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Word Roots Quiz 1
SALT Word Roots Helps for Quiz 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| photos | light (Greek) |
| graph | write, draw (Greek) |
| tele | far away; distant (Greek) |
| metron | measure (Greek) |
| tropos | turn (Greek) |
| philia | love (Greek) |
| phobos | fear (Greek) |
| syn | with, together (Greek) |
| thesis | put, place, position (Greek) |
| kinesis | movement (Greek) |
| phone | sound (Greek) |
| sonus | sound (Latin) |
| skopeo | look at, inspect, consider, examine (Greek) |
| video/visum | see (Latin) |
| logos | word, study (Greek) |
| verbum | word (Latin) |
| nomen/nominis | name (Latin) |
| pro | for, forward, before, in place of (Latin) |
| prae | before, in front of (Latin) |
| ad | to, toward, near, next to (Latin) |
| jacio/jactum | throw (Latin) |
| pono/positum | lay, put, place (Latin) |
| cum | with, together (Latin) |
| figo/fixum | fix, fasten, attach (Latin) |
| jungo/junctum | join, unite, connect (Latin) |
| digitus | finger, toe, inch (Latin) |
| caput/capitis | head (Latin) |
| manus | hand (Latin) |
| con- | with, together (prefix) |
| counter- | against, opposite (prefix) |
| de- | away, down (prefix) |
| di- | apart, away, not (prefix) |
| ex- | out, away, from (prefix) |
| in- | in, into, not (prefix) |
| infra- | beneath (prefix) |
| inter- | between (prefix) |
| ob- | against (prefix) |
| pro- | for, before, forward (prefix) |
| re- | back, again (prefix) |
| -able | able to be (suffix) |
| -ible | able to be (suffix) |
| -al | like, related to (suffix) |
| -ary | someone or something that belongs to (suffix) |
| -ile | of, related to (suffix) |
| -ity | state, quality, act (suffix) |
| -ion | state, quality, act (suffix) |
| -ous | having the quality of (suffix) |
| -ure | process, condition |
| -y | state, quality, act (suffix) |