ROOTS Flashcards
DACTYL
FINGER, TOE (PTERODACTYL)
CRYO
cold, freezing (cryotherapy)
THERAP
treatment, cure (therapy)
SCOPE
look, observe (telescope)
PTERO
wing, feather (pterodactyl)
ZYGO
paired, joined (zygodactyl)
COLLA
glue (collage
COMBUS
burn up, blow up (incombustible)
CINER
ash (incinerate)
CUSS
strike, shake (percussion, concussion)
DI-
two, twice (dice)
CEPHAL
head, brain (cephalopods)
ESIA
PROCESS (anesthesia)
CINAMATO/KIN
movement(cinematography)
GRAM
write(telegram)
-IC
like or related to(dramatic)
ECHO
sound(echolocation
LOCAT
place (ECHOLOCATION)
EO
early, dawn (Eolith)
LITH/o
Stone (LITHOGRAPH)
PALEO
old, ancient (PALEOLITHIC
SPHERE
ball, round (HEMISPHERE)
IZE-
to make, to act (ENERGIZE)
TUM
swelling (tumor)
EC
out (eccentric)
CAUST
burn (holocaust)
-ARY
belonging to (dictionary, stationary)
STAS/STAT
standing still, not moving/changing (static, stationary)
-tude
state, condition(attitude)
EV
time, age(evolution, revolution)
MEDI
middle(Mediterranean)
TERR
earth, land(Mediterranean)
MELAN
blank, dark (melan
MINEM, MINES
mind, memory
IVE
performing (creative, representative)
PETRO
rock, stone (petrified)
EUM
that which, place (coliseum, museum)
SARCO
flesh (sarcophagus)
TOMY
cut (anatomy)
PORT
carry (transport, export, airport)