Root words
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smith35673 on September 8, 2012
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This set has the roots for the words in Mabie's english. Please let me know if there are any words missing from the word webs.
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72 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Mor/mort | death |
| path | suffering |
| ology | study of |
| di | two |
| tom | cut |
| a/an | not |
| arch | ruler/government |
| vert | turn |
| trans | across |
| gress | step, walk, go |
| exo | outside |
| gam | Marriage |
| ous | Adjective suffix |
| morph | shape |
| fid | Faith, Trust |
| ity | state of being |
| ten | hold |
| micro | small |
| cise/cide | to cut/to kill |
| dys | bad/ill |
| phila | brotherly love |
| anthro | person |
| ist | follower |
| eu | good |
| phon | sound |
| mono | one |
| phobia | fear of |
| In | not |
| vinc/vict | to beat or conquer |
| ible/able | can |
| circum | circle or round |
| ocut/ logu | to speak or talk |
| ped | foot |
| ent/ant | often adj. |
| via | by the way of |
| duct | to lead or draw |
| cred | belief or trust |
| troph | to grow |
| homo | same |
| gene | birth/ kind/ origin |
| hetero | different |
| chrom | color |
| ic | adj. |
| poly | many |
| glot | tounge (language) |
| sym/syn | with/ together |
| bio | life |
| sis | action/ condition |
| esth/aesth | feeling/ sensation/ perception |
| con | together |
| cur/curr/curs | to run |
| somn | sleep or dream |
| fer | carrying/bearing/producing/yielding |
| corp | body |
| grat | thanks/favor |
| prehend/prehens | to grasp |
| mis | hate |
| gyn | women |
| Macro | large |
| cosm | universe |
| Necr | death |
| peri | around, about, near, enclosing |
| hypo | under |
| thes/thet | to put in place |
| Omni | all/every/everywhere |
| vor | to eat greedily |
| tort | twist |
| genu, geni, gen | Knee |
| flect, flex | to bend |
| secut, sequ | follow |
| viv | life or live |
| tion | noun |
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