ROOTS Flashcards
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DOG/POX
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Opinion, Praise - othadox, paradox
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ORTHO
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Straight, Correct - orthadox, unorthaox
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ACO/U
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Sharp - acute, acupuncture, accurate
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METER
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Measure - thermometer, speedometer
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SHIP
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State of being or skill - craftsmanship, citizenship, championship
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AN/ANA
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Not or without - anarchy, antonym, anesthetic
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PARA
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Beside - parasite, paraprofesional
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ESTH
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Feeling - anesthetic, parasthesia
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-OLOGY
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Study of - biology geology
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CONTRA
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Against, Opposite, Opposing - contrast, contradiction, contraband, contraction
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AGON
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Pain, Struggle - agony, protagonist
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CULP
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Blame, Fault - culprit, culpable
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PROT
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First, Early - prototype, protocal, protagonist
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PHOTO
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Light - photograph, photosynthesis
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JUR
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Swear, Oath, Law - jurisdiction, injure, conjure, jury
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SPECT
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Look, regard - Inpect, respect, retrospect
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PHIL
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Love - Phylosophy, Phylanthropy
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PHOB
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Fear - Acrophobia, claustrophobia
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FORT
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Strong - Fortify, comfort
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DICT
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Say - Diction, dictator, contradict
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-ATION
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Process, Condition - celebration, coordination
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TYP/E
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Print - Prototype, typical
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HIER/O
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Holy, Scared - Hieroglyphics, Hierarchy
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FEND
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Strike - Defend, Offerd
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CRAC
Government, Rule - Democracy, autocracy
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-DOM
Domain, Territory - Kingdom, boredom, freedom
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THES/THET
Put or place - Thesis, Antithesis, Parenthetic
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SYM/SYN
With or together - Symbolism, synonym
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ANTI
Against or opposite - Antibacterial, antiperspirant
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CO-
With, together, jointly - Coordinate, cooperation
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ISO
Equal - Isometric, Isolation
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-HOOD
State, Condition, Quality - Brotherhood, Neighborhood
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EX
Out/ Export, exclude, expirience
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TURB
Disturb, Bother/ Turbulence, disturb
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ASPER
Rough, Harsh/ exasperated, aspersion
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DYS/DIS
Bad/ Disease, dystopian
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-IBLE
Able to be, capable/ Audible, credible
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-IST
Somone who/Dentist, artist
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DACTYL
Finger/ Zygodactyl, Pterodactyl
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THERAP
Treatment/ Therapy, hydrotherapy
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SCOPE
See, View/ Telescope, microscope
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CRYO
Cold, Frost/ Cryotherapy, cryoanesthesia
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ZYGO
Paired/ Zygodactyl, zygomorphic
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PTERO
Wing, Feather/Pterodactyl, pteropod
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COLLA
Glue, Gelatin/ Collage, collagen
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COMBUS
Burn up/ Combustion
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CINER
Ash/ Incinerated, Incinerator
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CUSS
Stike, Shake/ Concussion, percussion
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DI
Two, Double/ Dice, Diameter
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CEPHAL
Head, Brain/ Encephalitis, Microphaly
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ESIA
Action, Prosses/ Anesthesia, amnesia
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CINEMAT/KIN
Motion, Movement/ Cinematography, kinesiology
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GRAM
Write/Grammatical, telegram
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IC
Like or related to/Graphic, topic, Cinematic
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ECHO
Sound/Echolocation, Echocardiology
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LOCAT
Place/Location, echolocation, relocation
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EO
Dawn, Early/ Eolith, eon
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LITH/O
Stone/ Eolith, lithography, paleolithic
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PALEO
Old, Ancient/ Paleolithic, Paleontology
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SPHERE
Ball, Round, Globe/ Hemisphere, atmosphere
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-IZE
To make, To act/ Dramatize, revolution
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ERG
Work/Energy, allergy, ergophobia
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METALL
Metal, Mineral, Mine/ Metallic, metalloid
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PYRO
Fire/Pyrotechnics, Pyromania
