Word Roots 1 Flashcards
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A/AN - anonymous, atypical, anomaly
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not, without
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AB - abduct, abnormal, abolish
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off, away from, apart, down
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ABLE/IBLE - durable, inevitable
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capable of, worthy of
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AC/ACR: acid, acute
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sharp, bitter, sour
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AD - admire, adjacent
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to, toward, near
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AMBI/AMPHI - ambiguous, ambidextrous
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both, on both sides, around
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AMBL/AMBUL - amble, ambulance
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to go, to walk
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ANIM - animal, animate
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of the life, mind, soul, breath
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ANT/ANTE - ancient, antecedent
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before
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AQUA/AQUE - aquarium, subaqueous
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water
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AUTO - autograph, automatic
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self
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BELL - bellicose, belligerent
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war
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BEN/BENE - benefit, benevolent
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good
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BI/BIN - binomial, bilingual
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two
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BON/BOUN - bonus, bounty
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good, generous
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BREV/BRID - abbreviate, brevity
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short, small
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BURS - disburse, bursary
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purse, money
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CARD/CORD/COUR - cardiac, cordial
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heart
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CARN - carnal, incarnation
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flesh
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CAUS/CAUT - caustic, cauterize
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to burn
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CED/CEED/CESS - cessation, recede
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to go, yield, stop
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CELER - accelerant, celerity
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speed
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CENT - century, centennial
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hundred
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CHROM - monochromatic, chromosome
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color
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CHRON - chronic, synchronize
time
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CIRCU/CIRCUM - circumference, circumnavigate
around
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CO/COL/COM/CON - collaborate, compatible
with, together
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COGN/CONN - cognition, recognize
to know
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CONTRA/CONTRO/COUNTER - contradict, counterpart
against
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CORP/CORS - corporation, corpse
body
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COSM - cosmetic, cosmic
universe, world
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CRE/CRESC/CRET - accrue, increase
to grow
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CRED - accredit, creed
to believe, trust
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CRYPT - cryptic
hidden
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CUB/CUMB - incumate, succumb
to lie down
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CULP - culpable, culprit
fault, blame
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DE - descend, defame
away, off, down, completely, reversal
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DEXT - ambidextrous, dexterity
right hand, right side, skillful, fortunate
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DI - dial, diary
day
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DI/DIF/DIS - diagonal, dialogue
in two, through, across
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DIC/DICT/DIT - dictate, verdict
to say, tell, use words
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DOL - condolence, dolorous
to suffer, pain, grieve
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DORM - dormant, dormitory
to sleep
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DORS - dorsal, endorse
back
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DUC/DUCT - abduct, conduct
to lead
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DULC - dulcet
sweet
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DUR - durable, duration
hard, lasting
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E/EX - eradicate, exhale
out, from, former, completely
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EGO - egocentric
self
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EQU - equation, equilibrium
equal, even
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ERR - aberration, erratic
to wander
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EU - eulogy, euphemism
good, well
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FAL - fallacy, infallible
to err, deceive
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FATU - fatuous, infatuated
foolish
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FERV - fervent
to boil, bubble
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FI/FID - confide, fealty
faith, trust
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FLAGR/FLAM - flagrant, inflame
to burn
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FLECT/FLEX - deflect, flexible
to bend, turn
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FUG - fugitive, refuge
to flee, fly
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FUM - fume, perfume
smoke
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GEN - regenerate, genius
birth, creation, race, kind
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GNI/GNO - diagnose, recognize
to know
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GRAM/GRAPH - diagram, photograph
to write, to draw
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GREG - aggregate, gregarious
flock
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HAP - hapless, mishap
by chance
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HEMI - hemisphere
half
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HETERO - heterogeneous
different, other
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HOL - holistic, hologram
whole
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HOM - homeostasis, homonym
same
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HUM - humble, exhume
earth
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ICON - iconic, iconology
image, idol
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IN/IM - immoral, irrelevant
not, without
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IN/IM - illuminate, implicit
in, into
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INTER - interim, interloper
between, among
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INTRA - intramural, intravenous
inside, within
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IT/ITER - itinerant, ambition
way, journey
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JOC - jocular, jocund
joke
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JOIN/JUG/JUNCT - adjoin, conjugal
to meet, join
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JOUR - adjourn, journal
day
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JUD - judiciary, prejudice
judge
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JUR - jury, conjure
law, to swear
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JUV - juvenile, rejuvinate
young
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LANG/LING - language, linguistics
tongue
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LAUD - laud, cum laude
praise, honor
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LAV/LAU/LU - dilute, laundry
to wash
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LAX/LEAS/LES - lease, relax
loose
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LEC/LEG/LEX - dialect, lecture
to read, speak
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LEV - alleviate, levity
to lift, rise, light
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LI/LIG - ally, liason
to tie, to bind
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LIBER - liberal, deliver
free
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LITH - lithography, monolith
stone
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LOC/LOG/LOQU - circumlocution, prologue
word, speech, thought
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LUC/LUM/LUS - illuminate, lucid
light, brightness
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MACRO - macroscopic, macrobiotics
great, long
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MAG/MAJ/MAX - magnanimous, magnify
big, great
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MAL/MALE - malady, malicious
bad, ill, evil, wrong
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MAN/MANU - emancipate, manipulate
hand
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MAND/MEND - command, recommend
to command, order, entrust
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MEDI - immediate, mediocre
middle
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MEGA - megaphone, megalomania
large, great
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MICRO - microscope, micron
very small
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MIS - misanthrope, misinterpret
bad, wrong, to hate
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MOB/MOM/MOT/MOV - automobile, promote
to move
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MOLL - mollusk, mild
soft
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MON/MONO - monarchy, monologue
one
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MOR/MORT - immortal, morbid
death
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MULT - multiple
many
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MUT - commute, mutation
to change
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NAT/NAS/NAI/GNA - naive, natal
birth
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NAU/NAV - astronaut, nautical
ship, sailor
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NIHIL - annihilate
nothing, none
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NOC/NOX - innocent, obnoxious
harm
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NOCT/NOX - equinox, nocturnal
night
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NOM/NYM/NOUN/NOWN - anonymous, misnomer
name
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NON - nonconformist, nonpartisan
not
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NOV/NEO/NOU - innovate, novel
new
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NULL - annul, nullify
nothing
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OB - obese, obstruct
toward, to, against, over
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OMNI - omnipotent, omnipresent
all
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ONER - onerous, exonerate
burden
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OSS/OSTE - ossicle, ossify
bone
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PALP - palpitation, palpable
to feel
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PAN/PANT - pandemic, panorama
everyone, all
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PAS/PAT/PATH - compassion, sympathy
feeling, suffering, diease
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PEC - impecunious, peculation
money
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PED - encyclopedia, pediatrician
education, child
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PED/POD - impede, pedal
foot
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PEL - compel, expel
to drive, to push
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PEN/PENE - peninsula, penultimate
almost
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PERI - perimeter, periphery
around
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PHIL - philanthropy, philharmonic
love
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PHOB - phobia
fear
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PHON - antiphony, symphony
sound
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PLAC - complacent, placid
to please
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PLE/PLEN - accomplishment, plenty
to fill, full
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POLY - polynomial
many
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PORT - support, importance
to carry
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POST - posterity, posterior
behind, after
