ROOT WORDS: Getting to the Root of Vocabulary
[Pages:2]ROOT WORDS: Getting to the Root of Vocabulary
ROOT WORD SET 1: ASTER, ASTRO (star) -- disastrous AUD, AUS (hear, listen) -- auscultation BIBL (book) -- bibliopegy CHRON (time) -- anachronism CRED (believe) -- accreditation DUC, DUCT (lead) -- Il Duce GRAPH (write) -- lexicographer MAN (hand) -- manumit MOR, MORT (death) -- memento mori VIT, VIV (alive, life) -- vivisepulture
ROOT WORD SET 2: CHROM (color) -- achromatic DEM (people) -- pandemic DERM (skin) -- ectoderm FED, FID (trust, faith) -- perfidy FIN (end, limit) -- fin de siecle FLU (flow) -- effluent GEN (race, kind, birth) -- parthenogenesis GREG (group, flock, herd) -- egregious MIS, MIT (send) -- mittimus PORT (carry) -- portfolio
ROOT WORD SET 3: AVI (bird) -- aviculture DIC, DICT (say, speak) -- contradiction FAC, FEC, FIC (make) -- fecund GEO (earth, ground) -- geocentric HYDR (water) -- dehydrate METER, METR (measure) -- symmetry NOV (new) -- novice PHON (sound) -- euphonious PHOTO (light) -- photokinesis SCRIB, SCRIP (write, draw) -- circumscribe
ROOT WORD SET 4: BEN, BON (good) -- bona fide COR, CORP (body) -- corpus delecti LUC, LUM, LUS (light, shine) -- pellucid MAL (bad) -- malapropism MUT (change) -- commute PED, POD (foot) -- tripody PHIL (love) -- philodox TOR, TORT (turn, twist) -- retort VER (true, real) -- verisimilitude VICT, VINC (conquer) -- vincible
ROOT WORD SET 5: FER (bring, bear) -- transfer JECT (throw) -- interject NAIS, NASC, NAT (to be born) -- innate PAC (peace) -- pacify PYR (fire) -- pyrotechnics THE, THEO (god) -- theody VEN (come) -- advent VERS, VERT (turn) -- advertize VID, VIS (see) -- vista ZO (animal) -- protozoa
ROOT WORD SET 6: HETERO (different) -- heterogynous HOM (man) -- homage HOMO (same) -- homonym MEM, MIM (remember) -- memorabilia MOR (fool) -- moron PSYCH (mind) -- psychosomatic SOPH (wise) -- sophism SPEC, SPIC (see, watch) -- retrospect TEN, TENT (hold) -- tendentious TRACT (draw, pull) -- distraction
ROOT WORDS SET 7: ANTHROP (man, human) -- misanthrope ARCH (ruler, first) -- genarch CEDE, CEED, CESS (move, go) -- antecedent CLAR (clear) -- clarion LOG, LOC, LOQ (word, speech) -- eloquent PEN, PEND (hang) -- impending PON, POS (place, put) -- posture SCI (know) -- prescient STA, STI, SIST (stand) -- static STRU, STRUCT (build) -- construe
ROOT WORD SET 8: ANNI, ANNU, ENNI (year) -- annuity BIO (life) -- biota CLAIM, CLAM (call out) -- clamor CLUD, CLUS (shut) -- occlusor DENT, DONT (tooth) -- dentiloquy GNOSI, COGNOSC (know) -- cognition OPUS, OPER (work) -- opuscle RECT (straight, correct) -- recto TEM, TEMP (time) -- pro temp VOC, VOK (call, voice) -- evocative
ROOT WORD SET 9: ACER, ACID, ACRI (bitter, sour, sharp) CIDE KILL) CISE (cut) LOC (place) PAN (all) PARA (beside, alongside) PUNCT (point, dot) SAT, SATIS (enough) VAL, VALE (strength, worth) VIC, VICIS (change, substitute, deputy)
ROOT WORD SET 10: AMBUL (walk) CAPIT, CAPT (chief, head) COR, COUR (heart) GRAT (pleasing) MATER, MATR (mother) OMNI (all, everything) PATER, PATR (father) PHOB (fear) ROG, ROGA (ask, beg) SANGUI (blood)
ROOT WORD SET 11: AGRI, AGRO (field, farm, land) ANTE, ANTI (before) AUT, AUTO (self) CIRC, CIRCUM (around) FLECT, FLEX (bend, turn) HELIO (sun) LIC, LICIT (permit) MAGNA, MAGNI (great) MICRO (small, minute) MIS, MISO (hate, wrong, bad)
ROOT WORD SET 12: AGON (contest, struggle) AMB, AMBI (both, around, about) APO (away from) MOB, MOT, MOV (move) MORPH (form) PATH (feeling, suffering, disease) PEL, PULS (drive, force, throw) RIDI, RISI, RI (laughter) RUPT (broken) URB (city)
ROOT WORD SET 13: ALI, ALLO, ALTER (other) JUNCT (join) LAV, LUT (wash) LEG (law) LIT, LITER (letter) MAR, MER (sea, pool) OSS, OSTEO (bone) SPOND, SPONS (pledge, answer) TECH, TECHN (skill, art) TUI, TUIT (teach, guard)
ROOT WORD Set 14: Numbers MONO, UNI (one) BI, DI, DU (two) TRI (three) QUAD (four) QUINT, PENT (five) DEC (ten) CENT (hundred) MILLE (thousand) HEMI, DEMI, SEMI (half) POLY (many)
ROOT WORD SET 15: Prefixes AD (to, toward) CON (with, together) EX (out, from) INTER (between, among) INTRA (within) PRE (before) PRO (forward, forth) RE (back, again) SUB (under, beneath) TRANS (across, through, over)
ROOT WORD SET 16: Suffixes -ABLE, -IBLE (able, can do) -AL (relating to) -CIAN (having a certain skill or art) -DOM (office, state) -ISH (resembling, nature) -IST (one who) -IZE (make) -LESS (without) -LY (like, manner of) -NESS (state of)
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