Word Roots Flashcards
A
without
Ab/Abs
off, away from, apart, down
Ac/Acr
sharp, bitter
Act/Ag
to do to drive, to force, to lead
Ad/Al
to , toward, near
Al/Ali/Alter
other, another
Am
love
Amb
to go, to walk
Amb/ Amph
around
amphitheater
AMb/Amph
both, more than one
ambiguous
Ante
Life, mind, soul, spirit
Anthro/ Andr
Man, human
Annu/ Enni
year
Anti
against
Apo
away
Apt/Ept
skill, fitness, ability
Arch/Archi
chief, principal
Archy
ruler
Art
skill, craft
Auc/Aug/Aux
to increase
Auto
self
Be
to be, to have a certain quality
Bel/Bell
war
Ben/Bon
good
Bi
twice, doubly
Bri/Brev
brief, short
Cad/Cid
to fall, to happen by chance
Cand
to burn
Cant/Cent/Chant
to sing
Cap/Cip/Cept
to take, to get
Cap/Capit/Cip
head, headlong
Card/Cord/Cour
heart
Carn
flesh
Cast/Chast
cut
Caust
to burn
Ced/Ceed/Cess
to go, to yield, to stop
Centr
center
Cern/Cert/Cret/Crim/Crit
to separate, to judge, to distinguish, to decide
Chron
time
Circu
around, on all sides
Cis
to cut
Cla/Clo/Clu
shut, close
Claim/Clam
to shout, to cry out
Cli
to learn toward
Co/Col/Com/Con
with, together
Crat/Cracy
to govern
Cre/Cresc/Cret
to grow
Cred
to believe, to trust
Cryp
hidden
Cub/Cumb
to lie down
Culp
blame
Cour/Cur
running, a course
De
away, off, down, completely, reversal
Dem
people
Di/Dia
apart, through
Dic/Dict/Dit
to say , to tell, to use words
Dign
worth
Dis/Dif
away from, apart, reversal, not
Dac/ Doc
to teach
Dog/Dox
opinion
Dol
suffer, pain
Don/Dot/Dow
to give
Dub
doubt
Duc/Duct
to lead
Dur
to lead
Dur
hard
Dys
faulty
Epi
upon
Equ
equal, even
Err
to wander
Esce
becoming
Eu
good, well
E/Ef/Ex
out, out of, from, former, completely
Extra
outside of, beyond
Fab/Fam
speak
Fac/Fic/Fig/Fait/Feit/Fy
to do, to make
Fer
to bring, to carry, to bear
Ferv/Ferm
to boil, to bubble, to burn
Fid
faith,trust
Fin
end
Flag/Flam
to burn
Flect/Flex
to bend
Flict
to strike
Flu/Flux
to flow
For
before
Fort
chance
Fra/Frac/Frag/Fring
to break
Fruit/Frug
fruit, produce
Fund/Found
bottom
Fus
to pour
Gen
birth, creation, race, kind
Gn/Gno
know
Grand
big
Grat
pleasing
Grav/Griev
heavy, serious
Greg
herd
Grad/Gress
to stop
Her/Hes
to stick
(H) etero
different
(H)on
same
Hyper
over, excessive
Hypo
under, beneath, less than
ID
one’s own
Im/In/Em/En
in, into
Im/In
not, without
Infra
beneath
Inter
between, among
Intra
within
Ject
to throw, to throw down
Join/Junct/Jug
to meet, to join
Jur
to swear
Lect/leg
to select, to choose
Lev
lift, light, rise
Loc/Log/Loqu
word, speech
Luc/Lum/Lus
light
Lud/Lus
to play
Lut/Lug/Luv
to wash
Mag/Maj/Max
big
Mal/Male
bad, ill, evil, wrong
Man
Hand
Mater/Matr
woman, mother
Min
small
Min
to project, to hang over
Mis/Mit
to send
Misc
mixed
Mon/Monit
to warn
Morph
shape
Mort/Mor
death
Mut
change
Nam/Nom/Noun/Nown/Nym
rule, order
Nat/Nas/Nai
to be born
Nec/Nic/Nox/Nai
harm, death
Nom/Nym/Noun/Nown
name
Nov/Neo/Nou
new
Nounc/Nunc
to announce
Ob/Oc/Of/Op
toward, to , against, completely
Omni
all
Pac/Peac
peace
Pan
all, everywhere
Par
equal
Para
next to, beside
Pas/Pat/Path
feeling, suffering, disease
Pater/Patr
father, support
Pau/Po/Pov/Pu
few, little, poor
Ped
child
Ped/Pod
foot
Pen/Pun
to pay, to compensate
Pend/Pens
to hang, to weigh, to pay
Per
completely, wrong
Peri
around
Pet/Pit
to go, to seek, to strive
Phil
love
Phone/Phony
sound
Plac
to please
Ple
to fill
Plex/Plic/Ply
to fold, to twist, to tangle, to bend
Pon/Pos/Pound
to put, to place
Port
to carry
Post
after
Pre
before
Prehen/Prise
to take, to get, to seize
Pro
much, for, a lot
Prob
to prove, to test
Pug
to fight
Punc/Pung/Point
to point, to prick
Que/Qui
to seek
Wui
quiet
Rid/Ris
to laugh
Rog
to ask
Sal/Sil/Sault/Sult
to leap, to jump
Sacr/Sanct/Secr
Scared
Sci
to know
Scribe/Scrip
to write
Se
apart
Sec/Sequ
to follow
Sed/Sess/Sid
to sit, to be still, to plan, to plot
Sens/Sent
to feel, to be
Sol
to loosen, to free
Spec/Spic/Spit
to look, to see
Sta/Sti
to stand, to be in a place
Sua
smooth
Sub/Sup
below
Super/Sur
above
Tac/Tic
to be silent
Tain/Ten/Tent/Tin
to hold
Tend/Tens/Tent/Tenu
to stretch, to thin
Theo
god
Tom
to cut
Tort
to twist
Tract
to drag, to pull, to draw
Trans
across
Us/Ut
to use
Ven/Vent
to come, to move toward
Ver
truth
Vers/Vert
to turn
Vi
life
Vid/Vis
to see
Voc/Vok
to call
Vol
to wish
