Root Words Flashcards
Ego
Auto
I, self
Egotistical and Automobile
Bio
Life
Biology
Mater
Pater
Mother
Father
(Maternal and Paternal)
Aud
Audit
Hear
Audience and Audition
Scrib/Script
Graph/Gram
To write
Scribble, Scripture, Graphic, and Cardiogram
Ge/Geo
Agr
Earth
Field/Soil
(Geology, Geocaching, and Agriculture)
Sci
Cohn/Cogni/Gno(s)
To know
Science, Cognitive, Conscience, Prognosis and Incognito
Vid/Vis
To see
Vision, Visual, and Video
Aqua
Hydra
Mar
Water
Sea, Ocean.
(Aquamarine, Marine, and Hydraulic)
Chron
Tempor
Time
Tempo, Temporary, Chronology
Sens
Sent
To feel
Sensitive, sensory
Civ
Citizen
Civilian
Fall
Fals
To deceive; be not truthful
False, Fallacy
Cycl
Circle
Cycle, Cyclist
Neg
To deny, not
Negative, Renegade
A/An
Ab/Abs
Not; without
From; away
(Absent, Abnormal, Anomaly, Amoral)
Ac/Ad/At
To, toward, against
Adhesive, Attention
Ante/Anti
Before, previous
Antique, Anteroom
Anti
Against; opposing
Antivenom, Antisocial
Bene
Good; well
Benefactor, Benediction
Circu
Around
Circus
Co/Col/Com
With, together
Collection, Coerce, Compassion
Contra/Counter
Against, opposing
Contradict, Counteract
Di/Dia
Across, apart, through, between
Diaphragm, Dialect, Dilate
Dis/Di/Dif
Away, apart, negative
Different, Distant, Dissuade
En/Em
In, among, within
Emotions, Enliven
