Roots- P to X

Question 1

paleo

Answer 1

Ancient — eg. paleontologist, Paleolithic, paleography

Question 2

pan

Answer 2

All — eg. pandemic, panorama, pantheon, panacea

Question 3

path

Answer 3

Feeling — eg. antipathy, sympathetic, psychopath, apathy

Question 4

ped

Answer 4

Foot, kid — eg. pedestrian, pedometer, pediatrician, pedophile

Question 5

pel (puls)

Answer 5

Drive, push — eg. dispel, repulse, compel, compulsion

Question 6

peri

Answer 6

Around — eg. perimeter, peripheral

Question 7

phil

Answer 7

Loving — eg. philanthropic, philosophy, pedophile

Question 8

phob

Answer 8

Fear — eg. hydrophobia, phobia, claustrophobic

Question 9

pos

Answer 9

Put, place — eg. position, compose, deposit

Question 10

psuedo

Answer 10

Not genuine — eg. pseudonym, pseudoscience

Question 11

pug

Answer 11

To fight — eg. pugnacious, repugnant, pugilant

Question 12

pul

Answer 12

Urge — eg. compulsion, impulsive, expulsion

Question 13

purg

Answer 13

Clean — eg. purge, purgatory, expurgate

Question 14

reg

Answer 14

Guide, rules — eg. regulate, regular, regent, regime

Question 15

san

Answer 15

Health — eg. sane, sanity, insane, sanitation

Question 16

scend

Answer 16

Climb, go — eg. ascend, crescendo, descent

Question 17

sci

Answer 17

To know — eg. science, conscience, conscious, omniscient

Question 18

scrib

Answer 18

Write — eg. scribe, prescribe, inscribe, describe

Question 19

sect

Answer 19

Cut — eg. dissect, intersect, section

Question 20

sed

Answer 20

Sit — eg. sediment, sedentary

Question 21

sol

Answer 21

Comfort — eg. consolation, solace

Question 22

soph

Answer 22

Wise — eg. philosophy, sophisticated, sophism

Question 23

syn (sym)

Answer 23

With, together — eg. synonym, sympathy

Question 24

tact

Answer 24

To touch — eg. contact, tactile

Question 25

tax

Answer 25

Arrangement — eg. syntax, taxonomy, ataxia

Question 26

tele

Answer 26

Far — eg. television, telephone, telescope, telegraph

Question 27

tort

Answer 27

Twist — eg. contort, distort, retort

Question 28

vac

Answer 28

Empty — eg. vacuum, vacant, evacuate

Question 29

viv/vit

Answer 29

Life — eg. vitality, vivacious

Question 30

vor (vour)

Answer 30

Eat — eg. devour, voracious, carnivore, herbivore

Question 31

xen

Answer 31

Foreign — eg. xenocide, xenophobic, xenophile