Module 12 Miscellaneous Roots

Question 1

bacter-

Answer 1

bacteria [pl. bacteria]

Question 2

carn-

Answer 2

flesh

Question 3

chem-

Answer 3

chemical

Question 4

corpor-

Answer 4

body; corpus

Question 5

cry-

Answer 5

extreme cold [noun]; extremely cold [adjective]

Question 6

hum-

Answer 6

soil

Question 7

loc-

Answer 7

place; location

Question 8

top-

Answer 8

place; location

Question 9

meteor-

Answer 9

weather; atmosphere

Question 10

nos-

Answer 10

disease

Question 11

morb-

Answer 11

disease

Question 12

nyct-

Answer 12

night; during the night

Question 13

nyctal-

Answer 13

night; during the night

Question 14

noct-

Answer 14

night; during the night

Question 15

phot-

Answer 15

light

Question 16

luc-

Answer 16

light

Question 17

lumin-

Answer 17

light

Question 18

physi-

Answer 18

nature

Question 19

psychr-

Answer 19

cold

[either a noun or an adjective, always followed by a connecting vowel even if attached to a termination that begins with a vowel or ‘h’]

Question 20

pyr-

Answer 20

heat; fire

Question 21

pyret-

Answer 21

fever

Question 22

sol-

Answer 22

sun

Question 23

hel-

Answer 23

sun

Question 24

ge-

Answer 24

earth; land

Question 25

terr-

Answer 25

earth; land

Question 26

therm-

Answer 26

heat; temperature

Question 27

trop-

Answer 27

a turning; change