FISH ROOTS Flashcards
Dog/Dox
opinion, praise, orthodox, paradox
Ortho
straight, correct, orthodox, unorthodox, orthodontist
Aco/u
sharp, acute, acupuncture, accurate
-ship
state of being or skill, crafts manship, citizenship, championship
An/Ana
not or without, anarchy, antonym, anesthetic
Meter
measure, thermometer, speedometer,
Esth
feeling, anesthetic, paraesthesia
Para
beside, parasite, paraprofessional
-ology
study of, biology, geology
contra
against, opposite, opposing, contrast, contradict, contraband, contraction
Embargo
an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country
Adept
very skilled or proficient at something
Ornate
made in an intricate shape or decorated with complex patterns
agon
pain, struggle/ agony, protagonist
culp
blame, fault/ culpurit, culpable
prot
first, early/ prototype, protocol, protagonist
photo
light/ photo, graph, photosynthesis
jur
swear, oath, law/ jurisdiction, injure
spect
look, regard/inspect, respect, retrospect
phil
love/philosophy, phillanthropy
phob
fear/acrophobia, claustrophobia
fort
strong/fortify, comfort
dict
say/diction, dictator, contradict, predict
-action
process, condition/celebration, cordination
typ/e
print/prototype, typical
hier/o
holy, scared/hieroglyphics,hierarchy
fend
strike/defend, offend
crac
government, rule/democracy, autocracy
-dom
domain, territory/kingdom,boredom,freedom
thes/thet
put or place/thesis, antithesis, paranthetic
sym/syn
with or together/ symbolism, synonym
anti
against or opposite/ antibacterial, antiperspirant
co-
with, together, jointly/coordinated, cooperation
iso
equal/ isometric, isolation
-hood
state, condition, quality/ brotherhood, neighborhood
ex
out/ export, exclude, experience
ex
out/export,
turb
disturb, bother/ turbulence, disturb
asper
rough, harsh/ exasperated, aspersion
dys/dis
bad/ disease, dystopian
-ible
able to be, capable/ audible, credible
-ist
someone who/ dentist, artist
dactly
finger/ pterodactyl, zygodactyl
therap
treatment/ theraphy, hydrotheraphy
cryo
cold, frost / cryotherapy, cryoanesthesia, cryopathy
zygo
paired/ zygodactyl, zygomorphic
ptero
wing, feather / pterodactyl, pteropod
scope
see, view / telescope, microscope, macroscopic
colla
glue, gelatin like (collage, collate, collagen)
combus
burn up (combustion, incombustile)
ciner
ash (incinerate, incinerator, cineary)
cuss
strike shake ( concussion, percussion, reppercussions)
di-
two, double, twice (dice, diameter, dialoouge)
cephal
head, brain (encephalitis, microcephaly, cephalopods
-esia
action, process / anesthesia, amnesia
cinemat/kin
motion, movement / cinematography, kinesiology