Word Roots Flashcards
(140 cards)
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a, an
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not, without (amoral, atrophy, anesthetic)
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ab, a
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from, away, apart (absolve, abject)
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ac, acr
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sharp, sour (acid, acerbic, exacerbate)
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ad, a
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to, toward (adhere, adjacent)
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ali, altr
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another (alias, alienate)
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am, ami
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love (amorous, amiable)
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ambi, amphi
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both (ambiguous, ambivalent)
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ambl, ambul
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walk (amble, ambulatory, somnambulist)
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ann, enn
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year (annual, perennial)
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ante, ant
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before (antecedent, antiquated)
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anthrop
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human (anthropology, misanthrope)
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anti, ant
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against, opposite (antidote, antithesis)
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aud
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hear (audio, auditory)
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auto
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self (autobiography, autocrat)
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belli, bell
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war (belligerent, bellicose)
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bene, ben
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good (benevolent, benefactor)
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bi
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two (bicycle, bisect, bilingual)
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biblio
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book (bible, bibliophile)
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bio
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life (biography, biology)
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burs
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money, purse (reimburse, bursar)
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cad, cas, cid
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happen, fall (accident, deciduous)
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cap, cip
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head (captain, decapitate, precipitate)
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cap, capt, cept, cip
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take, hold, seize (capable, captivate, inception)
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carn
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flesh (carnal, carnivorous)
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ced, cess
yield, go (cede, precede, recede, antecedent, cession)
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chrom
color (chromatic)
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chron
time (chronology, chronic, anachronism)
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cide
murder (suicide, homicide)
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circum
around (circumference, circumvent)
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clin, cliv
slope (incline, declivity, proclivity)
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clud, clus, claus, clois
shut, close (conclude, reclusive, occlude)
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co, com, con
with, together (coalesce, cogent)
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cogn, gno
know (recognize, cognizance)
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contra
against (controversy, contradict)
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corp
body (corpse, corporeal, corpulence)
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cosmo, cosm
world (cosmopolitan, microcosm)
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crac, crat
rule, power (democracy, autocrat)
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cred
trust, believe (incredible, credulous)
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cresc, cret
grow (crescent, crescendo, accretion)
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culp
blame, fault (culprit, cuplable, inculpate)
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curr, curs
run (current, concur, cursory, precursor)
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de
down, out, apart (depart, debase, declivity, decry, deface)
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dec
ten, tenth (decade, decimal, decathlon, decimate)
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di, diurn
day (diary, diurnal, quotidian)
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demo, dem
people (democrat, demographics, demagogue)
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dia
across (diagonal, diatribe, diaphanous)
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dic, dict
speak (diction, interdict, predict, abdicate)
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dis, dif, di
not, apart, away (disband, disbar, discern, disparate, dissuade, distend)
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doc, doct
teach (doctrine, docile, doctrinaire)
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dol
pain (condolence, doleful, dolorous, indolent)
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duc, duct
lead (seduce, induce, viaduct)
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ego
self (ego, egoist, egocentric)
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en, em
in, into (enter, entice, encumber, embellish, empathy)
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err
wander (erratic, aberration, errant)
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eu
well, good (eulogy, euphemism, euphoria)
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ex, e
out, out of (exit, exacerbate, excerpt, excommunicate, execrable)
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fac, fic, fect, fy, fea
make, do (factory, facility, benefactor, malefactor, fiction, affect, rectify, feasible)
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ferv
boil (fervent, fervid, effervescent)
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fid
faith, trust (confident, diffidence, perfidious, fidelity)
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flu, flux
flow (fluent, flux, affluent, effluvia, superfluous)
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fore
before (forecast, foreboding)
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frag, frac
break (fragment, fracture, fractious, refract)
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fus
pour (profuse, infusion, effusive, diffuse)
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gen
birth, class, kin (generation, congenital, homogenous, ingenious, progeny)
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grad, gress
step (graduate, retrograde, digress, progress)
