User:Asarlaí/Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English

Main article: List of Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English Related articles: English linguistic purism (Anglish), Plain English

This wordlist should be helpful for those who wish to write in Plain English or in Anglish. Words of Latin/Greek origin are on the left; their Germanic equivalents are on the right.

As well as common words, it also includes words that are dialectal, poetic, or slang; all of which can be found on Wiktionary.

Please note that some words are only equivalents in certain contexts.

A
left: Greco-Romanic words | right: Germanic words
 * Abate = lessen/wane
 * Abduct = kidnap
 * Abet = help/spur/goad
 * Abhor = hate/loathe
 * Ability = skill/wherewithal/means
 * Abjure = forgo
 * Abnormal = odd/weird
 * Abolish = nix/do away with/get rid of/fordo
 * Abort = scrap/end/call off
 * Abortive = misborn
 * Abrasion = graze / scrape
 * Abridge = foreshorten
 * Abrupt = sudden/sharp
 * Absence = leave/awayness/lack
 * Absent = missing
 * Absolute = full/outright/utter
 * Absolutely = fully/wholly
 * Absolve = free
 * Absolve = forgive/let off
 * Absolved = let off/cleared
 * Absolution = forgiveness/let-off
 * Absorb = overwhelm/blot
 * Abstain = forgo
 * Absurd = crazy/goofy/silly/wacky/mad
 * Absurdity = craziness/goofiness/silliness/wackiness/madness
 * Abundance (in) = aplenty [adjective]
 * Abundant = teeming/swarming
 * Abuse = harm
 * Accelerate = quicken/hasten/further/foster/spur/drive/inliven/speed-up
 * Access = at-get
 * Accident = mishap
 * Account [n] = telling/writ
 * Account (give/gave an) = set forth
 * Accouter = clothe
 * Aconite = wolfsbane
 * Action (a thing done; an act) = deed
 * Acquaint = befriend
 * Acquit = let off/clear
 * Acquittal = let-off
 * Across = athwart
 * Act/action = deed/doing
 * Activate = begin/start/trigger
 * Activity = deed/undertaking/task/hobby
 * Actuate = begin/start/trigger
 * Acquire = get/gain/earn
 * Actual = true
 * Actually = in truth
 * Acupuncture = pinpricking
 * Acute = sharp
 * Acute = keen
 * Ad infinitum = forevermore
 * Add = eke
 * Additionally = furthermore/moreover
 * Adept = skilled/skillful
 * Adequate = enough/fit/befitting
 * Adhere to = hold/cling/keep to/abide by
 * Adherent = believer/follower
 * Adjacent = near/next
 * Adjust = tweak
 * Administrate = handle/oversee
 * Administration = handling/oversight/running
 * Administrator = handler/overseer
 * Admirable = good/great/fair
 * Admonish = warn/chide
 * Adolescence = teenhood
 * Adolescent = teen
 * Adorn = bedeck
 * Advance [v] = quicken/hasten/further/foster/spur/drive/inliven/speed-up
 * Advance, in = beforehand
 * Advances = inroads
 * Advantage = help/gain
 * Advantageous = helpful/gainful
 * Advent = coming
 * Adventurous = dareful
 * Adversary = foe / witherwin
 * Adverse = harmful / hindersome
 * Adversity = hardship
 * Advise = steer/help/teach/rede (archaic)
 * Advisory = steering
 * Advocate [v] = bolster
 * Aerodynamic = streamlined
 * Affection = fondness
 * Affinity = kinship/sibred
 * Affix = fay/fasten
 * Afflict = burden
 * Affliction = burden/hardship/illness/plight/bane
 * Affluence = wealth
 * Age [n] = eld
 * Age [v] = olden
 * Aggressive = threatening/fightful
 * Agile = nimble
 * Agitate = unsettle / shake / stir
 * Agony = throes
 * Agriculture = farming
 * Aid [v] = help/back/bolster/strengthen
 * Aim [n] = goal
 * Aim [v] = ettle
 * Alert [n] = warning
 * Alert [v] = warn
 * Algor mortis = death-coldness
 * Align = aline
 * Alleviate = allay/lighten
 * Allocate = earmark
 * Allow = let
 * Allowable = leveful
 * Alopecia = hair loss / baldness
 * Alter ego = other self
 * Alternate [v] = switch
 * Altruism = selflessness
 * Altruistic = selfless
 * Allurement = wile
 * Alluring = bewitching
 * Amass = gather
 * Ambidextrous = either-handed
 * Ambitious = driven
 * Amicable = friendly
 * Amorphous = shapeless
 * Amphibious = waterborne
 * Ancestor = forebear
 * Anglicize = english
 * Anglicization = englishing
 * Animal = wight
 * Animate [v] = liven
 * Anno = (in the) year
 * Annual = yearly
 * Annul = nix
 * Ante = before
 * Ante bellum = before (the) war
 * Antecedent = foregoing / earlier
 * Antecedent = forebear / forefather
 * Anticipate = foresee
 * Anus = arsehole
 * Anxiety = angst/worry
 * Anxious = worried
 * Anxious = eager
 * Anyplace = anywhere
 * Apart = asunder
 * Apocalypse = doomsday
 * Apparel [v] = clothe
 * Apparent(ly) = seeming(ly)
 * Appear = seem
 * Appear = show/show-up
 * Append = fay/fasten
 * Appendage = outgrowth / limb
 * Apprehension = foreboding
 * Approach [v] = near
 * Approaching = nearing/coming/forthcoming/upcoming/oncoming
 * Appropriate = fitting/right
 * Approximate(ly) = rough(ly)
 * Aquatic = waterly
 * Area = stead/spot/neighborhood
 * Argue = bicker
 * Argument = row
 * Armageddon = doomsday
 * Arrange = dight/set up/put together
 * Array [v] = dight
 * Arrogant = boastful / haughty / overweening
 * Arson = firestarting
 * Arsonist = firestarter
 * Artful = wily
 * Artifice [n] = wile
 * Ascend = go up
 * Ascent = upgoing
 * Asphalt/bitumen = pitch
 * Assault = onfall
 * Assemble = gather
 * Assess = weigh up
 * Assessment = weighup
 * Assist = help/back/bolster/strengthen
 * Association [n] = guild/club/fellowship/brotherhood
 * Assuage [v] = allay/soothe
 * Assuaging = allaying/soothing
 * Assume = take on
 * Assured [adj] = sicker
 * Asterisk = starmark
 * Astonish = astound
 * Astragalus = ankle bone
 * Astral = starly
 * Astute = wily
 * Asylum = haven / shelter
 * Atmosphere = mood
 * Atmosphere = (the) welkin
 * Atrophy = withering
 * Attach = fay/fasten/yoke
 * Attain = reach/gain
 * Attempt [n] = bid/undertaking
 * Attempt [v] = undertake
 * Attention = heed
 * Attentive = hearsome/reckful/heedful
 * Attentiveness = hearsomeness/reckfulness
 * Attire [n] = clothes
 * Attire [v] = clothe
 * Attitude = behavior/bearing
 * Attractive = pretty/lovely/comely/handsome/eyesome/fair/sheen
 * Audience = listeners
 * Aurora australis = Southern lights
 * Aurora borealis = Northern lights
 * Authentic = true / unfaked
 * Author [n] = writer
 * Authority = leadership
 * Automatic = self-working
 * Autumn = Fall
 * Available = free/forthcoming
 * Avalanche = snowslide/snowslip
 * Average [adj] = middling

B
left: Greco-Romanic words | right: Germanic words
 * Bailiff = sheriff
 * Balance [equilibrium] = evenness
 * Bandage [n+v] = swathe
 * Baptize = christen
 * Baptism = christening
 * Bar [v] = ban/forbid
 * Barbarian = heathen/wildman/outlander
 * Barrel = keg/drum
 * Bartender = barman/barmaid
 * Base [n] = bottom
 * Baseless = ungrounded/groundless
 * Basic/basically
 * Basis [n] = groundwork
 * Batter [v] = beat
 * Battle = clash/struggle
 * Battleship = warship
 * Bay = bight/inlet/cove
 * Beauteous = pretty/lovely/comely/handsome/eyesome/fair/sheen
 * Beautiful = pretty/lovely/comely/handsome/eyesome/fair/sheen
 * Beauty = prettiness/loveliness/comeliness/handsomeness/eyesomeness/sheen
 * Beef = cowflesh
 * Belfry = belltower
 * Believable = beliefful
 * Beneficial = helpful
 * Benefit = good/gain/help/worthwhile
 * Benevolence = goodwill
 * Benevolent = good/goodful
 * Benign = harmless
 * Besiege = beleager
 * Betray = (be)swike
 * Betrayal = swike
 * Beverage = drink
 * Biannual = twice-yearly
 * Bicameral = two-roomed/two-halled
 * Bicycle = two-wheeler
 * Bilateral = two-sided
 * Bipedal = two-legged
 * Bird = fowl
 * Bisect = halve
 * Bizarre = weird/freakish/outlandish
 * Blame [v] = guilt
 * Blatant = glaring
 * Blister = blain
 * Blizzard = snowstorm
 * Blond = flaxen
 * Bludgeon [v] = club
 * Benefit [n] = welfare/help
 * Benefit [v] = behove
 * Bogus = fake/wrong
 * Boil [v] = seethe
 * Bona fide = true / unfaked
 * Border [n] = hem
 * Border [v] = hem
 * Boss [n] = overseer
 * Boundary = bounds/threshold
 * Bountiful = teeming/overflowing
 * Bowel = gut
 * Bracelet = armband/wristband
 * Brave = daring/fearless/bold
 * Brawl = fight
 * Breakable = brittle
 * Bribe = buy-off
 * Brief [adj] = short/fleeting
 * Brochure = booklet/leaflet/handout/flyer
 * Brutal = harsh
 * Brutality = harshness
 * Buckle = clasp

