fish root words Flashcards
(119 cards)
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Dog/Dox
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opinion, prais- orthodox, paradox
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ortho
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Straight, correct- orthodox, unorthodox, orthodontist
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Aco/u
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sharp - acute, acupuncture, accurate
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meter
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measure- thermometer, speedometer
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-ship
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state of being or skill- craftsmanship, citizenship, championship, relationship
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An/Ana
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not or without- anarchy,antonym,anesthetic
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Para
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beside- parasite,paraprofessional
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Esth
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feeling- anesthetic, paraesthesia
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Ology
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study of- biology, geology
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contra
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against, opposite,opposing- contrast, contradict, contraband, contraction
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agon
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pain,struggle/agong,protagonist
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culp
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blame, fault / culprit, culpable
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prot
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first, early / prototype, protocol, protagonist
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Jur
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swear, oath, law/jurisdiction, injure, conjure, jury
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photo
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light / photograph, photosynthesis
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spect
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look, regard/ inspect, respect, retrospect
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Phil
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love/ philosophy, philanthropy
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phob
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fear / acrophonia, clausrophobia
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fort
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strong/ fortify, comfort
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Dict
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say/ diction, dictator, contradict, predict
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action
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process, condition/celebration, coordination
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typ/e
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print / prototype, typical
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hier/o
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Holy, sacred/hieroglyphics, hierarchy
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fend
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strike/ defend, offend
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crac
government, rule/democracysutocracy
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-dom
domain, territory/ kingdom, boredom, freedom
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Thes/ Thet
put or place: thesis, antithesis, parenthetic
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sym/syn
with or together : symbolism, synonym
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anti
against or opposite: antibacterial, antiperspirant
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co
with, together, jointly/ coordinated, cooperation
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Iso
equal, isometric, isolation
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-hood
state, condition, quality/brotherhood, neihborhood
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Ex
out/ export, exclude, experience
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Turb
disturb bother, turbulence, disturb
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Asper
rough, harsh/ exasperated, aspersipn
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Dys/Dis
bad/disease, dystopian
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-Ible
able to be, capable/ audible, credible
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-Ist
someone who/dentist, artists
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dactyl
finger/zygodactyl, pterodactyl
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therap
treatment/ therapy, hydrotherapy, psychotherapy
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scope
see, view/ telescope, microscope, macroscopic
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cryo
cold, frost/cryotherapy, cryoanesthesia, cryopathy
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zygo
paired/ zygodactyl, zygomorphic
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petero
wing, feather, pterodactyl, pteropod
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cola
glue, gelatin, like/ collage, collnate, collegen,
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combus
burn up/ combustion, incierator, cinerary.
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cuss
strike, shake/concussion, percussion, repercussions
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Di
two double twice/dice dimeter, dialogue
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cephal
head, brain/encephalitis, microcephaly, cephalopods
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esia
action,process/anesthesia,amnesia
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cinemat/kin
motion, movement/cinematorgraphy, kinesiology
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gram
write/grammatical, telegram,grammer
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ic
like or related to/ graphic, topic,cinematic
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echo
sound / echolocation, echocardiography, echolocation
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Locat
Place/location echolocation, relocation
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Eo
dawn, early/ eolitheon
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Lith/o
stone/ eolith, lithography, paleolithic
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paleo
old, ancient/paleolithic, paleontology
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sphere
Ball,round,globe/ hemisphere, atmosphere
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-ize
to make, to act/ dramatize, revolutionize, desensitize
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Erg
work/ energy, alergy,ergophobia
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metall
metal, mineral, mine/ mentallic, metalloid
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Pyro
Fire/Pyrotechnics, pyromania, pyrotechnic
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En-
in, into/ entrance, envelope, enhance
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Eu-
good, well/ eulogy, euphoria euthanize
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Glac
ice/glacier, glaciation, glaiology
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Arium
place, container/aquarium, planetraium, terrarium
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con
with/connect, consensus, condvde,
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se
apart/ seperate, segregate, secret,
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Greg
group, flock, herd/congregation, segregate, gregarious
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Baro
pressure, weight,/ barometer, barophobia,(gravity), hypobaraphy
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Arium
place, container/aquarium, planetarium, terrarium
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con
with/connect, consensus, condude
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se
apart/ separate, segregate, secret
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Baro
pressure, weight/ barometer, barophobia, (gravity), hypnotherapy
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Tumi
swell, disturbance, uproar/tumor, tumultuous, tumult
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Ec
out, outside, out of place/ eclectic, eclipse, ecstatic, eccentric
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Caust
fire, burn/ holocaust, caustic, cauterize
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ary
belonging to connected with / dictionary, library, customary
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Stas / start
stand, set frim / static, ecstasy, stasis
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Narco
numbness, stupor, sleep, drug/ narcolesy, narcotics
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saur
lizard/ dinasaur, pterosaur
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calypt
cover, hidden, conceaded/ apocalypse, eucalyptus
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Peps/pept
digest, digestion/ dyspepsia, eupepsia
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-ide
belonging to/ fluoride, peroxide, coincide
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Tude
state/ condition, attatude, person felling demeanor
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EVE
time, age / revolution event
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Medi
half, middle, between/ Mediterranean, immediate, intermediate
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terr
Earth, land, ground/ territory
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melan
black, Dark/ melancholia, melanomas
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Mnem/mnes
mind, memory/ amnesia(forget something), mnemonie(remember)
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Lav
wash, clean/ lavish, lavender, labatory
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Purg
remove, get rid of, clean out/ purge, inpurity
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magn
great, large/ magnificent, magnitude, maganimous
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inter
between/ interstate, internation
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mor
custom, proper/ amoral
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moll
mild, soft/ mollify, mollusk, molluse
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leps
take, seize
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mania
intense craving loss of reason/ kleptomania, mania, maniacal
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Dont
teeth/ orthodontist, orthodontic
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ped
foot, child/tripod, pedestrain, pedestrian
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Oxy-
sharp, pointed/ oxyton, oxyacid
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RE-
back, again/ return, revert, resent
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-pater
father/ patermony
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-mony
result of/ matramony, testimony
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sus
up/ suspect, suspended
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-pend/pens
hang, weigh/ dependent, suspense
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Ive
preforming/ accumulative, abrasice, active
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petro
rock, stone/ petroleums, petrolhead
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-eum
that, which, place/ colosseum, gynacecum
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-sarco
flesh/sarcophagus
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-tomy
cut/ arthrotomy, cardiotomy
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-part
carry/ portable, important, import, export
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Zo
aminal, living, being/ zoo, zoologist, zooiac
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-meta
beyond, after, change/ metamorphists
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-phys
nature, growth/ phystic, physical
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plac
calm, pleasing/ implacable, camplacency
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pon
put, place/ postpon, proponet
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-ician
expert, specialist/ electrictian, mathematician, technician
