Root: rupt

Meaning : break, burst

1. corrupt : dishonest, immoral
2. disrupt : disorder
3. rupture : burst, break
4. interrupt : disturb
5. erupt : break violently

Root: scrib, script

Meaning: to write

1. inscribe: final entry of a name
2. prescribe : rule, order
3. proscribe: prohibit, plan
4. transcribe : copy from the original
5. circumscribe: encircle, limit

Context:

1. There is nothing worse than a corrupt friend
2. He tried to disrupt the calm and peace
3. He had a rupture in his spleen
4. The speaker ignored his interruption
5. The volcano erupted at midnight
6. The author inscribed a copy of his book to his friend
7. Doctors prescribe antibiotics
8. The nations agreed to proscribe germ warfare
9. The opera was transcribed for the two singers
10. The player stayed within the circumscribed field

 

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