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February 14, 2015 by Mike Bergin

Roots2Words Affix of the Week: -ID

Looking to add a lot more words your personal lexicon or just want to better understand the English language? Learning the common roots, prefixes, and suffixes that so many of our words are based on gives you the tools to recognize familiar words or decode unfamiliar words. That’s the Roots2Words way!
 

Your Roots2Words Affix of the Week is -ID:

roots2wordssquare200-ID is a suffix meaning that which is.
(Suffixes appear at the end of words)
 
**EXAMPLES**

acrid (adj) – irritating to the eyes or nose; sharply stinging or bitter; exceedingly caustic
BREAKDOWN: ACR- (sharp or bitter) + -ID (that which is)

fervid (adj) – intensely zealous or impassioned; extremely hot; burning
BREAKDOWN: FERV- (boil) + -ID (that which is)

flaccid (adj) – soft, floppy, or flabby
BREAKDOWN: FLACC- (flabby, flap-eared) + -ID (that which is)

gravid (adj) – pregnant; heavy with child
BREAKDOWN: GRAV- (heavy) + -ID (that which is)

insipid (adj) – flavorless or weak; lacking character
BREAKDOWN: IN- (not) + SAP- (to know, to taste of) + -ID (that which is)

languid (adj) – lazy or listless; fatigued; lacking energy or strength; relaxed
BREAKDOWN: LAX- (loose) + -ID (that which is)

morbid (adj) – an interest in unhealthy or unwholesome subjects; macabre; gruesome; of or relating to disease
BREAKDOWN: MORB- (disease) + -ID (that which is)

pellucid (adj) – admitting the maximum amount of light; transparently clear
BREAKDOWN: PEL- (utterly) + LUC- (clear) + -ID (that which is)
— lucid means easily understood or clear; bright

placid (adj) – peaceful, tranquil, or calm
BREAKDOWN: PLAC- (peace) + -ID (that which is)

putrid (adj) – rotting or rotten; corrupt; disgusting
BREAKDOWN: PUTR- (rotten, decayed) + -ID (that which is)

torrid (adj) – passionate and intense; very hot and dry
BREAKDOWN: TORR- (scorching hot) + -ID (that which is)

turbid (adj) – muddled; thick with stirred-up sediment; disturbed
BREAKDOWN: TURB- (disorder, agitation) + -ID (that which is)

vapid (adj) – lifeless, dull, or bland; uninspiring
BREAKDOWN: VAP- (steam or mist) + -ID (that which is)
 
**CONGRUENT CONNECTIONS**

The name of Cupid, the Roman god of love and patron cherub of Valentine’s Day, is derived from the root CUP- (desiring) and the suffix -ID. Other CUP- words include concupiscence, cupidity, and covet.

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