Latin and Greek Roots Flashcards
A
amoral, atheist, atypical, anonymous
without
AB/ABS
abduct, abhor, abolish, abstract, abnormal
off, away from, apart, down
AC/ACR
acid, acute, acerbic, acrid, exacerbate
sharp, bitter
ACT/AG
agile, agitate, litigate, prodigal, synagogue
to do; to drive; to force; to lead
AD/AL
adapt, adjacent, addict, admire, address
to, toward, near
AL/ALI/ALTER
alternative, alias, alibi, alter, altruist
other, another
AM
amateur, amenity, enamored, amity, amicable
love
AMB
ambient, preamble, ambassador, ambush
to go; to walk
AMBI/AMPH
ambiguous, amphibian, ambidextrous
both, more than one, around
ANIM
unanimous, animosity, equanimity, animus
of the life, mind, soul, spirit
ANNUI/ENNI
annual, perennial, anniversary
year
ANTE
anterior, antedate, antebellum, antediluvian
before
ANTHRO/ANDR
android, misanthrope, androgynous, anthropogenic
man, human
ANTI
antibody, antidote, antipathy, antiseptic
against
APO
apology, apocalypse, apogee, apostasy
away
ARCH/ARCHI/ARCHY
architect, archenemy, anarchy, monarchy
chief, principal, ruler
AUTO
automatic, autocrat, autonomy
self
BE
belittle, bemoan, bewilder, belie
to be; to have a particular quality; to exist
BEL/BELL
antebellum, rebel, belligerent
war
BEN/BON
benefit, benevolent, bonus, bona fide
good
BI
binocular, biennial, bilingual
twice, double
CAD/CID
accident, coincidence, decadent
to fall; to happen by chance
CANT/CENT/CHANT
accent, chant, enchant, recant, incentive
to sing
CAP/CIP/CEPT
capture, anticipate, suceptible
to take; to get
CAP/CAPIT/CIPIT
capital, precipitate, capitulate
head, headlong
CARD/CORD/COUR
cardiac, encourage, dicord
heart
CARN
carnivorous, canival, reincarnation
flesh
CAST/CHAST
cast, castigate, chastise
cut
CED/CEED/CESS
actecendent, concede, predecessor
to go; to yield; to stop
CENTR
concentrate, eccentric, concentric, centrifuge
center
CERN/CERT/CRET/CRIM/CRIT
dicrete, acertain, discreet, hypocrite
to separate; to judge; to distinguish; to decide
CHRON
synchronize, chronology, chronic
time
CIRCU
circumference, circuit, circumstances
around, on all sides
CIS
scissors, precise, incision
to cut
CLA/CLO/CLU
conclude, claustrophobia, disclose
shut, close
CLAIM/CLAM
exclaim, proclaim, clamor, reclaim
to shout; to cry out
CLI
decline, recline, climax
to lean toward
CO/COL/COM/CON
connect, coerce, compatible, collide
with, together
COUR/CUR
recur, curriculum, concur, courier
running; a course
CRE/CRESC/CRET
accrue, increase, increment, accretion
to grow
CRED
incredible, credit, credentials
to believe; to trust
CRYP
crypt, cryptology, cryptography
hidden
CUB/CUMB
cubicle, succumb, incubate, recumbent
to lie down
CULP
culprit, culpable, mea culpa
blame
DAC/DOC
doctor, indoctrinate, docile
to teach
DE
decend, decipher, defile, defame, delineate
away, off, down completely, reversal
DEM
democracy, epidemic, endemic, demographics
people
DI/DIA
dialogue, diagnose, dichotomy
apart, through
DIC/DICT/DIT
dictionary, predict, verdict
to say; to tell; to use words
DIGN
dignity, deign, condign, disdain
worth
DIS/DIF
disperse, disseminate, dissipate
away from, apart, reversal, not
DOG/DOX
orthodox, paradox, dogma
opinion
DOL
condolence, indolence, doleful
suffer, pain
DON/DOT/DOW
donate, pardon, antidote, endow
to give
DUB
dubious, dubiety, indubitable
doubt
DUC/DUCT
abduct, conduct, induce, produce
to lead
DUR
endure, durable, duress, duration
hard
DYS
dystrophy, dyslexia, dysfunctional
