Root List 6 Flashcards
carn (carnivorous, incarnate, reincarnated, carnival, carnation, carnage)
flesh
mort (mortal, mortician, mortified, immortality, mortuary, moribund)
death
carn (carnivorous, incarnate, reincarnated, carnival, carnation, carnage)
flesh
psych (psychology, psychic, psychopathic, parapsychology, psychosis)
soul
ethno (ethnocentrism, ethnic group, ethnography, ethnologist)
race or culture
gen (genetics, hydrogen, progeny, engender, gene, ingenuous, indigenous)
origin
nat (prenatal, native, natural, nativity, nation, nascent, natal)
born
paleo (Paleozoic, Paleolithic, paleontologist, paleoanthropic, paleography)
old
curs (cursive, discursive, incursion, precursor, cursory, cursor)
run
crypt (cryptic, cryptologist, crypt, cryptogram, encrypt)
hidden
cad (cascade, cadaver, cadence, cadenza, cadaverous, decadent)
fall
capit (capitulate, decapitate, capital, capitulation, capitulum)
head
loqu (loquacious, circumlocution, eloquent, soliloquy, somniloquy, dialogue)
talk
sacro (sacrosanct, sacred, sacrifice, sacrament, sacrilege, consecrate)
holy
uni (unicycle, universe, united, union, uniform, unique, unicorn)
one
ness (softness, redness, politeness, kindness, darkness, vagueness)
quality
alt (altitude, alto, altimeter, altar, altocumulus, altiplano)
high
ics (politics, economics, aesthetics, graphics, ethics, calisthenics)
art
iso (isothermal, isometric, isosceles, isomer, isocracy, isotope)
equal
vert (convert, revert, inverted, divert, vertex, controvert, extrovert, introvert)
turn
ate (domesticate, implicate, create, procreate, insinuate, placate, dominate)
cause
cor (core, concord, discord, misericord, cordial, courageous)
heart
ess (lioness, empress, princess, baroness, seamstress, governess)
female
muta (mutant, mutation, mutagenic, mutable, transmutation, immutable)
change
fug (centrifuge, fugitive, tempus fugit, subterfuge, refugee, fugue)
flee
