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