Listing of Root Words

Root Words Meaning Sample Words acou hear, sound acoustic, acoustics act go, do active, activity, activate, act, action, activist ag do, act agenda, agitate, litigate, agile ann, enn year See Lesson 36 anthro man, human being anthropology, anthropoid, misanthrope, philanthropy, philanthropist apt, ept fit apt, adaptable, adept, adaptation, aptitude, inept aqua, aqui water See Lesson 27 arch rule, leader, chief architect, anarchy, matriarch, patriarch monarch, oligarchy, archangel aud hear See Lesson 33 auto same, self autograph, automatic, automate, automobile, autonomy, autobiography bell war antebellum, rebellion, bellicose, belligerent bio life See Lesson 28 calor heat calorie cap, capit head See Lesson 29 cap seize capture, captive, captivate, capable, captious, caption earn body, flesh See Lesson 28 caust burn holocaust, caustic, cauterize ced, cess go, separate, withdraw See Lesson 39 ceed, cede go, yield See Lesson 39 cent one hundred cent, century, centigrade, centurion, centimeter, centipede, percent cep, cept take, receive accept, exception, deceptive, perceptive, reception, receptive chron time See Lesson 36 cid, cis cut scissors, decide, concise, decisive, incisor, incise, decidedly, excise, homicide, incision clam, claim cry out exclaim, exclamation, clamor, clamorous, proclamation, acclaim, declamatory, claimant clud, clus shut conclusion, conclusive, seclusion, recluse, exclude, exclusive, include, preclude, reclusive cor, cour, cord, card heart See Lesson 29 corp body See Lesson 28 crac, cracy rule, power See Lesson 42 creat create create, creative, recreation, procreate, re-create, creature, creator, creation cred believe credence, credible, incredulous, accreditation, credential, credibility, creed, discredit, incredible, credulous curr, curs run, course See Lesson 30 cus, cuse, cause cause, motive excuse, because, causative, causation cycl circle See Lesson 34 dai, dia day See Lesson 36 dem, demo people See Lesson 43 die say, declare See Lesson 32 doc teach doctrine, documentation, indoctrinate, docent, docile, doctor, documentary, docudrama, document dom rule, power See Lesson 42 dorm sleep dormitory, dormer, dormant, dormancy, dormouse due lead educate, conducive, deduction, induce, seduce dyna, dynamo power See Lesson 35 feet, fie, fac make effect, fiction, proficient, benefactor, facile, infect, factory feder, fid faith, trust See Lesson 42 fin end See Lesson 21 flam fire flame, flamboyant, flammable, inflame, flaming, flameproof, flamingo, inflammatory flex, flect bend reflection, flexible, deflect, inflection, inflexible, flex, flexibility, genuflection, reflexive flu flow fluid, influx, flume, fluent, fluctuate, flux, effluent form shape, form conform, deform, conformity, format, formula, formative, formal fort, fore strong See lesson 35 frag, fract break, shatter fragment, fracture, fraction, fragile, infraction, refraction fum smoke fume, fuming, fumigate, fumigation, fumigator, fumid gen birth, origin See Lesson 22 gen kind of genuine, genus, generic, general, generality, generalization, genre geo land, earth See Lesson 27 gni, gno learn agnostic, cognizance, ignorance, incognito, cognition, cognitive, diagnosis, prognosis, gnome, incognizant, ignorance, ignorant, prognostic, recognize grad, gress move forward, step See Lesson 30 graph, gram write, writing See Lesson 20 grat please, pleasing gratify, gratitude, gratuity, gratuitous, grateful, gratification, ingrate grav heavy gravity, grave, gravitate, gravitational greg group, crowd See Lesson 43 hab live habitat, habitable, habitation, inhabit, habitable, inhabitant habit, hibit have, hold exhibit, habit, habitual, inhibit, inhibition prohibit hosp, host guest, host hostess, hospital, hospice, hostage, hostel, inhospitable, hospitality hum man See Lesson 43 hydr water See Lesson 27 hypno sleep hypnotize, hypnotic, hypnosis, hypnotherapy ign fire ignite, ignition, igneous, ignitable intellect, intellig power to know See Lesson 38 ject throw reject, projectile, eject, conjecture, dejected, trajectory jour day See Lesson 36 jud, jur, jus law, justice judge, justice, jury, judicial, jurisdiction, justifiable, abjure, adjudicate, judiciously, judiciousness, jurisprudence, jurist, juror, prejudice, perjury justification, justify junct join junction, adjunct, juncture, injunction labor work See Lesson 24 lav wash lavatory, lava, lavation, lavish, lavishness leg law legal, legality, legislate, legislative, legitimate, illegal, illegitimate, legal tender, legalize lev light levity, leavening, alleviate, alleviate, levitate, lever, elevate liber, liver free liberty, liberate, liberator, liberal lit, liter, letter letter literature, alliteration, literary, literacy, literally, literal, letterhead, lettered, letter-perfect loc place location, dislocate, localize, relocate, allocate, local, locale, locality, locomotion loc, log, loqu speak, talk See Lesson 32 luc, lum light