ROOT WORDS

Question 1

A-

Answer 1

Not, without

Examples: apolitical, atheist, anarchy, anonymous, apathy, aphasia, anemia.

Question 2

An-

Answer 2

Not, without

Example:
Apolitical, atheist, anarchy, anonymous, aphasia, anemia.

Question 3

Agri

Answer 3

Pertaining to fields or soil

Example: agriculture, agroindustry

Question 4

Agro

Answer 4

Pertaining to fields or soil

Example: agriculture, agroindustry

Question 5

Belli

Answer 5

War

Example: rebellion, belligerent, casts belli, bellicose.

Question 6

Carn

Answer 6

Flesh

Carnivorous, incarnate, reincarnation, carnal

Question 7

Cent

Answer 7

Hundred

Centennial, century, centipede

Question 8

Dec

Answer 8

Ten, ten times

Decimal, decade, Decalogue , decimate, decathlon

Question 9

Deca

Answer 9

Ten, ten times

Decimal, decade, Decalogue , decimate, decathlon

Question 10

Dei

Answer 10

God

Deity

Deify

Question 11

Div

Answer 11

God

Divinity, divine, divination

Question 12

Ecto-

Answer 12

Outside, external

Example: ectomorph, ectoderm, ectoplasm.

Question 13

Erg

Answer 13

Work, effect

Example: energy, allergy, ergo meter, ergograph, ergophobia

Question 14

Fer

Answer 14

Bear, carry

Example: ferry, conferous, fertile, defer, infer, refer, transfer,

Question 15

Fix

Answer 15

Repair, attach

Example: fix, fixation, fixture, affix, prefix, suffix.

Question 16

Helio

Answer 16

Sun

Example: heliograph, heliotrope, heliocentric

Question 17

Hydr, hydra, hydro

Answer 17

Water

Example: dehydrate, hydrant, hydraulic, hydrogen, hydrophobia

Question 18

Ignis

Answer 18

Fire

Example: ignite, igneous, ignition

Question 19

Inter

Answer 19

Between, among

Example: international, intercept, interject, intermission, internal, intermittent

Question 20

Magn

Answer 20

Great

Example: magnify, magnificent, magnanimous, magnate, magnitude, magnum.

Question 21

Meso

Answer 21

Middle

Example: mesomorph, mesoamerica, mesosphere

Question 22

Numisma

Answer 22

Coin

Example: numismatics

Question 23

Oct

Answer 23

Octopus, octagon, octogenarian, octave