FISH ROOTS Flashcards
(140 cards)
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Dog/Dox
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opinion, praise, 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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-ship
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state of being or skill, crafts manship, citizenship, championship
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An/Ana
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not or without, anarchy, antonym, anesthetic
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Meter
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measure, thermometer, speedometer,
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Esth
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feeling, anesthetic, paraesthesia
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Para
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beside, parasite, paraprofessional
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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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Embargo
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an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country
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Adept
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very skilled or proficient at something
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Ornate
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made in an intricate shape or decorated with complex patterns
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agon
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pain, struggle/ agony, protagonist
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culp
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blame, fault/ culpurit, culpable
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prot
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first, early/ prototype, protocol, protagonist
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photo
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light/ photo, graph, photosynthesis
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jur
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swear, oath, law/ jurisdiction, injure
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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, phillanthropy
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phob
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fear/acrophobia, claustrophobia
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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, cordination
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typ/e
print/prototype, typical
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hier/o
holy, scared/hieroglyphics,hierarchy
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fend
strike/defend, offend
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crac
government, rule/democracy, autocracy
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-dom
domain, territory/kingdom,boredom,freedom
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thes/thet
put or place/thesis, antithesis, paranthetic
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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, neighborhood
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ex
out/ export, exclude, experience
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ex
out/export,
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turb
disturb, bother/ turbulence, disturb
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asper
rough, harsh/ exasperated, aspersion
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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, artist
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dactly
finger/ pterodactyl, zygodactyl
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therap
treatment/ theraphy, hydrotheraphy
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cryo
cold, frost / cryotherapy, cryoanesthesia, cryopathy
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zygo
paired/ zygodactyl, zygomorphic
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ptero
wing, feather / pterodactyl, pteropod
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scope
see, view / telescope, microscope, macroscopic
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colla
glue, gelatin like (collage, collate, collagen)
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combus
burn up (combustion, incombustile)
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ciner
ash (incinerate, incinerator, cineary)
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cuss
strike shake ( concussion, percussion, reppercussions)
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di-
two, double, twice (dice, diameter, dialoouge)
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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 / cinematography, kinesiology
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gram
write/ grammatical, telegram
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-ic
like or related to / graphic, topic, cinematic
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echo
sound / echolocation, echocardiography
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locat
place/location , echolocation, relocation
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eo
dawn, early / eolith, eon
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lith / o
stone/ eolith, lithography, paleontology
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paleo
old, ancient/ paleolithic, paleontology
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sphere
ball, round, globe / hemisphere
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-ize
to make, to act/ dramatize, revolutionize, desensitize
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erg
work. energy, allergy, ergophobia
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metall
metal, mineral, mine / metallic, metalloid
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pyro
fire / pyrotechnics, promania, pyrogenetic
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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, glaciology
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-arium
place, container / aquarium, planetarium, terrarium
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con-
with/ connect , consensus , conclude
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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, hypobaropathy
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baro
pressure, weight / barometer, barophobia, hypobaropathy
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tum
swell, disturbance, uproar / tumor, tumult, tumid
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ec
out, outside, out of place / electric, eccentric, ecstatic, eclipse
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caust
fire, burn / holocaust, catacaustic, caustic
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-ary
belonging to, connected with / ovary, library, customary
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stas/stat
stand, set, firm / static, ecstacy, stasis
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narco
numbness, stupor, sleep, drugs / narcolopsy, narcosis, narcotics
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saur
lizard / dinosaur, tyrannosaur, pelycosaurs
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calypt
cover, hidden, concealed / eucalyptol, calyptra, calypter
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peps/pept
digest, digestion / dypepsies, autopepsia, eupeptic
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-ide
belonging to / azide, florize, peroxide
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-tude
state, condition / attitude, negritude
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ev
time, age / eventually, medieval, coeval
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medi
half, middle, between / medium, medieval
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terr
earth, land, ground / terrarium, terrain
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melan
black, dark / melancholy, melanastic
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mnem/mnes
mind, memory / mnemonics, mnemmovore
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lav
wash, clean / lavatory, lavashes
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purg
remove, get ride of, clean out / purge, purgatory
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magn
great, large / magnify, magnitude
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inter
between / internship, intercorse, inhume
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mor
custom, proper / moral, mortage
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moll
mild, soft / mollify, mollifier
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leps
take, seize / lepsy, fleps
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mania
intense craving, loss of reason / maniac, megalomania
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dont
teeth / orthodontist, dental
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ped
foot, child / pedal, pedratation
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ped
foot, child / pedal, pedratation
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oxy
sharp, pointed / oxygen, oxygenate, oxycodone
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re-
back, again / refer, reflex, reach
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pater
father / paternalism, paternalist
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-mony
result of / ceremony, antimony
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sus
up / suspension, suspicious, suspend
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pend/pens
hang, wiegh / dependent, pensee, aspens
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-ive
performing / supportive, excessive
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petro
rock, stone / petrologic, petroglyph
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-eum
that which/ place / petroleum, mausoleum
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sarco
flesh / sarcocarp, saarcology
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tomy
cut/ autotomy, colotomy
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port
carry / apportion, airport
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zo-
animal, living being / zoo, zonation, zoogenetic
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meta
beyond, after, change / metaphor, metabolic
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phys
nature, growth / phsyiology, metaphysic
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plac
calm, pleasing / complacent, placate
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pon
put, place / ponder, pongrid
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-ician
expert, specialist / electrician, esthetician
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typh
fog, stupor / typhoid, typhonic
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-oid
resembeling / android, carotenoid
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-ment
state , quality, act /disappointment, discouragement
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sec/sequ
to follow, order, sequence / sequence, secularize
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ob-
toward, against / obligation, observance
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pro-
before, forward / produce, pros-pone
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sub-
under, below / submarine, subway
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Demi-
part, half / demigod, demiurge
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-er
one who / teacher, user
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-ium
chemical element / Aluminum, Petroleum
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Surg
rise / surgery, surgeon
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Trauma
shock, wound, distress / traumatic
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Tachy
fast / tachycardia, tachymeter
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phras
speech / phrase (s)
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un-
not, opposite / undyed, unlikely
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-able
to do, to be / abatable, comfortable
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-acious
quality / voracious, copacious
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ten
hold / tenderfoot, tenebrific, tench
