#4 Root Words

Question 1

dox

Answer 1

[opinion, praise], doxy (belief, creed, or opinion), orthodox (having the correct, commonly accepted opinion), heterodox (differing opinion), paradox (contradictory)

Question 2

drome

Answer 2

[run, step], syndrome (run together symptoms), hippodrome (a place where horses run)

Question 3

duc, duct

Answer 3

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

Question 4

dura

Answer 4

[hard, lasting] durable, duration, endurance

Question 5

dynam

Answer 5

[power] dynamo (power producer), dynamic, dynamite, hydrodynamics

Question 6

endo

Answer 6

[within] endoral (within the mouth), endocardial (within the heart), endoskeletal

Question 7

equi

Answer 7

[equal] equinox, equilibrium

Question 8

erg

Answer 8

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

Question 9

fac, fact, fic, fect

Answer 9

[do, make] factory (place where workers make goods of various kinds), fact (a thing done), manufacture, amplification, confection

Question 10

fall, fals

Answer 10

[deceive] fallacy, falsify

Question 11

fer

Answer 11

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

Question 12

fid, fide, feder

Answer 12

[faith, trust] confidante, Fido, fidelity, confident, infidelity, infidel, federal, confederacy

Question 13

fila, fili

Answer 13

[thread] filament (a single thread or threadlike object), filibuster, filigree

Question 14

fin

Answer 14

[end, ended, finished] final, finite, finish, confine, fine, refine, define, finale

Question 15

fix

Answer 15

[attach] fix, fixation (the state of being attached), fixture, affix, prefix, suffix

Question 16

flex, flect

Answer 16

[bend] flex (bend), reflex (bending back), flexible, flexor (muscle for bending), inflexibility, reflect, deflect

Question 17

flu, fluc, fluv

Answer 17

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

Question 18

form

Answer 18

[form, shape] form, uniform, conform, deform, reform, perform, formative, formation, formal, formula

Question 19

fort, forc

Answer 19

[strong] fort, fortress (a strong place), fortify (make strong), forte (one’s strong point), fortitude, enforce

Question 20

fract, frag

Answer 20

[break] fracture (a break), infraction, fragile (easy to break), fraction (result of breaking a whole into equal parts), refract (to break or bend)