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graph, gram
writing (biography, epigram, grammar)
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grat
pleasing (grateful, gratitude, ingrate, gratuity)
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grav, griev
heavy (gravity, aggravate, grieve, aggrieve)
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greg
crowd, flock (segregate, egregious, congregate, aggregate)
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habit, hibit
have, hold (habit, inhibit, cohabit)
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hap
by chance (happen, mishap, hapless)
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helio, heli
sun (heliocentric, helium, heliotrope, aphelion, perihelion)
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hetero
other (heterosexual, heterodox)
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hol
whole (holocaust, catholic, holistic)
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homo
same (homogenize, homonym)
| man (homicide, homo sapiens)
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hydr
water (hydrant, hydrate, dehydration)
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hyper
too much, excess (hyperactive, hyperbole)
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in, ig, il, im, ir
not (incorrigible, inert, insatiable, ignorant, illicit, impasse, impeccable, irregular, impervious)
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in, il, im, ir
in, on, into (invade, inaugurate, innate, inter)
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inter
between, among (intercede, intercept, interject, intersect, interregnum)
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intra, intr
within (intrastate, intravenous, intramural)
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it, iter
between, among (transit, itinerant, reiterate)
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ject, jet
throw (eject, interject, jettison)
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jour
day (journal, adjourn, soujourn)
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jud
judge (prejudice, adjudicate)
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junct, jug
join (subjugate, injunction, adjudicate)
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jur
swear, law (abjure, jurisprudence)
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lat
side (lateral, collateral)
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lav, lau, lu
wash (laundry, ablution, antediluvia)
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leg, lec, lex
read, speak (legible, lecture, lexicon)
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lev
light (elevate, levity, alleviate, levitate)
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liber
free (liberty, liberal, libertine)
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lig, lect
choose, gather (eligible, elect, select)
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lig, li, ly
bind (ligament, oblige, religion, liable)
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ling, lang
tongue (lingo, language)
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liter
letter (literate, alliteration, literal)
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lith
stone (monolith, megalith, lithogram)
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loqum, loc, log
speech, thought (eloquent, colloquial, circumlocution, dialogue, eulogy)
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luc, lum
light (lucid, illuminate, elucidate, pellucid, translucent)
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lud, lus
play (ludicrous, allude, allusion)
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macro
great (macrobiotics, macrocosm)
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mag, maj, mas, max
great (magnanimous, magnate)
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mal
bad (malady, maladroit, malevolent, malodorous)
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man
hand (manual, manuscripte, emancipate)
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mar
sea (submarine, marine, maritime)
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mater, matr
mother (maternal, matron, matrilineal)
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medi
middle (intermediary, medieval, mediate)
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mega
great (megaphone, megalomania)
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memor, memen
remember (memory, memento)
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meter, metr, mens
measure (meter, thermometer, metronome, commensurate)
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micro
small (microscope, microorganism)
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mis
wrong, bad, hate (misanthrope, misconstrue)
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mit, miss
send (transmit, emit, missive)
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moll
soft (mollify, emollient, mollusk)
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mon, monit
warn (admonish, monitor, premonition)
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mono
one (monologue, monotonous, monogamy)
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mor
custom, manner (moral, mores, morose)
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mor, mort
dead (morbid, moribund, mortal, amortize)
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morph
shape (amorphous, metamorphosis, morphology)
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mov, mot, mob, mom
move (remove, motion, mobile, momentum)
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mut
change (mutate, mutability, immutable, commute)
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nat, nasc
born (native, natal, neonate, nascent, renascent, renaisssance)
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nau, nav
ship, sailor (nautical, nauseous, navy, circumnavigate)
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neg
not, deny (negative, abnegate, renege)
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neo
new (neophyte, neologism, neonate)
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nihil
none, nothing (annihilation, nihilism)
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nom, nym
name (nominate, nomenclature, nominal, cognomen, ignominious, antonym, homonym, pseudonym, synonym, anonymity)
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nox, nic, nec, noc
harm (obnoxious, pernicious, internecine, innocuous)
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nov
new (novelty, innovation, novitiate)
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number
number (numeral, numerous, innumerable, enumerate)
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ob
against (obstruct, obdurate, obfuscate, obnoxious, obsequious, obstinate, obstreperous)
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omni
all (omnipresent, omnipotent, omnivorous)
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oner
burden (onerous, onus, exonerate)
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oper
work (operate, cooperate, inoperable)
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pac
peace (pacify, pacifist, pacific)
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palp
feel (palpable, palpitation)
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pan
all (panorama, panacea, panegyric, pandemic, panoply)
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pater, patr
father (paternal, patriot, patrician)
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path, pass
feel, suffer (sympathy, antipathy, empathy, apathy, pathos, impassioned)
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pec
money (pecuniary,
