Word Roots O-Z Flashcards
(22 cards)
PAC/PEAC
Peace
peace, appease, pacify, pacifist
OMNI
All
omniscient, ominous
PAN
All, everywhere
panacea, panorama, pandemic
PAS/PAT/PATH
Feeling, disease
apathy, sympathy, empathy
PATER/PATR
Father, support
patron, patronize, paternal, patriarch
PHIL
Love
philosophy, philanthropy
PHONE
Sound
telephone, megaphone
PLAC
Place
placid, placebo, placate
PORT
To carry
import, portable, export
PRE
Before
precarious, prelude, presume
PRO
Much, for, a lot
profuse, propitious, progidy
PUG
To fight
pug, pugnacious, repugnant
SACR/SANCT/SECR
Sacred
sacred, sacrifice, sanctuary, sanctify
SCRIBE/SCRIP
To write
scribble, describe, script, prescribe
SENS/SENT
To feel, to be aware
sense, sensual, sensory, resent, assent
SPEC/SPIC/SPIT
To look, to see
perspective, spectator, spectacles
SUB/SUP
Below
submissive, subdue, subtle
SUPER/SUR
Above
surpass, supercilious, superstition
TRANS
Across
transfer, transparent, transport, transition
VER
Truth
verdict, verify, aver
VOC/VOK
To call
vocabulary, vocal, advocate
VOL
To wish
voluntary, volunteer