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EN
In, Into/ Enterance, Envelope, enhance
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EU
Good, Well/ Eulogy, euphoria, euthanize
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GLAC
Ice/Glacier, glaciology, glaciation
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-ARIUM
Place, Container/ Aquerium, planeterium, terrarium
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CON-
With/Connect, consensus, conclude
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SE-
Apart/Separate, segregate, secret
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GREG
Group, Flock, Herd/ Congregation, segregate
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BARO
Pressure, Weight/Barometer, barophobia, hypobarophobia
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TUM
Swell, Disturbance, Uproar/ Tumor, Tumult
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EC
Out, Outside, Out of place/ Eccentric, ecxtatic
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CAUST
Fire, Burn/ Holocaust, Caustic
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-ARY
belonging to, Connected with/ Dictionary, Library
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STAS/STAT
Stand, set/Static, Stationary
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NARCO
Numbness, Stupor, Sleep, Drugs/ Narcolepsy, narcotic
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SAUR
Lizard/ Dinosaur, tyrannosaur
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CALYPT
Cover, Hidden, Concealed/ Eucalypt, Eucalyptol
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PEPS/PEPT
Digest, Digestion/ Peptobysmol, pepsi
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-IDE
Belonging to/ Oxide, Homicide, Genocide
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-TUDE
State, Condition/Attitude, solitude
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EV
Time, Age/ Evolution, evolve, eventually
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MEDI
Half, Middle, Between/Paramedic, imediatly
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TERR
Earth, Land, Ground/Territory, terrarium
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MELAN
Black, Dark/ Melancholy, melanistic
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MNEM/MNES
Mind, Memory/Amnesia, mnemonic
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LAV
Wash, Clean/Lavander, lavatory
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PURG
Remove, Get rid, Clean out/ Purgative, purge
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MAGN
Great, Large/Magnify, Magnitude
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INTER
Between, words/Intersection, Intercept
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MOR
Custom, Covert/Memeroble, morality
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MOLL
Mild, Soft/ Mollify, mollusc
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LEPS
Take, Sieze/ Narcolepsy, epelepsies
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MANIA
Intense Craving, Loss of reason/ Kleptomania, maniac
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DONT
Teeth/ Orthodontist, Dyphodont
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PED
Foot, Child/ Pediatrician, pediment
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OXY
Sharp, Pointed/ Oxygen, oxygenate
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RE
Back, Again/ Reflex, realize, respond
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PATER
Father/ Paternity, paternalist
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-MONY
Result of/ Ceremony, hegemony
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SUS
Up/ Suspicious, suspect
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PEND/PENS
Hang, Weight/ Dependent, resuspend
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-IVE
Preforming/supportive, excessive
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PETRO
Rock, Stone/ Petroleum, petrology
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-EUM
That which, Place/ Petroleum, museum
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SARCO
Flesh/Sarcology, sarcophagus, sacoid
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TOMY
Cut/Ananotmy, cardiology
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PORT
Carry/ Airport, apportion
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ZO-
Animal, living thing/ zoologist, zoology, zoometry
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META
Beyond, After, Change/ metaphor, metamorphosis
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PHYS
Nature, Growth/ physiology physicist, physically
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PLAC
calm, pleasing/ placate, placebo, placid
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PON
Put, Place/ unresponsive, imponderable
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-ICIAN
Expert, specialist/ physician
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TYPH
Fog, Stupor/ Typhoid, typhoon,
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-OID
Resembling/ Avoid, devoid, hypoid
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-MENT
State, quality, act/ disappointment, appointment, accomplishment
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SEC/SEQU
To follow, order, sequence/ sequence, consequence,
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OB
Toward, against/ obligation, observation, obliterate
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PRO
Before forward/ professional, proceed, provide
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SUB
Under, Below/ submarine, substitute
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DEMI
Part, Half/ academic, epidemic, demigod
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-ER
One who/ teacher, officer
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-IUM
Chemical element/ helium, planetarium
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SURG
Rise/ surgery, surgeon, surging
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TRAUMA
Shock, wound, Distress/ Traumatic
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POST
After, Behind/ preposterous, postgraduate
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TACHY
Fast/ tachymeter, tachyon, tachytelic
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PHRAS
Speech/ paraphrase
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UN
Not, Opposite/ unable, unkind, under
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-ABLE
To do, To be/ unable, cpable trustable
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-ACIOUS
Quality/ audacious, mendacious
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TEN
Hold/ tenderloin, tendinitis, tenpounder
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TRUD/TRUS
Thrust/ abstrude, abstrusity, abstruse
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APPEND
Supplement/ appendents, appendance, appendices
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FUG
Flee, Run/ fugue, fugitive, refugee
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VERM
Worm/ vermicular, vermicelli, vermilions
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VOR
Eat/ voracious, carnivore, herbivore
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ELAST
Expansive, strechy/ elastic, nonelastic, elasticate
