Greek Roots

Question 1

ag, agi, act-

Answer 1

do, move, go (Action, agitate, agent)

Question 2

alt-

Answer 2

high, deep (altitude, altimeter)

Question 3

aster, astr-

Answer 3

star (asterisk, asteroid, astronomy, astronaut)

Question 4

cap, cip, cept-

Answer 4

take (capable, intercept, capture, forceps)

Question 5

caus, caut-

Answer 5

burn, heat (caustic, cauldron, cauterize)

Question 6

clam, claim-

Answer 6

cry out (exclamation, acclaim, clamor)

Question 7

cred-

Answer 7

believe (creed, credit, incredible, credence)

Question 8

dorm-

Answer 8

Sleep (dormant, dormitory)

Question 9

duc, duct-

Answer 9

lead (induce, produce, reduce)

Question 10

dura-

Answer 10

hard, lasting (durable, duration, endure)

Question 11

equi-

Answer 11

equal (equinox, equilibrium, equality)

Question 12

fac, fact, fic, fect-

Answer 12

do, make (manufacture, factory, amplification)

Question 13

fer-

Answer 13

bear, carry (ferry, fertile, refer)

Question 14

fin-

Answer 14

end (final, finish, confine, define)

Question 15

flex-

Answer 15

bend (flexible, inflexible)

Question 16

fract, frag-

Answer 16

break (fracture, fragile, fraction)

Question 16

fort-

Answer 16

strong (fortress, fortify, fortitude)

Question 17

gam-

Answer 17

marriage (bigamy, polygamy, monogamy)

Question 18

grad-

Answer 18

step, go (grade, graduate, gradient)

Question 19

ultra-

Answer 19

beyond, extreme (ultrasonic, ultraviolet)

Question 20

under-

Answer 20

beneath, below, lower in rank (underdeveloped, undercarriage)

Question 21

un-

Answer 21

not, reversal (unplug, unreal, unmanned)

Question 22

sent, sens-

Answer 22

feel (sentiment, sensory, sensation)

Question 23

peri-

Answer 23

around (perimeter, periodontal, pericardial)

Question 24

post-

Answer 24

after (postpone, postmortem, posthumous)

Question 25

Vor-

Answer 25

eat greedily (voraciously, carnivore, omnivore)

Question 26

prim-

Answer 26

first (primary, primitive, primal)

Question 27

rupt-

Answer 27

break (rupture, erupt, disrupt)

Question 28

sol, salv-

Answer 28

safe, healthy (solution, salvage, salutation)

Question 29

sed, sess, sid-

Answer 29

sit (sediment, session, reside, president)

Question 30

sequ, secu, sue-

Answer 30

follow (sequence, second, pursue)

Question 31

sist, sta, stit-

Answer 31

stand (assist, persist, substitute)

Question 32

sol-

Answer 32

alone (soliloquy, solitaire, solitude)

Question 33

solv, solu-

Answer 33

loosen(solvent, absolve, soluble)

Question 34

string, strict-

Answer 34

draw tight (restrict, constrict, stringent)

Question 35

ten, tain-

Answer 35

hold (tenacious, contain, detention)

Question 36

theo, the-

Answer 36

God, god (theology, monotheism, atheist)

Question 37

therm-

Answer 37

heat (thermometer, thermos, hypothermia)

Question 38

tom-

Answer 38

cut (appendectomy, anatomy, dichotomy)