Root List 3 Flashcards
numer (enumerate, numeral, numerous, numerology)
number
fort (fortitude, fort, fortify, comfort, forte, fortissimo, pianoforte)
strong
osteo (osteopath, osteology, osteoblast, osteocyte)
bone
ornith (ornithology, ornithologist, ornithopeter, ornithosis)
bird
polis (metropolis, megalopolis, police, polite, policy, acropolis, necropolis, politics)
city
fus (transfusion, infusion, refuse, fusillade, fusion, infuse, confusion)
pour
ego (egomaniac, egocentric, egotistical, egotist, egoism, alter ego)
I
spir (inspire, respiration, perspiration, expire, spirit, aspire, conspire)
breathe
dia (diagonal, diameter, dialogue, dialect, diatribe, diaphanous, dialectic)
across
culp (culprit, culpable, exculpate, inculpate, exculpatory)
blame
zo (zoo, protozoa, zoophilious, zodiac, zoophagous, Mesozoic)
animal
per (perception, perforation, percolate, perambulate, perform)
through
pac (pacify, pacifist, pacifier, pacifism, Pax Romana, Pacific, pacification)
peace
brev (brevity, abbreviation, breve, breviary, brief)
short
necro (necropolis, necromancer, necrophobia, necrotic, necrobiosis)
death
urb (urban, urbane, suburbs, urbanite, urbanologist, urbanism)
city
pugn (pugnacious, repugnant, pugilist, impugn, oppugn, inexpugnable)
fight
ecto (ectoderm, ectozoa, ectomorph, ectothermic, ectoplasm, ectoparasite)
outer
plasto (plastic, dermoplasty, rhinoplasty, plaster, plasticity, plastid)
molded
agog (demagogue, pedagogue, synagogue, pedagogy)
leader
cle (molecule, corpuscle, follicle, miniscule, ventricle, particle, vesicle)
small
il (illegitimate, illiterate, illegal, ill-mannered, illogical, illegible, illiberal)
not
sed (sedentary, sediment, sedan, sedative, sedate, supersede, assiduous, insidious)
sit
anim (equanimity, animal, animated, animosity, magnanimous)
mind
