Latin And Greek Root Words Flashcards
Ab
Off, away from, apart, down.
Abdicate, abduct, abhor, abject, abnormal, abolish, abstinence, abstract, abstruse.
Able/Ible
Capable of or worthy of.
Changeable, combustible, inevitable, presentable.
Ac/acr
Sharp, bitter, sour.
Acerbic, acid, acrimonious, acumen, acute, exacerbate.
Act/ag
To do, to drive, to force, to lead.
Agile, agitate, litigate, pedagogue, prodigal, synagogue.
Acou
Hearing.
Acoustic
Ad or A double letter
To, toward, near.
Accede, adapt, addict, address, adhere, adjacent, adjoin, admire, advocate, attract.
Al/Ali/alter
Other or another.
Alias, alibi, alien, allegory, alter ego, alternative, altruist.
Am
Love.
Amateur, amatory, amiable, amicable, amity, enamored, inamorata.
Ambi/amphi
Both, on both sides, around.
Ambidextrous, ambient, ambiguous, amphibian.
Ambl/ambul
To go, to walk.
Ambulance, ambulatory, perambulator, preamble.
Anim
Of the life, mind, soul, breath.
Animal, animosity, equanimity, magnanimous, unanimous.
Annui/enni
Year.
Annals, annual, anniversary, annuity, perennial.
Ant/ante
Before.
Antebellum, Antecedent, antedate, antediluvian, anterior.
Anthro/andr
Human, man
Androgen, androgynous, android, anthropocentric, anthropology, misanthrope, philanderer
Anti
Opposite or against.
Antibody, antidote, antipathy, antipodal, antiseptic.
Apo
Away.
Apocalypse, apocryphal, apogee, apology, apostasy, apostle.
Aqua/aque
Water.
Aquamarine, aquarium, aquatic, aqueduct, subaqueous.
Arch/archy/archi
Chief, principal, ruler.
Anarchy, archenemy, architect, monarchy, oligarchy
Ard
To burn.
Ardent, ardor, arson.
Auto
Self
Autocrat, automatic, autonomy.
A or An
Not, without.
Agnostic, amoral, anomaly, anonymous, apathy, atheist, atrophy, atypical.
Be
About, to make, to surround, to affect.
Belie, belittle, bemoan, bewilder.
Bel/bell
Beautiful.
Belle, embellish
Bell
War.
Antebellum, belligerent, rebel.
Ben/bene
Good.
Benediction, benefit, benevolent, benign.
Bi/bin
Two.
Biennial, bilingual, bilateral, binocular, bipartisan, combination
Bon/boun
Good, generous.
Bona fide, bonus, bountiful,
Brev/brid
Short, small.
Abbreviate, abridge, brevet, breviloquent, brevity, brief.
Burs
Purse, money.
Bursar, bursary, disburse, reimburse.
Cad/cid
To fall, to happen by chance.
Accident, cascade, coincidence, decadent: decaying/deteriorating, recidivist: one who repeatedly relapses into crime
Cant/cent/chant
To sing
Accent, chant, enchant, incantation, incentive, and recant.
Cap/capit/cipit
Head, headlong
Capital, capitulate, caption, disciple, precipice, precipitate
Cap/cip/cept
To take, to get
Anticipate, capture, emancipate, percipient, precept, susceptible
Card/cord/cour
Heart
Cardiac, concord, concordance, discord, encourage
Carn
Flesh
Carnage, carnival, carnivorous, incarnation, reincarnation
Cast/chast
To cut
Cast, caste, castigate, chaste, chastise, castrate
Caus/caut
To burn
Caustic, cauterize, cautery, holocaust,
Ced/ceed/cess
To go, to yield, to stop
Accede, antecedent, cessation, concede, incessant, predecessor
Celer
Speed
Accelerate, accelerant, celerity, decelerate
Cent
Hundred, hundredth
Bicentennial, cent, centigrade, centimeter, centipede, century, percent
Centr
Center
Centrifuge, centrist, concentrate, concentric, eccentric
Cern/cert/cret/crim/crit
To separate, to judge, to distinguish, to decide
Ascertain, certitude, criterion, discreet, discrete, hypocrite
Chrom
Color
Chromatic, chrome, chromosome, monochromatic
Chron
Time
Anachronism, chronic, chronology, chronometer, synchronize
Circu/circum
Around.
