FISH ROOTS 21/22 5th Flashcards
COLLA
glue (collage)
COMBUS
burn up, blow up (incombustible)
CINER
ash (incinerate)
CUSS
strike, shake (percussion, concussion)
Di-
two, twice (dice)
CEPHAL
Head or brain (cephalopods)
-ESIA
PROCESS (anesthesia)
CINAMATO/KIN
MOVEMENT (CINAMATOGRAPHY, KINESIOLOGY)
GRAM
WRITE (TELEGRAM)
-ic
like or related to (dramatic)
ECHO
Sound (echolocation)
LOCAT
place (ECHOLOCATION)
EO
early, dawn (Eolith)
LITH/O
STONE (LITHOGRAPH)
PALEO
old, ancient (PALEOLITHIC)
SPHERE
ball, round (HEMISPHERE)
-IZE
to make, to act (synthesize. energize, polarized)
ERG
work (energize)
METALL
metal, mine (metallic)
PYRO
fire (pyrotechnics)
EN-
enter, into (entrance, envelope)
EU-
good or well (eulogy, euthanize)
GLAC
ice (glacier)
-ARIUM
place (aquarium)
CON
with, together (consequence)
SE
apart (segregation)
GREG
herd, flock, group (congregation)
BARO
pressure (barometer)
TUM
swelling (tumor)
EC
out (eccentric)
CAUST
burn (holocaust)
-ARY
belonging to (dictionary, stationary)
STAS/STAT
standing still, not moving/changing (static, stationary)
NARCO
numbness, stupor (narcolepsy, narcotic)
SAUR
lizard (dinosaur, pterosaur)
CALYPT
hidden, covered (eucalyptus)
PEPS/PEPT
digest (dyspepsia, peptic)
-IDE
belonging to (peroxide, dioxide)
-TUDE
state, condition (altitude, attitude)
EV
time, age (evolution, revolution)
MEDI
half, middle, between (median, Mediterranean)
TERR
Earth, land (terrain, Mediterranean)
MELAN
blank, dark (melancholy)
MNEM, MNES
mind, memory (amnesia, mnemonic)
LAV
wash, bathe (lavatory)
PURG
wipe out, clean out (purgatory)
MAGNI
great, large (magnitude, magify)
INTER-
between, middle (intersection, interstate)
MOR
dumb, unintelligent (moron, morbid)
MOLL
soft, soothing (mollify, emollient)
LEPS
take, seize (narcolepsy, epilepsy)
MANIA
intense crazing, loss of reason (monomaniacal, kleptomaniac)
DONT
teeth (orthodontist)
PED
child or foot (pediatrician, pedestrian)
OXY
sharp, intense (oxymoron, oxygen)
RE-
backward, again (remind, rewind, rebound)
PATER
father (paternal, patriarch)
-MONY
result of (harmony, matrimony)
SUS
up (suspend, suspense)
PEND/PENS
hang, weigh (pendant, expensive, pendulum, perpendicular)
-IVE
performing (creative, representative, pensive)
PETRO
rock, stone (petrified, petroleum)
-EUM
that which, place (coliseum, museum)
SARCO
flesh (sarcophagus)
TOMY
cut (anatomy, appendectomy)
PORT
carry (transport, export, airport)
ZO-
animal, living being (zoologist, zoophobia)
META
beyond, change (metaphor, metamorphosis)
PHYS
nature, growth (physical, physician)
PLAC
calm, pleasing (placid, placebo)
PON
put, place (ponder, postpone)
-ician
expert, specialist (physician, musician)
TYPH
FOG, STUPOR (TYPHOON, TYPHOID (FEVER))