C
left: Greco-Romanic words | right: Germanic words
 * Cabbage = kale
 * Cadaver = dead body
 * Cadaverous = deathly/ghastly
 * Cafeteria = lunchroom
 * Calcaneus = heel bone
 * Calculate = reckon / tally up / work out
 * Callous = heartless/unfeeling
 * Calm = still/rested
 * Calmness = stillness/restfulness/roo
 * Canal = waterway
 * Cancel = fordo/undo/nix/call off
 * Candidate/candidacy
 * Candidiasis = thrush
 * Canine = doglike / houndlike
 * Canine tooth = eyetooth / dogtooth / fang
 * Capability = (the) means/wherewithal
 * Capacity = (the) means/wherewithal
 * Capacity = room / holdth
 * Capacious = roomy
 * Cape [geography] = headland
 * Capitulate = give in/yield
 * Capsize = keel-over
 * Capsule = boll
 * Captivate = inthrall
 * Capture = take/steal/swipe/nab/kidnap
 * Cardialgia = heartburn
 * Caress = stroke
 * Cargo = freight
 * Carnal = fleshly
 * Carnivore = meateater
 * Carpenter = wright
 * Carry [v] = bear/ferry
 * Cartridge = holder
 * In case [conj] = lest
 * Casing = shell
 * Castigate = berate/chide/lambast/scold/upbraid
 * Catch = snare/snag/latch/nab
 * Cattle = cows/livestock
 * Caucasian = White
 * Caustic = burning
 * Caustic (language) = bitter / scathing / sharp
 * Caution [v] = warn
 * Caution = wariness/reckfulness
 * Cautious = wary/reckful
 * Caught (get) = snag
 * Cavalier = horseman, horse-rider, knight
 * Cavalry = horsemen, horse-riders
 * Cave = hollow/hole/cove
 * Cavity = hollow/hole
 * Cease = stop/halt
 * Ceasefire = truce
 * Celestial = heavenly
 * Cemetery = graveyard / burial ground
 * Cent = penny
 * Central = midmost/middle-most
 * Center = middle/nave/heart
 * Century = hundredyear
 * Certain = sicker/clear
 * Certainly (in answer) = indeed
 * Certainty = sickerness
 * Cerumen = earwax
 * Cessation = halt
 * Chain = shackle/fetter
 * Chair = seat
 * Chalice = goblet
 * Chalk = limestone
 * Challenge = dare / ordeal
 * Challenging
 * Chamber = (bed)room
 * Chamber (of a gun) = breech
 * Change = switch/shift
 * Changeable = fickle/skittish
 * Charming = friendly/comely
 * Chaos = craziness/mayhem/upheaval
 * Charged [adj] = heated/fraught
 * Charity = alms/selflessness
 * Chastize = berate/chide/lambast/scold/upbraid
 * Cheat [v] = swindle/(be)swike
 * Cheater = swindler
 * Cheer [n] = glee/happiness/merriness
 * Cheer-up = gladden
 * Chiefly = mostly
 * Chime [v] = ring/toll
 * Choice = choosing/picking
 * Christianity = Christendom
 * Chronicle = tale/ledger
 * Chronologically = timewise
 * Chronology = timeline
 * Cinema = film-house
 * Circa = about
 * Circle = ring/trundle
 * Circuit = umgang
 * Circulate = broadcast/spread abroad
 * Circumference = girth
 * Circumspect = careful/watchful
 * Civilize = tame
 * Claim [v] = ask for/call for
 * Claim [n]/reclaim/reclaiming/reclaimed/reclamation
 * Clan = kindred/fellowship
 * Clarify = clear-up
 * Clarifying
 * Clarification
 * Classification = branding
 * Classify [v] = brand
 * Clearing [n] = glade
 * Clerk = salesman/saleswoman
 * Clinic = sickbay
 * Close [v] = shut
 * Close [adj] = near / narrow
 * Coast = shore
 * Coccyx = tailbone
 * Cognizance = awareness/alertness
 * Cognizant = aware/alert
 * Collapse [n] = fall/downfall/topple
 * Collapse [v] = fall/keel
 * Collapsing = falling
 * Colleague = workmate
 * Collect [v] = gather
 * Collector = gatherer
 * Collide = crash / clash / hit
 * Collision = crash / clash
 * Color = hue
 * Combat [v] = fight
 * Combine = bind/fay/yoke
 * Comfortable = restful
 * Command(ment) [n] = hest/bidding
 * Command [v] = behest/bid/lead
 * Commence(ment) = begin(ning)/start(ing)/onset
 * Commentary = input/feedback
 * Commerce = business
 * Commit = do/betake
 * Committed [adj] = betaken
 * Common = everyday/rife/shared/widespread
 * Communicate/communication
 * Communion = fellowship
 * Companion = mate/friend
 * Compare = liken
 * Compartment/compartmental
 * Compassion = ruth
 * Compassionate = ruthful
 * Compatriot = kinsman
 * Compensation = geld
 * Competent = up-to-it/worthy
 * Complain = bemoan /gripe
 * Complete = end/stop/halt/fulfill
 * Completely = fully/outright/utterly/altogether
 * Component = bit/deal
 * Compose = dight
 * Composite = meld(ed)/mix(ed)/mishmash
 * Composition = makeup
 * Comprehend = understand/fathom/grasp
 * Comprehensive = thorough
 * Compromise = trade-off
 * Compunction = qualm/misgiving
 * Compute = reckon
 * Conceal = hide
 * Concede = back down/back off
 * Concept/conceptual/conceptualize
 * Concern = care/worry
 * Concerning [prep] = about
 * Concerning = worrying
 * Conclude [v] = end
 * Conclusion = end / ending / endsay
 * Conclusive = endly
 * Condemn = berate/blast/chide/lambast/slam/upbraid
 * Condescend = belittle
 * Conduct = behavior
 * Condition = fettle [“in fine fettle”]
 * Conduct/conducting/conductible
 * Confectionery = sweets
 * Confer = bestow
 * Conference = meeting
 * Confess = own up/acknowledge
 * Confession = acknowledging
 * Confidential = dern
 * Confide/confidence/confidentiality
 * Configuration = setting
 * Confine [v] = lock-in/trap/bind/fetter/hem
 * Confined = bound/fettered/hemmed
 * Confirmed [adj] = sicker
 * Confirm/confirming/confirmation
 * Confiscate = filch
 * Conflagration = blaze
 * Confound = addle/befuddle/bewilder
 * Confront = come-at/take-on
 * Confuse [v] = addle/befuddle/bewilder/mistake/muddle/ravel
 * Confusion = muddling
 * Conjoin = fay/link/yoke
 * Connect = fay/link/yoke
 * Conquer = overcome
 * Consanguinity = same-bloodedness
 * Conscious = aware
 * Consciously = knowingly/meaningfully/willfully/wittingly
 * Conscript [v] = draft/call-up
 * Consecrate [v] = bless
 * Consequence(s) = aftermath/outcome/fallout
 * Consequent = following
 * Consequently = hence/thereby
 * Consider = reckon/heed/think about/bethink
 * Consider = think of/look (up)on
 * Console [v] = soothe
 * Conspire = plot
 * Conspiracy = plot
 * Constant /constantly
 * Constant = ongoing
 * Construct [v] = build
 * Consult/consultant/consultation/consultancy
 * Consume = eat/drink/drain/intake
 * Contact [v] = meet with/reach
 * Contain = inhold
 * Contaminate [v] = befoul
 * Contemptuous = sneering
 * Content [adj] = happy/glad
 * Contention = strife/wrangling
 * Contentious = strifeful
 * Contents
 * Contest [n] = match
 * Context [n] = framework/light
 * Contextual
 * Contiguous = abutting
 * Continual/continually
 * Continue [v] = go on / keep (on) / wend
 * Continuous = unbroken/ongoing
 * Contort [v] = writhe
 * Contract [n] = deal
 * Contract [v] = narrow / (fore)shorten / shrink
 * Contract (an illness) [v] = get
 * Contradict = gainsay
 * Contrary = gainwise/witherward(s)
 * Contrastingly = otherwise
 * Contribute [v] = offer/add/chip-in/weigh-in
 * Contribution = offering/input
 * Contrition = sorrow/guilt
 * Control [n] = hold/clout
 * Control [v] = hold/wield
 * Controvert = gainsay
 * Contumacious = froward
 * Conundrum = riddle
 * Convergence = overlap
 * Conversation = chat/talk
 * Converse = speak/talk
 * Conversely = otherwise
 * Convey [v] = bear/send
 * Convince/convincing
 * Co-operate = work together
 * Co-operating = working together
 * Co-operation = working together
 * Cope [v] = deal
 * Copse = thicket
 * Cord = string/wire/rope
 * Cordial = friendly/hearty
 * Core [n] = heart/kernel/nub/pith
 * Corner [n] = nook
 * Corporal [adj] = bodily
 * Corporate/corporation
 * Corpus = body
 * Correct [adj] = right/right-minded
 * Correct [v] = righten
 * Correcting = righting
 * Correction = righting
 * Correctly = rightly
 * Correspond = match
 * Corridor = hallway
 * Corroborate = bear-out
 * Corrupt = crooked/sleazy
 * Contribute/contribution = offer/offering
 * Correspond = match/fit
 * Costume [n] = outfit/get-up
 * Costume [v] = clothe
 * Count [title] = Earl
 * Count [v] = tally/rime
 * Countenance [n] = leer
 * Counterbalance [n] = offset
 * Counter-current = eddy
 * Counterfeit [adj] = dud
 * Country [n] = land
 * County [n] = shire
 * Couple [n] = twosome
 * Couple [v] = fay/link
 * Courage = boldness/mettle
 * Courageous = bold/daring/fearless
 * Course (of liquid) [v] = flow
 * Courteous = fair-spoken
 * Covenant = oath
 * Cover [n] = sheath/holster
 * Cover [v] = overlay/clothe/hide
 * Covert [adj] = hidden/stealthy
 * Covet [v] = crave/want
 * Covetous = greedy
 * Covetousness = nithe
 * Coward(ly) = dastard(ly)
 * Co-worker = workmate
 * Coxal bone = hip bone
 * Cranium = skull
 * Cravat = necktie
 * Crease = wrinkle
 * Create = make/craft
 * Creative = craftful
 * Creation = making/crafting
 * Creation = handiwork
 * Creature = wight
 * Credible = beliefful
 * Credit = acknowledgment
 * Creed = belief
 * Crepuscular = twilightish
 * Crest = ridge
 * Crime = misdeed/wrongdoing/lawbreaking
 * Criminal = outlaw/lawbreaker
 * Criticize = berate/chide/lambast/scold/upbraid
 * Cruel = harsh/nasty/ruthless
 * Cruelty = harshness/nastiness/ruthlessness
 * Cry = weep/whine/wail/moan/yell/shout
 * Cul-de-sac = dead end
 * Culminate/culminating/culmination
 * Cultivate = grow/farm/till
 * Cultured = couth
 * Culvert = ditch
 * Cup [n] = mug
 * Curb (restrain) [v] = bridle
 * Cure [v] = heal
 * Curtail = foreshorten
 * Curve = bend
 * Cuspid = eyetooth / dogtooth / fang
 * Custom = wont/wone
 * Custom (tradition) = folkway
 * Customer = buyer
 * Customize/customizable
 * Cut [v] = carve/hack/hew/mow
 * Cutaneous [adj] = skin
 * Cygnet = swanling
 * Cylindrical = rod-shaped

