Word Roots Flashcards
ag, act
do, act
am
friend, love
bas
low; as debase, basement
cap, capt, cept
take, hold; as capable, captive, intercept
ced, cess
yield, go; as cede, procession
cred
believe; as incredible, credentials
curr, curs
run; as current, cursory
dic, dict
speak, say; as indicate, contradict
duc, duct
lead; as induce, ductile
fac, fact, fect, fic
make, do; as facile, factory, infection, fiction
fer
bear, carry; as fertile, confer
fort
strong; as fortify
gen
kind, race, birth; as generate, generic, generation
ject
throw; as inject, projection
loc
place; as dislocate, local
man
hand; as manufacture; manual
mit, miss
send; as admit, submission
mort
death; as immortality, mortal
mult
many; as multitude, multifarious
mut
change; as mutation, transmute, immutable
nat
born; as natal, innate
plic
fold, bend; as complicate, implicate
pon, pos
place, put; as component, compose
port
carry, bring; as porter, import