#2 Root Words Flashcards
chron
[time] chronological (in order of time, chronometer (time measured), chronicle (record of events in time), synchronize (make time with, set time together)
cide, cise
(cut down, kill) suicide (killing of self), homicide (human killer), pesticide (pest killer), germicide (germ killer), precise (cut exactly right), incision, scissors
cit
(to call, start] incite, citation, cite
bciv
[citizen] civic (relating to a citizen), civil, ?civilian, civilization
clam, claim
(cry out) exclamation, clamor. proclamation, reclamation, acclaim
clud, clus, claus
(shut) include (to take in), conclude, claustrophobia (abnormal fear being shut up, confined), recluse (one who shuts himself away from others)
cognosc, gnosi
[know] recognize (to know again), incognito (not known), prognosis (forward knowing), diagnosis
cad, cas
[to fall] cadaver, cadence, caducous (falling off) cascade
calor
[heat] calorie (a unit of heat), calorify (to make hot), caloric
cap, cip, cept
[take] capable, capacity, capture, reciprocate, accept, except, concept
capit, capt
[head] decapitate (to remove th?e head from), capital, captain, caption
carn
[flesh] carnivorous (flesh eating), incarnate, reincarnation
caus, caut
(burn, heat) caustic, cauterize (to make hot, to burn)
cause, cuse, cus
[cause, motive] because, excuse (to attempt to remove the blame or cause), accusation
ced, ceed, cede, cess
[move, yield, go, surrender] procedure, secede (move aside from), proceed (move forward), cede (yield), concede, intercede, precede, recede, success
