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Word Roots Set 12
word roots
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a | away, from; not, without |
| dys | bad, badly |
| hyper | over, above |
| in | in, into, not |
| felic | pleasing, happy, suitable |
| troph | nourish |
| it-action | an action or process |
| ic | like, related to |
| ity | state, quality, act |
| it-ous | having the quality of |
| y | state of, quality, act; body, group |
| atrophy | to waste away to decrease in size (as of a body part or tissue) |
| dystrophy | any degenerative disorder resulting from inadequate or faulty nutrition |
| felicity | pleasant and appropriate manner; happiness |
| felicitation | an expression of pleasure at the success or good fortune of another |
| hypertrophy | excessive growth of enlargement of a body part or organ |
| infelicitous | unsuitable; inappropriate |
| trophic | of or relating to nutrition |
| af | to, toward, against |
| ef | out |
| in | in, into, not |
| re | back, again |
| flu/fluc/flux | flowing |
| i-al | like, related to; and action or process |
| tu-ation | an action or process |
| ence/ency | state, quality, act |
| ent | one who, that which, like related to |
| affluence | an abundance of material wealth |
| effluent | flowing outward of forward |
| fluctuation | variation in level, degree, constant change |
| fluency | effortless exxpression |
| influential | having great deal of power to change something |
| influx | the arrival of a large number of people or things |
| reflux | a backward flow |