Emily's Root Words Flashcards

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Ager

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Field

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Acre, acid, acri

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Bitter, sour

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Algia

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Pain

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Amo

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Love

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Ante

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Before

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Annus

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Year

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Anthropos

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Man

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Anti, ant

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Against, opposite

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Archae

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Ancient

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Astron

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Star

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Aqua

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Water

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Audio

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To hear

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Avis (Latin)

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Bird

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Bene

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Good, well

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Bi

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Two

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Bios

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Life

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C

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100

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Canis

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Dog

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Cardia, cardio

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Heart

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Centi

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1/100

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Centum

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100

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Chron

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Time

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Cide, CID

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To kill, to cut

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Circum

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Around

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Claudio

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To shut

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Con

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With

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Credo

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Belief

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Cutis (Latin)

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Skin, hide

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D

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500

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Decem

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10

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Deci

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1/10

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Dei, div

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God, god

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Demo

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People

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Derm, Derma (GRΣΣΚ)

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Skin, hide, she’ll

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Dia

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Through, across, between

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Dicto

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Say

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Dormio

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To sleep

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Dorsum

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Back

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Dominus

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Lord

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Duo

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Two

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Ex

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Out

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Ecto

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Outside, external

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Endo

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Inside, within

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Epi

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Upon, over

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Equus

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Horse

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Femina

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Woman

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Feles

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Cat

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Geo

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Earth

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Graph, graphos

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To write, writing

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Hetero

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Mixed, unalike

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Homo

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Same

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Hydro

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Water

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Hyper

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Over, above

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Hypo

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Below, less than

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inter

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Between

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Kinesis

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Movement

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L

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50

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Leo, leon

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Lion

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Lexis

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Word

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Littera

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Letter

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Logos

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Study, word

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Luna

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Moon

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M

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1,000

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Magnus

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Large

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Malis

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Bad

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Mania

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Obsession

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Medicus

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Doctor

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Metron

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Measure

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Meter

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Measure

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Micro

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Small

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Mons, Montis

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Mountain

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Nav, Navis

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Ship, Boat

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Neo

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New

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Nouns

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Ninth

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Omnis, omni

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Each, every, all

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Ornis, ornithos (Greek)

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Bird

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Philo, Philia

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Love, friendship

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Phobos

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Fear

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Phon

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Sound

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Photos

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Light

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Polis

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City

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Poly

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Many

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Porcus

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Pig, hog, Swine

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Psyche

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Soul, life

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Scribo

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Write

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Skopeo

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Look at, inspect, consider, examine

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Solus

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Alone

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Sonus (Latin)

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Sound

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Subter

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Under, secret

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Syn

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With, together

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Tele

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Far away, distant

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Terra

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Earth, Land

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Thesis

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Put, place, position

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Trans

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Across

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Tropos

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Turning

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Vide, visibil, vis

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See

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Zoo

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Animal

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Corpulent

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corpulent (adj.)
late 14c., from Old French corpulent “stout, fat,” from Latin corpulentus “fleshy, fat,” from corpus “body” (see corporeal) + -ulentus “full of.” Leigh Hunt was sent to prison for two years for calling the Prince Regent corpulent in print in 1812.

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ulentus

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Full of