#1-#5 Root Words - End of Semester I

Question 1

Acu

Answer 1

sharp Ex: acute, acupuncture

Question 2

Alt

Answer 2

high/deep/a device for measuring Ex: altimeter, altitude

Question 3

Arch

Answer 3

chief/ first/ rule Ex: architect, archaic, monarchy

Question 4

Belli

Answer 4

war /hostile Ex: rebellion, belligerent

Question 5

Brev

Answer 5

short Ex: abbreviate, brevity, brief

Question 6

cad, cas

Answer 6

[to fall] cadaver, cadence, caducous (falling off) cascade

Question 7

capit, capt

Answer 7

[head] decapitate (to remove th?e head from), capital, captain, caption

Question 8

caus, caut

Answer 8

(burn, heat) caustic, cauterize (to make hot, to burn)

Question 9

cide, cise

Answer 9

(cut down, kill) suicide (killing of self), homicide (human killer), precise (cut exactly right)

Question 10

civ

Answer 10

(citizen) civic (relating to a citizen), civil, civilian, civilization

Question 11

Cord,Cor,Cardi

Answer 11

heart/put heart into/out of cordial, concord,discord courage

Question 12

Cred

Answer 12

believe/statement of beliefs, creed, credo,credence,credit,credulous,incredible

Question 13

Dem

Answer 13

people/people rule/vital statistics, among the people, democracy, demography, epidemic

Question 14

Doc

Answer 14

teach, indoctrinate, document, doctrine

Question 15

Dorm

Answer 15

sleep, dormant, dormitory

Question 16

duc, duct

Answer 16

[lead] produce, induce (lead into,persuade), seduce (lead aside), reduce, aqueduct (water leader or channel), viaduct, conduct

Question 17

dura

Answer 17

[hard, lasting] durable, duration, endurance

Question 18

erg

Answer 18

[work] energy, erg (unit of work), allergy, ergophobia (morbid fear of work), ergometer, ergonomic

Question 19

fer

Answer 19

[bear, carry] ferry (carry by water), coniferous (bearing cones, as a pine tree), fertile (bearing richly), defer, infer, refer

Question 20

flu, fluc, fluv

Answer 20

[flowing] influence (to flow in), fluid, flue, flush, fluently, fluctuate (to wave in an unsteady motion)

Question 21

Gen

Answer 21

{birth, race, produce} genesis (birth, beginning) genetics (study of heredity) eugenics (well born) genealogy (lineage by race, stock) generate, genetic

Question 22

Grad, Gress

Answer 22

{step, go} grade (step, degree) gradual (step by step) graduate (make all the steps) progress

Question 23

Grat

Answer 23

{pleasing} gratuity (mark of favor) congratulate (express pleasure) ingrate (not thankful)

Question 24

Greg

Answer 24

{herd, group, crowd} congregation (a group functioning together) gregarian (belonging to a group) segregate

Question 25

Helio

Answer 25

{sun} heliograph (instrument to measure rays) heliotrope (a plant that turns to the sun)