tact, tang, ting, tig & tag
These ROOT-WORDS are TACT, TANG, TIG, TAG & TING meaning TOUCH. All these variations come from the conjugation of the Latin tango, tetigi, tactus & tangere. If you study the ROOTS carefully you will have a sure touch for the right word in every contingency.
1. Tact : TACT (takt) n.
A feeling of what is appropriate; as, the hostess showed tact
2. Tactful : TACT ful (takt’ ful) adj.
Having tact
3. Tactics : TACT ics (tak’ tiks) n.
Clever maneuvering; strategy in management
4. Tactician : TACT ician (tak ti’ shun) n.
An expert at tactics
5. Tactical : TACT ical (tak’ tik al) adj.
Relating to tactics; as, a tactical error
6. Tactile : TACT ile (tak’ til) adj.
Pertaining to the sense of touch
7. Tactus : TACT us (tak’ tus) n.
The sense of touch
8. Tactility : TACT ility (tak til’ it ee) n.
Perceptibility by touch
9. Tangent : TANG ent (tan’ jent) n.
A straight line which touches a circle at a single point
10. Tangential : TANG entail (tan jen’ shul) adj.
Touching at one point
11. Tangible : TANG ible (tan’ ji b’l) adj.
Capable of being touched; perceptible
12. Tangled : TANG led (tan; guld) adj.
Intertwined; snarled; as, tangled in lies
13. Contiguous : con TIG uous (kon tig’ yu us) adj.
Touching; as, contiguous property
14. Contingent : con TING ent (kon tin’ jent) adj.
Possible but not certain; dependent on something else
15. Contingency : con TING ency (kon tin’ jen see) n.
Uncertainty; possibility
16. Contact : con TACT (kon’ takt) n.
A touching; an association; as, an important contact
17. Contagion : con TAG ion (kon tay’ jun) n.
Transmission of disease
18. Contagious : con TAG ious (kon tay’ jus) adj.
Catching; as, a contagious disease
19. Intangible : in TANG ible (in tan’ ji b’l) adj.
Cannot be touched; as, spiritual matters are intangible
20. Intangibility : in TANG ibility (in tan ji bil’ it ee) n.
The quality of not being touchable
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