Root Words Flashcards
Ego
Auto
I, Self
Egotistical, Autobiography, Egocentric, Autograph, Automobile
Aqua
Hydr
Mar
Water
Sea/Ocean
Aquarium, Hydraulic, Marines, Mariner, Submarine, Aqualung
Bio
Life
Biology, Biography
Mater
Pater
Mother
Father
Maternity, Matriarch, Matrimony, Paternal, Patriot
Aud
Audit
Hear
Audible, Audio, Audition, Audience
Scrib/Script
Graph/Gram
To write
Scripture, Graphic, Autograph, Grammar, Scribble
Ge/Geo
Agr
Earth/Soil, Field
Apogee, Geology, Geometry, Agriculture, Agrarian
Sci
Cogn/Cogni/Gno(s)
To know
Science, Cognitive, Prescient, Conscious, Incognito, Recognize
Vid
Vis
To see
Video, Vision, Visual, Evident, Evidence, Provide, Revise
Chron/Tempor
Time
Tempo, temporized, contemporary
Sens/Sent
To feel
Sensible, resent, dissent, consent
Civ
Citizen
Civilization, civil
Fall/Fals
To deceive, untruthful
Fallacy, fallacious, infallible, false, falsify
Cycl
Circle
Cycle, recycle, Cyclopes, bicycle
Neg
To deny/not
Neglect, negative, renege, renegade