Word Root Flashcards by Citta Pramono

Animal
Animate
Unanimous
Animosity
Magnanimous

Anim: of the life, mind, soul, spirit

Animal: a living thing
Animate: to bring to life
Unanimous: in complete agreement
Animosity: a feeling of ill will
Magnanimous: in forgiving an insult or injury

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Amoral
Atheust
Atypical
Anonymous
Apathy

A: without

Amoral: Neither moral not immoral
Atheist: One who does not believe in God
Atypical: Not typical
Anonymous: Of unknown authorship or origin
Apathy: Lack of interest or emotion

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Ambient
Amble
Preamble
Ambassador
Ambulance

Amb: to go, to walk

Ambient: moving freely, circulating
Amble: to walk slowly and easily
Preamble: a statement made before something begins
Ambassador: a messenger or representative
Ambulance: a wheeled vehicle equipped for carrying sick people

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Benefit
Benign
Benediction
Benevolent
Bonus

Ben/Bon: good

Benefit: anything advantageous to a person or thing
Benign: having a kindly disposition
Benediction: act of uttering a blessing
Benevolent: desiring to do good to others
Bonus: something given over and above what is due

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Bicycle
Binoculars
Biennial
Bilingual
Bipartisan

Bi: twice, double

Bicycle: a two-wheeled vehicle
Binoculars: involving two eyes
Biennial: happening every two years
Bilingual: able to speak two languages
Bipartisan: representing two parties

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Circumference
Circumstances
Circuit
Circumambulate
Circuitous

Circu: around, on all sides

Circumference: the outer boundary of a circular area
Circumstances: the conditions surrounding and affecting a situation
Circuit: the act of going or moving around
Circumambulate: to walk about or around
Circuitous: roundabout, indirect

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Scissors
Precise
Exorcise
Incision
Incisive

Cis: to cut

Scissors: cutting instrument for paprr
Precise: definifely stated or defined
Exorcise: to seek to expel an evil spirit by ceremony
Incision: a cut, gash
Incisive: penetrating, cutting

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Incredible
Credentials
Credo
Credulous
Credit

Cred: to believe, to trust

Incredible: unbelievable
Credentials: anything that provides the basis for belief
Credo: belief or beliefs that guide a person’s behavior
Credulous: willing to believe or trust too quickly
Credit: trustworthiness

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Depart
Deferential
Delete
Deleterious
Desist

De: down, out, apart

Deferential: respectful, yielding to judgement
Delete: to remove from something such as a document
Deleterious: having a harmful effect
Desist: to stand down, to cease

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Aberration
Err
Error
Erratic
Errant

Err: to wander

Aberration: a deviation from the norm
Err: to go astray in thought or belief, to be mistaken
Error: a deviation from accuracy or correctness
Erratic: deviating from the proper or usual course
Errant: wandering

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Euphemism
Eulogy
Euthanasia
Euphony

Eu: good, well

Euphemism: pleasant-sounding term for something unpleasant
Eulogy: speech or writing in praise or commendation
Euthanasia: killing a person painessly, usually one who has an incurable, painful disease
Euphony: pleasantness of sound

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Extreme
Extraordinary
Extract
Extrasensory
Extrapolate

Extra: outside, beyond

Extreme: large in size or effect
Extraordinary: beyond the ordinary
Extract: to take out
Extrasensory: derived by means beyond the known senses
Extrapolate: to estimate (unknown information) from known data

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Foreboding
Forecast
Foresight
Foreshadow
Forestall

Fore: before

Foreboding: a feeling that something bad will happen
Forecast: a prediction of a future event, such as the weather
Foresight: the ability to anticipate and plan future events
Foreshadow: a hint at a future event
Forestall: to prevent by advance action

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Genetics
Gender
Carcinogenic
Congenital
Progeny

Gen: birth, creation, race, kind

Genetics: study of heredity
Gender: clasification roughly corresponding to the two sexes
Carcinogenic: producing cancer
Congenital: existing or as such from birth
Progeny: offspring, descendants

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Inactive
Inconsequential
Inevitable
Indigent
Intrepid

In: not, without

Inactive: no active
Inconsequential: unimportant, without consequences
Inevitable: not avoidable, will surely happen
Indigent: lacking money or resources
Intrepid: without fear

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Commute
Mutation
Transmutation
Permutation
Immutable

Mut: change

Commute: to substitute, exchange, interchange
Mutation: the process of being changed
Transmutation: the act of changing from one form into another
Permutation: a complete change, transformation
Immutable: unchangeable, invariable

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Synonym
Anonymous
Nominal
Nominate
Pseudonym

Nom/Nym: name

Synonym: a word having a meaning similsr to that of another word of the same language
Anonymous: having an unknown name
Nominal: existing in name only, negligible
Nominate: to propose by name as a candidate
Pseudonym: a false name

Omnibus
Omnipresent
Omnipotent
Omniscient
Omnivorous

Omni: all

Omnibus: an anthology of the works of one another or of writings on related subjects
Omnipresent: everywhere at one time
Omnipotent: all powerful
Omniscient: having infinite knowledge
Omnivorous: eating both vegetables and meat

Manual
Manufacture
Emancipate
Manifest
Manuscript

Man: hand

Manual: operated by hand
Manufacture: to make by hand or machinery
Emancipate: to free from bondage
Manifest: easily oerceived by the senses
Manuscript: a document written by hand or typed, rather than printed

Malicious
Malign
Malady
Maladroit
Malidorous

Mal: bad, ill, evil, wrong

Malicious: full of or showing malice
Malign: to soeak harmful untruths about, to slander
Malady: a disorder or disease of the body
Maladroit: clumsy, tactless
Malodorous: bad-smelling