D
left: Greco-Romanic words | right: Germanic words
 * Damage [n] = harm
 * Damage [v] = harm/scathe/wreck/break
 * Damaged = harmed/wrecked/broken
 * Damaging = harmful
 * Damn [v] = berate/blast/lambast/slam/upbraid
 * Danger = threat
 * Danger, in = under threat
 * Dangerous = threatening/harmful
 * Debase [v] = bemean/belittle/lower
 * Data
 * Daub = smear/besmear
 * Dear = beloved/darling
 * Debatable = moot
 * Debut = beginning/coming-out/first showing
 * Decade = ten years
 * Decapitate = behead
 * Decay = rot
 * Deceased = dead
 * Deceit = swike
 * Deceitful/Deceptive = swikeful
 * Deceive = mislead/(be)swike
 * Decent = good/upstanding/fair/right-minded
 * Deception = misleading/falsehood/hoodwinking
 * Decide = choose/settle-on
 * Deciduous (tree) = leaf-shedding
 * Decision = choice
 * Declare = utter/speak/speak-out/say/make known/quethe
 * Decline = wane/lessen/shrink
 * Decorate = deck/bedeck
 * Decrease = wane/lessen/shrink
 * Decrepit = timeworn
 * Decry = blame/berate/blast/chide/lambast/slam/upbraid
 * Dedicate [to dedicate oneself] = betake
 * Dedicated [adj] = betaken
 * Defame = besmirch
 * Defeat [v] = overcome/overthrow/beat
 * Defecate = shit
 * Defective = weak/flawed/lacking
 * Defectiveness = weakness/shortcoming/shortfall
 * Defiant = dareful
 * Deficient = weak/lacking
 * Deficiency = weakness/shortcoming/shortfall/dearth
 * Deficit = shortfall
 * Defile = befoul/sully
 * Deform = misshape
 * Defraud = swindle
 * Defrost = thaw
 * Defy = withstand/thwart
 * Deify [v] = begod
 * Deity = god
 * Degrade = bemean/belittle/lower
 * Delay [n] = holdup/lag
 * Delay [v] = stall/forestall
 * Delectable = pretty/lovely/comely/handsome/eyesome/fair/sheen
 * Delegate/delegation
 * Delete = wipe/wipe out/strike/strike out/scrap
 * Deleted = wiped/stricken/scrapped
 * Deliberate [adj] = willful/knowing
 * Deliberately = knowingly/meaningfully/willfully/wittingly
 * Delight = gladness
 * Delightful = thrilling/inthralling/lovely
 * Delirious = bewildered
 * Deliver/delivery/deliverance/deliverable
 * Delude = mislead
 * Deluge = flood
 * Delusion = misbelief
 * Demand = want
 * Demean = bemean/belittle
 * Dementia = madness
 * Demi- = half-
 * Demolish = tear down/wreck
 * Demolition = tear-down/wrecking
 * Demon = fiend
 * Demonstrate [v] = show
 * Denial [n] = naysay
 * Denigrate = belittle
 * Denigration = belittling
 * Denounce = berate/blast/chide/lambast/slam/upbraid
 * Denote = betoken
 * Dense = thick
 * Denude = unclothe/strip
 * Deny = forswear/gainsay/naysay
 * Depart = leave
 * Departing = leaving / outbound
 * Department/departmental
 * Depict = show
 * Depreciate = cheapen/lessen
 * Depressed = glum/woeful/downhearted
 * Depression = glumness/woefulness/downheartedness
 * Deprivation = neediness
 * Deprive = bereave
 * Deprived = bereaved/bereft
 * Deranged = crazed/mad/unhinged
 * Derive = come from/spring from/stem from
 * Dermis = skin
 * Descend = come down/go down
 * Descendent = offspring
 * Descent = downcoming/downgoing
 * Describe = set forth/speak of/tell of
 * Desert [v] = forsake
 * Deserving = worthy
 * Design [v] = lay out/draft/outline/set out
 * Design [n] = layout/draft/outline
 * Designate [v] = choose/dub/name/mark
 * Desire = crave/wish/will/yearn
 * Desolate [adj] = lonely
 * Despair [n] = hopelessness
 * Desperate [adj] = hopeless/forlorn
 * Despise = loathe
 * Despite [prep] = notwithstanding
 * Despoil = plunder/ransack
 * Destitute = ruined/broken/lacking/bereft
 * Destroy = smite/wreck/wipe out/nix
 * Destroyed = smote/wrecked/wiped-out/nixed
 * Destruction = smiting/wrecking/wiping-out
 * Destructive = wrackful/wreckful
 * Detach = unfasten
 * Detective = sleuth
 * Deteriorate = worsen
 * Determine = settle/find
 * Determination
 * Detest = hate/loathe/scorn
 * Detractor = naysayer
 * Devastate = lay waste (p.t. laid waste)
 * Develop [v] = grow/build/unfold
 * Development = growth/up-building/unfolding/furthering
 * Developmental = outgrowing/unfolding/furthering/readying
 * Deviate = stray
 * Device = tool
 * Devious = underhand
 * Devolve [v] = hand over
 * Devote [v] = betake
 * Devoted [adj] = betaken
 * Devotee = follower
 * Devour = eat/wolf [v]/fret (poetic, archaic)
 * Dexterity = deftness
 * Dexterous = deft
 * Diabolic = devilish
 * Diagonal = slanted/slanting/sloped/sloping
 * Diarrhea = the skitters
 * Dictionary = wordbook
 * Different = unalike
 * Differently = elsewise / otherwise
 * Difficult = hard/burdensome
 * Difficulty = hardship/burden/ordeal
 * Dignity = worth/self-worth
 * Dilate = widen / open
 * Dilation = widening / opening
 * Diligence = hard work
 * Diligent = hardworking
 * Diminish = lessen/wane/dwindle
 * Diminished (of music) = lowered
 * Diminutive [adj] = small/tiny/little
 * Diocese = bishopric
 * Direct [adj] = straightforward/forthright
 * Direct [v] = lead/steer
 * Director = steerer
 * Direction [n] = way/warding
 * Disable(d) = cripple(d)/stricken
 * Disadvantage = drawback
 * Disadvantaged = hindered
 * Disappoint = balk/sadden/let down
 * Disappointment = letdown
 * Disastrous = baneful/dreadful/doomful
 * Disbelief = unbelief
 * Discard = scrap/ditch/nix
 * Discharge [n] = seeping
 * Discharge [v] = shoot / fire / unload / let out / let go / give out
 * Disclose = bare/kithe
 * Disconcerting = off-putting/upsetting
 * Disconnect = cut off
 * Disconnect = unfasten
 * Discontinue = end/nix
 * Discourse = talk/speech
 * Discover = find//unearth/bring-to-light
 * Discovery = finding
 * Discredit = smirch/besmirch
 * Discriminate = treat unjustly
 * Disease = illness/sickness
 * Disembark = alight
 * Disfigure = mar/misshape
 * Disgrace = shame
 * Disgusting = foul/rank/ghastly
 * Dishevel = tousle/rumple
 * Disinclined = loath
 * Dislike = mislike
 * Dismiss = snub
 * Dismount = alight
 * Disobedient = stubborn/froward/wayward
 * Disparage = blast/lambast/mock/scoff/slam/upbraid
 * Disperse = scatter/spread/strew
 * Displace = uproot
 * Disposable = throwaway
 * Dispute [v] = gainsay
 * Disregard = overlook
 * Disruption = upheaval
 * Dissect = cut up
 * Dissimilar = unalike
 * Dissimilarity = unalikeness
 * Dissolve (figuratively) = nix
 * Dissolution = breakup
 * Distance, a/the/this/that = span/stretch
 * Distance = farness
 * Distant = faraway
 * Distinguish
 * Distort = warp
 * Distraught = woeful
 * Distress = woe/harrow
 * Distribute = deal out
 * Distrust = mistrust
 * Disturb = stir / unsettle
 * Disturbance = stirring / unstillness
 * Disturbed = unstill / unsettled
 * Disturbing = unsettling
 * Diurnal = daily
 * Diverge = stray
 * Diverse = manifold/sundry
 * Diversion = offleading
 * Divert = offlead
 * Divide [n] = split/gap
 * Divide [v] = split/sunder/cleave
 * Divided = split/cloven
 * Divine = godly/holy
 * Division = splitting
 * Divulge = kithe
 * Domestic (politics) = homeland/inland
 * Domestic = household
 * Dominate = overweigh
 * Donate = give/bestow
 * Donation = gift
 * Dormant = sleeping/slumbering/idle
 * Dormitory = bedrooms
 * Dorsal = back
 * Double = twice/twin/twofold
 * Doubt = misgiving/qualm
 * Dozen = twelve
 * Dozens = tens
 * Dramatic = lively/startling/stirring/striking/thrilling
 * Dramatist = playwright
 * Dress [v] = clothe
 * Dual = twin/twofold
 * Dubious = untrustworthy/shifty
 * Due to [adj] = owing to
 * Dune = sand-hill
 * Duplicate = twin
 * During = throughout
 * Duvet = bedspread
 * Dynamic
 * Dyslexia = word-blindness
 * Dyslexic = word-blind

E
left: Greco-Romanic words | right: Germanic words
 * Eager = keen
 * Ease [v] = allay
 * Ebony = black/blackwood
 * Ebullition = outburst
 * Eccentric [adj] = quirky
 * Eccentricity = quirkiness
 * Ecclesiastical = churchly
 * Economize = cut back
 * Ecstatic = blissful
 * Edible = eatworthy
 * Edifice = building
 * Edify = inlighten/teach / build
 * Edit [v] = bework
 * Educate = teach
 * Educated = learned
 * Education = learning/teaching/schooling
 * Educator = teacher
 * Effort [n] = swink
 * Egocentric = selfish
 * Egotism = selfishness
 * Egotistical = selfish
 * Egregious = outstandingly/glaringly
 * Eject = oust/throw out/send out
 * Elastic/Elasticity = stretchy/stretchiness
 * Elate = uplift
 * Elation
 * Elegant = trendy/swanky/dashing
 * Elegance = trendiness/swankiness
 * Elegant = trendy/swanky/dashing/pretty/lovely/comely/handsome/eyesome/fair/sheen
 * Elevate = raise/hoist/uplift
 * Elevation = height
 * Elevator = lift/lifter
 * Elongate = lengthen
 * Eloquent = well-spoken
 * Eloquence = well-spokenness
 * Efficient/efficiency
 * Elaborate/Elaborating/Elaboration
 * Eliminate = cast-out/drop/scrap/banish/ax/nix
 * Embarrass = faze/scunder
 * Embrace = hug/grasp
 * Embroidery = needlework
 * Emerge = forthcome
 * Emergence = forthcoming
 * Eminence [geography] = hill/knoll/mound
 * Emit = give out/send out
 * Emotion = feeling
 * Emotional [adj] = heartfelt
 * Emphasis
 * Emphasize = highlight/underscore
 * Employ [v] = hire
 * Employee = worker
 * Employer = hirer
 * Employment = work
 * En mass = in bulk
 * En route = on way
 * Enamored = lovestruck
 * Enchant = spellbind/bewitch
 * Enchantment = spell
 * Enchantress = witch
 * Encircle = gird/begird/beset
 * Enclose = shut in
 * Enclosure [n] = pen/yard
 * Encompass [v] = begird
 * Encounter [v] = meet
 * Encounter [n] = meeting
 * Encourage = quicken/hasten/further/foster/spur/drive/liven/speed-up/strengthen
 * Encumber = burden/hinder
 * Encumbrance = burden/hindering
 * Endeavor [v] = undertake/seek
 * Endeavor [n] = undertaking
 * Endorse/endorsement
 * Endure = thole/undergo/withstand
 * Enemy = foe
 * Engaged [adj] = betrothed
 * Engender [v] = birth
 * Engrave [v] = ingrave
 * Engraving [n] = ingraving
 * Enhance/enhancing/enhancement
 * Enigma = riddle
 * Enjoy
 * Enjoyment = fun
 * Enlarge = biggen/grow/swell
 * Enlargement = biggening
 * Enlighten = inlighten
 * Enormity = hugeness/greatness/size
 * Enormous = huge/great/big
 * Ensue = follow
 * Enterprize = undertaking
 * Enthuse/Enthusiasm/Enthusiastic
 * Entire/Entirely = whole/wholly
 * Entirety = whole/fullness
 * Entity = thing/being
 * Entourage = followers
 * Entrance = way in/inway
 * Entrap = betrap
 * Entrepreneur/entrepreneurial
 * Envelop = overspread
 * Environment/environmental
 * Envision = foresee
 * Envy/Enviousness = nithe
 * Ephemeral = fleeting
 * Epic [n] = saga
 * Epic [adj] = awesome
 * Epicenter
 * Epidemic parotitis = mumps
 * Epilog = afterword
 * Episode = bout/spell/stint
 * Epithet = byname/nickname
 * Equal [adj] = even
 * Equal [n] = match
 * Equality = evenness/fairness
 * Equidistant [adj] = midway
 * Equilibrium = evenness
 * Equip [v] = gear-up/furnish/ready/fit
 * Equipped = geared-up/furnished/ready/fitted
 * Equipment = gear
 * Equitable = fair
 * Erase = rub out/wipe/wipe out/nix
 * Eraser = rubber
 * Erect [n] = upright
 * Erect [v] = raise
 * Ergo = thus/therefore
 * Error = mistake/blunder/glitch
 * Eructation = burping / belching
 * Escape [v] = flee/get away
 * Escape [n] = getaway
 * Esophagus = weazand
 * Especially = moreso/above all
 * Essence = pith/gist/soul/nub
 * Essential [adj] = key
 * Essential = needed
 * Essentially = mostly
 * Establish [v] = build/begin/install/set up
 * Established [adj] = longstanding
 * Establishment [n] = body
 * Estimate = guess/reckon/fathom
 * Estuary = firth/inlet
 * Et al = and others
 * Et cetera (etc) = and so forth (asf), and so on
 * Eternal = everlasting
 * Eternally = forever
 * Eternity = forever
 * Ethical = right-minded
 * Evade = dodge/sidestep
 * Evaluate = check/rank/reckon
 * Event = happening
 * Eventually = in time
 * Evocative = meaningful
 * Evoke = awake/call forth/call up
 * Evolution = unfolding/growth
 * Evolve = unfold/grow
 * Ex- = former/erstwhile
 * Exaggerate = overplay
 * Exaggeration
 * Exalt = uplift
 * Examine = delve
 * Exasperate = embitter/irk
 * Excavate = unearth/dig up/dig out
 * Excavation(s) = unearthing / diggings
 * Exceed = overshoot/overreach/overstep
 * Exceedingly = outstandingly / overly
 * Excellent = great/awesome/wonderful
 * Exceptional = great/awesome/wonderful
 * Exceptionally = outstandingly
 * Except = but/other than
 * Exception
 * Exceptional = outstanding
 * Excessive = overmuch
 * Excessively = overly
 * Exchange = trade/swap
 * Excise [v] = cut out
 * Excite = thrill
 * Exciting = thrilling/stirring
 * Excommunicate = amanse (dialectal or archaic)
 * Excoriate = chide
 * Excrete = shit/shite/crap
 * Excrement = shit/shite/crap/stool
 * Excursion = outing
 * Excuse [v] = forgive
 * Excuse [n]
 * Execute = kill/slay
 * Exhale = breathe out
 * Exhaust [n] = tailpipe
 * Exhaust [v] = overwork/wear out
 * Exhausted = overworked/worn-out/tired/weary
 * Exhibit [v] = show
 * Exhibit/exhibition [n]
 * Exhume = unearth/dig up
 * Exile [v/n] = outlaw
 * Exist = be
 * Existence = being/beingness/hereness
 * Exit [v] = leave
 * Exit [n] = way out/outway
 * Exonerated = let off/cleared
 * Exoneration = let-off
 * Exotic = outlandish
 * Expand = grow/swell/broaden/build-up
 * Expanse = spread
 * Expect [v] = await
 * Expediate = quicken/hasten/hurry/further/spur/drive/speed-up
 * Expedition = outing
 * Expend = spend/use
 * Expensive = dear
 * Experience [v] = undergo/undercome
 * Expertise = skill/know-how
 * Explode = blow up
 * Explore = delve
 * Explorer = pathfinder
 * Expose [v] = kithe
 * Exposed = bare
 * Explosion = blast
 * Exquisite = pretty/lovely/comely/handsome/eyesome/fair/sheen
 * Exsanguinate = bleed out
 * Exsanguination = bleeding out
 * Extant [adj] = still-living
 * Extend = lengthen/outstretch/broaden
 * Extension = lengthening/furthering
 * Extensive = bounding/far-reaching/wide
 * Extent = length/breadth/reach
 * Exterior = outer/outside
 * Exterminate = wipe out
 * External = outer/outward
 * Extinct = dead/lost
 * Extinguish = douse/put out/dampen
 * Extra = spare
 * Extra time = overtime
 * Extraordinary = amazing
 * Extraterrestrial = unearthly
 * Extreme = utmost
 * Exultation = glee
 * Exact/exactly
 * Exceed/exceeding
 * Exception/exceptional
 * Excess/excessive
 * Execute/execution
 * Executive
 * Expert/expertise
 * Explain = unriddle/spell out
 * Explaining/explanation
 * Explore/exploring/exploration
 * Express/expressing/expression

