Root List Flashcards
A, an
Not, without
Ab, a
Apart, away, from
Ex) abnormal
Ac, acr
Sharp, sour
Ex) acute triangle, acid
Ad, a
To, toward
Ex) adjacent, aggrevate
Ali, altr
Another
Am, Ami
Love
Ex) amigo, amiable
Ambi, amphi
Both
Ex) amphiphoric
Ambl, ambul
Walk
Anim
Mind, spirit, breath
Ex) (spirit) animal
Ann, enn
Year
Ex) annual
Ante, ant
Before
Ex) antecedent action
Anthrop
Human
Anti, ant
Against, opposite
Ex) antagonist, antidote
Aud
Hear
Ex) audio
Auto
Self
Ex) autobiography
Belli, Bell
War
Ex) belligerent
Bene, ben
Good
Ex) benevolent
Bi
Two
Biblio
Book
Bio
Life
Burs
Money, purse
Ex) disburse
Cad, cas, cid
Happen, fall
Ex) accident
Cap, cip
Head
Cap, capt, cept, cip
Take, hold, seize
Ex) captivate, capture
Carn
Flesh
Ex) carnival
Ced, cess
Yield, go
ex) Procede, cease
Chrom
color
ex) chrome, chromatic
Chron
time
ex) chronic disease
Cide
murder
ex) suicide
circum
around
ex) circumference
clin, cliv
slope
ex) incline
clud, clus, claus, clois
shut, close
ex) conclude, claustrophobia
co, com, con
with, together
ex) co-operate
cogn, gno
know
ex) recognize
contra
against
corp
body
ex) corpse
cosmo, cosm
world
ex) cosmos, microcosm
crac, crat
rule, power
ex) autocracy, democrary, autocrat
cred
trust, believe
ex) credulous, incredible
cresc, cret
grow
ex) crescendo
culp
blame, fault
ex) culpable
curr, curs
run
ex) concur (concusion, which you get from running?)
de
deown, out, apart
ex) depart, decrescendo
dec
ten, tenth
ex) decimal
demo, dem
people
ex) democrat
di, diurn
day
ex) diary
dic, dict
speak
ex) dicttion, predict
dis, dif, di
not, apart, away
ex) disaffected, disband, discredit
doc, doct
teach
ex) doctrine
dol
pain
ex) condolence
duc,duct
lead
ex) seduce
ego
self
ex) ego
en, em
in, into
ex) enter
err
wander
ex) erratic
eu
well, good
ex) euphoria
ex, e
out, out of
ex) exit
fac, fic, fect, fy, fea
make, do
ex) factory, facility
fal, flas
decieve
ex) false
ferv
boil
ex) fervent, fervid
fid
faith, trust
ex) confident
flu, flux
flow
ex) fluent
fore
before
ex) forecast
frag, frac
break
ex) fracture, fraction
fus
pour
ex) profuse
gen
birth, class, kin
ex) generation
grad, gress
step
ex) graduate, gradual
graph, gram
writing
ex) biography, bibliography
grat
pleasing
ex) grateful, gratitude
grav, griev
heavy
ex) grave, grieve
greg
crowd, flock
ex) segregate
habit, hibit
have, hold
ex) habit, inhibit
hap
by chance
ex) happen, perhaps
helio, heli
sun
ex) helium, aphelion
hetero
other
ex) heterosexual, heterogenous
hol
whole
ex) holocaust
homo
same
ex) homogenous
homo
man
ex) homo sapiens
hydr
water
ex) hydrate
hyper
too much
ex) hyper active, hyper kid
hypo
too little, under
ex) hypothermia
in, ig, il, im, ir
not
ex) incredible, impeccable
in, il, im, ir
in, on, into
ex) invade, introvert
inter
between, among
ex) intersection, interact
