cata-

Usage

• cataclysm

  A cataclysm is a violent, sudden event that causes great change and/or harm.

• catatonic

  A catatonic person is in a state of suspended action; therefore, they are rigid, immobile, and unresponsive.

• catalyst

  A catalyst is an agent that enacts change, such as speeding up a chemical reaction or causing an event to occur.

• catastrophe

  A catastrophe is a widespread terrible disaster that is often accompanied by many deaths.

• category

  A category is a class or group of similar things, such as books, fruit, or music.

• catalog

  make a catalogue, compile a catalogue

• catalysis

  acceleration of a chemical reaction induced the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction

• catalyze

  change by catalysis or cause to catalyze

• catapult

  shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult

• cataract

  an eye disease that involves the clouding or opacification of the natural lens of the eye