F
left: Greco-Romanic words | right: Germanic words
 * Fable = tale
 * Fabric = cloth
 * Fabulous = amazing
 * Face [n] = foreside
 * Face [anatomy] = leer
 * Facetious = witty
 * Facilitate = help/hasten
 * Facilitation
 * Facility
 * Facsimile = likeness
 * Fact = true/truth
 * Fade = dwindle/wane
 * Faint [v] = swoon/black-out
 * Fait accompli = done deed
 * Faith [n] = belief
 * Faith (to have) = believe/trust
 * Faithful = steadfast
 * False = untrue/untruth/fake
 * Fame = stardom
 * Family = kin/kindred/ilk
 * Famine = hunger/starving
 * Famished = hungry/starving
 * Famous = well-known
 * Fanatic = diehard
 * Fancy [n] = liking
 * Fancy [adj] = showy
 * Fantastic = wonderful
 * Farcical = crazy/goofy/silly/wacky/mad
 * Farmer = bower/plowman/tiller
 * Farming = tilling/husbandry
 * Fascinate = spellbind/inthrall
 * Fashion [n] = trend
 * Fashion [v] = fangle
 * Fashionable = trendy/swanky/dashing
 * Fastidious = choosy/picky
 * Fatal = deadly
 * Fatality = death
 * Fate = doom
 * Fatigue = weariness
 * Faucet = tap
 * Faux-pas = mistake/blunder
 * Favorite = best-liked
 * Feasible = worthwhile/likely
 * Feces = shit
 * Fee = toll
 * Feeble = weak
 * Feminine = womanly
 * Femininity = womanliness/womanhood
 * Femur = thighbone
 * Fend-off [v] = ward-off
 * Feral = wild/untamed
 * Ferocious = fiendish
 * Fertile = thriving/loamy/batful
 * Fervent = fevered
 * Fester = rot
 * Festive = merry/gleeful
 * Fetid = smelly/stenchy
 * Fiancée = betrothed/husband-to-be/wife-to-be
 * Fibula = calfbone
 * Fiction = make-believe
 * Fidelity = trueness
 * Figment = brainchild
 * Figure-out = work-out
 * File [v] = dight
 * Filter = sieve
 * Final = last/end
 * Finally = at last/in the end/endly
 * Final judgement, the = doomsday
 * Fine = good/well
 * Finish [v] = end/stop/halt/fulfill
 * Finish [n] = ending
 * Firearm = gun / weapon
 * Firmament = sky/heavens/welkin
 * Fissure = crack/split
 * Flaccid = limp
 * Flame = fire/blaze
 * Flatulate = fart
 * Flatulence = farting / wind
 * Flavor = smatch/tang
 * Flexible = bendy/limber
 * Flinch = wince
 * Flourish = bloom/blossom
 * Flower = bloom/blossom
 * Fluctuate = swing
 * Focus [n] = sharpness
 * Focus [v]
 * Foolhardy = brash/heedless
 * Footprint = footmark
 * Forceps = tongs
 * Foreign = fremt
 * Foreigner = outlander/outsider
 * Forest = wood/woodland/weald
 * Form = shape
 * Form [v] = shapen
 * Fort(ress) = stronghold
 * Fortitude = strength
 * Fortune = luck/hap
 * Fortunate = lucky/hapful
 * Fortunately = luckily/hapfully
 * Found [v] = begin/build
 * Foundation = groundwork
 * Foyer = lobby
 * Fraction [n] = share/deal/bit
 * Fractious = froward
 * Fracture = break
 * Fragile = brittle
 * Fraternal = brotherly
 * Fraternity = brotherhood
 * Fraud = swindle
 * Frequency (sound) = pitch
 * Frequency [n] = oftenness
 * Frequently = often
 * Fringe = edge/rim
 * Front = foreside
 * Frontier = border
 * Frugal = chary
 * Frustrate = irk
 * Frustrate = thwart
 * Fugacious = fleeting/whilend
 * Fugitive = runaway/outlaw
 * Function [v] = work
 * Functional [adj] = working
 * Fundamental = key/underlying
 * Fundamentalist = hardliner
 * Furnace = oven
 * Fuse [v] = fay/meld
 * Fusion = faying/meld
 * Futile = worthless
 * Futility = worthlessness
 * Future = hereafter
 * Future = upcoming

G
left: Greco-Romanic words | right: Germanic words
 * Gain = get/earn/win
 * Gallery (art) = art hall
 * Garden = greenyard
 * Garland [n] = wreath
 * Garments = clothes
 * Garrulous = long-winded/wordy
 * Generally = overall
 * Generate = make/yield/birth
 * Generic = unbranded
 * Gentle = soft/mild
 * Genuflect [v] = kneel/bow
 * Genuine = true / unfaked
 * Giant/Gigantic [adj] = big/huge
 * Giant [n] = ettin
 * Gingiva = gum(s)
 * Global = worldwide
 * Globe = Earth/world
 * Globe = ball
 * Glue [v] = stick
 * Gluttony = overeating
 * Godparent = godfather/godmother
 * Gorgeous = pretty/lovely/comely/handsome/eyesome/fair/sheen
 * Govern = oversit
 * Governance = oversit
 * Gradual(ly) = slowly / bit by bit / little by little / step by step
 * Grand [adj] = great/big/huge
 * Grandfather/Grandmother = eldfather/eldmother
 * Grant [v] = give/bestow
 * Graphite = blacklead
 * Grateful = thankful
 * Gratification = gladness/queemliness
 * Gratify = gladden/queem
 * Gratifying = gladdening/queemly
 * Gratuitous = unearned
 * Gratuitous = uncalled-for
 * Grief = pain/hardship/ruth
 * Grieve = mourn
 * Guaranteed [adj] = sicker
 * Guide [v] = lead
 * Gullet = throat

H
left: Greco-Romanic words | right: Germanic words
 * Habit = wont/wone
 * Habitation = abode/dwelling/home
 * Harass = harry/bother
 * Haunt [v] = linger/stalk
 * Hemi- = half-
 * Hen coop = henhouse
 * Herbicide = weedkiller
 * Herpes gladiatorum = scrumpox
 * Herpes labialis = cold sores
 * Hesitant = leery
 * Hesitate = dither/waver/mammer/stammer
 * Hesitation = dithering/wavering/mammering/stammering
 * Hiatus = gap/break
 * Hibernation = wintersleep
 * Hideous = ugly
 * Honest = truthful
 * Honesty = truthfulness
 * Honestly = truly / truth be told
 * Honor [v] = hold/keep (to)
 * Horde = throng
 * Horizon = skyline
 * Horizontal = flatwise
 * Horrible/Horrific = awful/dreadful/fearful/frightful/ghastly/grim/grisly/scary
 * Horrify = frighten/scare
 * Horror = dread/fear/fright
 * Hospital = sickhouse
 * Hospitality = guestfriendliness
 * Hostile = unfriendly/angry
 * Hostility = unfriendliness/anger/wrath
 * Hotel = guesthouse/inn
 * Human [n] = man/earthling
 * Human [adj] = manlike
 * Humanity = mankind
 * Humble [adj] = meek
 * Humiliate = bemean/belittle
 * Humility = mildness/tameness
 * Humorous = funny
 * Hyphen = dash

