ROOTS Flashcards
Hyper
above over or exceeding
hypo
under or below
mono
one or single
chrome
color
Gen
birth,race,produce,generation,gender
poly
much or many
scope
look,view or telescope
derm
skin or pachyderm
meso
middle, Mesopotamia
pachy
thick or pachyderm
path
sickness, sickness- pathology
onym
word anonymous-synonym
therm
heat thermometer
meter
measure thermometer
Pamper
spoil, paying extra attention to
Erode
gradually wear away
Acclaim
praise enthusiastically, applaud
Epidemic
widespread disease or problem
Geo
Earth/Geography, Geologist
hydro
Water/dehydrated, hydrant, hydrophobic
graph
Write/Geography, Biography, Autograph
chron
Time/Chronological, Chronometer, Synchronous
reg
Guide, rule/Regulate, Regular, Regard
neg
No, deny/Negative, Negation, Neglect
ensue
happen or occur
peevish
easily irritated
enthralled
capture
fathom
understand
auto
autograph
crac
autocratic
gyno
female/androgynous
andro
andriod robot/ androgynous
IC
like/ telepathic/mind reader
nuat
sailor/ astronaut/a person that drives a rocket or goes to space
cosm
universe/cosmic/something related to space
macro
large/macroscopic/ to look at a very small or normal sized animal/plant or object up close
pod/ped
foot peddles
nom
name law nominate to
cardi
heart cardiac
heli
helium
opt
optional more than one option
homo
homosapien/ human or human primate
tele
from afar/telephone
al
partaning/technical
sym/syn
together/symbiosis
osis
action symbiosis
bio
life symbiosis
somat
body/somatic
thanas
death/hydrothanasia,drowning
thaph
grave/
amphi
amphibian a animal that can be on land or underwater like frogs
caco
bad/carcinogenics (birth defects)
exo
outside exoskeleton a selleton thats on the out side
cycl
circle recycle
xeno
unknown, xenophobia fear of unknown things
arch
rule, anarchy no government
acro
high-acrophobia, fear of heights
entom
insects- entomophobia fear of bugs.,
agr/o
crops, agriculture another word for a place with lots of farming.
morph
change/shape - monophonic being able to change once
com
with,together- complete
agora
gathering- agoraphodia-
culp
prot
fort
agon
baro
wieght/barometer/to measur weight.
trop
change//
anth
thes
put or place/tesis/ the main topic