Word Knowledge (Root Words) Flashcards
Root: Alter
Meaning: Other
Examples: alternative, alter ego
Root: ambi
Meaning: both
Examples: ambidextrous
Root: ami, amic
Meaning: Love
Examples: amiable
Root: amphi
Meaning: both ends, all sides
Examples: amphibian
Root: anthrop
Meaning: man, human, humanity
Examples: misanthrope, anthropologist
Root: apert
Meaning: open
Examples: aperture
Root: aqua
Meaning: Water
Examples: aqueduct, aquarium
Root: aud
Meaning: to hear
Examples: audience
Root: auto
Meaning: self
Examples: autobiography
Root: bell
Meaning: War
Examples: belligerent, bellicose
Root: bene
Meaning: good
Examples: benevolent
Root: bio
Meaning: Life
Examples: biology
Root: ced
Meaning: yield, go
Examples: secede, intercede
Root: cent
Meaning: one hundred
Examples: Century
Root: Chron
Meaning: Time
Examples: Chronological
Root: Circum
Meaning: Around
Examples: circumference
Root: Contra, counter
Meaning: against
Examples: contradict
Root: crac, crat
Meaning: ruler
Examples: autocrat, bureaucrat
Root: crypt
Meaning: hidden
Examples: cryptogram, cryptic
Root: curr, curs, cours
Meaning: to run
Examples: precursory
Root: dict
Meaning: to say
Examples: dictator, dictation
Root: Dyna
Meaning: Power
Examples: dynamic
Root: dys
Meaning: bad, hard, unlucky
Examples: dysfunctional
Root: equ
Meaning: Equal, even
Examples: equanimity
Root: fac
Meaning: to make, to do
Examples: factory
Root: form
Meaning: Shape
Examples: reform, conform
Root: fract
Meaning: to break
Examples: fracture
Root: fort
Meaning: Strength
Examples: fortitude
Root: grad, gress
Meaning: step
Examples: Progression
Root: gram
Meaning: thing written
Examples: epigram
Root: graph
Meaning: writing
Examples: graphic
Root: hetero
Meaning: different
Examples: heterogeneous
Root: homo
Meaning: Same
Examples: homogeneous
Root: hypo
Meaning: below, beneath
Examples: hypothermia
Root: iso
Meaning: identical
Examples: isolate
Root: ject
Meaning: throw
Meaning: projection
Root: logy
Meaning: study of
Examples: biology
Root: luc
Meaning: light
Examples: elucidate
Root: mal
Meaning: bad
Examples: malevolent
Root: meta, met
Meaning: behind, between
Examples: metacognition
Root: micro
Meaning: small
Examples: mircobe
Root: mis, miso
Meaning: hate
Examples: Misanthrope
Root: mit
Meaning: to send
Examples: Transmit
Root: mono
Meaning: one
Examples: monologue
Root: morph
Meaning: shape, form
Examples: morphology
Root: Mori
Meaning: death
Examples: mortal
Root: multi
Meaning: many
Examples: multiple
Root: phil
Meaning: love
Examples: philanthropist
Root: port
Meaning: to carry
Examples: transportation
Root: pseudo
Meaning: false
Examples: pseudonym
Root: psycho
Meaning: soul, spirit
Examples: psychic
Root: rupt
Meaning: to break
Examples: disruption
Root: scope
Meaning: viewing instrument
Examples: mircoscope
Root: scrib, scribe
Meaning: to write
Examples: inscription
Root: sect, sec
Meaning: to cut
Examples: section
Root: sequ, secu
Meaning: follow
Examples: consecutive
Root: soph
Meaning: wisdom, knowledge
Examples: philosphy
Root: spect
Meaning: to look
Examples: inspect
Root: tele
Meaning: far off
Examples: telephone
Root: Terr
Meaning: earth
Examples: terrestrial
Root: therm
Meaning: heat
Examples: thermal
Root: vent, vene
Meaning: to come
Examples: convene
Root: vert
Meaning: turn
Examples: vertigo