I
left: Greco-Romanic words | right: Germanic words
 * Ichthyology = fishlore
 * id est (i.e.) = that is (th.i.)
 * Idea = thought
 * Identical = selfsame
 * Idiosyncrasy = quirk
 * Ignite = fire/kindle/spark
 * Ignorance = witlessness/dumbness
 * Ignorant = witless/dumb/unlearned
 * Ignore = overlook
 * Ill-conceived = misbegotten
 * Illegal = unlawful
 * Illegalize = ban/outlaw
 * Illegitimate = misbegotten
 * Illuminate = light (up) / lighten / belight
 * Illuminated = lit / lighted
 * Illumination = (be)lightening
 * Image = picture
 * Image = likeness
 * Imaginative = thoughtful
 * Imagine = think of
 * Imbibe = drink / eat
 * Immature = childish/young
 * Immediate
 * Immediately = right now/forthwith
 * Imminent = looming/near/nigh/incoming/oncoming
 * Immoral = sinful/wrongful
 * Immortal = undying/everlasting
 * Impact [n] = blow/aftermath
 * Impair = blight/hinder/undermine
 * Impaired = hindered/undermined/flawed/weak
 * Impale [v] = skewer/gride
 * Impart = kithe
 * Impartial = evenhanded/fair-minded/unswayed
 * Impasse = deadlock
 * Impede = hinder
 * Imperfection = weakness/shortcoming/shortfall
 * Implement/implementing/implementation
 * Implode = inburst
 * Implore = beseech/beg
 * Imply = hint / make out
 * Impolite = cheeky/lewd/unseemly
 * Importance = meaning/standing/weightiness
 * Important = meaningful/key/weighty
 * Impose = foist
 * Impossible/impossibly/impossibility
 * Imprint = mark/stamp
 * Imprison = lock-up
 * Improbable = unlikely
 * Impromptu = offhand
 * Improper = untoward/unseemly
 * Improve = better/batten/bolster
 * Improvement = bettering
 * Improvised = makeshift
 * Imprudence = boldness
 * In addition to = withal
 * In large quantity = heapmeal
 * In motion = astir
 * In progress = ongoing
 * In spite of the fact that = although
 * In total / in toto = in all / altogether
 * In utero = in-womb
 * Inane = mindless
 * Inadvertence = oversight/carelessness/heedlessness/recklessness
 * Inadequate = weak/lacking/not good enough
 * Inadequacy = weakness/shortcoming/shortfall
 * Inanimate = still/lifeless
 * Inappropriate = unfitting/wrong/unbecoming
 * Inaudible = unheard
 * In case = lest
 * Incalculable = untold
 * Incapable = unfit
 * Inception = beginning/onset
 * Incest = inbreeding
 * Incident/incidence/incidental
 * Incision = cut/slit
 * Incisor = foretooth (pl. foreteeth)
 * Incite = goad
 * Inclination = leaning
 * Incline = slope
 * Inclined = minded
 * Incompassionate = heartless/ruthless
 * Incompetent = weak/unfit
 * Incompetence = weakness/shortcoming/shortfall
 * Incomplete = underdone/unwhole
 * Inconsiderate = careless/thoughtless
 * Incorrect = untrue/wrong
 * Increase = eke
 * Increasingly = ever more
 * Incredible = amazing/wonderful
 * Incremental(ly) = slowly / bit by bit / little by little / step by step
 * Indebted = beholden
 * Indecent = unseemly
 * Indecisive = wavering
 * Indelicate = heavy-handed/stern
 * Independent = free/standalone/selfstanding
 * Indicate = betoken/show
 * Indication = betokening/hint/clue
 * Indisposed = unwell/unfit
 * Individual = one/lone/self
 * Individuality/Individualism = selfhood/selfdom
 * Individually
 * Indolent = lazy/idle
 * Induce = bring on
 * Industrial action = strike
 * Industrious = hard-working / workful
 * Inebriated = drunk
 * Ineffable = unspeakable
 * Ineffective = mightless
 * Inexperienced = unfledged
 * Infancy = childhood
 * Infant = child
 * Infatuated = besotted
 * Infernal = fiendish/hellish/wicked
 * Infertile = barren
 * Infinite = endless/everlasting/never-ending/timeless
 * Infinity = endlessness/timelessness/forever
 * Infirmary = sickhouse
 * Infirmed = sickly
 * Inflict = wreak
 * Influence = sway
 * Influential = swayful
 * Influx = inflow
 * Inform = kithe/enlighten
 * Informant = tout/snitch
 * Information = knowledge
 * Infrequent = few/scant/scanty/not often
 * Infrequently = seldom
 * Infuriate = anger/madden
 * Infuse = inlay/input/inset
 * Ingenuity = cleverness
 * Ingest = eat/take in
 * Ingestion = intake
 * Inhabit = dwell/abide
 * Inhabitance = dwelling/abode
 * Inhabitant
 * Inhale = breathe in
 * Inherent = inbuilt / inborn
 * Inherently = in itself / in and of itself
 * Inherit = bequeath
 * Initial [adj] = first
 * Initiate = start/begin
 * Injection = jab (informal)
 * Injure = harm/hurt/scathe
 * Injurious = harmful/scathful
 * Injury = scathe
 * Injustice = wrength
 * Innocent = guiltless
 * Innocence = guiltlessness
 * Innominate bone = hip bone
 * Innovate
 * Innovative = groundbreaking/forward-looking/trend-setting
 * Innovator = groundbreaker/trendsetter
 * Inquire = ask
 * Inquisitive = askful/pryful
 * Insane = mad
 * Insensitive = unfeeling
 * Insert [v] = inset/input
 * Inscribe = write
 * Insect = bug
 * Insecticide = bug-killer
 * Insist = beckon/press/ask
 * Insomnia = sleeplessness
 * Install/installing/installation
 * Instant/instance/instantly
 * Instigate = begin/start/quicken/hasten/further/foster/spur/drive
 * Instigation = behest
 * Intimidate = cow
 * Intimidated = cowed
 * Intimidation = cowing
 * Institution = body
 * Intrinsic = inbuilt / inborn
 * Intrinsically = in itself / in and of itself
 * Instruct = teach
 * Instructing
 * Instruction
 * Instructor
 * Instrument = tool
 * Instrument, an = (a) means
 * Insubordinate = froward
 * Insult [n] = slur/scoff
 * Insult [v] = scoff
 * Insufficient = lacking
 * Insufficiently = not fully
 * Insufficiency = weakness/shortcoming/shortfall
 * Integrate/integral/integrating/integration
 * Intellectual [adj] = high-minded/highbrow
 * Intelligent = smart/clever/wise/learned
 * Intend [v] = will/wish/mean/ettle
 * Intent = ettle
 * Intention = wish/ettle
 * Intentionally = knowingly/meaningfully/willfully/wittingly
 * Inter [v] = bury
 * Intercept = waylay
 * Interfere = pry/hinder
 * Interior = inner/inside
 * Intermediary = go-between
 * Internal = inner/inly
 * Internally = inly
 * Interrupt = cut off
 * Intervene = step in
 * Intervention = stepin
 * Intoxicate = drunken
 * Intoxicated = drunk
 * Intoxication = drunkenness
 * Intractable = froward/wayward/stubborn
 * Introduce = inlead
 * Inundate = flood/overwhelm
 * Invalidate = nix
 * Invent = fangle
 * Investigate = look into
 * Investor = shareholder/stakeholder
 * Invigorate = quicken/hasten/inliven/further/foster/spur/drive/bolster/strengthen
 * Invite [v] = welcome/beckon/call on/ask
 * Ipso facto = in itself / in and of itself / by itself
 * Ire [n] = anger/wrath
 * Irregularly = seldom
 * Irregularity = flaw/glitch/oddity
 * Irresponsible = careless/heedless/reckless
 * Irritate = irk
 * Irritating = irksome
 * Isolation = loneliness

J
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 * Janitor = caretaker
 * Jealousy/Jealousness = nithe
 * Join [v] = fay/link/yoke (to join two things together)
 * Joint = hinge
 * Joke = gag
 * Journal = logbook/daybook
 * Journey [n+v] = trek/wayfare
 * Jovial/Joyful = gleeful/happy/merry/mirthful
 * Joy = bliss/glee/gladness/happiness/merriness/mirth
 * Judge [v] = deem
 * Jump = leap/leapt (past)
 * Junior [adj] = young/younger/youth
 * Justice = evenness/rightness/rightwiseness
 * Juvenile [adj] = young/childish
 * Juvenile [n] = youth/young

L
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 * Labor [v] = work/swink
 * Labor [n] = work/swink
 * Laborer = worker
 * Laborious = hard work/worksome
 * Labyrinth = maze
 * Lacerate = cut
 * Laceration = cut
 * Lackadaisical = listless/lazy
 * Lackluster = dim/dull/lifeless
 * Lament [v] = mourn/moan/bemoan/wail
 * Languish = dwindle/wane/wither
 * Large = big/great/huge
 * Largely = mostly/mainly
 * Lascivious = lustful/lewd/wanton
 * Launch [n] = setoff
 * Launder [v] = wash/clean
 * Laundry = washing
 * Lease [v] = let
 * Leash = lead/tether
 * Legal = lawful
 * Legalize = make lawful
 * Legislator = lawmaker
 * Legislature = lawmaking body
 * Legitimate = lawful/rightful
 * Legitimately = lawfully/rightfully
 * Lethal = deadly
 * Lethality = deadliness
 * Lethargic = sluggish
 * Lethargy = sluggishness
 * Level [n] = tier
 * Lexicon = wordstock
 * Liable = likely
 * Liberate [v] = free
 * Liberation
 * Liberty = freedom/free will
 * Library = bookhouse
 * Likeable = likeworthy
 * Limit [n] = bound/threshold
 * Limit(ed) = bound(ed)/cap(ped)
 * Linear = straight/straightwise
 * Literal
 * Literally = truly, in truth
 * Literary = written
 * Literature = booklore/writing/written works
 * Locale = stead/neighborhood
 * Locality = stead/neighborhood
 * Locate = find
 * Location = stead
 * Location [approx] = whereabouts
 * Lodge [n] = inn/guesthouse
 * Lounge = living room/sitting room
 * Loyal = faithful/trothful (archaic)
 * Ludicrous = crazy/goofy/silly/wacky/mad
 * Luminous = beamful
 * Lunacy = madness
 * Lunar = moon-/moonly
 * Lunatic = madman
 * Luscious = pretty/lovely/comely/handsome/eyesome/fair/sheen

M
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 * Macabre = grisly/grim
 * Magic = dwimmer
 * Magic(art of) = dwimmercraft
 * Magnitude = greatness/strength
 * Maim [v] = cripple
 * Maintain = uphold / keep
 * Maintenance = upkeep
 * Maladroit = clumsy
 * Malefactor = wrongdoer
 * Malevolence = ill-will/evil-will/evil
 * Malevolent = ill-willed/evil
 * Malfunction = glitch
 * Malicious = ill-hearted/evil/wicked
 * Malnourish = underfeed
 * Malnourished = underfed
 * Malnourishment = underfeeding
 * Maltreat = mishandle
 * Maltreatment = mishandling
 * Mammary = breast/teat
 * Manage = handle
 * Manager = foreman/forewoman
 * Management = handling/oversight/running
 * Mandible / maxilla = jawbone
 * Mania = madness
 * Manner = way
 * Manual [n] = handbook
 * Manually = by hand
 * Manufacture [v] = make/craft/yield/fangle
 * Manure [animal] = dung
 * Margin = hem
 * Marina = wharf/dock
 * Marriage = wedlock
 * Marry = wed
 * Marvel = wonder
 * Marvelous = great/awesome/wonderful
 * Masonry = stonework
 * Mass [n] = bulk
 * Masticate = chew
 * Mastication = chewing
 * Maternal = motherly
 * Matrimony = wedlock
 * Matter [n] = stuff
 * Mature [adj] = grown/ripe
 * Maximum = most/utmost/uttermost
 * Mea culpa = my bad / my mistake
 * Measure [v] = mete
 * Mediator = go-between
 * Mediocre = middling
 * Medium [adj] = middling
 * Megaphone = loudhailer
 * Melancholy = gloom/sadness/sorrow/woe
 * Melancholic = gloomy/sad/sorrowful/woeful
 * Melee = fistfight
 * Member [n] = belonger
 * Membrane = film
 * Mental [adj] = mindly
 * Mentality = mindset
 * Mention [v] = name/speak of
 * Merchant = trader
 * Merchandise = goods/wares
 * Merciful = ruthful/kind/forgiving
 * Mercury = quicksilver
 * Mercy = ruth/kindness
 * Merge = meld
 * Message = boding/errand
 * Mine [n] = delf
 * Mine [v] = delve
 * Mineral = ore
 * Minimally = leastwise
 * Minimize = lessen
 * Minimum = least/at least
 * Minor [n] = youngster
 * Mirror [n] = looking-glass
 * Misadjust = misset
 * Misandrist = man-hater
 * Miscalibrate = misset
 * Miscellaneous = sundry
 * Misdemeanor = wrongdoing
 * Miserable = gloomy/glum/mirthless/mournful/sad/sorrowful/unhappy/woeful
 * Misery = gloom/glumness/mirth/sadness/sorrow/unhappiness/woe
 * Misfortune = bad luck/unluckiness/haplessness
 * Mislabel = mistag
 * Mismanage = mishandle
 * Misogynist = woman-hater
 * Misperceive = mis-see
 * Misperception = mis-seeing/mis-sight
 * Misphrase = misword
 * Misplace = mislay/lose
 * Mispronounce = missound/misspeak
 * Misrepresent = belie
 * Mission = undertaking
 * Minimal/minimize/minimization
 * Moderate [adj] = middling / light / mild
 * Moderate [v] = oversee
 * Moderately = middlingly
 * Moist = damp/wet
 * Molar = backtooth (pl. backteeth) / wangtooth (pl. wangteeth)
 * Mold [v] = make/shape
 * Moment [n] = (an) eyeblink [slang]
 * Momentarily = shortly/soon
 * Momentary = short/fleeting
 * Monastery = minster/monkhouse
 * Monasticism = monkhood
 * Monitor [v] = watch/oversee
 * Monumental = great
 * Moral(istic) = right-minded
 * Morbid = unhealthy/sickly/deathly
 * Morgue = deadhouse
 * Moribund = dying/deathbound
 * Mortal [adj] = deadly
 * Mortality = death
 * Mortician = undertaker
 * Mortify = frighten
 * Mortuary = deadhouse
 * Motionless = still
 * Motivate = spur/drive/inliven
 * Mound = hill/barrow
 * Mount = hill/barrow
 * Mountain = fell/berg
 * Move = shift
 * Movie = film
 * Moving = shifting
 * Moving up = forward [adj]
 * Moving down = downward [adj]
 * Multi- = many-
 * Multiple = many
 * Multitude [n] = crowd/throng
 * Muscle = brawn/thew
 * Muscular = brawny/thewy
 * Muscular power = thew
 * Mushroom = toadstool
 * Musician = songsmith
 * Mute = speechless
 * Mutton = sheepflesh