Circuit, circuitous, circumference, circum size, circumspect, circumstance
Cis
To cut
Exorcise, incision, incisive, precise, scissors
Cla/clo/clu
To shut, to close
Claustrophobia, cloister, conclude, disclose, exclusive, preclude
Claim/clam
To shout, to cry out
Clamor, disclaim, exclaim, proclaim, reclaim
Cli
To lean towards
Climax, decline, disinclination, proclivity, recline
Co/col/com/con
With, together
Coerce, collaborate, collide, commensurate, compatible, conciliate, connect
Cogn/conn
To know
Cognition, incognito, recognize
Contra/contro/counter
Against
Contradict, contrary, controversy, counterfeit, countermand, encounter
Corp/cors
Body
Corporation, corps, corpse, corpulent, corset, incorporation
Cosm
Order, universe, world
Cosmetic, cosmic, cosmology, cosmonaut, cosmopolitan, cosmos, microcosm
Cour/cur
Running, a course
Concur, courier, curriculum, cursory, excursion, incursion, recur
Cre/cresc/cret
To grow
Accretion, accrue, creation, excrescence, increase, increment
Cred
To believe, to trust
Credentials, credit, credo, credulity, incredible
Crypt
Hidden
Apocryphal, crypt, cryptography, cryptology,
Cub/cumb
To lie down
Cubicle, incubate, incumbent, recumbent, succumb
Culp
Fault, blame
Culpable, culprit, inculpate, mea culpa
Dac/doc
To teach
Didactic, docile, Doctor, doctrine, indoctrinate
De
Away, off, down, completely, reversal
Decipher, defame, deferential, defile, delineate, descend
Dele
To Erase
Delete
Indelible
Dem
People
Democracy, demographics, endemic, epidemic, pandemic
Dext
Right hand, right side, deft
Ambidextrous, dexter, dexterity,
Di
Day
Dial, diary, dismal, diurnal, meridian, quotidian
Di/dia
In two, through, across
Diagnose, dialogue, diameter, dichotomy
Di/dif/dis
Away from, apart, reversal, not
Diffuse, dilate, dilatory, disperse, disseminate, dissipate, dissuade
Dic/dict/dit
To say, to tell, to use words
Dictionary, interdict, predict, verdict
Dign
Worth
Condign, deign, dignitary, dignity, disdain
Dog/dox
Opinion
Dogma, orthodox, paradox
Dol
To suffer, to pain, to grieve
Condolence, doleful, dolorous, indolence
Don/dot/Dow
To give
Anecdote, antidote, donate, endow, pardon
Dorm
Sleep
Dormant, dormitory
Dors
Back
Dorsal, endorse
Dub
Doubt
Dubiety, dubious, indubitable
Duc/duct
To lead
Abduct, conducive, conduct, induce, induct, produce
Dulc
Sweet
Dulcet, dulcified, dulcimer
Dur
Hard, lasting
Dour, durable, duration, duress, endure, obdurate
Dys
Faulty, abnormal
Dysfunctional, dyslexia, dyspepsia, dystrophy
E/ex
Out, out of, from, former, completely
Efface, evade, exclude, exonerate, expire, extricate
Ego
Self
Ego, egocentric, egoism, egotism
Em/en
In, into
Embrace, enclose
Epi
Upon
Epidemic, epidermis, epigram, epilogue, epithet
Equ
Equal, even
Adequate, equation, equidistant, iniquity,
Err
To wander
Arrant, err, erratic, error
Esce
Becoming
Adolescent, convalescent, incandescent, obsolescent, reminiscent
Eu
Good, well
Eugenics, eulogy, euphemism, Euphony, euthanasia
Extra
Outside, beyond
Extract, extradite, extraordinary, extrapolate, extra sensory
Fab/fam
To speak
Affable, defame, fable, famous, ineffable,
Fac/fic/fig/fait/feit/fy
To do, to make
Configuration, counterfeit, deficient, effigy, faction, factory, prolific, ratify
Fal
To err, to deceive
Default, fail, fallacy, false, faux pas, infallible
Fatu
Foolish
Fatuity, fatuous, infatuated
Fer
To bring, to carry, to bear
Confer, offer, proffer, proliferate, referendum
Ferv
To boil, to bubble
Effervescent, fervid, fervor
Fi/fid
Faith, trust
Affidavit, confide, fidelity, fiduciary, infidel
Fin
End
Confine, definitive, final, infinite, infinitesimal
Flagr/flam
To burn,
Conflagration, flagrant, flambeau, inflame
Flect/flex
To bend, to turn
Deflect, flexible, genuflect, inflect, reflect
Flu/flux
To flow
Confluence, effluence, fluctuation, fluid, mellifluous
Fore
Before
Foreshadowing, foresight, forestall, forthright
Fort
Chance
Fortuitous, fortunate, fortune
Fort
Strength
Forte, fortify, fortissimo
Fra/frac/frag/fring
To break
Fractious, fracture, fragment, infringe, refractory
Fug
To flee, to fly
Centrifugal, fugitive, fugue, refuge, refugee, subterfuge
Fulg
To shine
Effulgent, refulgent
Fum
Smoke
Fume, fumigate, perfume
Fus
To pour
Diffuse, fusillade, infusion, profuse, suffuse,
Gen
Birth, creation, race, kind
Carcinogenic, congenital, gender, generous, genetics, progeny.
Gn/gno
To know
Agnostic, diagnose, ignoramus, ignore, prognosis
Grad/gress
To step
Aggressive, degrade, digress, egress, progress, regress
Gram/graph
To write, to draw
Diagram, epigram, grammar, graph, graphite, photograph
Grat
Pleasing
Gracious, grateful, gratuity, ingratiate
Greg
Flock
Aggregate, congregate, egregious, gregarious, segregate
Hap
By chance
Haphazard, hapless, happen, happily, happy, mishap, perhaps,
Hemi
Half
Hemisphere, hemistitch
Hes/her
To stick
Adherent, adhesive, coherent, inherent
(H)etero
Different, other
Heterodox, heterogeneous, heterosexual
Hol
Whole
Catholic, holocaust, hologram, holograph, holistic
(H)om
Same
Homeostasis, homogeneous, homosexual, homonym
Hum
Earth
Exhume, humble, humility
Hyper
Over, excessive
Hyperactive, hyperbole, hyperglycemia
Hypo
Under, beneath, less than
Hypochondriac, hypocritical, hypodermic, hypothesis