Minute
Minutiae
Miniature
Diminish
Diminutive

Min: small

Minute: a unit of time ewual to one-sixtieth of an hour, or sixty seconds
Minutiae: small or trivial details
Miniature: a copy or model that represents something in great reduced size
Diminish: to lessen
Diminutive: very small in size or stature

Transmit
Emissary
Intermittent
Missive
Remission

Mis/Mit: to send

Transmit: to send from one person, thing, or place to another
Emissary: a messenger or agent sent to represent the interests of another
Intermittent: stopping and starting at intervals
Missive: a message or letter
Remission: a lessening of intensity or degree

Mortal
Immortal
Morbid
Moribund
Mortician

Mort: death

Mortal: deadly
Immortal: not subject to death
Morbid: susceptible fo preoccupation with unwholesome matters
Moribund: dying, decaying
Mortician: an undertaker, one who takes care of the dead

Panorama
Panacea
Panegyric
Panoply
Pandemic

Pan: all, everyone

Panorama: an unobstructed and wide view of an extensive area
Panacea: a cure-all
Panegyric: formal or elaborate praise at an assembly
Panoply: a wide-ranging and impressive arrray or display
Pandemic: a widespread disease

``` Placid Placebo Placate Implacable Complacent ```

Plac: to please ``` Placid: pleasantly calm or peaceful Placebo: a substance with no pharmacological effect which acts to placate a patient who believes it to be a medicine Placate: to sooth or calm Implacable: unable to be pleased Complacent: self-satisfied, unconcerned ```

``` Import Export Portable Deportment Importune ```

Port: to carry Import: to bring in form a foreign country Export: to transmit abroad Portable: easily carried Deportment: conduct, behavior Importune: to urge or press with excessive persistence

``` Predict Precarious Precocious Premonition Presentiment ```

Pre: before Predict: to foresee Precarious: dependent on circumstances beyond one's control Precocious: unusually mature in talent Premonition: a feeling of anticipation over a future event Presentinent: foreboding

``` Quiet Disquiet Tranquil Acquiesce Quiescence ```

Qui: quiet ``` Quiet: making little or no sound Disquiet: lack of calm or peace Tranquil: free from commotion or turmoil Acquiesce: to comply, give in Quiescence: the condition of being at rest, still, inactive ```

``` Interrogate Arrogant Abrogate Surrogate Derogatory ```

Rog: to ask Interrogate: to ask questions of, esp, formally Arrogant: making claims to superior importance or rights Abrogate: to abolish by formal means Surrogate: a person who acts for another Derogatory: belittling, disparaging

``` Sacred Sacrifice Sanctify Sanction Sacrilege ```

Sacr/Sanct: sacred Sacred: devoted or dedicated to a deity or religious purpose Sacrifice: the offering of some living or inanimate thing to a deity in homage Sanctity: to make holy Sanction: authoritative approval Sacrilege: the violation of anything sacred

``` Conscious Conscience Unconscionable Omniscient Prescient ```

Sci: to know Conscious: aware of one's existenxe Conscience: the inner sense of what is right or wrong, impelling one toward right action Unconscionable: unscrupulous Omniscient: knowing everything Prescient: having knowledge of things before they happen

``` Scribble Describe Script Postscript Circumscribe ```

Scribe/scrip: to write ``` Scribble: to write hastily or carelessly Describe: to tell or depict in words Script: handwriting Postscript: any addition or supplement Circumscribe: to draw a line around ```

``` Select Separate Segregate Secede Sequester ```

Se: apart Select: to chiose in preference to another Separate: to keep apart, divide Segregate: to separate from others Secede: to withdraw formally from an association Sequester: to remove or withdraw into solitude or retirement

``` Sensory Sentiment Presentiment Dissent Resent ```

Sens/Sent: to feel, to think ``` Sensory: pertaining to the senses Sentiment: an attitude toward something Presentiment: a feeling that something is about to happen Dissent: to differ in opinion Resent: to feel or show displeasure ```

``` Supervise Surpass Supercilious Superfluous Surmont ```

Super/Sur: above Supervise: to oversee Surpass: to go beyond in amount or degree Supercilious: arrogant, haughty, condenscending Superfluous: extra, more than necessary Surmount: to get over or across, to prevail Surplus: excess, remainder

``` Static Destitute Obstinate Constitute Stasis ```

Static: staying in one place Destitute: without means of subsistence Obstinate: stubbornly sticking to a purpose, opinion, or course of action Constitute: to make up Stasis: the state of equilibrium or inactivity caused by opposing equal forces

``` Submissive Subsidiary Subliminal Subtle Subterfuge ```

Sub: under, below Submissive: inclined or ready to submit Subsidiary: serving to assist or supplement Subliminal: operating below one's consciousness Subtle: thin, tenuous or rarefied Subterfuge: an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule

Atheist Theocracy Theology Apotheosis

Theo: god Atheist: one who does not believe in a deity or divine system Theocracy: a form of government in which a deity is recognized as the supreme ruler Theology: the study of divine things and the divine faith Apotheosis: glorification, glorified ideal

``` Transport Transaction Transparent Transgress Transcendent ```

Trans: across, over, through, beyond Transport: to carry Transaction: the act of exchanging money, goods, or services Transparent: easily seen through Transgress: to violate or cross a law or code Transcendent: going beyond ordinary limits

``` Verdict Veracious Verity Verismilitude Aver ```

Ver: truth ``` Verdict: any judgement or decision Veracious: habitually truthful Verify: truthfulness Verisimilitude: the appearance of truth Aver: to affirm, to declare to be true ```