Word Roots Flashcards
(237 cards)
1
Q
a, an
A
not, without
2
Q
ab, a
A
from, away, apart
3
Q
ac, acr
A
sharp, sour
4
Q
ad, a
A
to, toward
5
Q
ali, altr
A
another
6
Q
am, ami
A
love
7
Q
ambi, amphi
A
both
8
Q
ambl, ambul
A
walk
9
Q
ann, enn
A
year
10
Q
ante, ant
A
before
11
Q
anthrop
A
human
12
Q
anti, ant
A
against, opposite
13
Q
aud
A
hear
14
Q
auto
A
self
15
Q
belli, bell
A
war
16
Q
bene, ben
A
good
17
Q
bi
A
two
18
Q
biblio
A
book
19
Q
bio
A
life
20
Q
burs
A
money, purse
21
Q
cad, cas, cid
A
happens, fall
22
Q
cap, cip
A
head
23
Q
cap, capt, cept, cip
A
take, hold, sieze
24
Q
carn
A
flesh
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ced, cess
yield, go
26
chrom
color
27
chron
time
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cide
murder
29
circum
around
30
clin, cliv
slope
31
clud, clus, claus, clois
shut, close
32
co, com, con
with, together
33
cogn, gno
know
34
contra
against
35
corp
body
36
cosmo, cosm
world
37
crac, crat
rule, power
38
cred
trust, believe
39
cresc, cret
grow
40
culp
blame, fault
41
curr, curs
run
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de
down, out, apart
43
dec
ten, tenth
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demo, dem
people
45
di, diurn
day
46
dia
across
47
dic, dict
speak
48
dis, dif, di
not, apart, away
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doc, doct
teach
50
dol
pain
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duc, duct
lead
52
ego
self
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en, em
in, into
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err
wander
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eu
well, good
56
ex, e
out, out of
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fac, fic, fect, fy, fea
make do
58
ferv
boil
59
fid
faith, trust
60
flu, flux
flow
61
fore
before
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frag, frac
break
63
fus
pour
64
gen
birth, class, kin
65
grad, gress
step
66
graph, gram
writing
67
grat
pleasing
68
grav, griev
heavy
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greg
crowd, flock
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habit, hibit
have, hold
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hap
by chance
72
helio, heli
sun
73
hetero
other
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hol
whole
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homo
same, man
76
hydr
water
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hyper
too much, excess
78
hypo
too little, under
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in, ig, il, im ,ir
not
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in, il, im, ir
in, on, into
81
inter
between, among
82
intra, intr
within
83
it, iter
between, among
84
ject, jet
throw
85
jour
day
86
jud
judge
87
junct, jug
join
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jur
swear, law
89
lat
side
90
lav, lau, lu
wash
91
leg, lec, lex
read, speak
92
lev
light
93
liber
free
94
lig, lect
choose, gather
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lig, li, ly
bind
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ling, lang
tongue
97
liter
letter
98
lith
stone
99
loqu, loc, log
speech, thought
100
luc, lum
light
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lud, lus
play
102
macro
great
103
mag, maj, mas, max
great
104
mal
bad
105
man
hand
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mar
sea
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mater, matr
mother
108
medi
middle
109
mega
great
110
memor, memen
remember
111
meter, metr, mens
measure
112
micro
small
113
mis
wrong, bad, hate
114
mit, miss
send
115
moll
soft
116
mon, monit
warn
117
mono
one
118
mor
custom, manner
119
mor, mort
dead
120
morph
shape
121
mov, mot, mob, mom
move
122
mut
change
123
nat, nasc
born
124
nau, nav
ship, sailor
125
neg
not, deny
126
neo
new
127
nihil
none, nothing
128
nom, nym
name
129
nox, nic, nec, noc
harm
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nov
new
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numer
number
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ob
against
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omni
all
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oner
burden
135
oper
work
136
pac
peace
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palp
feel
138
pan
all
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pater, patr
father
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path, pass
feel, suffer
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pec
money
142
ped, pod
foot
143
pel, puls
drive
144
pen
almost
145
pend, pens
hang
146
per
through, by, for, throughout
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per
against, destruction
148
peri
around
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pet
seek, go toward
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phil
love
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phob
fear
152
phon
sound
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plac
calm, please
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pon, pos
put, plae
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port
carry
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pot
drink, power
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pre
before
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prim, pri
first
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pro
ahead, forth
160
proto
first
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prox, prop
near
162
pseudo
false
163
pyr
fire
164
quad, quar, quat
four
165
ques, quer, quis, quir
question
166
quie
quiet
167
quint, quin
five
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radi, rami
branch
169
rect, reg
straight, rule
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reg
king, rule
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retro
backward
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rid, ris
laugh
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rog
ask
174
rud
rough, crude
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rupt
break
176
sacr, sanct
holy
177
srib, script, scriv
write
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se
apart, away
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sec, sect, seg
cut
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sed, sid
sit
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sem
seed, sow
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sen
old
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sent, sens
feel, think
184
sequ, secu
follow
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sign
mark, sign
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sim, sem
similar, same
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sin
curve
188
sol
sun, alone
189
somn
sleep
190
son
sound
191
soph
wisdom
192
spec, spic
see, look
193
sper
hope
194
spers, spar
scatter
195
spir
breath
196
strict, string
bind
197
struct, stru
build
198
sub
under
199
summ
highest
200
super, sur
above
201
surge, surrect
rise
202
syn, sym
together
203
tacit, tic
silent
204
tact, tag, tang
touch
205
ten, tin, tain
hold, twist
206
tend, tens, tent
stretch
207
term
end
208
terr
earth, land
209
test
witness
210
the
god
211
therm
heat
212
time
fear, frightened
213
top
place
214
tort
twist
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towp
stiff, numb
216
tox
poison
217
tract
draw
218
trans
across, over, beyond
219
trem, trep
shake
220
turb
shake
221
umbr
shadow
222
uni, un
one
223
urb
city
224
vac
empty
225
val, vail
value, strength
226
ven, vent
come
227
ver
true
228
verb
word
229
vert, vers
turn
230
vict, vinc
conquer
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vid, vis
see
232
vil
base, mean
233
viv, vit
life
234
voc, vok, vow
call, voice
235
vol
wish
236
volv, volut
turn, roll
237
vor
eat
