Word Roots 3 Flashcards by Paige Bowerman

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MEGA - megaphone, megalopolis

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large, great

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MICRO - microscope

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very small

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MIS - misanthrope, misinterpret

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bad, wrong, to hate

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MOB/MOM/MOT/MOV - automobile, promote

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to move

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MOLL - mollusk, mild

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soft

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MON/MONO - monarchy, monologue

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one

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MOR/MORT - immortal, morbid

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death

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MULT - multiple

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many

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MUT - commute, mutation

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to change

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NAT/NAS/NAI/GNA - naive, natal

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birth

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NAU/NAV - astronaut, nautical

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ship, sailor

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NIHIL - annihilate

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nothing, none

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NOC/NOX - innocent, obnoxious

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harm

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NOCT/NOX - equinox, nocturnal

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night

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NOM/NYM/NOUN/NOWN - anonymous, misnomer

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name

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NON - nonconformist, nonpartisan

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not

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NOV/NEO/NOU - innovate, novel

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new

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NULL - annul, nullify

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nothing

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OB - obese, obstruct

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toward, to, against, over

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OMNI - omnipotent, omnipresent

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all

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ONER - onerous, exonerate

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burden

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OSS/OSTE - ossicle, ossify

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bone

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PALP - palpitation, palpable

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to feel

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PAN/PANT - pandemic, panorama

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everyone, all

PAS/PAT/PATH - compassion, sympathy

feeling, suffering, disease

PEC - impecunious, peculation

money

PED - encyclopedia, pediatrician

education, child

PED/POD - impede, pedal

foot

PEL - compel, expel

to drive, push

PEN/PENE - peninsula, penultimate

almost

PERI - perimeter, periphery

around

PHIL - philanthropy, philharmonic

love

PHOB - phobia

fear

PHON - antiphony, symphony

sound

PLAC - complacent, placid

to please

PLE/PLEN - accomplishment, plenty

to fill, full

POLY - polynomial

many

PORT - support, importance

to carry

POST - posterity, posterior

behind, after

POT - potion

to drink

PRE - preamble, premonition

before, in front

PRI/PRIM - primary, primitive

first

PRO - proceed, protest

in front, before, much, for

PROP/PROX - protagonist, prototype

first

PSEUD/PSEUDO - pseudonym

false

PUG - impugn, repugnant

to fight

PUNC/PUNG/POIN - punctual, puncture

to point, prick, pierce

PYR - pyromania

fire

QUAD/QUAR/QUAT - quadrant, quarter

four

QUIE/QUIT - acquit, tranquil

quiet, rest