Root Words Flashcards
a/n
not, without
a
on
a, ab/s
from, away, off
a/c/d
to, toward, near
acro
top, height, tip, beginning
act
do
aer/o
air
agr/i/o
farming
alg/o
pain
ambi, amphi
both, on both sides, around
ambul
walk, move
ami/o
love
ana
up, back, against,
again, throughout
andr/o
man, male
anim
life, spirit
ann/enn
year
ante
before, in front
anth/o
flower
anthrop/o
human
anti
against, opposite of
apo, apho
away, off, separate
aqu/a
water
arbor
tree
arch/i
chief, most important, rule
arch/a/i
primitive, ancient
arthr/o
joint
art
skill
astro,
aster
star, stars, outer space
aud/i/io
hear
auto
self, same, one
avi/a
bird
bar/o
pressure, weight
bell/i
war
bene
good, well
bi/n
two, twice, once in every two
bibli/o
book
bio
life, living matter
blast/o
cell, primitive, immature cell
burs
pouch, purse
calc
stone
cand
glowing, iridescent
capt, cept, ceive
take, hold
cardi/o
heart
carn/i
flesh, meat
cata
down, against
completely, intensive,
according to
caust,
caut
to burn
cede,
ceed,
cess
go, yield
celer
fast
cent/i
hundred, hundredth
centr/o/i
center
cephal/o
head
cerebr/o
brain
cert
sure
chrom/o chromat/o, chros
color, pigment
chron/o
time
chrys/o
gold, yellow
cide, cise
cut, kill
circum,
circle
around, about
claim, clam
shout, speak out
clar
clear
clud, clus
close
cline
lean
co
with, together, joint
col
together, jointly
com
together, common
cogn/i
know
con
with, jointly
contra/o
against, opposite
corp/o
body
cosm/o
universe
counter
opposite, contrary, opposing
cranio
skull
cred
believe
cruc
cross
crypto
hidden, secret
cumul
mass, heap
curr, curs
run
cycl
circle, ring
de
reduce, away, down, remove
dec/a,
deka
ten
deci
one tenth
dem/o
people
demi
half, less than
dendr/o/i
tree
dent, dont
tooth
derm/a
skin
di/plo
two, twice
di/s
apart, away,
not, to the opposite
dia
through, between,
apart, across
dict
speak
domin
master
don/at
give
duc/t
lead
du/o
two, twice
dur
harden, to last, lasting
dyn/a/am
power, energy, strength
dys
abnormal, bad
e-
out, away
ego
self
em, en
into, cover with, cause
endo
within, inside
enn/i, anni
years
en, in
inside, inwards
ep/i
on, upon, over,
among, at, after,
to, outside
equ/i
equal, equally
erg/o
work
esth/aesth
feeling, sensation, beauty
ethno
race, people
eu
good, well
ex
from, out,
extra, extro
outside, beyond
fac/t
make, do
fer
bear, bring, carry
fid
faith
flect
bend
flor/a,
fleur
flower
for
completely (used to intensify
the meaning of a word)
fore
in front of, previous, earlier
form
shape
fract, frag
break
fug
flee, run away, escape
funct
perform, work
fus
pour
gastr/o
stomach
gen/o/e/
genesis
birth, production,
formation, kind
geo
earth, soil, global
ger
old age
giga
a billion
gon
angle
gram
letter, written
gran
grain
graph/y
writing, recording, written
grat
pleasing
gyn/o/e
woman, female
gress, grad/e/i
to step, to go
hect/o, hecat
hundred
helic/o
spiral, circular
heli/o
sun
hemi
half, partial
hem/o/a
blood
hepa
liver
hept/a
seven
herbi
grass, plant
hetero
different, other
hex/a
six
histo
tissue