N
left: Greco-Romanic words | right: Germanic words
 * Narcotic [adj] = benumbing
 * Nation = folk / land
 * Navigate = steer
 * Navigator = lodesman
 * Neat = tidy
 * Necessary = needful/needed
 * Necessarily
 * Necessitate
 * Necessity = need
 * Negation [n] = naysay
 * Negate/Negative/negativity
 * Negligence = recklessness
 * Negligent = reckless
 * Nerve [abstract noun] = boldness
 * Nervous [adj] = jittery/jumpy/edgy/on edge
 * Neutral = sideless/unsided
 * Neutrality = sidelessness/unsidedness
 * Nice = good/lovely/comely/fair
 * Niche = nook
 * Nocturnal = nightly
 * Noisy = loud
 * Nominate
 * Nomination
 * Non-existent = beingless
 * Nonsense = balls/bollocks/bull/claptrap/cobblers/codswallop/crock/drivel/humbug/poppycock/twaddle
 * Nonsensical = crazy/goofy/silly/wacky/mad
 * Noon = midday
 * Notice [v] = heed
 * Notification
 * Notify
 * Novelty [n] = new-fangled
 * Novice = beginner/newcomer
 * Nude = naked
 * Nudity = nakedness
 * Nuisance = pest
 * Nullify = nix
 * Numerous = many/manifold
 * Nursery = kindergarten
 * Nurture = foster

O
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 * Obedience = hearsomeness
 * Obedient = hearsome
 * Obfuscate = becloud
 * Obfuscation = beclouding
 * Object [v] = gainstand
 * Objection = gainstanding
 * Objective [n] = goal
 * Obligate
 * Obligation
 * Obliged = beholden
 * Oblique = slanting / sideways
 * Obscene = foul/lewd/smutty
 * Obscenity
 * Obscure [v] = befuddle/darken/overshadow
 * Obscure [adj] = unclear
 * Obscurity
 * Observable = sightful
 * Observant = watchful/mindful
 * Observe = watch/see/behold
 * Observe = hold/keep (to)
 * Obsess = besot
 * Obsessed = besotted
 * Obstacle = hindrance/hurdle/block
 * Obstinate = headstrong/mulish/stubborn/unbending/unyielding
 * Obstruct = hinder/block/waylay
 * Obstruction = hindrance/hurdle/block
 * Obstructuve = hindersome
 * Obtain = get
 * Obtainable
 * Obverse
 * Obvious(ly) = clear(ly)
 * Occasion = time
 * Occasionally = sometimes
 * Occident = west
 * Occident(al) = west(ern)
 * Occupy = besit (past tense = besat)
 * Occupied = busy
 * Occur = happen
 * Occurring = happening
 * Occurrence = happening
 * Odor = smell
 * Officer = sheriff
 * Ointment = salve
 * Old-fashioned = old-fangled
 * Olfactory = smell
 * Omen = forebode
 * Ominous = foreboding
 * Omit = drop/leave out
 * Omnipotence = all-might
 * Omnipotent = almighty
 * Omniscient = all-knowing
 * Operate [v] = work/run
 * Opinion = belief/insight
 * Opponent = foe
 * Opportune = timely/well-timed
 * Opportunism/Opportunist
 * Opportunity
 * Oppose = gainstand
 * Opposition = gainstanding
 * Opposite [adj] = fornent
 * Opposite [adj] = witherward(s)
 * Oppressed = downtrodden
 * Oppression
 * Opt = choose/pick/wale
 * Option = wale
 * Optimism = hopefulness
 * Optimum = best
 * Oral = spoken / unwritten / mouthly
 * Order [n] = kilter
 * Order (arrange) [v] = dight
 * Order (command) [n] = behest
 * Order (organization) = brotherhood/fellowship
 * Orderly [adj] = smooth/shipshape/well-run
 * Organize = dight/set up
 * Orient(al) = east(ern)
 * Orifice = hole/opening
 * Origin = outspring
 * Original [adj] = fresh
 * Original [adj] = first
 * Original [n] = firstling
 * Ornament [v] = bedeck/bedizen
 * Ornithology = birdlore
 * Orphan = foundling
 * Outmaneuver = outsmart/outwit
 * Outperform = outdo/outshine
 * Overemphasize = overplay
 * Overpass = flyover

P
left: Greco-Romanic words | right: Germanic words
 * Pacifier [n] = dummy-tit
 * Pacify = allay
 * Pain = ache/sore
 * Pain (sharp) = twinge
 * Palatable = good/lovely/comely/fair
 * Palisade = stakewall
 * Palm (of the hand) = loof
 * Palpitate = throb
 * Pamphlet = leaflet/flyer/flier
 * Pantaloons = britches/breeches
 * Paramour = lover
 * Parasol = sunshade
 * Pardon [v] = forgive/let off
 * Pardon [n] = letoff
 * Pardoned = let off
 * Parenting = child-rearing
 * Parenthesis = brackets
 * Pariah = outcast/outsider
 * Part [n] = bit/deal/share
 * Part [v] = break/split/sunder
 * Partial = unwhole
 * Partially = unwholly
 * Partner = mate
 * Passage = gangway/throughfare
 * Past [adj] = bygone
 * Past [adj] = former
 * Pasture = meadow
 * Patella = kneecap
 * Paternal = fatherly
 * Patience = forbearing
 * Patient [adj] = forbearing
 * Pause = halt
 * Paucity = dearth/lack/fewness/scantiness
 * Pavement = footpath/sidewalk
 * Payment = fee
 * Peace = frith/roo
 * Peacefulness = frith/roo
 * Peal [v] = ring
 * Peel = rind
 * Peculiar = odd/quirky/weird
 * Pelt [n] = [animal] hide
 * Pelvic bone = hip bone
 * Peninsula = half-island
 * Penis/Phallus = pintle / cock/dick/knob/shaft [slang]
 * Penultimate = forelast/next-to-last
 * People = folk
 * Perceive = see/understand
 * Percent = hundredth
 * Perception = seeing/understanding
 * Percolate = leach
 * Perfect [adj] = flawless
 * Perhaps = maybe / mayhap(s)
 * Period = while/timespan/spell
 * Period = full stop
 * Perish = forfare
 * Perjure = forswear
 * Perimeter = edge/border/rim
 * Permanent = everlasting
 * Permanence
 * Permissible = leveful
 * Permission = leave
 * Permit [v] = let
 * Pernicious = baleful/baneful
 * Pernio/perniosis = chilblain
 * Perpendicular = evendown
 * Perpetual = unending
 * Perpetually = ever/unendingly
 * Perpetuity, in = forevermore
 * Perplex = bewilder
 * Perplexed = bewildered
 * Persistence
 * Persistent = dogged
 * Personal [adj] = selfly
 * Personality = selfhood
 * Personnel = staff
 * Perspective = outlook
 * Persuade = overwin/wheedle
 * Perturb = unsettle
 * Perverse = lewd/untoward
 * Pervert [n] = lewdster
 * Pervert [v] = offset
 * Pessimism = hopelessness
 * Phantasm = ghost
 * Phantom = ghost
 * Pharynx = throat
 * Picturesque = eyesome/pretty/lovely
 * Piece = bit
 * Pierce = stab
 * Pigeon = dove
 * Pile = heap
 * Pillage = plunder/ransack
 * Pimple = wheal
 * Pinch [v] = nip
 * Pine(tree) = fir
 * Pioneer
 * Pioneering = groundbreaking
 * Pirate = freebooter
 * Pivotal [adj] = key
 * Place [v] = lay/put/stow/stell
 * Place [n] = stead/stell
 * Placidity = stillness/roo
 * Plagued = fraught/bothered
 * Plan [v] = plot/forethink
 * Plan [n] = draft/layout/outline/forethought
 * Planning = forethought
 * Plat/plaid/plait (hair) = braid
 * Platform = deck/staddle
 * Please [v] = gladden
 * Pleased = glad/happy
 * Pleasing/Pleasant = gladdening/good/lovely/queemly
 * Pleasure = gladness
 * Pledge [n] = hight
 * Pledge [v] = behight (p.t. behote)/swear
 * Pledged [adj] = betaken
 * Plentiful = rife
 * Plenty = enough
 * Plumage = feathers
 * Plunge [v] = dunk/dive
 * Pollute = befoul
 * Pollution = befouling
 * Poly- = many-
 * Ponder = think
 * Poor = needy/wantsome/unwealthy
 * Popular = well-liked/widespread
 * Popular = folkish
 * Populate
 * Population = folk/indwellers
 * Pork = pig-flesh
 * Port = harbor
 * Portal = doorway/gateway
 * Portend = forewarn
 * Portion = share/deal/dole/lot
 * Position [n] = stell/stead
 * Position [v] = stell
 * Possess = have / hold / own
 * Possession = ownership
 * Possibility = mightlihood
 * Possible = mightly
 * Possibly = maybe
 * Posterior = rump/back(side)
 * Postnatal = after-birth
 * Postpartum = after-birth
 * Postpone = put off
 * Post- = after-
 * Post script = afterthought
 * Potential = likely
 * Poultry = fowl
 * Poverty = wantsomeness/wealthlessness
 * Power [v] = drive
 * Power = might/strength
 * Powerful = mighty/strong
 * Practically = nearly
 * Practice [n] = wont/wone
 * Pre- = before- / fore-
 * Preamble = foreword
 * Precede = forego
 * Preceding = foregoing
 * Precipitate = quicken/hasten/further/spur/drive/speed-up
 * Precipitous = hasty/sudden
 * Precious = dearworth
 * Precognition = foreknowledge
 * Precursor = forerunner/forebear
 * Predecessor = forerunner/forebear
 * Predetermination = foredeeming
 * Predetermine = foredeem
 * Predetermined = foredeemed
 * Predicament = quagmire
 * Predict = foretell/forecast
 * Prediction = foretelling
 * Predominant = overweighing
 * Pre-eminent = foremost
 * Prefabricated = ready-made
 * Preface = foreword
 * Prefer = forechoose
 * Preference = forechoosing/forechoice
 * Preferred = forechose
 * Prefigure = foreshadow
 * Pregnant = with-child
 * Prejudice = foredeeming
 * Prejudicial = foredeeming
 * Prejudge = foredeem
 * Prelude = lead-up/lead-in
 * Premature = oversoon
 * Premeditate = forethink
 * Premeditated = forethought
 * Premier = foremost
 * Premises [n] = toft
 * Premonition = foreboding
 * Preparation = readiness
 * Prepare = ready
 * Preparing = readying
 * Preposterous = crazy/goofy/silly/wacky/mad
 * Prepuce = foreskin
 * Prescience = foreknowledge/foresight
 * Prescient = foreknowing/foresighted/farsighted
 * Presence = hereness
 * Present [n] = gift
 * Present [v] = show/give/bestow
 * Presently = now / shortly
 * Preserve [v] = keep/uphold
 * Preside = oversee/oversit
 * Pretend [v] = make out
 * Prevalent = rife
 * Prevent = forestall/stop
 * Preview = forelook/foreshow
 * Previous = former/foregoing
 * Primary = first/foremost/main
 * Primarily = mostly/mainly
 * Principal [adj] = first/foremost/main
 * Principally = mostly/mainly
 * Principled = right-minded
 * Prior to = before
 * Pristine = spotless
 * Privacy = dern
 * Private [adj] = dern
 * Probability = likelihood
 * Probable = likely
 * Probably = likely
 * Problem = hitch/snag
 * Problematic = hindersome
 * Proceed = go on/go forth
 * Proceed [v] = go
 * Procreate = breed
 * Prodigy = wonder/wonderchild
 * Produce [v] = bring forth/make/yield/birth
 * Product [n] = ware
 * Production = output/yield
 * Profit
 * Profitable = gainful
 * Proficiency = skill
 * Proficient = skilled
 * Profound = deep
 * Progress, in = ongoing
 * Progress [n] = headway/forwardness
 * Progress [v] = quicken/hasten/further/spur/drive/speed-up
 * Progressive = forward-looking
 * Prohibit = forbid/ban
 * Project = undertaking/work
 * Projection = forecast/outlook
 * Projector = beamer
 * Promise [n] = hight
 * Promise [v] = behight (p.t. behote)/swear
 * Pronounce = utter
 * Pronouncement = uttering
 * Prop [v] = stell
 * Propose = put forth
 * Propel = drive/thrust
 * Proper = fitting/seemly/right
 * Property = owndom/belongings/holdings
 * Prophesy = foresight/foretelling
 * Prophet = soothsayer
 * Propulsion = thrust
 * Proscribe [v] = forbid/ban
 * Prosper = batten
 * Prosperity = wealthiness
 * Prosperous = wealful/wealthful
 * Prostitute = whore, trollop
 * Prostitution = whoredom
 * Proverb = saying
 * Provide = give/furnish
 * Provocation = costning
 * Provoke = costen
 * Proximity = nearness
 * Pugnacious = fightful
 * Pulsate = throb
 * Pulse = heartbeat
 * Pup = whelp
 * Purchase = buy
 * Pure = clean/sheer
 * Purge = cleanse
 * Purify = cleanse
 * Purloin = steal
 * Purpose = sake
 * Purposely/Purposefully = knowingly/meaningfully/willfully/wittingly
 * Push = shove/thrust
 * Push (i.e. a button) = thrutch
 * Putrefaction = rotting
 * Putrefy = rot
 * Pyrosis = heartburn

