Roots Flashcards
ambu
walk, move
eg. AMBULATORY - patients that can walk and move about in hospitals (vs. bedridden)
eg. SOBNAMBULIST -sleepwalker
andro
man
eg. ANDROGYNOUS - exhibits both male (andro) and female (gyn) characteristics
antro
human, mankind
eg. ANTHROLOGY - study of humans
eg. MISANTHROPE - someone who hates humans
bellu, belli
war, fight
eg. BELLIGERENT - ready to fight
eg. ANTEBELLUM - before the war
cred
trust, belief
eg. INCREDIBLE - unbelievable
eg. CREDULOUS - trusting, naive, gullible
eg. CREDIBLE - trustable, believable
eg. INCREDULOUS - doubting something is true
gnos
knowledge
eg. DIAGNOSIS - analysis of a situation
eg. PROGNOSIS - prediction about the future of an illness
eg. AGNOSTIC - person who doesn’t know whether a god exists
greg
group, herd
eg. CONGREGATION - group of people
eg. GREGARIOUS - sociable
eg. SEGREGATE - to make way from the group
gyn
woman
eg. GYNECOLOGIST
eg. MISOGYNY - hatred toward women
loq, log, loc, lix
speech, talk
eg. ELOQUENT - expressing oneself readily, clearly, effectively
eg. DIALOGUE - conversation
eg. ELOCUTION - proper speech
eg. PROLIX - someone who talks a lot
eg, LOQUACIOUS - someone who talks a lot
luc, lum, lus
light, clear
eg. LUMINOUS - shiny, full of light
eg. ELUCIDATE - to clairfy
eg. LUSTROUS - reflects the light, shiny, glossy
meta
beyond, after
eg. METAMORPHOSIS - change of shape beyond the present shape
mut
change
eg. MUTATE
eg. IMMUTABLE - constant
pac
peace, calm
eg. PACIFIER - to calm the baby down
path
feeling
eg. PATHETIC - something that arounses feeling, pity
eg. SYMPATHIZE - share feelings
phon
sound
eg. TELEPHONE
eg. HOMOPHONES - words that sound the same, but are spelled differently, with different meanings
plac
peace, calm
eg. PLACATE - to calm someone down
pro
big, much
eg. PROFUSE - apologies that are much, or big
eg. PROLIFIC - writer producing a ton of material
pug
war, fight
eg. PUGNACIOUS - someone ready to fight
eg. PUGILIST - someone who likes to fight
scien
knowledge
Eg. SCIENTIST - someone with knowledge
Eg. PRESCIENT - someone with forethought, knowledge, ahead of time
somn
sleep
eg. INSOMNIA - cannot sleep
eg. SOMNANBUOUS - sleepwalker
son
sound
eg. DISSONANCE - clashing sounds
eg. SONOROUS - voice that has a good sound
