#8 Root Words

Question 1

Mor, Mort

Answer 1

[mortal, death] Example Words: mortal (causing death or destined for death), immortal (not subject to death), mortality (rate of death), mortician (one who prepares the dead for burial), mortuary (place for the dead, a morgue)

Question 2

Morph

Answer 2

[form] Example Words: amorphous (with no form, shapeless), metamorphosis (a change of form, as a caterpillar into a butterfly), morphology

Question 3

Multi

Answer 3

[many, much] Example Words: multifold (folded many times), multilinguist (one who speaks many languages), multiped (an organism with many feet), multiply

Question 4

Nat, Nasc

Answer 4

[to be born, to spring forth] Example Words: innate (inborn), natal, native, nativity, renascence (a rebirth, a revival)

Question 5

Neur

Answer 5

[nerve] Example Words: neuritis (inflammation of a nerve), neurology (study of nervous systems), neurologist (one who practices neurology), neural, neurosis, neurotic

Question 6

Nom

Answer 6

[law, order] Word Examples: autonomy (selflaw, self-government), astronomy, gastronomy (art or science of good eating), economy

Question 7

Nomen, Nomin

Answer 7

[name] Word Examples: nomenclature, nominate (name someone for an office)

Question 8

Nov

Answer 8

[new] Example Words: novel (new, strange, not formerly known), renovate (to make like new again), novice, nova, innovate

Question 9

Nox, Noc

Answer 9

[night] Word Examples: nocturnal, equinox (equal nights), noctilucent (shining by night)

Question 10

Numer

Answer 10

[number] Word Examples: numeral (a figure expressing a number), numeration (act of counting), enumerate (count out, one by one), innumerable

Question 11

Omni

Answer 11

[all, every] Word Examples: omnipotent (allpowerful), omniscient (allknowing), omnipresent (present everywhere), omnivorous

Question 12

Onym

Answer 12

[name] Word Examples: anonymous (without name), synonym, pseudonym (false name), antonym (name of opposite meaning)

Question 13

Oper

Answer 13

[work] Word Examples: operate (to labor, function), cooperate (work together)

Question 14

Ortho

Answer 14

[straight, correct] Word Examples: orthodox (of the correct or accepted opinion), orthodontist (tooth straightener), orthopedic (originally pertaining to straightening a child), unorthodox

Question 15

Pac

Answer 15

[peace] Word Examples: pacifist (one for peace only; opposed to war), pacify (make peace, quiet), Pacific Ocean (peaceful ocean)

Question 16

Pan

Answer 16

[all] Word Examples: panacea (cureall), pandemonium (place of all the demons, wild disorder), pantheon (place of all the gods in mythology)