WORD ROOTS Flashcards
(50 cards)
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Ac/Acr
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- bitter, sour
acrimonious: bitter, hostile
exacerbate: to make worse
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Al/Ali/Alter
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- to do, drive, force
altruist: someone who cares about others
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Am
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- love
amateur: does an activity for the love of it
amiable: friendly
amicable: exhibits good will
amity: friendship
enamored: inflamed with love
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Anim
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- of the life, mind, soul
animosity: hostile
equanimity: remain calm under pressure
magnanimous: generous
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Annui/Enni
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- year
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Anthro/Andr
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- man, human
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Arch/Archi/Archy
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- chief, principal, ruler
monarchy: rule by single person
oligarchy: state or society ruled by one group
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Auto
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- self
autocrat: absolute ruler
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Ben/Bene
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- good
benign: gracious
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Bon/Boun
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- good, generous
bona fide: true, authentic
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Brev/Brid
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- short, small
brevity: shortness
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Burs
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- purse, money
bursar: treasurer
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Cant/Cent/Chant
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- to sing
incantation: magical chant or spell
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Cap/Cip/Cept
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- to take, to get
precept: a rule to govern behavior
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Carn
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- flesh
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Caus/Caut
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- to burn
caustic: corrosive
cauterize: to burn or deaden
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Ced/Ceed/Cess
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- to go, to yield, to stop
accede: to yield or demand
antecedent: existing or going before
cessation: act of stopping
concede: admit truth of a statement
incessant: without stop
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Celer
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- speed
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Cern/Cert/Cret/Crim/Crit
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- to separate, to judge, to distinguish, to decide
ascertain: to make sure of
certitude: freedom of doubt
criterion: standard of judging something
discrete: separate
discreet: keep secrets
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Chrom
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- color
chromatic: having to do with color
chrome: metallic element
monochromatic: having only one color
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Chron
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- time
anachronism: someone or something that belongs to a different time period
synchronize: to occur at the same time
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Cis
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- to cut
incisive: penetrating, cutting
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Cla/Clo/Clu
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- to shut, to close
cloister: enclosed courtyard
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Claim/Clam
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- to shout, to cry
clamor: a loud uproar
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Cli
- to lean toward
disinclination: aversion, distaste
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Cogn/Conn
- to know
incognito: with one's name or identity concealed
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Corp/Cors
- body
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Cosm
- order, universe, world
cosmopolitan: worldly
microcosm: a small system that reflects a larger whole
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Cour/Cur
- running, a course
cursory: hasty
incursion: a hostile, sudden entrance into a place
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Cre/Cresc/Cret
- to grow
accretion: increase by natural growth
accrue: to gain by natural growth
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Crypt
- hidden
apocryphal: not genuine, questionable authenticity
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Cub/Cumb
- to lie down
incumbent: holding an office or position
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Culp
- fault, blame
culpable: at fault, guilty
inculpate: to accuse
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Dac/Doc
- teach
didactic: related to instruction
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Dele
- erase
indelible: impossible to erase
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Dem
- people
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Dign
- worth
deign: to think fit or with ones dignity
dignitary: person who holds a high rank of office
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Dog/Dox
- opinion, belief
dogma: strongly held specific belief
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Dol
- to suffer, pain, grief
doleful: sorrowful, mournful
dolorous: causing sorrow
indolence: laziness
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Don/Dot/Dow
- to give
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Dub
- doubt
dubious: doubtful
indubitable: unquestionable
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Dur
- hard, lasting
dour: sullen, gloomy, stern
duress: compulsion by threat or force
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Err
- to wander
err: mistaken or make a mistake
errant: wandering, unsteady
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Esce
- becoming
convalescent: recovering from illness
incandescent: glowing with heat
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Fab/Fam
- to speak
affable: friendly
ineffable: inexpressible
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Fac/Fic/Fig/Fait/Feit/Fy
- to do, to make
prolific: producing many offspring or output
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Fatu
- foolish
fatuity: foolishness, stupidity
fatuous: foolish, stupid
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Fer
- to bring, to carry, to bear
confer: to grant, to bestow
proffer: to offer
proliferate: to reproduce
referendum: vote political question
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Ferv
- to boil, to bubble
effervescent: bubbling
fervid: ardent, intense
fervor: passion, zeal
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