Q
left: Greco-Romanic words | right: Germanic words
 * Quadruple = fourfold
 * Quadruped = four-footed
 * Quarrelsome = strifeful
 * Quarter [n] = fourth
 * Quash = nix
 * Quay = wharf/dock
 * Question [v] = frain, befrain
 * Question [n] = frain
 * Questioning = fraining
 * Questionable = iffy/shady/qualmish
 * Quiet [adj] = hushed/still
 * Quietness = stillness/roo
 * Quieten = hush
 * Quintessence = pith/gist/soul
 * Quit = forsake/give up/end
 * Quite = fairly/rather/somewhat
 * Quotidian = daily

R
left: Greco-Romanic words | right: Germanic words
 * Radiant = bright/beaming/beamful/glowing/shiny
 * Radiate [v] = beam/glow/shine
 * Radiate [v] = spread
 * Rage = anger/wrath
 * Range = reach/stretch
 * Rancid = foul/rank
 * Rapid = fast/quick/swift
 * Rare = seld
 * Rarely = seldom
 * Rarity
 * Ravage = lay waste (p.t. laid waste)
 * Ravine = dell/gill
 * Ravishing = pretty/lovely/comely/handsome/eyesome/fair/sheen
 * Ray [n] = beam
 * Realize = cop on
 * Rear [adj] = back/hind
 * Reasonable = right-minded
 * Rebel [v] = rise up
 * Rebellion = uprising
 * Rebuke = berate/chide/scold/upbraid
 * Recede = ebb
 * Receive/receivable/recipient
 * Recent
 * Recently = lately
 * Recognize [v] = ken (mainly dialectal)
 * Recognizing/recognition/recognizable
 * Reconsider = afterthink/think again
 * Reconsideration = afterthought
 * Recover = comeback/heal
 * Recovery = comeback/healing
 * Rectify = righten
 * Recurrence = comeback/flashback
 * Reduce [v] = lower/lessen/shorten
 * Reflect [v] = afterthink/think back
 * Reflection = afterthought
 * Refrain [v] = forbear/forgo/stop
 * Refrigerate = chill/cool
 * Refrigerator = chiller/cooler
 * Refine = hone
 * Refined = couth
 * Refuge = haven
 * Refugee = haven-seeker
 * Refuse [n] = trash/waste/chaff/drek
 * Refuse [v] = shun/forsake
 * Refusal = naysay
 * Refute = gainsay
 * Refutation = gainsaying
 * Regarding = about
 * Register/Registration
 * Regret = rue/ruth
 * Reinforce = strengthen/bolster/uphold/back up
 * Reinforcement(s) = backup
 * Reject [v] = shun/forsake
 * Relapse = backslide
 * Relations = dealings
 * Relations (family) = kin
 * Relationship = sibred
 * Relatively = somewhat
 * Relax = rest
 * Relaxation = rest
 * Relaxed = rested
 * Relaxed = smooth/loose/mellow
 * Release [v] = let go
 * Rely
 * Reliability = trustworthiness
 * Reliable = trustworthy
 * Relief = help
 * Relieve = help
 * Relieve = allay/soothe/unburden
 * Relinquish = give up/forsake/yield
 * Reluctancy = unwillingness
 * Reluctant = unwilling
 * Remain = stay/linger/belive (past tense: belove)
 * Remainder = (the) rest
 * Remember = mind / bethink
 * Reminisce = think back
 * Remnant = leftover
 * Remorse = agenbite
 * Remote [adj] = outlying
 * Removed = stricken
 * Render [v] = make
 * Render null-and-void = nix
 * Renew = anew
 * Renounce = shun/forsake/forswear
 * Repair [v] = righten
 * Repeating [adj] = rotelike
 * Repel [v] = ward-off
 * Repetition = rote
 * Repetitious = rotelike
 * Repetitive = rotelike
 * Repetitively = rotely
 * Repercussion = aftermath/blowback/kickback
 * Reply = answer
 * Rapid = fast/quick/swift
 * Replace = stand in
 * Replacement = stand-in
 * Replenish = refill
 * Repose [n] = rest
 * Reprehend = berate/chide/scold/upbraid
 * Represent = stand-for/speak-for/outline/betoken
 * Reproach [n] = shame
 * Reproach [v] = berate/chide/scold/upbraid
 * Reprobate = berate/chide/scold/upbraid
 * Reprobate = shun/forsake/doom
 * Reprove = berate/chide/scold/upbraid
 * Repudiate = shun/forsake
 * Request [n] = ask/bidding/behest
 * Request [v] = ask for/bid
 * Require = need
 * Required = needed
 * Required [obliged] = beholden
 * Requirement = need/must
 * Requisite = needed
 * Resemblance = likeness
 * Resemble
 * Resent
 * Resentment = bitterness/ill-feeling
 * Reservation = misgiving
 * Reservation = booking
 * Reserve [v] = book
 * Reserve [adj] = spare
 * Reside = abide/dwell
 * Residence = abode/dwelling/home
 * Resident = abider/dweller
 * Resign = step down/stand down
 * Resignation = stepdown/standdown
 * Resist = withstand
 * Resolute = steadfast
 * Respect [v] = hold/keep to / abide by
 * Resplendent = pretty/lovely/comely/handsome/eyesome/fair/sheen
 * Respond/response = answer/comeback/feedback
 * Responsible = trustworthy/upstanding
 * Responsible = guilty
 * Reserve/reserving/reserved/reservation = withhold/withholding/withheld/
 * Reservation = booking
 * Resign = step down
 * Resignation = stepdown
 * Restrain(t) = fetter
 * Restrict = fetter
 * Result = outcome
 * Retain = keep
 * Retaliate = hit back/strike back
 * Reticulate = netlike
 * Retort = answer/comeback
 * Retract = withdraw/take back/unsay/unspeak
 * Retraction = withdrawal
 * Retreat = withdraw/back off/back down
 * Return [v] = come back
 * Return [n] = comeback
 * Reveal = show/kithe
 * Revel
 * Revelry = merrymaking
 * Revere = worship
 * Revolution = overthrow(ing)
 * Revolve = spin/swivel
 * Ridicule [v] = bemean/belittle/mock/scoff
 * Ridiculous = crazy/goofy/silly/wacky/mad
 * Rigid = stiff
 * Rigidity = stiffness
 * Rigor mortis = death-stiffness
 * Rigorous = thorough
 * River = ea
 * Rivulet = brook/stream
 * Robust = hardy/stout/strong
 * Rock = stone
 * Rotate = spin
 * Route = way
 * Routine [n] = rote
 * Ruin = wreck/blight
 * Ruinous = wrackful/wreckful
 * Rumor = hearsay

