Roots For Sophomore Lit. B Flashcards by Clare Struck | Brainscape

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fug

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Flee

Examples: centrifuge, fugitive, refuge

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Gen

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Birth

Examples: generate, generation

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Grad

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Step

Examples: grade, gradual, graduation

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Gram

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Letter

Examples: diagram, grammar, monogram

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Grat

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Pleasing

Examples: congratulations, grateful

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Greg

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Gather

Examples: aggregate, congregation, gregarious

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Hab, hib

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Hold

Examples: exhibit, habit, habitat, prohibit

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Host, hosp

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Host

Examples: hospice, hospital, hospitality

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Hydr

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Water

Examples: dehydrate, hydrant, hydrogen

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Imag

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Like, LIKENESS

Examples: image, imaginary, imagination

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init

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Beginning

Examples: initial, initiate, initiative

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Junct

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Join

Examples: adjunct, conjunction, juncture

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Jud, jur, jus

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Law

Examples: judge, jury, justice

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Lab

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Work

Examples: collaborate, elaborate, labor

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Lat

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Carry

Examples: collate, relate, translate

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Log

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Word

Examples: apology, dialogue, eulogy

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Luc, lum

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Light

Examples: elucidate, lucid, illuminate

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Lust

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Shine

Examples: illustrate, illustrations, luster

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Mar

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Sea

Examples: marine, maritime, mariner

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Mem

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Mindful of

Examples: commemorate, memory, memorial, remember

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Merg, mers

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Dip

Examples: emerge, merge, merger

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Meter

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Measure

Examples: barometer, centimeter, diameter

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Migr

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Move

Examples: emigrate, immigrate, immigrant

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Mim

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Same

Examples: mime, mimic, pantomime

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Min

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Small

Examples: mini, minimize, minor

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Miss, mit

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Send

Examples: dismiss, missile, mission, remit

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Mob

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Move

Examples: automobile, mobile, mobilize

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Mort

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Death

Examples: immortal, mortal, mortician (Voldemort)

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Mut

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Change

Examples: commute, immutable, mutual, mutation

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Narr

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Tell

Examples: narrative, narrate, narrator

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Neo

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New

Examples: neonatal, neophyte, neoclassic

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Not

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Mark

Examples: denote, notable, notation, notice

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Noun, num

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Declare, state

Examples: announce, denounce, enunciate

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Nov

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New

Examples: innovative, nova, novel

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Onym

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Name

Examples: antonym, homonym, pseudonym

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Opt

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Eye, best

Examples: optic, optician, optical / optimal, optimist, optimize

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Ord

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Row, lined up

Examples: extraordinary, order, ordinary

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Path

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Feeling

Examples: antipathy, empathy, sympathy

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Pel

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Drive

Examples: compel, expel, propel, repel

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Pend

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Hang

Examples: append, appendix, pendulum

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Phon

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Sound

Examples: microphone, phonies, phonograph

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Phys

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Nature

Examples: physical, physician, physique

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Plex, plic

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Fold

Examples: complex, duplex, perplex, duplicate

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Plur

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More

Examples: plural, pluralism, plurality

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Pod

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Foot

Examples: podiatrist, podium, tripod

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Poli

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City

Examples: cosmopolitan, metropolis, police

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Pon, pos

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Place

Examples: exponent, opponent, deposit, position

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Pug

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Fight

Examples: pugnacious, pugilist, repugnant

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Pul

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Urge

Examples: compulsion, compulsory, repulse

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Quer, ques, quir

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Ask

Examples: query, inquiry, inquest

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Ras

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Scrape

Examples: abrasive, erase, rasp

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Rect

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Straight

Examples: correct, direct, direction

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Reg

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Guide

Examples: regal, regent, regulate

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Rid

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Laugh

Examples: deride, derisive, ridicule

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Rupt

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Break

Examples: abrupt, bankrupt, erupt, rupture

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San

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Health

Examples: insane, insanity, sane, sanitary

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Scend

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Climb

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Sci

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Know

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Scop

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See

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Scribe

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Script, write

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Sect

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Cut

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Sed

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Settle

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Sens, sent

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Feel