Roots Flashcards by Dakota Benjamin

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ast(er)

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star (Ex: asteroid, astronomy)

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audi

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hear (Ex: audible, audience)

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auto

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self (Ex: automatic, autopsy)

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bene

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(ben, bon) good (Ex: benefit, benign, bonafide)

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bio

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life (Ex: biography, biology)

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chrono

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time (Ex: chronic, synchronize)

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dict

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say (Ex: dictate)

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duc

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lead, make (deduce, produce)

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gen

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give birth (Ex: gene, generate)

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geo

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earth (Ex: geography, geology)

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graph

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write (Ex: autography)

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jur

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(jus, jud) law (Ex: jury, justice, judge)

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log

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(logue) thought (Ex: logic)

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luc

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light (Ex: lucid)

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man(u)

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hand (Ex: manual, manure)

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mand

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(mend) order (Ex: demand, recommend)

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mis

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(mit) send (Ex: missile, transmission)

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omni

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all

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path

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feel

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phil

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love

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phon

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sound

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port

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carry

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qui(t)

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quiet, rest

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scrib

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(script) write

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sens

(sent) feel Latin

tele

far off Greek

terr

earth Latin

vac

empty Latin

vid

(vis) see Latin

erythr

red (Ex: erythropoiesis) Greek

stoma

mouth Greek

sachar

sugar Greek

oculus

eye Latin

ferrum

iron Latin

magn

great, large Latin

mal

(male) bad, abnormal (malady, dismal, malevolent) Latin

vit

(viv) live, life (Ex: vital, vivacious)

flect

(flex) bend (Ex: circumflex, inflection, retroflex) Latin

fides (origin?)

Faith, trust Latin

fract

(frail, frag) break, shatter (Ex: fractals, suffrage, fragile) Latin

Cardi

heart Greek

append, pend

to hang upon, to hang Latin

cran

skull greek

dors

back Latin

homeo

like, same Greek

meta

change Greek

pariet

wall Latin

pelv

basin Latin

peri

around (pericardium) Greek

pleur

rib Greek

stasis

standing still Greek

tomy

cutting Greek

pod

foot Greek

pes, ped

foot Latin

ject

throw Latin

spec

look Latin

sect

cut Latin

cred

believe Latin

junct

join Latin

rupt

break Latin

gress

walk Latin

pel

drive Latin

vert

turn Latin

ami, amic

friend Latin

pseud

false Greek

psych

mind Greek