faulty, abnormal
E/EF/EX
evade, explude, extricate, exonerate
out, out of, from, former, completely
EPI
epidemic, epilogue, epidermis, epigram
upon
EQU
equation, adequate, iniquity
equal, even
ERR
err, error, erratic
to wander
ESCE
adolescent, obsolescent, incandescent
becoming
EU
euphemism, eulogy, euthanasia
good, well
EXTRA
extraordinary, extract, extrapolate
outside, beyond
FAB/FAM
fable, affable, ineffable, defame
speak
FAC/FIC/FIG/FAIT/FEIT/FY
factory, faction, prolific, ratify, conterfeit
to do; to make
FER
offer, referendum, proliferate
to bring; to carry; to bear
FERV
fervor, fervid, effervescent
to boil; to bubble
FID
confide, fidelity, infidel
faith, trust
FIN
final, confine, definitive, infinite
end
FLAG/FLAM
flammable, flagrant, conflagaration
to burn
FLECT/FLEX
deflect, flexible, inflect, reflect
to bend
FLU/FLUX
fluid, fluctuation, confluence, effluence
to flow
FORE
foresight, foreshadow, forthright
before
FORT
fortune, fortunate, fortuitous
chance
FORT
fortify, fortissimo, forte
strength
FRA/FRAC/FRAG/FRING
fracture, fragment, refractory, infringe
to break
FUS
profuse, suffuse, diffuse, infusion
to pour
GEN
generous, genetics, gender, carcinogenic
birth, creation, race, kind
GN/GNO
agnostic, ignore, recognize, incognito
know
GRAD/GRESS
progress, aggressive, degrade, digress
to step
GRAT
grateful, gratuity, gracious
pleasing
HER/HES
coherent, adhesive, inherent, adherent
to stick
(H)ETERO
heterosexual, heterogeneous
different
(H)OM
homogeneous, homosexual, anomaly
same
HYPER
hyperactive, hyperbole, hyperglycemia
over, excessive
HYPO
hypodermic, hypochondriac, hypocritical
under, beneath, less than
IDIO
idiot, idiom, idiosyncrasy
one’s own
IM/IN/EM/EN
embrace, intrinsic, inplicit, incarnate
in, into
IM/IN
inactive, innocuous, impartial
in, into
INTER
interstate, interim, intermittent
between, among
JECT
inject, dejected, eject, conjecture
to throw; to throw down
JOIN/JUNCT
junction, adjoin, subjugate
to meet; to join
JUR
perjury, abjure, adjure
to swear
LAV/LUT/LUV
lavatory, pollute, deluge, antediluvian
to wash
LECT/LEG
collect, elect, select, eclectic
to select, to choose
LEV
relieve, alleviate, relevant, levitate
lift, light, rise
LOC/LOG/LOQU
dialogue, elocution, prologue, colloquial
word, speech
didn’t want to use loquacious… too obvious!
LUC/LUM/LUS
illustrate, translucent, lackluster, lucid
light
LUD/LUS
allude, illusion, ludicrous, delude, elude
to play
MAG/MAJ/MAX
magnify, maximum, magnanimous
big
MAL/MALE
malfunction, malicious, malign
bad, ill, evil, wrong
MAN
manual, manufacture, manifest
hand
MIN
minute, minutiae, miniature
small
MIN
eminent, imminent, prominent
to project, to hang over
MIS/MIT
transmit, remission, intermittent
to send
MISC
micellaneous, promiscuous
mixed
MON/MONIT
monument, summon, admonish, premonition
to remind; to warn
MORPH
amorphous, metamorphosis
shape
MORT
immortal, morbid, moribund
death
MUT
commute, mutation, permutation
change
NAT/NAS/NAI
natural, native, cognate
to be born
NIC/NOC/NOX
innocent, noxious, obnoxious
harm
NOM
astronomy, economy, taxonomy
rule, order
NOM/NYM/NOUN/NOWN
synonym, nominate, nomenclature
name
NOUNC/NUNC
announce, pronounce, renounce
to announce
NOV/NEO/NOU
novice, renovate, innovate, nouveau riche
new
OB/OC/OF/OP
obese, obstinate, obstruct, oblique, obtuse
toward, to, against, over
OMNI
omnibus, omnipresent, omnipotent
all
PAC/PEAC
appease, pacify, pacifier, pact
peace
PAN