-OID
RESEMBLING (ANDROID, PARANOID)
-MENT
STATE, QUALITY, ACT (TREATMENT, STATEMENT)
SEC/SEQU
ORDER, TO FOLLOW (SEQUENCE, SEQUEL, INSEQUENTIAL)
OB-
TOWARD, AGAINST (OBSERVE, OBSCENE)
PRO-
BEFORE, FORWARD (PROFIT, PROHIBIT, PROCESS)
SUB
UNDER, BELOW (SUBMERGE, SUBMARINE)
DEMI-
HALF, PART (DEMICIRCLE, DEMIGOD)
-ER
ONE WHO (PAINTER, TEACHER)
-IUM
CHEMICAL ELEMENT (HELIUM, LITHIUM)
POST
AFTER, BEHIND (POSTPONE, POSTSEASON)
SURG
RISE (SURGERY, RESURGENCE)
TRAUMA
SHOCK, WOUND, DISTRESS (TRAUMATIC, TRAUMATIZE)
TACHY
FAST (TACHYPHRASIA, TACHYCARDIA)
PHRAS
SPEECH (TACHYPHRASIA, REPHASE, PARAPHRASE)
UN-
NOT, OPPOSITE (UNSTABLE, UNABLE, UNBELIEVABLE)
-ABLE
TO DO, TO BE (CAPABLE, UNABLE, STABLE)
-ACIOUS
QUALITY (VORACIOUS, TENECIOUS, VIVACIOUS)
TEN
HOLD (ATTENTION, TENACIOUS, TENDON)
TRUD/TRUS
THRUST (INTRUDER, TRUSTED, PROTRUDE)
APPEND
SUPPLEMENT (APPENDAGE, APPENDIX)
FUG
FLEE, RUN (FUGITIVE, REFUGEE, REFUGE)
VERM
WORM (VERMIN, VERMICIDE, VERMICELLI)
VOR
EAT (VORACIOUS, CARNIVORE)
ELAST
EXPANSIVE, STRETCHY (ELASTIC, VISCOELASTICITY)
VISC
STICKY (VISCOSITY, VISCOELASTICITY)
XYLO
WOOD (XYLOPHONE, XYLOGRAPHING)
AM/AMOR
LOVE, LIKE, FONDNESS (ENAMORED)
ANNI/ANNU
YEAR (ANNUAL, ANNIVERSARY)
AG-
TO DO, TO MOVE, TO GO (AGITATED, AGREEMENT)
VENT
TO COME (VENTRILOQUIST, VENTILATION)
AUD
HEAR, LISTEN (AUDITORIUM, AUDIENCE)
BELLI
CONFLICT, WAR (REBELLION, BELLIGERENTS)
BREV
SHORT, BRIEF (ABBREVIATE, BREVITY)
CAPT/CAPIT
HEAD (CAPTAIN, CAPITAL, CAPITVATE, DECAPITATE)
TOX
POISON (TOXIC, INTOXICATED, DETOXIFICATION)
TRIB
PAYMENT (TRIBUTE, TRIBULATIONS, ATTRIBUTES)
SED/SESS/SID
SIT (SEDIMENT, SESSION, PRESIDENT, POSSESSION)
VALE/VALI/VALU
STRENGTH, WORTH (VALIANT, EQUIVALENT, VALUE, EVALUATE)
SIMIL, SIMUL
LIKE, RESEMBLING (SIMILIAR, SIMULATION, SIMULTANEOUS, ASSIMILATE)
SOLV, SOLU
LOSSEN (SOLVE, SOLUTION, RESOLUTION, ABSOLVE)
SOPH
WISE (SOPHISTICATED, PHILOSOPHY, SOPHOMORE)
SEN
OLD (SENILE, SENIOR, SENATOR)
ACU
SHARP, NEEDLE (ACUTE, ACUPUNCTURE)
VERT/VERS
TURN (REVERSE, REVERT)
VOC
CALLING, VOICE (VOCATION, VOCALIZE, ADVOCATE)
SENT/SENS
TO FEEL (SENSITIVE, SENTIMENTAL, SENSATION)
NOX/NOC
NIGHT (NOCTURNAL, OBNOXIOUS, EQUINOX)
JECT
TO THROW (EJECT, OBJECTION, PROJECT, INTERJECT)
cap/cept
take, seize (capture)
carn
flesh (carnivore, reincarnation)
ver
true (verify, verdict)
vid/vis
to see (vision, evidence, video, visit)
pac
peace (pacific, pacifist, pacifier)
grav
heavy, weight (gravity, grave, aggravated)
VICT/VINC
CONQUER, DEFEAT (VICTIM, INVINCIBLE, VICTOR)
ULTIMA
LAST (ULTIMATE, ULTIMATUM)
TYP
PRINT (PROTOTYPE, TYPIFY)
TEMPO
TIME (TEMPORARY, CONTEMPORARY)
TORT/TORS
TWIST (CONTORTION, TORTURE, RETORT)
TRACT/TRA
DRAW, PULL (TRACTOR, TRACTION, ATTRACT, SUBTRACT, ABSTRACT, TRACE)