Roots- E to O Flashcards
(27 cards)
esth (aesth)
Beauty, feeling — eg. esthetician, aesthetic, kinesthesia
ethn
Nation, race — eg. ethnicity, ethnology, ethnocentric
fid
Trust — eg. confidence, fidelity
flect (flex)
Bend — eg. reflect, flexible, inflect, deflect
fore
In front of, previous — eg. before, therefore, forebode, forecast
fusc
Dark — eg. obfuscation, infuscate, subfuscous, fuscous
ger
Old age — eg. geriatrics, gerontology
grad (gress)
To step, to go — eg. digress, gradual, graduate
gyn
Woman — eg. gynecology, androgynous, misogyny
idio
Peculiar, distinct — eg. idiotic, idiomatic
lab
Work — eg. elaborate, laboratory, laborious, labor, collaborate
lat
Broad, wide — eg. dilate, latitude
laud
Praise — eg. laudably, applause, applaud
lex
Word, law — eg. lexicology, dyslexic, alexia, lexicon
loq
Speech — eg. loquacious, eloquent, colloquialism
luc
Light — eg. elucidate, lucid, translucent
mal
Bad, evil — eg. malignant, maltreat, malfeasance, malicious
medi
Middle — eg. mediocre, medium, medieval
melan
Black, dark — eg. melancholy, melanoma, melodrama
migr
Move — eg. immigrant, emigrate, migrant, migration
miss (mit)
Send, cast — eg. remit, dismiss, missle, emit
mort
Death — eg. mortuary, immortal, mortify
nat
Born — eg. innate, natural, natal
neg
No — eg. negate, negative, renege
