Root Words Flashcards

(40 cards)

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Miss/Mutt

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To Send

Commissioner, Transmit, Missile, Submissive

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Foli

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Leaf

Exfoliate, Foliage, Portfolio, Foliation, Folio

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Manu

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Hand

Manufacture, Manicure, Manual, Manifest

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Mal

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Bad

Malevolent, Malicious, Malaria, Malignant

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Gen

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Birth/Origin

Generous, Genius, Genesis, Oxygen

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Geo/Terr

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Earth

Terrestrial, Geology, Terrace, Geography

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Ped/Pod

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Foot

Pedestal, Centipede, Pedal, Pedicure

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Astr/Stell

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Star

Astronomy, Asteroid, Stellar, Constellation

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Chron/Temp

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Time

Chronicles, Temporary, Contemporary, Tempo

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Aqua/Hydra

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Water

Aquatic, Aquarium, Hydrogen, Hydraulic

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Mob/Mot

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Move

Commotion, Remote, Promote, Automobile

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Cap

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Head

Decapitate, Cape, Cap, Captain, Capital

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Mater/Pater

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Mother/Father

Patron, Pattern, Maternity, Paternity

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Bene/Bon

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Good

Beneficial, Benevolent, Bonus, Bonanza

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Ject/Jet

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Throw

Injection, Subject, Jet, Eject, Projectile

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Flam/Pyro

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Fire

Flammable, Inflammatory, Pyrite, Pyrex

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Prim/Prin/Proto

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First

Principle, Primer, Primeval, Prince, Protagonist, Primary, Primal, Protozoan

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Roto/Volv

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Turn

Revolution, Vault, Rotate, Involvement

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Cor

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Heart

Accord, Courage, Cordial, Encourage

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Rect/Reg

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King

Regal, Regalia, Rector, Royalty, Reign

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Mono/Uni

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One

Monastery, Monotone, Unison, Unicorn

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Bi/Du

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Two

Bicep, Bicycle, Bifocal, Dual, Duplicate

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Tri

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Three

Triangle, Tricycle, Triceratops

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Quad

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Four

Quadrilateral, Quadratic, Quadrant

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Quint/Pent
Five Quintuplets, Pentagon, Pentecost
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Dec
Ten Decagon, Decimal, Decade
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Cent
Hundred Century, Cent, Centurial
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Spec/Spic
Look Spectacle, Retrospect, Spectrum, Suspicious
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Graph/Gram
Write Autobiography, Grammar, Paragraph
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Carn/Corp
Flesh/Body Carnage, Carnivore, Corpse, Reincarnation
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Curr/Curs/Cours
Run Current, Curriculum, Courier, Cursive, Courser, Cursory, Occur, Recur, Currency
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Arch
Ruler Monarch, Anarchy, Archive, Heirarchy
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Cycl/Orb
Roundness Cycle, Cyclone, Encyclopedia, Orb, Orbit
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Min
Small Mince, Miniature, Minimum, Minuet, Minister
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Phon
Sound Euphony, Symphone, Phone, Phonics
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Anthro/Homo/Hum
Man Homage, Homicide, Human, Humanitarian, Hombre, Anthropoid
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Dict
Speak Dictionary, Diction, Predict, Verdict, Dictum
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Port
Carry Portal, Export, Deportation, Portable
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Sym/Syn
Together/Same Sympathy, Symptom, Synonym, Symbiosis
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Phil
Love Philosophy, Philander, Philharmonic