lumen, translucent, lucite, lucid, lucent, luminary, luminance, luminescence, luminous, luminosity magn, magni great See Lesson 23 man hand See Lesson 29 mar, raer sea See Lesson 27 mater, matri mother See Lesson 22 maxl large, great See Lesson 23 mem remember See Lesson 38 mens measure measure, commensurate, dimension, immense, measurable meter measure speedometer, thermometer, altimeter, barometer, odometer, centimeter, iambic pentameter micro small See Lesson 23 migr wander See Lesson 39 mill thousand million, millimeter, millennium, millipede, millennial, millenarian, milligram min small See Lesson 23 miss, mit send mission, transmit, intermittent, missile, emit, remit, submit mob, mot, mov move See Lesson 30 monstr show demonstrate, demonstrative, demonstrator, remonstrate mori, mort death See Lesson 26 nat birth See Lesson 26 noct night nocturnal, nocturne, noctilucent, noctiflorous, equinox nov new novelty, novel, novice, novation, nova nunci, nounc warn, declare announce, renounce, enunciate oper work See Lesson 24 ora speak See Lesson 32 orb circle See Lesson 34 pac peace pacify, Pacific, pacifier, pacification part part particle, apartment, compartment, partisan, participle, impartial, partition, participate, partial, partner pater, patr father See Lesson 22 ped, pod foot See Lesson 29 ped child pediatrics, pedagogue, pediatrician pel, pulse move or drive impulse, impulsive, repulse, pulse, expel, compel, propeller, pulsate, propulsion pend hang, weigh suspend, pendulum, pending, suspenders phil love Philadelphia, philanthropy, philosophy, bibliophile phon sound See Lesson 33 photo light photography, photocopy, photogenic, photon, telephoto, photosynthesis pict paint picture, picturesque, pictograph, pictorial pli, ply, plex fold pliers, multiply, complex, pliable, plight, replicate, implicit, plexiglass, pliant, ply, replica, reply, plywood pop people See Lesson 43 port bring, carry See Lesson 19 pos place position, pose, positive, posture, post pot power See lesson 35 prim first primary, primal, primer, primordial, primitive, prime, prima donna, primrose, prime minister punct point punctuate, puncture, punctual, acupuncture pyro fire pyrotechnics, pyromania, pyre, pyretic, Pyrex quer, ques ask See Lesson 25 quir, quis ask See Lesson 25 rect straight See Lesson 34 ridi, risi laugh ridicule, ridiculous, risible rog ask, seek See Lesson 25 rot turn, wheel See Lesson 37 sacr, sant holy sacred, sacrilege, sanctify, sanctimonious, desecrate, sacrament, sacrifice, sacrilegious, sacrosanct, sanction, sanctuary sat enough See Lesson 21 sci know science, conscience, omniscience, conscientious scrib, scrip write, writing See Lesson 20 scrut see, look scrutinize, scrutiny, scrutable sect cut section, bisect, dissect, intersect, sector, intersection, transect, trisect sens think, perceive, feel See Lesson 38 simil, simul like similar, simultaneous, facsimile, assimilate, simile, simulation sist stand See Lesson 40 somn, sopor sleep insomnia, comatose son sound See Lesson 33 soph wise, wisdom philosopher, sophist, sophomore spec, spic, scop see, look See Lesson 31 sphere sphere See Lesson 34 spond, spons answer, pledge respond, sponsor, responsive, irresponsible, correspondence, corresponding, unresponsive sta, stab, stat stand See Lesson 40 stru, struct build See Lesson 19 sume, sumpt take, receive resume, assumption, assume, presumption, consumption, consumer, consumerism tact, tang touch See Lesson 41 tag, tig touch See Lesson 41 techni skill See Lesson 24 temper temperature temper, temperate, temperature tempo time See Lesson 36 ten, tin, tain hold See Lesson 41 tend, tens, tent stretch attention, contentious, detente, distend, extend, extenuating, intensity, pretense, tension term end See Lesson 21 terr land, earth See Lesson 27 test bear witness See Lesson 32 text weave texture, textile, context the, theo god theocracy, theological, theocentric, theologian, theology therm heat thermos, thermometer, thermostat, thermal tort, tors twist See Lesson 37 tract pull, draw tractor, detract, protract, retract, attraction, distraction, contract, traction, intractable, tract trib pay, bestow See Lesson 24 tui, tut teach tutor, tutelage, tuition, tutorial vac empty vacuum, vacancy, vacuous, evacuate, evacuee, vacant, vacate, vacation vali, valu strength, worth See lesson 35 ven, vent come event, advent, adventure, venture, adventurous ver truth verify, veracity, verdict, verisimilar, verification vers, vert turn See Lesson 37 vine, vict conquer victim, victor, invincible, victimize, provincial vis, vid see, look See Lesson 31 vit, viv life See Lesson 26 voc, vok speak, voice, call vocal, evoke, vocation, vociferate, equivocate, provoke, vociferous, provocation, vocalize, invocation volcan, vul burn volcano, volcanic, vulcanize volu, volv turn around revolution, revolve, evolution, convolution, convoluted vor eat carnivore, carnivorous, omnivore, voracious, herbivore 122 123 124 125 126 127 128