Roots Flashcards
Hyper
above, over, exceeding-hyperbole, hyperactive
Hypo
under, below-hypothermia, hypodermic
Mono
one, single- monotheism, monochrome
Chrome
color- monochrome, monochrome
Gen
birth, race, produce- generation, gender, genocide
Poly
Many, much/polygon, polysthesim
scope
look, view, see/ telescope, microscope
derm
skin/ dermotologist, dermotology
Derm
skin/ dermotologist, dermotology
meso
middle/ mesopotamia, mesodermic
Patchy
thick/ pachyderm, pachypod
Path
Sickness, disease/ pathology, pathos, sympathy
Onym
Word/ Synonym, anonymous
Therm
Heat, temperature/ thermometer, hypothermia
Meter
Measure/ thermometer, speedometer
geo
earth/geography, geologist
hydro
water/ dehydration,hydrant
graph
write/ geography, biography
chron
time/ chronological, chronometer
Auto
self/ automatic, autocratic
crac
government/ democracy, autocratic
gyno
female/ gynecologist , adrogynous
Andro
male/ android, androgynous
-ic
like or related to/ graphic, telepathic, organic
Naut
sailor, ship/astronaut, aeronautic
Cosm
universe, world/ microcosm, cosmos, cosmonaut
Marco
Large/ macroscopic, macrocosm
Pod
Foot/ tripod, podiatrist
Nom
Name, law, order/economy, nominate, nomenclature
psycho
mind, spirit/ phycology
Theo
God/ monotheism, atheist
Astro
stars, heavens/ astrology,astronomer
Biblio
book/ bibliotherapy, bibliography
Klepto
steal/ kleptomania, kleptbiosis
Mania
intense craving, loss of reason/ kleptomaniac, monomania
Phil
Love/ philanthropy, philologist
Phob
fear/ hydrophobia, acrophobia, claustrophobia
-ia
state of condition of being/ phobia
Peri
around, surrounding/ perimeter, periscope
Cardi
Heart/ cardiologist, cardiac
Heli
sun/ helicopter, heliographic
opt
eye, vision/optical, optomistic
homo
same/ homophonic, homogeneous
Tele
from afar, distant/ telephone, telescope, television.
-al
pertaining to/ technical, formal
sym/syn
with, together/ symbolism