FISH ROOTS 21/22 1st/2nd Flashcards
cephal
head
ciner
ash
di
two
cuss
strike, shake
combus
burn
colla
glue
-esia
process (anaestesia)
CINAMATO/KIN
movement (cinematography, kinesiology)
GRAM
write (grammar, telegram)
-ick
like or related to (medic)
ECHO
Sound (echolocation)
LOCAT
place (ECHOLOCATION)
EO
early, dawn (EOLITH)
LITH/O
stone (EOLITH)
PALEO
ancient/old (paleontologist)
SPHERE
ball, round (hemisphere, lithosphere)
-IZE
to make, to act (synthesize, energize)
TUM
swelling (tumor)
CAUST
burn (holocaust)
-ARY
belonging to (dictionary)
STAS/STAT
standing, still (static)
NARCO
numbness, stupor (narcolepsy)
SAUR
lizard (dinosaur)
CALYPT
hidden, covered (eucaluptus)
PEPS/PEPT
digest (dyspepsia, peptic)
-IDE
belong to (peroxide, dioxide)
METALL
mine, metal (metallic)
PYRO
fire (pyrotechnics)
EN
into (entrance, envelope)
EU-
good, well (eulogy)
ERG
work (energize)
GLAC
ice (glacier)
-arium
place (aquarium)
CON
with, together (congregation)
SE-
apart, aside (segregation)
GREG
group, flock (congregation)
BARO
pressure (barometer)
TUM
swelling (tumor)
EC
out (eccentric)
TUDE
state, conditon (attitude)
EV
time,age (revolutio,evolution)
MEDI
half, middle, between(median)
TERR
earth,land(terrain,territory)
MELAN
dark,black(melancholy)
LAV
wash, bathe (lavatory)
PURG
clean up, wipe out (purgatory, purge )
MAGNI
great, large (magnificent, magnify)
INTER-
between, among (intersection,intermediate)
MOR
fool, unintellegent (moron,morbid)
MOLL
mild,soft (molify, emolient)
LEPS
seize, take (narcolepsy, epilepsy)
MANIA
intense craving, loss of reason (monomanical, kleptomaniac)
DONT
teeth (orthodontist)
PED
child, foot (pediatrician, pedestrian)
OXY
sharp, pointed (oxygen, oxymoron)
RE-
back, again (rewind, rebound)
PATER
father (parental)
-mony
result of (matrimony, harmony)
SUS
up (suspend, susceptible)
PEND/PENS
hang, weight (pendant, pensive)
-IVE
performing ( creative, representative)
PETRO
rock, stone (petroleum)
-EUM
that which, place (coliseum, museum)
SARCO
flesh (sarcophagus)
TOMY
to cut (anatomy)
PORT
to carry (transport, airport)
zo
animals, living being (zoo, zoologist, zoophobia))
META
beyond, change (metamorphosis.metaphysics, metacognition)
PHYS
nature, growth (physical, physician)
PLAC
calm, pleasing (placid, placebo)
PON
put, place (postpone, ponder)
-ICIAN
expert (physician, musician, mathmetician)
TYPH
fog, stupor (typhoon, typhoid)
-OID
resembling (android, paranoid)
-MENT
state, quality, act (treatment, ointment)
SEC, SEQU
sequence, order, to follow (sequential, seconds
OB-
towards, against, (observe, obscene)
PRO
before, forward (profit, prohibit, process)
SUB-
under,below (submerge, submarine)
DEMI-
part, half ( demicircle,demitasse, demigod )
-ER
one who (painter, teacher)
-IUM
chemical element (helium, lithium)
POST
after, behind (postpone, posthaste)
SURG
rise (surgery, sesurge)
trauma
shock, distress, wound (tramautic, traumatize)
TACHY
fast (tachyphrasia, tachycardia)
PHRAS
speech (paraphrase, rephase)
UN-
not, opposite (unable, unstable, unbelievable)
-ABLE
to do or to be (unable, capable
-ACIOUS
quality (tenacious, gracious, voracious)
TEN
hold (tenacious, tendon, attendance)
TRUD/TRUS
thrust, push, proper (intrude, intrusion, protrude, trusted)
APPEND
supplement, attachment (appendage, appendix)
FUG
flee, run (fugitive, centrifuge, refuge)
VERM
worm (vermicelli, vermicide, vermin)
VOR
eat (voracious, carnivore, omnivore)
ELAST
expansive, stretchy, (elastic, elasticate)
VISC
sticky (viscosity, viscoelastic)
XYLO
wood (xylophone, xylographic)
AM/AMOR
love, like, fondness (enamored, family, familiar)
ANNI, ANNU
year (annual, anniversary)
AG-
do, move, go (agitated. agreement, agnostic)
AUD
to hear, or to listen (auditorium,
vent
to come (ventriquolist)
AUD
hear, listen (audio,audience)
BELLY
war, conflict (beligerents. rebellion)
BREV
short, brief (abbreviate, brevity)
CAPT/CAPIT
head (captain, capital, decapitate)
TOX
poisin (toxic, detoxification)
SED/SESS/SID
sit ( sediments, session, president, posession)
VALE/VALI/VALU
strenght, worth (valuable, equivalent, evaluate, valiant)
SIMIL, SIMUL
like or resembling (similie, simulation, simultaneously, assimiliate)
SOLV/SOLU
loosen (solve, solution, resolution, desolve)
SOPH
wise (sophmore, sophisticated, philosophy)
SEN
old (senior, sensei, senator, senile)
ACU
sharp, needle (acute, acupuncture)
VERT/VERS
turn (revert, reverse)
VOC
calling, voice (vocal, voice, calling)
SENT/SENS
to feel (sensitive, sentimental, sensation
NOX/NOC
night (nocturnal, obnoxious, equinox)
JECT
throw (eject, object, protect, interject)
CAP/CEPT
take, seize (captivate, accept)
CARN
flesh (carnivore, reincarnation
VER
true (verify, verdict)
VID/VIS
see (evidence, video, visit)
PAC
peace (pacifist, pacific)
GRAV
heavy (gravity, grave, aggrivate)
VICT/VINC
conquer, victim (victor, invincible)
ULTIMA
last, ultimate (ultimatum)
TYP
print, typing (prototype, typify)
TEMPO
time, temporary (contemporary, temporal)
TORT/TORS
to twist, (contortion torture, retort)
TRACT/TRA
draw or pull (traction,tractor,attract,subtract,abstract)
mob/mot
move (mobil,motivate)
pop
people (popular,population)
poli
city (politics,police,policy)
min/mon/men
warn, remind (remind,monument)
dura
hard,lasting (durable,duration,duracell)