#6 Root Words

Question 1

Hum, human

Answer 1

[earth, ground, man] Word Examples: Humus, exhume (to take out of the ground), humane (compassion for other humans)

Question 2

Hydr, hydra, hydro

Answer 2

[water] Word Examples: dehydrate, hydrant, hydraulic, hydraulics, hydrogen, hydrophobia (fear of water)

Question 3

Hypn

Answer 3

[sleep] Word Examples: hypnosis, Hypnos (god of sleep), hypnotherapy (treatment of disease by hypnosis)

Question 4

Ignis

Answer 4

[fire] Word Examples: ignite, igneous, ignition

Question 5

Ject

Answer 5

[throw] Word Examples: deject, inject, project (throw forward), eject, object

Question 6

Join, junct

Answer 6

[join] Word Examples: adjoining, enjoin (to lay an order upon, to command), juncture, conjunction, injunction

Question 7

Juven

Answer 7

[young] Word Examples: juvenile, rejuvenate (to make young again)

Question 8

Lau, lav, lot, lut

Answer 8

[wash] Word Examples: launder, lavatory, lotion, ablution (a washing away), dilute (to make a liquid thinner and weaker)

Question 9

Leg

Answer 9

[law] Word Example: legal (lawful; according to law), legislate (to enact a law), legislature, legitimize (make legal)

Question 10

Levi

Answer 10

[light] Word Examples: alleviate (lighten a load), levitate. levity (light conversation; humor)

Question 11

Liber, Liver

Answer 11

[free] Word Examples: liberty (freedom), liberal, liberalize (to make more free), deliverance

Question 12

Liter

Answer 12

[letters] Word Examples: literary (concerned with books and writing), literature, literal, alliteration, obliterate

Question 13

Loc, Loco

Answer 13

[place] Word Examples: locality, locale, location, allocate (to assign, to place), relocate (to put back into place), locomotion (act of moving from place to place)

Question 14

Log, logo, ogue, ology

Answer 14

[word, study, speech] Word Examples: catalog, prologue, dialogue, logogram (a symbol representing a word), zoology (animal study), psychology (mind study)

Question 15

Loqu, locut

Answer 15

[talk, speak] Word Examples: eloquent (speaking well and forcefully), soliloquy, locution, loquacious (talkative), colloquial (talking together; conversational or informal)

Question 16

Luc, lum, lus, lun

Answer 16

[light] Word Examples: translucent (letting light come through), lumen (a unit of light). luminary (a heavenly body; someone who shines in his or her profession), luster (sparkle, shine), Luna (the moon goddess)

Question 17

Magn

Answer 17

[great] Word Examples: magnify (make great, enlarge), magnificent, magnanimous (great of mind or spirit), magnate, magnitude, magnum

Question 18

Man

Answer 18

[hand] Word Examples: manual, manage, manufacture, manacle, manicure, manifest, maneuver, emancipate