Word Roots 3 Flashcards by Paige Bowerman | Brainscape

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MEGA - megaphone, megalopolis

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large, great

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MICRO - microscope

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very small

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MIS - misanthrope, misinterpret

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bad, wrong, to hate

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MOB/MOM/MOT/MOV - automobile, promote

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to move

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MOLL - mollusk, mild

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soft

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MON/MONO - monarchy, monologue

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one

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MOR/MORT - immortal, morbid

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death

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MULT - multiple

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many

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MUT - commute, mutation

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to change

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NAT/NAS/NAI/GNA - naive, natal

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birth

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NAU/NAV - astronaut, nautical

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ship, sailor

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NIHIL - annihilate

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nothing, none

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NOC/NOX - innocent, obnoxious

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harm

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NOCT/NOX - equinox, nocturnal

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night

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NOM/NYM/NOUN/NOWN - anonymous, misnomer

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name

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NON - nonconformist, nonpartisan

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not

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NOV/NEO/NOU - innovate, novel

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new

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NULL - annul, nullify

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nothing

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OB - obese, obstruct

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toward, to, against, over

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OMNI - omnipotent, omnipresent

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all

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ONER - onerous, exonerate

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burden

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OSS/OSTE - ossicle, ossify

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bone

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PALP - palpitation, palpable

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to feel

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PAN/PANT - pandemic, panorama

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everyone, all

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PAS/PAT/PATH - compassion, sympathy

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feeling, suffering, disease

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PEC - impecunious, peculation

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money

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PED - encyclopedia, pediatrician

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education, child

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PED/POD - impede, pedal

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foot

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PEL - compel, expel

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to drive, push

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PEN/PENE - peninsula, penultimate

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almost

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PERI - perimeter, periphery

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around

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PHIL - philanthropy, philharmonic

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love

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PHOB - phobia

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fear

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PHON - antiphony, symphony

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sound

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PLAC - complacent, placid

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to please

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PLE/PLEN - accomplishment, plenty

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to fill, full

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POLY - polynomial

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many

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PORT - support, importance

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to carry

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POST - posterity, posterior

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behind, after

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POT - potion

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to drink

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PRE - preamble, premonition

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before, in front

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PRI/PRIM - primary, primitive

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first

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PRO - proceed, protest

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in front, before, much, for

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PROP/PROX - protagonist, prototype

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first

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PSEUD/PSEUDO - pseudonym

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false

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PUG - impugn, repugnant

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to fight

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PUNC/PUNG/POIN - punctual, puncture

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to point, prick, pierce

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PYR - pyromania

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fire

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QUAD/QUAR/QUAT - quadrant, quarter

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four

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QUIE/QUIT - acquit, tranquil

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quiet, rest