#9 Root Words

Question 1

Pater, Patr

Answer 1

[father] Word Examples: paternity (fatherhood, responsibility), patriarch (head of the tribe, family), patriot, patron (a wealthy person who supports as would a father)

Question 2

Path, Pathy

Answer 2

[feeling, suffering] Word Examples: pathos (feeling of pity, sorrow), sympathy, antipathy (feeling against), apathy (without feeling), empathy (feeling or identifying with another), telepathy (far feeling; thought transference)

Question 3

Ped, Pod

Answer 3

[foot] Word Examples: pedal (lever for a foot), impede (get the feet in a trap, hinder), pedestal (foot or base of a statue), pedestrian (foot traveler), centipede, tripod (threefooted support), podiatry (care of the feet), antipodes (opposite feet)

Question 4

Pedo

Answer 4

[child] Word Examples: orthopedic, pedagogue (child leader; teacher), pediatrics (medical care of children)

Question 5

Pel, Puls

Answer 5

[drive, urge] Word Examples: compel, dispel, expel, repel, propel, pulse, impulse, pulsate, compulsory, expulsion, repulsive.

Question 6

Pend, pens, pond

Answer 6

[hang, weigh] Word Examples: pendant, pendulum, suspend, appendage, pensive (weighing thought), ponderous

Question 7

Phil

Answer 7

[love] Word Examples: philosophy (love of wisdom), philanthropy, philharmonic, bibliophile, Philadelphia (city of brotherly love)

Question 8

Phobia

Answer 8

[fear] Word Examples: claustrophobia (fear of closed spaces), acrophobia (fear of high places), hydrophobia (fear of water)

Question 9

Phon

Answer 9

[sound] Word Examples: phonograph, phonetic (pertaining to sound), symphony (sounds with or together)

Question 10

Photo

Answer 10

[light] Word Examples: photograph (lightwriting), photoelectric, photogenic (artistically suitable for being photographed), photosynthesis (action of light on chlorophyll to make carbohydrates)

Question 11

Plac

Answer 11

[please] Word Examples placid (calm, peaceful), placebo, placate, complacent

Question 12

Plu, plur, plus

Answer 12

[more] Word Examples: plural (more than one), pluralist (a person who holds more than one office), plus (indicating that something more is to be added)

Question 13

Pneuma, pneumon

Answer 13

[breath] Word Examples: pneumatic (pertaining to air, wind, or other gases), pneumonia (disease of the lungs)

Question 14

Pod

Answer 14

[foot] Word Examples: pedal (lever for a foot), impede (get the feet in a trap, hinder), pedestal (foot or base of a statue), pedestrian (foot traveler), centipede, tripod (threefooted support), podiatry (care of the feet), antipodes (opposite feet)

Question 15

Poli

Answer 15

[city] Word Examples: metropolis (mother city), police, politics, Indianapolis, Acropolis (high city, upper part of Athens), megalopolis

Question 16

Pon, pos, pound

Answer 16

[place, put] Word Examples: Postpone (put afterward), component, opponent (one put against), proponent, expose, impose, deposit, posture (how one places oneself), position