panorama, pantheon, pandemic
all, everyone
PAR
par, apartheid, disparage, disparate
equal
PARA
parallel, parasite, parody, paranoid
next to, beside
PAS/PA
sympathy, compassion, impassive, pathogenic
feeling, suffering, disease
PAU/PO/POV/PU
poverty, paucity, pauper, impoverish, puerile
few, little, poor
PED
pediatrician, pedant, encyclopedia
child, education
PED/POD
pedal, pedestrian, expedite, impede
foot
PEN/PUN
penal, penalty, punitive, penance
to pay; to compensate
PEND/PENS
depend, stipend, compensate, appendix
to hang; to weight; to pay
PER
persistent, perflex, peruse, perfunctory
completely
PERI
perimeter, periscope, peripatetic
around
PET/PIT
appetite, compete, petition, centripetal
to go; to seek; to strive
PHIL
philosophy, philadelphia, bibliophile
love
PLAC
placid, placebo, implacable
to please
PLE
complete, deplete, supplement, plethora
to fill
PLEX/PLIC/PLY
complex, replica, implicit, duplicity
to fold, twist, tangle, or bend
PON/POS/POUND
component, expose, juxtapose, repository
to put; to place
PORT
import, export, portable
to carry
POST
posthumous, posterior, posterity
after
PRE
precarious, premonition, precedent
before
PREHEND/PRISE
surprise, reprehensible, comprise
to take; to get; to seize
PRO
prolific, profuse, prodigal, provident
much, for, a lot
PROB
probe, approbation, opprobrium, reprobate
to prove; to test
PUG
pugnacious, impugn, repugnant, pugilist
to fight
PUNC/PUNG/POIGN
point, puncture, compunction
to point; to prick
QUE/QUIS
acquire, conquest, query, prequisite
to seek
QUI
quiet, tranquil, acquiesce, disquiet
quiet
RID/RIS
riddle, derision, risible
to laugh
ROG
interrogate, arrogant, surrogate
to ask
SACR/SANCT/SECR
sacred, sacrifice, sanctify, execrable
sacred
SAL/SIL/SAULT/SULT
insult, somersault, salient, resilient, exult
to leap, to jump
SCI
conscious, conscience, omniscient
to know
SCRIBE/SCRIP
scribble, describe, ascribe, conscription
to write
SE
select, seduce, segregate, secede
apart
SEC/SEQU
second, prosecute, sequence, non sequitur
to follow
SED/SESS/SID
preside, resident, sediment, dissident, residual
to sit; to be still; to plan; to plot
SENS/SENT
sense, sensory, sentiment, resent
to feel; to be aware
SOL
dissolve, soluble, dissolution, absolution
to loosen; to free
SPEC/SPIC/SPIT
perspective, speculation, suspicious, spectrum
to look; to see
STA/STI
static, destitute, obstinate, constitute
to stand; to be in place
SUA
suave, persuade, dissuade, assuage
smooth
SUB/SUP
submissive, subsidiary, subliminal, subtle
below
SUPER/SUR
surpass, supersede, supercilious
above
TAC/TIC
reticent, tacit, taciturn
to be silent
TAIN/TEN/TENT/TIN
detain, pertain, tenacious, tenure
to hold
TEND/TENS/TENT/TENU
tension, tentative, contentious
to stretch; to thin
THEO
atheist, theocracy, theology, apotheosis
god
TRACT
tractor, attract, contract, abstract
to drag; to pull; to draw
TRANS
transaction, transparent, transition, transgress
accross
US/UT
abuse, usage, usurp, utilitarian
to use
VEN/VENT
convene, venturesome, intervene
to come or to move toward
VER
verdict, veracious, verity
truth
VERD
verdant, verdure
green
VERS/VERT
controversy, revert, diverse, aversion
to turn
VI
vivid, vicarious, viable, vivacity
life
VID/VIS
evident, video, adviser, survey
to see
VIL
vilify, revile, vile
base, mean
VOC/VOK
vocabulary, advocate, equivocate, vociferous
to call
VOL
voluntary, malevolent, benevolent
to wish
VOR
voracious, carnivorous, omnivorous
to eat
