Roots week 6 Flashcards
1
Q
para
A
beside, beyond
parasite, parallel, paragraph
2
Q
para
A
protection from
parachute, parasol
3
Q
pater
patri
A
father
4
Q
path
A
feeling, emotion
empathy, apathy
5
Q
pad/i/e
A
foot
6
Q
pel
A
drive, force
expel, repel
7
Q
pept
peps
A
digestion
8
Q
per
A
through
permanent, perennial
9
Q
peri
A
around, enclosing
10
Q
phag/e
A
to eat
esophagus
11
Q
phil/o
A
love, friend
bibliophil- loves books
12
Q
phon/o/e/y
A
sound
13
Q
phot/o
A
light
14
Q
phys
A
nature, body
15
Q
phyll/o
A
leaf
16
Q
plas/t/m
A
develop, forming cells
17
Q
pneum/o
A
breathing, lungs
18
Q
pod/e
A
foot
19
Q
poli
A
city
20
Q
poly
A
many, more than one
polytheist
21
Q
pon
A
place, put
postpone, opponent
22
Q
pop
A
people
23
Q
port
A
carry
24
Q
pos
A
place, put
deposit, position
25
post
after, behind
postpone
26
pre
before, earlier
27
pro
before, in front of
prophet, prognosis (prediction of what will happen)
28
prot/o
primitive
29
pseud/o
false, wrong
30
pungn/a
| pung
to fight
pugnacious (aggressive nature)
31
pul
urge
impulsive
32
purg
clean
33
put
think
computer
34
pyro
heat
35
quart
fourth 1/4
36
quint
five, 1/5
37
radic
| radix
root
radish, eradicate
38
radio
radiation, ray
39
ram/i
branch
40
re
again
41
reg
guide, rule
regime, regulate
42
retro
backward
43
rhin/o
nose
44
rhod/o
red
45
rid
laugh
ridicule, ridiculous
46
rrh/ea
| rrhoea/ag
flow, discharge
47
rub
red
48
san
heath
sanitary
49
rupt
break, burst
50
scend
climb
51
sci
know
omniscient
52
scler/o
hard
sclerosis
53
scop/e/y
see, examine
54
scrib
| script
written
55
se
apart
seclude, serum
56
sect
cut
dissect
57
self
of, for, by itself
selfish
58
semi
half
59
sept/i
seven
septet
60
serv
save, keep
preserve
61
sex
six
62
sol
alone
solitary, solo
63
somn
sleep
64
son
sound
unison, consonant
65
soph
wise
philosopher
66
spect
| spic
see, look
67
sphere
ball
68
spir
breath
transpire
69
sta
stand
stable, stationary
70
stell
star
71
struct
build
72
sub
under, lower than
73
sum
highest
74
super
higher in quality/quantity
75
sy/m/n/l/s
same
76
tact
| tang
touch
77
tax/o
arrangement
taxonomy (scientific classification)
