Freshmen Root Words
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125 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ad (adjunct; adherent; addendum) | to |
| alter (alternative; alternate; alter ego) | other |
| ambul (amble; ambulance; perambulate; preamble) | walk |
| amphi (amphibian; amphitheatre) | both |
| an (anarchy; anemia; anaerobic) | not or without |
| ante (anteroom; anterior; antequated; antique) | before |
| apt (aptitude; adapt; maladapt) | fit |
| ar [adjective suffix] (stellar; solar; circular) | relating to |
| ase (luciferase;permease; proteinase) | enzyme |
| auto (automatic; autobiography; autoeject) | self |
| biblio (bibliography; bibliophile) | book |
| bio (biology; biography; symbiotic) | life |
| bon (bona fide; bon voyage; Bon Bons) | good |
| brev (brevity; brief; abbreviate) | short |
| calli (calligraphy; California) | beautiful |
| carn (carnivore; carnival; reincarnate; incarnate) | flesh |
| cent (centimeter; centipede; century) | hundred |
| chrom (chrome; monochrome; polychrome) | color |
| cogn (cognition; incognito; recognize) | know |
| contra (contrary; contradict; contraceptive; controversial) | against or opposite |
| cracy (democracy; theocracy; aristocracy) | government |
| de (descend; denounce; declare; deride) | down |
| dec (decade; decimeter; December) | ten |
| demi (demigod; demiurge; demisemiquaver; demitasse) | half |
| dict (diction; dictionary; edict; predict) | say |
| dis (disappear; distance; disturb; disavow) | away/apart |
| dom (dominion; dominate; predominant; domicile) | rule |
| duo, du (dubious; duet; duplication) | two |
| dyna (dynamite; dinosaur; dynamic) | power |
| dys (dysphasia; dystrophy) | bad |
| err (errant; errand; erroneous; erratum) | wander |
| ess (lioness; princess; governess) | female |
| eu (euphony; euphemism; euphoria) | good |
| ex (exit; exhume; exile) | out |
| extra (extraneous; extraordinary) | beyond; over |
| fer (transfer; ferry; inference; defer) | carry |
| fin (final; finite; infinite) | end |
| fy (fortify; rectify; deify; solidify) | make |
| gen (genes; genius; ingenious; generate; genesis) | birth or origin |
| geo (geography; geocentric; geology) | earth |
| gon (pentagon; tetragone, triagonal) | angle |
| grav (gravity; gravitate; grave) | heavy |
| gress (egress; ingress; congress; digress) | step |
| hemi (hemisphere; hemicrania) | half |
| holo (holocaust; hologram; holistic) | whole |
| homo (homicide; homologous; homosapien) | same |
| -i [suffix] (fungi; alumni; octopi; literati) | plural |
| -ics (politics; ethics; economics; aesthetics) | art |
| idio (idiotic; idiosyncracies; idium) | peculiar |
| in- (inscribe; indefinite; infidel; insomnia; insane) | in or not |
| inter (interview; intersect; interactive) | between |
| intra (intravenous; intramural; intracranial) | within |
| ish (smallish; ghoulish; snobbish) | like |
| ism (capitalism; centrism; tribalism) | doctrine/belief |
| ist (artist; centrist; atheist; sophist) | one who |
| itis (appendicitis; tonsilitis; bursitis) | infection |
| junct (juncture; conjunction; adjunct) | join |
| kilo (kilometer; kilowatt; kilogram) | thousand |
| lent (corpulent; virulent; excellent; succulent) | full of |
| less (hopeless; motherless; hapless) | without |
| lin (delineate; linear; lineage) | line |
| log (logic; illogical; logician; philologist; neologism) | word or reason |
| logy (psychology; anthropology; geology) | science |
| luc (lucent; lucid; translucent; Lucifer) | light |
| luna (lunatic; lunar; sublunar) | moon |
| magn (magnificent; magnanimous; magnify; magnate) | great |
| mal (malpractice; malady; malnourished; malice) | bad |
| medi (medium; mediate) | middle |
| mega (megalomaniac; megaphone; megalith; megalopolis) | large |
| mela (melancholy; melanoma; Melanesia) | black |
| mem (memory; memorial; remember) | remember |
| mens (immense; mensurable; immensurable; commensurate) | measure |
| meta (metamorphosis; metaphor) | change |
| migr (migrate; transmigration; migratory) | wander |
| milli (millimeter; million; millimicron) | thousandth |
| miss (mission; emission; missle; dismiss) | send |
| mono (monocle; monogamy; monomania) | one |
| mony (matrimony; testimony; harmony; acrimony) | condition |
| morph (metamorphisize; amorphous; morphology; protomorphic) | shape |
| mort (mortal; immortal; mortician) | death |
| muta (mutation; mutable; immutable; transmute) | change |
| nat (native; prenatal; natural) | born |
| numer (numerable; innumerable) | number |
| orb (orbit; orbital; exorbitant) | circle |
| path (antipathy; pathos; apathy; passion; dispassionate) | feeling |
| ped (pedant; pedophile; pediatrician; impediment; pedal; expedition) | foot/child |
| pend (pendant; appendix; depend) | hang |
| peri (perihelion; periphery; periodical; perimeter) | near or around |
| phile (philosophy; bibliophile; audiophile) | love |
| phobia (hydrophobia; claustrophobia; aphobia) | fear |
| pico (picosecond; picogram) | trillionth |
| plac, plais (placid, placebo, placate, complacent) | please |
| pod (cephalopod; gastropod; podiatrist) | foot |
| post (postgame; posterior; postpone) | after |
| potent (omnipotent; potentcy; potential) | power |
| pro (proceed; proliferate; proponent) | forward |
| pseudo (pseudonym; pseudoleather; pseudopod) | FALSE |
| pulse (impulse; pulsating; repulsive) | drive |
| re (review; recede; resonant; rescind) | again |
| rect (rectitude; correct; rectangle; direct) | right |
| retro (retrogress; retrostyle; retrograde) | backward |
| sanct (sanctuary; sanction; sanctified; sacrosanct) | holy |
| sect (section; intersection; bisection; vivisection) | cut |
| semi (semicircle; semitransparent) | half |
| sequ (sequence; inconsequential; consequential) | follow |
| sol (console; solution; sole) | alone |
| struct (structure; construct; destruction; restructure) | build |
| super (superman; superfluous; supersede) | over/above |
| surg (surge; resurgence; insurgency) | rise |
| tang (tangible; intangible; tangent) | touch |
| tele (telephone; telephoto; telescope; telepathy) | far |
| terr (terrain; subterrainium; interr) | land |
| tetra (tetragon; tetrahedron) | four |
| -tion (action; promotion; sedition; premonition) | act or state (noun suffix)) |
| tort (torture; tortuous; contortionist; retort) | twist |
| tox (toxin; toxic; intoxicated; detoxification) | poison |
| tude (multitude; solitude; turpitude) | state of |
| typ (type, prototype, typical, typography, typewriter, typology, typify) | print |
| ultra (ultraman; ultraconservation; ultaviolet) | beyond |
| vac (vacuous; vacuum; evacuate) | empty |
| ven (venue; convene; avenue) | come |
| ver (veritable; verity; veracious) | TRUE |
| viv (vivacious; vivisection; revive; viva) | life |
| volv (evolve; devolve; revolve; evolution; devolution; revolution) | roll |
| vor (carnivore; herbivore; voracious; omnivore) | eating |
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