Roots Flashcards
HYPER
above, over, exceeding
HYPO
under
MONO
one
CHROME
color
GEN
birth, race, produce
POLY
many
SCOPE
look view, see
DERM
skin
MESO
middle
PACHY
thick
GEO
Earth
HYDRO
water
GRAPH
write
CHRON
time
REG
guide, rule
NEG
no, deny
AUTO
self
CROC
government
GYNO
female
ANDRO
male
-IC
like or related to
NAUT
sailor, ship
COSM
universe, world
MACRO
large
POD/PED
foot
NOM
name, law, order
PSYCHO
mind, spirit
THEO
god
ASTRO
stars, heaven
BIBLIO
book
KLEPTO
steal
MANIA
intense craving, loss of reason
PHILL
love
PHOB
fear
-IA
state
PERI
around
CARDI
heart
HELI
sun
OPT
eyes, vision
HOMO
same
TELE
from afar, distant
DEM
people
DIA
through, across
ANTI
against
ISM
state or condition
OID
resembling
ER
someone who
THANAS
death
TAPH
grave, tomb, burial
AMPHI
both, two harsh
CACO
bad, poor, harsh
ISO
equal
EXO
outside, outer, external
CYCL
circle
XENO
foreign, strange
MICRO
very small, short
ARCH
rule
ANA
back, against, without
TRI
three
GAM
joined, united
PSUEDO
false, fake, deceptive
ICON
image, symbol, statue
ACRO
high
ENTOM
insects
AGR/O
field, soil, crops
MORPH
form, shape
PAN
all
BARO
pressure, weight
TROP
turn, change
PHAG
to eat
PHYTE
plant
CUSS
stike
HIERO
religious, scared
TYPE
model, version
CEPHAL
head, brain
DI-
two, double, twice
META
change, beyond
CON
with, together
PRE-
before
SUC
below, under
CINCT
border
-ION
action, process
-URE
state, quality
CINAMAT/KIN
motion
CINCER
ash
COMBUS
burn
PALEO
old, ancient
EO
dawn, early
LITH
stone, rock
-US
thing which
EN-
in, into
DYS
bad, painful, difficult
DACTYL
finger, toe
PTERO
wing, feather
ECHO
sound
-OSE
quality of
GLAC
ice
-ARIUM
place where
GLOSS
language
SE-
apart, aside
GREG
flock, herd
-ESCENCE
growing
TUM
swelling
HOL/HOLO
whole, entire
CAUST
to burn
stas/stat
stop, standing, still
HYPNO
to sleep
SAUR
lizard
NARCO
numbness, stupor
THERAP
treatment
-LITE
stone, mineral, fossil
AB
away from
LAV
wash, bathe
PETRO/PETR
rock
-EUM
place, that which
-Tom/ -TOMY
cut, slice
SARCO
flesh
PHYS
nature
AUG/AUC
increase
ALI
other
DON
give
ENDO
within
CID/CIS
cut, kill
CLU/CLA
shut
MEDI
middle, between
TERR
earth, land
MELAN
dark
POST
after, behind
PON
put, place
PRO
before, forward
AP-
away from, seperate
IM
MAN
hand
PAC
DYNA
power
JUR
law
MORT
death
SCHEM
plan
BENE
good
FUND/FOND/FOUND
bottom, depth, basis
DOC
teach
MIS/MIT
send
OMNI
ALL
STELL
star
SUR
above, beyond
TEST
witness
TRANS
across
VOL
wish, well
VIV
life
NEO
new
MIN
small
MAND
required, necessary
FAC
to do, to make