Roots Flashcards
Am
Friend,love; as amity, amorous
Bas
Low; as debase, basement
Cap, capt, crept
Take, hold; as capable, captive, intercept
Ced, cess
Yield, go ; as cede, procession
Cred
Believe; as incredible, credentials
Cure, curs
Run; as current, cursory
dic, dict
Speak, say as indicate, contradict
fac, fact, fect, fic
Make, do; as facile, factory, infection, fiction
fer
Bear, carry; as fertile, confer
Fort
Strong; as fortitude, forty
Gen
Kind, race, birth; as generate, generic, generation
ject
Throw; as inject, projection
loc
Place, as dislocate, local
man
Hand; as manufacture, manual
mit, miss
Send; as admit, submission
mort
Death; as immortality or immortal
Mult
Many; as multitude, multifarious
Mut
Change; as mutation, transmute, immutable
Nat
Born; as natal, innate
plic
Fold, bend; as complicate, implicate
pon, pos
Place, put ; as component, compose
port
Carry, bring; as porter, import
Scribe, script
Write; as in describe, prescription
sequ, secut
Follow; as sequel, consecutive