20/21 ROOTS Flashcards
THERAP
treatment,cure ( THERAPY )
DACTYL
finger,toe ( PTERODACTYL )
CRYO
cold,freezing ( CRYOTHERAPY )
SCOPE
look,observe ( TELESCOPE )
PTERO
wing,feather ( PTERODACTYL )
ZYGO
paired, joined ( ZYGODACTYL )
-Esia
Process( anesthesia)
CINAMATO/KIN
movement ( CINAMATOGRAPHY )
GRAM
WRITE( TELEGRAM )
-IC
LIKE OR RELATED TO ( DRAMATIC )
Locat
place ( ECHOLOCATION )
ECHO
SOUND ( ECHOLOCATION )
EO
early, dawn ( EOLITH )
LITH/O
stone (LITHOGRAPH)
PALEO
old,ancient(PALEOLITHIC)
SPHERE
ball,round(HEMISPHERE)
-IZE
to make, to act( ENERGIZE
ERG
work ( ENERGIZE )
METALL
metal,mine ( METALLIC )
PRYO
fire( PYROTECHNICS )
EN-
enter,into ( ENTRANCE )
EU-
good or well (EUTHANIZE)
GLAC
ice(glacier)
-arium
place (aquarium)
CON
with, together, (consequence)
SE
apart (segregation)
GREG
herd,flock,group (congregation)
BARO
pressure (barometer)
NARCO
numbness, stupor( narcotic )
SUAR
Lizard, ( dinosaur, pterosaur
CALYPT
hidden, covered ( eucalyptus )
peps/pept
digest ( dyspepsia, peptic )
-IDE
Belonging to ( cyanide, dioxide )
-TUDE
state, condition ( attitude )
EV
time, age ( evolution )
MEDI
half, middle, between ( median, Mediterranean )
TERR
Earth, Land ( terrain, Mediterranean )
MELAN
blank, dark ( melancholy )
MNEM, MNES
mind, memory ( amnesia )
LAV
Wash, bathe (lavatory)
PURG
wipe out, clean out ( purgatory )
MAGNI
great,large ( manifest, magnificent )
INTER-
between, middle ( intersection, interstate )
MOR
dumb, unintelligent ( moron, morbid )
MOLL
soft,smooth,soothing( Mollify )
Leps
take, seize ( narcolepsy )
mania
intense, crazy, loss of reason ( monomaniacal )
DONT
teeth ( orthodontist )
PED
child or foot ( pediatrician )
oxy
sharp,intense ( oxymoron, oxygen )
RE-
backwards, again (remind, rewind, rebound )
Pater
father ( paternal, patriarch )
-MONY
result of ( harmony, alimony, matrimony )
SUS
up ( suspend, suspense )
PEND/PENS
hang, weigh ( pedant, expensive, pendulum )
-Ive
performing ( pensive, Representative )
Petro
rock, stone ( petrified )
EUM
that which ( colleseum )
sarco
flesh ( sarcophagus )
TOMY
cut ( anatomy )
port
Carry ( portable, export )
ZO-
Animal, living being ( zoologist, zoo-phobia )
META
Beyond, Change ( metaphor, metamorphosis )
Phys
Nature, growth( physics, physical )
PlAC
calm, pleasing ( placid, placebo )
PON
Put, place ( postpone, ponder)
ICIAN
Expert, Specialist ( physician, technician, musician )
TYPH
Fog, stupor ( typhoon, typhoid)
-OID
RESEMBLING ( ANDROID, PARANOID )
-MENT
State, quality, act,( moment, treatment, statement)
SEC/SEQU
Order, To follow ( sequence, sequel, inconsequential)
OB-
toward, against ( OBSERVE, OBSCENE, OBTAIN )
PRO-
before, forward, ( profit, prohibit, process)
SUB
Under, below ( submerge, Submarine )
DEMI
Half, part ( demicircle, demigod )
POST
after, behind ( postpone, postseason )
-ER
one who, ( painter, player, teacher, plumber )
-IUM
chemical, element ( helium, lithium )
SURG
Rise( surgery, resurgence )
Trauma
Shock, wound, distress ( traumatic, traumatize )
TACHY
Fast ( TACHYPHRASIA, TACHYCARDIA)
PHRASE
SPEECH (TACHYPHRASIA,REPHRASE,PARAPHRASE )
UN-
Not,opposite ( UNSTABLE,UNABLE,UNBELIEVABLE )
-ABLE
To Do, To Be ( CAPABLE,STABLE,UNABLE)
-ACIOUS
QUALITY ( VORACIOUS, TENACIOUS, VIVACIOUS )
TEN
HOLD ( ATTENTION,TENACIOUS, TENDON )
TRUD/TRUS
Thrust ( INTRUDER, INTRUSION )
APPEND
Supplement ( APPENDAGE, APPENDIX )
FUG
Flee, Run ( FUGITIVE, REFUGEE, REFUGE )
VERM
worm ( VERMIN, VERMICIDE )
VOR
EAT ( VORACIOUS, CARNIVORE, OMNIVORE, HERBIVORE )
ELAST
EXPANSIVE, STRETCHY ( ELASTIC, VISCOELASTICITY )
visc
Sticky ( viscosity, viscoelasticity )
XYLO
Wood ( xylophone, xylographing )
AM/AMOR
love,like,fondness ( enamored )
ANNI/ANNU
year, ( ANNUAL, ANNIVERSARY )
AG-
go, move, to move ( AGITATED, AGREEMENT )
Vent
To come ( ventriloquist, ventilation)
AUD
hear, listen ( AUDITORIUM, AUDIENCE )
BELLI
conflict, war ( REBELLION, BELLIGERENTS )
BREV
short, brief ( ABBREVIATE, BREVITY )
CAPT/CAPIT
head, leader ( CAPTAIN, CAPITOL, CAPTIVATE, DECAPITATE )
TOX
poison ( TOXIC, INTOXICATED, DETOXIFICATION, )
SED/SESS/SID
sit ( SEDIMENT, SESSION, PRESIDENT, POSSESSION )
VALE/VALI/VALU
strength, worth ( VALIANT, EQUIVALENT, VALUE, EVALUATE, )
SIML,SIMUL
Like, Resembling ( SIMILAR )
SOLV, SOLU
Lossen ( SOLVE, SOLUTION )
SOPH
Wise ( SOPHISTICATED, PHILOSOPHY )
ACU
sharp,needle( ACUPUNCTURE, ACUTE,
VERT/VERS
turn, ( REVERSE, REVERT )
SENT/SENS
to feel ( SENSITIVE, SENTIMENTAL )
NOX/NOC
night ( NOCTURNAL, OBNOXIOUS )
JECT
To throw ( EJECT OBJECT, )
Cap/Cept
Take or Seize ( CAPTIVATE, CAPTURE, ACCEPT )
CARN
Flesh ( CARNIVORE, REINCARNATE )
VER
True ( VERIFY, VERIFICATION, VERDICT )
VID/VIS
To see ( VISION, EVIDENCE, VIDEO )
PAC
Peace ( PACIFIST, PACIFIC, PACIFIER )
VICT/VINC
Conquer, defeat ( VICTORY, INVINVIBLE, VICTIM
ULTIMA
Last, ( ULTIMATE,ULTIMATUM )
TYP
Print ( PROTOTYPE, TYPE )
TEMPO
Time ( TEMPORARY, CONTEMPORARY )
TORT/TORS
Twist ( CONTORTION, TORTURE, RETORT )