| Flashcards: Latin Derivatives |
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prolific
1. producing new individuals abundantly; 2. highly productive
Fish reproduce prolifically, and when natural predation is minimized, many of the young survive to adulthood.
Related English words: proliferate (to grow by multiplication of parts; to spread rapidly), proliferation, prolificacy
Latin root words: proles, prolis, f. - offspring; facio, facere, feci, factus - to do, make
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