Roots Flashcards
Hyper
Above, over, exceeding- hyperactive, hyperbole
Hypo
under, below- hypothemic, hypodermic
mono
one, single,- monotheism, monochrome
Chome
color- monochrome, polychrome
Gen
birth, race, produce- gender, generation
Abate
become less intense
Emblem
a symbolic object
abnormal
deviating from what is normal or usual, typically in a way that is undesirable
obnoxious
extremely unpleasant
poly
many, much/ polygon
scope
look, vew, see/ telescope, microscope
derm
skin/dermatologist
meso
middle/Mesopotamia
pachy
thick/pachyderm
path
sickness, disease/pathology
onym
words/synym
therm
heat, temp/thermeter
meter
measure/thermeter
geo
earth/geologist, geography
Hydro
water/dehydrate
Graph
write/geography
Chron
time/chronometer
Auto
self/ autograph, autocratic
Crac
government/ autocratic
Cyano
Female/ gynecologist
Andro
Male/ android
-ic
like or related to/ graphic
naut
ship, sailor/astrounaut
pod
foot/tripod
cosm
universe, word/cosmos, microcosm
nom
name, law, order/nominate
macro
large/macroscopic
phycho
mind, spirit/ psycholgy
theo
god/ monotheism
astro
stars, heavens/ astrology
biblio
book/ bibliography
klepto
steal/ kleptbiosis
mania
intense craving/ kelptomania
Phil
love/ philologist
-ia
states or condition
peri
around or surrounding/ perimeter
cardie
heart/helicopter
opt
eye, vision/ optical
homo
same/ homophonic
tele
from afar, distant
-al
pertaining to/ formal
sym/syn
with together/ symbolism
-osis
action, condition/symiosis
bio
life/biology
somat
body/somatic
dem
people/ Democrat
dia
through, across/ diameter
anti
against/ anticipate
-ism
state, condition/symbolism
-oid
resemboling/android
-er
someone who/ writer
thanas
death/euthanasia
taph
grave, tomb, burial/epitaph
emph
both, two sides/amphibian
caco
bad poor harsh/cacothanasis
iso
equal/ isolated
exo
outside/exoskeleton