Root: noc, nox, nic, nec, noxia

Meaning: poison

 

1. noxious : harmful
2. internecine : mutually destructive
3. obnoxious : offensive
4. pernicious : ruinous
5. innocent : pure

 

Root: grad, grade, gress

Meaning: to step, to go, a grade, degree

 

1. egress: exit
2. ingress: enter
3. regress : back words
4. retrogress : worsen
5. transgress : to break laws

 

Context:

 

1. The inhalation of noxious gases causes cancer
2. An internecine feud among proxy holders led to disaster
3. The obnoxious remarks of the politician caused unpleasantness
4. Smallpox was a pernicious disease
5. Children are innocent and indulge in harmless fun
6. To egress is to depart
7. To ingress is to enter
8. In spite of the advanced treatment he regressed into a coma
9. Society is in retrogression with strife everywhere
10. Transgression of traffic rules results in accidents

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