ELA FISH ROOTS 21/22 Flashcards
1
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COLLA
A
glue (collage
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COMBUS
A
burn up, blow um (incombustible)
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CINER
A
ash (incinerate)
4
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CUSS
A
strike, shake (percussion, concussion)
5
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Di-
A
two, twice (dice)
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CEPHAL
A
head or brain (cephalopods)
7
Q
-ESIA
A
process (anesthia)
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CINAMTO/KIN
A
movement (cinematography)
kinesiology
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GRAM
A
write (telegram)
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-IC
A
like or related to (dramatic)
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ECHO
A
sound (ecolocation)
12
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LOCAT
A
place (echolocation)
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EO
A
early, dawn (neolithic -new ston age)
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PALEO
A
old, ancient (paleolithic)
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LITH/O
A
stone (lithograph)
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SPERE
A
ball, round (hemisphere)
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-IZE
A
to make, to act (synthesize, energize, polarized)
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ERG
A
work (energize)
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METALL
A
metal, mine (metallic)
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PYRO
A
fire (pyrophobia)
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EN-
A
enter, into (entrance, envelope)
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EU-
A
good or well (eulogy, eithenize)
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GLAC
A
ice (glacier)
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-ARIUM
A
place (planetarium, aquarium)
25
CON
with, together (consequence, conversation)
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SE
apart (segregation, seperate)
27
GREG
herd, flock, group (congregation)
28
BARO
pressure (barometer, barometric)
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TUM
swelling (tumor)
30
EC
out (eccentric)
31
CAUST
burn (holacaust, caustic)
32
-ARY
belonging to (stationary, dictionary)
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STAS/STAT
standing still, not moving, not changing (stationary, static)
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NARCO
numbness, stupor (narcolepsy, narcotic)
35
SAUR
lizard (dinosaur, pterosaur)
36
CALYPT
hidden, covered (eucalyptus)
37
PEPS/PEPT
digest (dyspepsia, peptic, peptobismal)
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-IDE
belonging to (peroxide, dioxide)
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-TUDE
state, condition (altitude, attitude)
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MEDI
half, middle, between (median, Mediterranean)
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EV
time, age (evolution, revolution)
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TERR
earth, land (terrarium, Mediterranean)
43
MELAN
blank, dark (melancholy, melanoma)
44
MNEM, MNES
mind, memory (amnesia)
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LAV
wash, bathe (lavatory)
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PURG
wipe out, clean out (purgatory)
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MAGNI
great, large (magnitude, magnify)
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INTER
between, middle (intermediate, interstate, intersection)
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MOR
dumb, unintelligent (moron, morbid)
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MOLL
soft, soothing (mollify, emollient)
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LEPS
take, seize (narcolepsy, epilepsy)
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MANIA
intense crazing, loss of reason (monomaniacal, kleptomania)
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DONT
teeth (orthodontist)
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PED
child or foot (pediatrician, pedestrian)
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OXY
sharp, intense (oxymoron, oxygen)
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RE-
backward, again (remind, rebound, retreat, rewind)
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PATER
father (paternal, patriarch)
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MONY-
result of (harmony, matrimony)
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SUS
up (suspense, suspend)
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PEND/PENS
hang, weigh (pendent, pendulum, expensive)
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-ive
performing (creative, representive)
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petro
rock, stone (petroleum)
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-eum
that which, place (museum)
64
sacro
flesh (sacrophagaus- flesh eating)
65
tomy
cut (anatomy)
66
port
carry (airport, transport, portable)
67
zo-
animal, living being (zoo, zoologist, zoophobia)
68
Meta
beyond, change (metamorphosis, metaphor)
69
phys
nature, growth (physical, physician, physics
70
plac
calm, pleasing (placid, placebo)
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pon
put, place (ponder, postpone)
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-ician
expert, specialist (physician, technician, musician)
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typh
fog, stupor, (TYPHOON, TYPOHOID (FEVER))
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-OID
resembling (ANDROID, PARANOID)
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-MENT
state, quality, act (ointment, movement, treatment, statement)
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sec/sequ
order to follow (sequence, sequel, consequence, insequential)
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ob-
toward or against (observation, obtain, observe, obscene)
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pro-
before, foward (profit, prohibt, process, profession, procedure, provide
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sub-
under, below (submerge, submarine)
80
demi
part, half (demicircle, demigod)
81
-er
one who (painter, teacher)
82
-ium
chemical element (helium, cithium)
83
post
after, behind (postpone, posthaste)
84
surg
rise (surgery, resurge)
85
trauma
shock, distress, wound (traumatic, traumatize)
86
tachy
fast (tachyprasia, tachycardia)
87
phras
speech (tachyphrasia, rephase, paraphrase)
88
un-
not, opposite (unstable, unable, unbelievable, unable)
89
able
to do, to be (unable, capable, stable)
90
-acious
quality (voracious, tencious, vivacious)
91
ten
hold (attention, tenacious, tendon)
92
trude/trus
thrust (intruder, intrusion, trusted, protrude)
93
append
supplement (appendage, appendix, appendicitis)
94
fug
flee, run (fugitive, refugee
95
verm
worm, pest (vermin, vermicide)
96
vor
eat (voracious, herbivore, carnivore)
97
elas
expensive, stretchy (elastic, viscoelasticity)
98
visc
sticky (viscocity, viscoelasticity)
99
xylo
wood (xylophone, xylographic)
100
amor/am
love, like, fondness (enamored)
101
ag-
to do, to move, to go (agitated, agriculture, agreement)
102
anni, annu
year (annual, anniversary)
103
belli
coflict, war (rebellion, belligerents)
104
audo
hear, listen (audotorium, audience)
105
brev
short or brief (abbreviate, brevity)
106
capt/capit
head (decapitate, capitol, captivate)
107
tox
poison (toxic, intoxicated)
108
trib
payment (tribulations, attributes, tributes)
109
sed/sess/sid
sit (sediment, session, president, possesion)
110
vale/vali/valu
strength, worth (valiant, equivalent, value, evaluate)
111
simil/simul
like, resembling (similar, simulation, simultaneous, assimilate, simulator.
112
solv, solu
lossen (solve, solution, resolution, absolve)
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soph
wise (sophisticated, philosophy, sophomore)
114
sen
old (senile, senior, senator
115
acu
sharp, needle (acute, acupuncture)
116
vert/vers
turn (reverse, revert)
117
voc
calling, voice (voice, vocation, vocalize, advocate)
118
nox/noc
night (nocturnal, obnoxious, equinox)
119
sent/sens
to feel (sensitive, sentimental, sensation)
120
cap/cept
take or seize (captivate, capture, accept)
121
carn
flesh (carnivore, reincarnate)
122
ver
true (verify, verification, verdict)
123
vid/vis
to see (video, vision, evidence, visit)
124
grav
heavy, weight (gravity, grave, aggravated)
125
pac
peace (pacifist, pacific, pacifier)
126
vict/vinc
conquer, defeat (victim, victory, invincible, victor)
127
ultima
last (ultimate, ultimatum)
128
typ
print (typo, typewriter, typical)
129
tempo
time (temporary, contemporary)
130
tort/tors
twist (contortion, retort, torture)
131
tract/tra
draw, pull (tractor, subtraction, attract)
