Root Words 1 Flashcards
alter
Other
Alternative, alter ego
a-, an-
Not, without
Apathy, amoral, anesthetic
aud
Sound
Audiology, auditorium, audible
bene-
Good
Benevolent, benefit, benefactor
ced
Yield, go
Proceed, intercede, recede
-cide
Killing
Patricide, infanticide, suicide
cred
Believe
Credibility, credulous, credo
culp
Guilt
Culpable, culprit
dys-
Ill, bad
Dysentery,dysfunctional
-ia, -y
State, act
Democracy, anarchy, amnesia
il-
Not
Illegal, illegible, illicit
-ism
The belief in
Terrorism, pacifism, communism
-ite
One connected with
Meteorite, cosmopolite
mag
Large
Magnate, magnify
mon
Warn
Premonition, admonition
mono-
One, single
Monogamy, monotheism, monarchy
ob-
Against
Object, obstruct
pan-
All, every
Panorama, pandemic, pantheism
path
Feel, suffer
Empathy, sympathy, pathology, telepathy
proto-
First
Prototype, protoplasm
se-
Away from
Seduce, secede
soph
Wisdom, knowledge
Sophisticated, sophomore, philosophy
trans-
Across
Transatlantic, transient, transport
ver
Truth
Veracity, verify, verity