ROOTS Flashcards
(120 cards)
1
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coola
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glue(callage)
2
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combus
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burn up, blow up( incombustible)
3
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ciner
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ash(incinerate)
4
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cuss
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strike,shake(percussion,concussion)
5
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di-
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two, twice(dice)
6
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cephal
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head, brain ( cophalopods)
7
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-esia
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a process(anesthesia)
8
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cinamato/kin
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movement(cinematography)
kinesiology
9
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gram
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write(telegram)
10
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-ic
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like or related to (dramatic)
11
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echo
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sound(echolocation)
12
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locat
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place(echolocation)
13
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eo
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early,dawn(eolith)
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lith/o
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stone(lithograph)
15
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paleo
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old,ancient(paleolithic)
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sphere
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ball, round (hemisphere)
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-ize
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to make, to act (synthesize. energize, polarize)
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erg
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work (energize)
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metall
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metal mine (metallic)
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pyro
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fire (pyrotecknics)
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en
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into (entrance)
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eu
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good,well (eulogy)
23
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glac
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ice(glacier)
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-arium
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place(aquarium)
25
con
with, together (conquince)
26
se
apart(segragation, seperate)
27
greg
herd flock,group(congretion)
28
baro
presher(barometer)
29
tum
swelling (tumor)
30
EC
out( eccentric)
31
caust
burn( holocaust)
32
-ary
belonging to (dictionary, statinary)
33
stas/stat
standing still, not moveing/ changeing (statinary)
34
narco
numbness, stupor (narcolepsy, narcotic)
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saur
lizard( dinosaur, ptrosaus
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calypt
hidden, covered( eucalyptus)
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peps/pept
digest(dyspepsia, peptic)
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-ide
belonging to (peroxide, dioxide)
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- tude
state,condition (atitude, attitude)
40
ev
time, age (evelution, revolution)
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medi
half, middle,between (median, meditrranian
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terr
earth, land (terrain,mediterraniean )
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melan
blank, dark, (melancholy)
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mnem, mnes
mind, memory (amnesia)
45
lav
wash, bathe (lavatory)
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purg
wipe out,clean out (purgatory)
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magni
great, large (magnify)
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inter-
between,middle (intersection)
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mor
dumb, unintelligent (moron,Morbid)
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moll
soft, soothing( mollify, emolient
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leps
take, seize ( narcolepsy, epilepsy)
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mania
intence crazeing, loss of reason (monominiacal, kleptomaniac)
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dont
teeth (orthodontist)
54
ped
child or foot (pediatrition, pedestrian)
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oxy
sharp, intence (oxymoron, oxygen)
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Re-
backward, again( remind, rewind, rebound)
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pater
father(paternal, patriarch)
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-mony
rusult of (harmony, matrimony)
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sus
up (suspend, suspense)
60
pend/pens
hang, weigh (pendent, exspendsive, pendulum)
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-ive
performing (creative, sensitive )
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petro
rock, stone (petrified, petroleum)
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-eum
that which, place (coliseum, museum
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sarco
flesh (sarcophagus)
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tomy
cut (anatomy)
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port
carry (transport, export, airport)
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Zo-
animal, liveing being (zoooligest )
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meta
beyond, change ( metaphor,metamorphosis)
69
phys
nature, growth (physical, physician)
70
plac
clam, pleasing (placid, placebo)
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pon
put, place (ponder, postpone)
72
-ician
exspert, specialist (physician, musician )
73
typh
fog, stupor(typhoon)
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-oid
resembleing (android, paanoid )
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ment
state,quality, act (treatment, statement )
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sec/sequ
order to follow (sequence, sequel)
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ob-
toward, against( observe, obscene)
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pro-
befor, forward( profit, prohibit, process)
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sub
under, below(submerge, substitute)
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demi-
half, part (demigod, demicircle)
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-er
one who (teacher, player, painter)
82
-ium
chemical element (helium, lithium)
83
post
after , behind (postpone, postseason )
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surg
rise (surgry, surgen )
85
trauma
shock, wound, distress (tramatic, traumatize)
86
tachy
fast (tachyphrasia, tachycardia )
87
phras
speech (paraphrase)
88
un-
not, oppsit (unstable , unable )
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-able
to do, to be ( capable, unable, stable )
90
-acious
quality( voracous, gracious)
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ten
hold( attention, tenacious, tendon)
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trud/trus
thrust (intruder, trusted, protrued )
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append
supplement (appendage, appendix)
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fug
flee, run (fugitive, refuge, refuge )
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verm
worm (vermin, vermicide)
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vor
eat(voratious, carnivore)
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elast
exspansive,strechy( elastic, viscoelastisity)
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visc
sticky (visocelastic, viscosity )
99
Xylo
wood (xylographing, xylophone)
100
am/amor
love, like,fondness (inamored)
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anni/annu
year(annual, anniversary )
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sed/sess/sid
sit( sediment, session, president, possession)
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ag
do,move, go (agitated, agreement)
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vale/vali/valu
strength, worth (valiant, equivalent, value, evaluate)
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simil/ simul
like, resembleing (similiar)
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solv,solu
lossen, ( solve, solution, resolution )
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soph
wise (sophisticated, philosophy, sophmore)
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sen
old (senile, senior, senator)
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acu
sharp, needle (acute, acupunctur )
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vert
turn (reverse, revert )
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voc
calling, voice (vocation, vocalize, advocat)
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sent/sens
to feel (sensetiv, sentimental, sensation)
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nox/noc
night( nocturnal, obnoxtious )
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ject
to throw (eject, objection, project, interject )
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vict/vinc
conquer, defeat(victim, victor )
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ultima
last (ultimate, ultimatum)
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typ
print(prototype, typify)
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tempo
time (temporary)
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tort/tors
twist(contortion, torture, retort)
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tract/tra
draw, pull (tractor,traction, attract, subtract, trace )