S
left: Greco-Romanic words | right: Germanic words
 * Sacred = holy / blessed
 * Sacrifice = offering
 * Salary = wage
 * Salutation = greeting
 * Sanctify = bless
 * Sanctuary = haven / shelter / frith
 * Sans = without
 * Sapience = awareness
 * Sapient = aware
 * Satchel = knapsack
 * Satiate = sate
 * Satisfactory = good/lovely/fair/fulfilling/queemly
 * Satisfy = sate/gladden/queem
 * Satisfy = fulfill
 * Satisfying = good/lovely/fair/fulfilling/queemly
 * Saturate = soak/drench
 * Save [v] = spare
 * Scale [v] = climb
 * Scapula = shoulderblade
 * Scarce = scant
 * Scarcely = barely/scantily
 * Scarcity = lack/dearth
 * Scheme [n] = undertaking/work
 * Search [v] = seek
 * Season = yeartide
 * Secede = break away
 * Second [adj] = twoth
 * Secrecy = dern
 * Secret [adj] = dern
 * Secret [n] = dern
 * Secrete = seep/ooze
 * Secure [v] = fasten
 * Secure [v] = guard
 * Secure [adj] = guarded / harmfree
 * Security = frith
 * Segregate = sunder
 * Segregated = sundered
 * Segregation = asunderness
 * Seismic = earthshaking / shocking / great
 * Seismic shift = great shift / upheaval
 * Seizure = fit
 * Select = choose/pick/wale
 * Selection = choosing/picking/wale/waling
 * Self-esteem = self-worth
 * Semi- = half-
 * Semitone = half step
 * Senior citizens = elderly
 * Sensation/Sentiment = feeling
 * Sensational = amazing
 * Sense [v] = feel
 * Sensitive = feeling
 * Sensitive = touchy
 * Sentence [v] = doom
 * Separate [v] = sunder/split/break up/break apart
 * Separate [adj] = sundered/sundry
 * Separation = asunderness
 * Sequel = follow-on/follow-up
 * Serene = still
 * Serenity = stillness/roo
 * Serious = stern/earnest
 * Seriously = sternly/earnestly
 * Serpent = snake
 * Severe = bad/harsh/stark
 * Severely = badly/harshly
 * Severity = harshness
 * Sign [n] = token
 * Signify = betoken/mean
 * Silence [n] = stillness/hush/shtumness
 * Silence [v] = hush
 * Silent = still/hushed/shtum
 * Similar = alike/kindred/matching
 * Similarity = alikeness/sameness
 * Similarly = likewise
 * Simple = straightforward
 * Simplicity = straightforwardness
 * Sincere = true / truthful / trustworthy / unfaked
 * Sinister = ill-boding/evil
 * Site [n] = stead
 * Site [v] = stow/put
 * Size [n] = bigness
 * Slave = thrall
 * Slavery = thralldom
 * Slice [v] = snithe
 * Solar [adj] = sunly
 * Sole [adj] = only/lone
 * Solitary = lone(some)
 * Solitude = aloneness
 * Solution = answer
 * Solve = unriddle
 * Someplace = somewhere
 * Somnolence = sleepiness/drowsiness
 * Somnolent = sleepy/drowsy
 * Sophisticated = couth
 * Sophistication = couthness
 * Sorority = sisterhood
 * Sort [n] = kind
 * Sort of = somewhat
 * Souvenir = keepsake
 * Spacious = roomy
 * Spaciousness = roomth
 * Spasm = crick
 * Specify = spell out
 * Spectacles = glasses
 * Spectacular = amazing/breathtaking/stunning/thrilling
 * Spectator = onlooker
 * Sperm = seed / spunk [slang]
 * Sphere = ball
 * Spherical = ball-shaped
 * Spillage = spilth
 * Spine = backbone
 * Spiral [n] = whorl
 * Spirit = ghost/soul/gist/pith
 * Spleen = milt
 * Splendid = great/awesome/wonderful
 * Splendour = greatness/awsomeness/wonder
 * Spoil [v] = mar
 * Spoil [v] = (molly)coddle
 * Sporadic = scattered/fitful
 * Sporadically = fitfully/seldom
 * State [v] = say
 * State [n] = fettle [“in fine fettle”]
 * Station [n] = stell
 * Sternum = breastbone
 * Stimulate = quicken/hasten/further/foster/spur/inliven
 * Stomach = belly/maw
 * Store [v] = stow
 * Store [n] = shop/warehouse
 * Story = tale
 * Strange = odd/weird
 * Strangle = choke
 * Strangulation = choking
 * Strict = stern
 * Strict(ly) = narrow(ly)
 * Structure = framework
 * Stupefy = bewilder
 * Stupid = brainless/dumb/witless
 * Stylish = trendy/swanky/dapper/dashing
 * Subdue = quell / cow
 * Subdued = quelled / cowed
 * Sublime = awesome
 * Submarine [adj] = undersea / underwater
 * Submarine [n] = U-boat (undersea-boat)
 * Subordinate [n] = underling
 * Sublime = great/awesome/wonderful
 * Submit [v] = yield/undercome
 * Subsequent = following/later
 * Subterranean = underground
 * Subtract [v] = dock
 * Successful = wealful/wealthful
 * Successor = aftercomer
 * Suffer = bear/thole/undergo
 * Suffering = plight
 * Suffice = be enough
 * Sufficient(ly) = enough(ly)
 * Suffocate = smother
 * Suit [v] = fit/befit
 * Suitable = fitting
 * Sulfur = brimstone
 * Summary = outline/rundown
 * Summarize = outline
 * Summit = peak
 * Superb = great/awesome/wonderful
 * Superfluous = overmuch/unneeded
 * Superior [adj] = better/higher
 * Superior [n] = overling/higher
 * Superiority = betterness/betterhood/higherness
 * Supervision = handling/oversight/running
 * Supervise = oversee
 * Supervisor = overseer
 * Supple = lithe
 * Supply [v] = give/furnish
 * Support [v] = help/uphold/back/bolster/bear-up/shore-up/underbear
 * Support [n] =help/backup
 * Suppose [v] = guess/reckon
 * Suppress = quell
 * Suppress (a button) = thrutch
 * Supreme = highest/uppermost/utmost
 * Sure [adj] = sicker
 * Surface [n] = topside/outside
 * Surname = lastname
 * Surpass = overreach/overtake/outdo
 * Surprizing = ferly
 * Surrender = forsake/yield/give in/give up
 * Surround = gird/begird/beset
 * Surrounded by = amid/amidst
 * Survive = live / outlive / outlast / overlive
 * Suspend = end/break off
 * Suspend = hang/dangle
 * Suspicion = misgiving
 * Suspicious/Suspect [adj] = shady/untoward
 * Sustain = withstand/uphold
 * Symbol = token
 * Symbolize = betoken
 * Synchronize = match
 * Synchronizing = matching
 * Synopsis = outline
 * Synthetic = manmade
 * System = framework

T
left: Greco-Romanic words | right: Germanic words
 * Table [n] = board
 * Tactic/tactical
 * Talkative = chatty
 * Talon = claw
 * Talus bone = ankle bone
 * Target [n] = mark / goal
 * Taste = smatch
 * Tavern = alehouse
 * Technique = craft/way
 * Tedious = boring/tiresome/dull
 * Teenage(r) = teen
 * Telepathy = mindreading
 * Tempest = storm
 * Tempestuous = stormy
 * Temporal = timewise
 * Temporal = worldly
 * Temporary [adj] = whilend
 * Tenacious = dogged/unyielding/steadfast
 * Tenacity = doggedness/unyieldingness
 * Tendon = sinew
 * Tepid = lukewarm
 * Terminate = end/nix
 * Termination = ending/nixing
 * Terra firma = dry land
 * Terrain = land
 * Terrible = awful/ghastly
 * Terribly = awfully / so / such
 * Terrify = frighten/scare/spook
 * Terror = fright/fear/dread
 * Testicle = bollock
 * Tetanus = lockjaw
 * The remainder = the lave
 * The rest = the lave
 * Tibia = shinbone
 * Timid = shy
 * Toast [v] = wassail
 * Toil [n] = swink
 * Toil [v] = swink
 * Toilet = restroom
 * Tolerate = bear/thole/withstand/stand for
 * Toleration
 * Torment = (w)rack
 * Tornado = whirlwind
 * Total [adj] = full/utter/whole/wholesale
 * Totality = whole
 * Totally = fully/utterly/wholly
 * Trachea = windpipe
 * Tradition (culture) = folkway
 * Trajectory = flight path
 * Tranquil = still
 * Tranquility = stillness/roo
 * Transaction
 * Transfigure = shapeshift
 * Transfiguration = shapeshifting
 * Transform = forshape
 * Transgress = misdo
 * Transgression = misdoing
 * Transient = whilend
 * Transition/transitioning/transitional
 * Transitory = whilend
 * Transmit (non-medical) = broadcast
 * Transmission (non-medical) = broadcast
 * Transpire = happen
 * Transport [v] = ferry
 * Transport(ation) [n]
 * Travel [n+v] = trek/wayfare
 * Treacherous = swikeful
 * Treachery = swike
 * Treat [v] = handle
 * Treatise = drawth
 * Tremble = quake/quiver/shudder
 * Tremor = quake/quiver/shudder
 * Tricycle = three-wheeler
 * Trinity = threeness
 * Tripartite = threefold
 * Triple = threefold
 * Triplet = threeling
 * Truncheon = club/cudgel/nightstick
 * Tuition = teaching
 * Tumor = misgrowth
 * Tumulus = burial mound / grave mound / barrow
 * Tutor = teacher
 * Type = kind/brand/strain

U
left: Greco-Romanic words | right: Germanic words
 * Ubiquitous = everywhere-at-once
 * Ulna = elbow bone
 * Ultimately = lastly/in the end
 * Umbrella = rainshade
 * Unambitious = driveless
 * Unanimous/unanimously/unanimity
 * Unarmed = unweaponed
 * Unbelievable = beliefless
 * Uncautious = reckless
 * Uncelebrated = unsung
 * Uncertain = iffy
 * Uncertainly = iffiness
 * Uncompromising = unyielding / hardline
 * Unconscious = unwitting/unaware/unknowing
 * Unconstrained = unbridled
 * Uncovered = bare
 * Undermine = threaten
 * Undisciplined = froward
 * Undress = unclothe/strip
 * Uneasy = restless
 * Unedifying = unwholesome
 * Uneducated = unlearned
 * Unemployed = jobless
 * Unexpected = unforeseen/ferly
 * Unfavorable = unwanted
 * Unfortunate = unlucky/hapless
 * Ungenerous = chary
 * Uniformity = evenness
 * Unilluminated = unlit
 * Uninhabited = undwelt
 * Unintelligent = brainless
 * Unique = one-of-a-kind
 * Unite [v] = fay/link/yoke
 * Unity = oneness/togetherness
 * Unlimited = unbounded
 * Unmaintained = unkempt
 * Unmanageable = unwieldy/froward
 * Unnecessary = unneeded/needless
 * Unnerve = unsettle
 * Unpleasant = bad/foul
 * Unpleased = unhappy
 * Unreservedly = wholeheartedly
 * Unrestrained = unbridled
 * Unrevealed = untold/hidden
 * Unpromising [adj] = bleak
 * Unsatisfactory = poor/unworthy/not good enough
 * Unsociable = standoffish / unfriendly
 * Unsuitable = unfitting
 * Unsuited = unfit
 * Unsympathetic = unfeeling
 * Unusual = odd/weird/outlandish
 * Urge = beckon/ask
 * Urine = lant
 * Urticaria = hives / nettle-rash
 * Use [v] = brook/wield/work
 * Usual [adj] = wonted
 * Usually = often/everyday
 * Ut dicitur = as above
 * Ut infra = as below
 * Ut supra = as above
 * Utensil = tool
 * Uterus = womb

V
left: Greco-Romanic words | right: Germanic words
 * Vacancy = opening
 * Vacant = open / empty / free
 * Vacate = leave/empty
 * Vacation = holiday
 * Vague = rough/hazy/sketchy
 * Valet = steward
 * Valiant = bold/daring/fearless
 * Valid = sound
 * Valley = dale
 * Valuable - worthy
 * Value = worth
 * Variety = sundriness
 * Various = sundry
 * Vary = waver
 * Varying = wavering
 * Vast = great/endless
 * Vendor = seller/dealer
 * Veracious = truthful
 * Verbal = spoken
 * Verbatim = word for word
 * Verbosity = wordiness
 * Verge = brink
 * Verily = truly
 * Vernal = springtime
 * Versus = against
 * Vertebral column = backbone
 * Veruca = foot wart
 * Veto [v] = nix
 * Via = through/by-way-of
 * Vicinity = neighborhood
 * Victory = win
 * View [noun] = sight/insight/outlook
 * View [verb] = see/look at
 * Vigilance = wariness/watchfulness
 * Vigilant = wary/watchful
 * Vigorous = lively
 * Vigor = liveliness
 * Village = thorp
 * Violate/violation = breach
 * Virtually = almost/nearly/seemingly
 * Virtue = goodness
 * Vision - sight
 * Visitor = guest
 * Vocal [adj] = loud/outspoken
 * Vociferous = outspoken
 * Voice = steven (dialectal)
 * Void = emptiness/nothingness
 * Volition = will / choosing
 * Volume [sound] = loudness
 * Voluntary = willing
 * Vomit = puke/retch
 * Vow [n] = hight
 * Vow [v] = behight (p.t. behote)/swear
 * Voyage [n+v] = trek/wayfare
 * Vulgar = lowbrow

W
left: Greco-Romanic words | right: Germanic words
 * Wager = stake
 * Waive = forgo
 * Warrior = fighter
 * Well-informed = clueful
 * Windscreen = windshield
 * Wondrous = great/awesome/wonderful

Z
left: Greco-Romanic words | right: Germanic words
 * Zeal = boldness/keenness/willingness/readiness
 * Zenith = top/peak
 * Zero = naught/none

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