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Vocabulary Roots
1-14 Root Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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" |