Base/ Root Words
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Created by:
claudiosclass on February 27, 2011
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Sarnovsky's Class, Claudiosclass
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19 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 struct | build (construct, destruction, structure) |
| rupt | break (bankrupt, interrupt, rupture) |
| spect, spec | see, look (circumspect, spectacle, spectate) |
| opt | eye (optic, optical, optician) |
| opti | best (optimal, optimize, optimum) |
| graph | write (autograph, telegraph, stenograph) |
| sign | seal, mark, sign, tell something (signature, signal) |
| tele | distant, far (telegram, telescope) |
| tract | pull, drag (attract, distract, tractor) |
| viva, vita, viv, vive | live or life (vivacious) |
| port | carry (porter) |
| bio | life (biology, biography) |
| sent, sens | feel (sensation, sentimental) |
| ped, pod | foot (pedal, podiatrist) |
| gen | begin, create (generate, genesis) |
| geo | earth (geology, geography, geometric) |
| aqua | water (aquamarine, aquatics) |
| hemo | blood (hemoglobin, hemophiliac) |
| homo | same |
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