Roots Flashcards
AB
Off, away from apart, down
Ex. Abdicate, abduct, abhor, abject
A/AN
Not, without
ABLE/IBLE
Capable of, worthy of
Ex. Changeable, combustible, inevitable, presentable
AC/ACR
Sharp, bitter, sour
Ex. Acerbic, acid, acrimonious, acumen
ACT/AG
To do, to drive, to force, to lead
Ex. Agile, agitate, litigate, pedagogue (teacher)
ACOU
Hearing
Ex. Acoustic
AD
To, toward, near
Ex. Accede, adapt, addict, adhere
AL/ALI/ALTER
Other, another
Ex. Alias, alibi, alien, allegory, altruist
AM
Love
Ex. Amateur, amatory, amiable, inamorata
AMBI/AMPHI
Both, on both sides, around
Ex. Ambidextrous, ambient, ambiguous
AMBL/AMBUL
To go, to walk
Ex. Ambulance, ambulatory, perambulator, preamble
ANIM
Of the life, mind, soul, breath
Ex. Animal, animosity, equanimity, magnanimous, unanimous
ANNUI/ENNI
Year
Ex. Annals, anniversary, annual, perennial
ANT/ANTE
Before
Ex. Antebellum, antecedent, antedate, antediluvian
ANTHRO/ANDR
Man, human
Ex. Androgen, androgynous, anthropology, anthropocentric
ANTI
Against, opposite
Ex. Antibody, antidote, antipathy, antipodal, antiseptic
APO
Away
Ex. Apocalypse, apocryphal, apogee, apology, apostasy, apostle
AQUA/AQUE
Water
Ex. Aquamarine, aquarium, aquatic, aqueduct, subaqueous
ARCH/ARCHI/ARCHY
Chief, principal, ruler
Ex. Anarchy, archenemy, architect, monarchy, oligarchy
ARD
To burn
Ex. Ardent, ardor, arson
AUTO
Self
Ex. Autocrat, automatic, autonomy
BE
About, to make, to surround, to affect (often used to transform words into transitive verbs)
Ex. Belie, belittle, bemoan, bewilder
BEL/BELLE
Beautiful
Ex. Belle, embellish
BELL
War
Ex. Antebellum, belligerent, rebel
BEN/BENE
Good
Ex. Benediction, benefit, benevolent, benign
BI/BIN
Biennial, bilateral, bilingual, binocular, bipartisan, combination
BON/BOUN
Good, generous
Ex. Bona fide, bonus, bountiful
BREV/BRID
Short, small
Ex. Abbreviate, abridge, brevet, breviloquent, brevity, brief
BURS
Purse, money
Ex. Bursar, bursary, disburse, reimburse
CAD/CID
To fall, to happen by chance
Ex. Accident, cascade, coincidence, decadent, recidivist
CANT/CENT/CHANT
To sing
Ex. Accent, chant, enchant, incantation, incentive, recant
CAP/CIP/CEPT
To take, to get
Ex. Anticipate, capture, emancipate, percipient, precept, susceptible
CAP/CAPIT/CIPIT
Head, headlong
Ex. Capital, capitulate, caption, disciple, precipice, precipitate
CARD/CORD/COUR
Heart
Ex. Cardiac, concord, concordance, discord, encourage
CARN
Flesh
Ex. Carnage, carnival, carnivorous, incarnation, reincarnation
CAST/CHAST
To cut
Ex. Cast, caste, castigate, chaste, chastise
CAUS/CAUT
To burn
Ex. Caustic, cauterize, cautery, holocaust
CED/CEED/CESS
To go, to yield, to stop
Ex. Accede, antecedent, cessation, concede, incessant, predecessor
CELER
Speed
Ex. Accelerant, accelerate, celerity, decelerate
CERN/CERT/CRET/CRIM/CRIT
To separate, to judge, to distinguish, to decide
Ex. Ascertain, certitude, criterion, discreet, discrete, hypocrite
CHROM
Color
Ex. Chromatic, chrome, chromosome, monochromatic
CHRON
Time
Ex. Anachronism, chronic, chronology, chronometer, synchronize
CIRCU/CIRCUM
Around
Ex. Circuit, circuitous, circumference, circumspect, circumstances
CIS
To cut
Ex. Exorcise, incision, incisive, precise, scissors
CLA/CLO/CLU
To shut, to close
Ex. Claustrophobia, cloister, conclude, disclose, exclusive, preclude
CLAIM/CLAM
To shout, to cry out
Ex. Clamor, disclaim, exclaim, proclaim, reclaim
CLI
To lean forward
Ex. Climax, decline, disinclination, proclivity, recline
CO/COL/COM/CON
With, together
Ex. Coerce, collaborate, collide, commensurate, compatible, conciliate, connect
COGN/CONN
To know
Ex. Cognition, incognito, recognize
CONTRA/CONTRO/COUNTER
Against
Ex. Contradict, contrary, controversy, counterfeit, countermand, encounter
CORP/CORS
Body
Ex. Corporation, corps, corpse, corpulent, corset, incorporation
COSM
Order, universe, world
Ex. Cosmetic, cosmic, cosmology, cosmonaut, cosmopolitan, cosmos, microcosm
COUR/CUR
Running, a course
Concur, courier, curriculum, cursive, cursory, excursion, incursion
