promising (bit) |
PETRO | again
back | retroactive | adj. | effective as of earlier |
retrofit | n. | modernize |
retrogress | v. | revert to an earlier state promising |
retrospective | adj. | review of a body of work |
TEMPOR | time | contemporary | n./adj. | current |
extemporaneous | adj.－ | unplanned |
temporal | adj./n. | measurable by time |
temporize | v. | talk to fill time |
CHRON | time | anachronism | n.－ | something from the past |
chronic | adj. | ongoing |
chronology | n. | order of events |
synchronous | adj. | happening at the same time |
TRI | three | triceratops | n. | dinosaur |
trident | n. | a three-pronged spear used for fishing (teeth) |
trilogy | n. | three dramatic works related in theme |
trinity | n. | union of three divine persons |
ANIM | breed | inanimate | adj. | dead |
animosity | n. | enmity |
magnanimous | adj. | generous in forgiving |
animated | adj. | living |
