Root Words Flashcards by Alexia Calderon | Brainscape

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Ego

Auto

A

I
Self

Ex: Egotistic, Autocrat

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Bio

A

Life

Ex: Biology, Biopsy

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Mater

Pater

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Mother
Father

Ex: Maternal, Paternal

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Aud/Audit

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Hear

Ex: Audition, Auditorium

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Scrib/ Script

Graph/Gram

A

To Write

Ex: Scribe, Scribble

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Ge/Geo

Agr

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Earth
Field, Soil

Ex: Geology, Agriculture

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Sci

Cogn/Cogni/Gno(s)

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To Know

Ex: Science, Omniscient

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Vid/Vis

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To See

Ex: Video, Evident

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Aqua
Hydr
Mar

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Water

Sea, Ocean

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Chron/Tempor

A

Time

Ex: Tempo, Temporize, Contemporary

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Sens/Sent

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To Feel

Ex: Sentimental, Sensitive, Resent

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Civ

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Citizen

Ex: Civilian, Civilization, Civil

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Fall/Fals

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To Deceive, be not truthful

Ex: False

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Cycle

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Circle

Ex: Bicycle, Recycle, Cyclops

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Neg

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To Deny, Not

Ex: Negative, Negro, Abnegation

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A/An

Ab/Abs

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Without
From, Away

Ex: Absent, Abstain, Abnormal, Anomaly, Amoral, Atheist

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Ac/Ad/Af

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To, Toward, Against

Ex: Adhere, Addict, Aspect

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Ante/Anti

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Before, Previous

Ex: Anteroom, Antecedent, Anticipate

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Anti

A

Against, Opposing

Ex: Antisocial, Antiseptic, Antipathy

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Bene

A

Good, Well

Ex: Benevolent, Benefit, Benediction

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Circu

A

Around

Ex: Circuit, Circumspect

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Co/Col/Com

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With, Together

Ex: Collateral, Correlate, Collaborate

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Contra/Counter

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Against, Opposing

Ex: Contradict, Contraband, Contrary

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Di/Dia

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Across, Apart, Through, Between

Ex: Dialect, Diameter, Dialogue

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Dis/Di/Dif

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Away, Apart, Negative

Ex: Diverse, Diffuse, Difference, Disperse

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En/Em

A

In, Among, Within

Ex: Empathy, Enemy, Embarrass