Word Roots D-G Flashcards
DICT/DIC/DIT
To say, to tell, to use words
dictionary, dictate, predict, verdict
DEM
People
democracy, epidemic, demographics
DOG/DOX
Opinion
orthodox, paradox, dogma
DOL
Suffer, pain
condolence, indolence, doleful
DUB
Doubt
dubious, dubiety
DYS
Faulty
dysfunction, dystopia, dyslexia
EQU
Equal, even
equation, adequate, equity
ESCE
Becoming
adolescent, luminescent, reminiscent
EU
Good, well
euphoria, eulogy
EXTRA
Outside of, beyond
extraordinary, extraneous, extrapolate
FID
Faith, trust
confine, confident, confidant
FIN
End
final, finale, define
FORE
Before
foresight, foreshadow, forestall
FRA/ FRAC/ FRAG/ FRING
To break
fracture, fraction, fragment, fragile
GEN
Birth, creation, race, kind
generous, generate, genetics
GN/GNO
Know
ignore, recognize, incognito
GRAND
Big
grand, grandeur