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Word Roots Set 6
word roots
Term | Definition |
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des | from, away, down, apart,not |
in | in, into, not |
re | back, again |
cant | song |
ation | an action or process |
cle | small |
trice | feminine |
incantation | the chanting of supposedly magic words |
recant | to withdraw something previously said |
cantillation | the action of unaccompanied chanting in free rhythm |
canticle | a hymn derived from the Bible; literally a "little" song |
cantatrice | female professional singer |
descant | high melody above the main melody |
a | away, from; not, without |
di | two |
en | in, into |
meta | beyond, change |
cephal | head, brain |
morph | form |
thorax | chest |
ic | like, related to |
itis | inflammation |
ology | study of, science |
osis | condition |
ous | having the quality of |
dimorphic | occurring or existing in two different forms |
cephalic | of, or relating to the head |
morphology | the study of the form and structure of organisms |
metamorphosis | a complete change of character, appearance, condition, etc. |
amorphous | without definite form, shapeless |
encephalitis | inflammation of the brain |
cephalothorax | fused head and thorax of an arachnid or higher crustacean |