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Vocabulary Roots
1-14 Root Words
Term | Definition |
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CORP | "Body" ex: corpse means dead body |
CARN | "Flesh" ex: carnivals were originally a festival about the wants of the flesh before giving up those things |
BELL | "War" ex: Lady Antebellum |
AM/IM | "To Love" ex: amicable |
DEMO | "People" ex: Democracy- "power of the people" |
CAPIT | "Head" Ex: Decapitate means cutting off one's head |
ANTHROP | "Human people" |
CRAC/CRAT | "Power" |
DE/DIV | "God, Divine" ex: Deity |
BIO | "Life" ex: Biology |
CANT | "Sing" |
SON | "Sound" |
LOC/LOQU | "To Talk" |
SCRIB/SCRIP | "Write" |
TEXT | "Weave" |
CONTRA | "Different" |
SCAND/SCEND | "Climb" |
ANTE | "Before or infront of" |
SIMIL/SIMUL | "Like, Similar" |
AMBI/AMPHI | "Both sides, around" |
LUC | "Light; To shine or glitter" |
LEV | "Light; to raise or lightness" |
GRAV | "Heavy, Weighty, or Serious" |
ERR | "To Wander to Stray" |
TRACT | "Drag or draw" |
MOR/MORT | "To die; Death" |
PHIL | "Love" |
PAC/PEAS | "Agree; Peace" |
POLIS/POLIT | "City" |
MONI | "To warn; to scold" |