Word Roots for NSB

Question 1

not

Latin, Greek

Answer 1

a-, an-

achromatic, asexual, ahistorical

Question 2

away

Answer 2

ap-, apo- (Greek)
ab- (Latin)

abnormal, apostasy

Question 3

mite

Greek

Answer 3

acar-

Question 4

high

Greek

Answer 4

acro-

Question 5

to hear

Greek

Answer 5

acou-, acoust-

acoustic

Question 6

to

Latin

Answer 6

ac-, ad-, af-, ag-, al-, am-, an-, ap-, as-, at-

adduce

Question 7

act

French

Answer 7

-ade

colonnade

Question 8

gland

Greek

Answer 8

aden-

lymphaden

Question 9

wind

Answer 9

aeol-, eol-, anem-, anemo-, vent- (Greek)

Question 10

air

Greek

Answer 10

aer-

aerate

Question 11

collection, action

Middle English, French

Answer 11

-age

agiotage

Question 12

leading

Greek

Answer 12

-agogue

synagogue

Question 13

the

Arabic

Answer 13

al-

almude

Question 14

noun pluralizer

Latin

Answer 14

-alia

Bacchanalia

Question 15

pain

Greek

Answer 15

-algia, -odynia

nostalgia

Question 16

different, other

Greek

Answer 16

all-, allo-

allochroous

Question 17

both

Answer 17

amphi- (Greek)
ambi- (Latin)

ambivalence, amphitoky

Question 18

starch

Greek

Answer 18

amyl-

amyliferous

Question 19

up, back, again

Greek

Answer 19

ana-

anacrotism

Question 20

man

Greek

Answer 20

andr-, homin-

androgynous

Question 21

unequal

Greek

Answer 21

anis-, aniso-

aniseikonia

Question 22

blood vessel

Greek

Answer 22

angi-

angiomatosis

Question 23

before, front

Latin

Answer 23

ante-, ant-

anteclypeus

Question 24

flower

Greek

Answer 24

anth-

anthemis

Question 25

coal, carbon

Greek

Answer 25

anthrac-

anthracite

Question 26

human

Greek

Answer 26

anthropo-, homin-

anthropology

Question 27

against, alternating

Latin

Answer 27

anti-

antibourgeois

Question 28

water

Latin

Answer 28

aqua-

aquifer

Question 29

primitive, original

Greek

Answer 29

arch-, arche-, archi-

archetype

Question 30

government

Greek

Answer 30

-archy

monarchy

Question 31

silver

Answer 31

argyr- (Greek)
argent- (Latin)

argyrodite

Question 32

joint

Greek

Answer 32

arthr-, arthro-

arthritis

Question 33

star

Greek

Answer 33

aster-, astr-

asteroid

Question 34

an inferior or defective one

Answer 34

-aster (Greek)
stell-, sider- (Latin)

philosophaster

Question 35

having, office

Latin

Answer 35

-ate

diaconate

Question 36

action, process

Latin

Answer 36

-ation, -tion

authorization

Question 37

gold

Latin

Answer 37

aur-

aurelia

Question 38

self

Greek

Answer 38

aut-, auto-

autograph

Question 39

to increase

Greek

Answer 39

aux-

auxiliary