ROOT WORDS 13 - 24 Flashcards
PAC
Peace (examples: pacify, pact, pacifist)
DOMIN
Master (examples: dominate, dominion, predominate)
LEG
Law (examples: legislate, legal, legislature, legitimize, legalize)
LOC
Place (examples: location, local, allocate, locate)
GRAT
Pleasing (examples: congratulate, gratuity, grateful, ingrate, gratitude)
SOPH
Wise (examples: sophomore, philosophy, sophisticated)
TERRA
Earth (examples: terrain, terrarium, territory, terrestrial)
SPEC
Look (examples: spectacle, specimen, specific, spectator)
VEN
Come (examples: intervene, convene, venue, convenient,
avenue, venture)
PROTO
First (examples: protocol, protagonist, prototype)
TOX
Poison (examples: toxic, toxin, antitoxin)
BREV
Short (examples: abbreviate, brevity)