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Root Words 18,19,20
Root Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Atmo | Vapor |
| Cosmo | World/Universe |
| Cranio | Skull |
| Cardio | Heart |
| Counter | Against |
| Cyclo | Circle |
| Gno | Know |
| Oss | Bone |
| Xylo | Wood |
| Monger | Seller |
| Sept | Seven |
| Xeno | Stranger |
| Mela | Black |
| Vice | In Place Of |
| Foli | Leaf |
| Atom | Particle/Vapor |
| Orb | Circle |
| Multi | Many |
| Pneumo | Lung/Air |
| Radi | Ray |
| Oscu | Mouth |
| Ob | Against |
| Vect | Carry |
| Digit | Finger |
| Plasm | Form |
| Vermi | Worm |
| Lign | Wood |
| Narco | Sleep |
| Dendr | Tree |
| Lachry | Tear |
| Ign | Fire |
| Moll | Soft |
| Lin | Line |
| Hemi | Half |
| Oo | Egg |
| Grade | Step |
| Vas | Vessel |
| Fore | Front |
| Ish | Like |
| Less | Without |
| Baro | Pressure |
| Ferro | Iron |
| Quasi | Somewhat |
| Nesia | Island |
| Let | Little |
| Nano | Billionth |
| Pico | Trillionth |
| Ideo | Idea |
| Pneumonia | Inflammation of the lungs |
| Radial | Arranged in rays |
| Osculate | To touch two mouths together |
| Oblique | Against being parallel |
| Convection | The carrying of heat |
| Presidigitation | Sleight of hand or fingers |
| Cytoplasm | A form of a cell |
| Narcotic | Things that make you sleep |
| Vermin | A worm |
| Lignify | To harden into wood |
| Dendrochronology | The study of the rings on trees |
| Lachrymal | Relating to tears |
| Tachy | Quick/Fast |
| Cumu | Heaped |
| Hibern | Winter |
| Fiss | Split |
| Meteor | High |
| Di | Two |
| Bath | Deep |
| Grav | Heavy/Weighty |
| Oma | Tumor |
| Cirr | Hair or wisp |
| Solv | Loosen |
| Rub | Red |
| Melanite | A black garnet |
| Foliolate | Consisting leaflets |
| Orbital | Pertaining to a circular path |
| Vice Versa | In place of the other scenario |
| Atomic | Having atom particles |
| Multilateral | Many sides |
| Ignite | Lighting on fire |
| Linear | Using lines |
| Ooglogy | Study of birds eggs |
| Mollify | To soften something; usually with feelings |
| Hemialgia | Having pain in half of the head |
| Gradual | Slowly stepping forward in progress |
| Atmolysis | Separating vapors and gases |
| Cosmos | World regarding as an orderly system |
| Craniology | Study of the skull |
| Cardiology | Study of the heart |
| Counteract | The act against something |
| Cyclotron | An accelerator that propels things in circles |
| Gnostic | Pertaining to knowledge |
| Xyloid | Resembling wood |
| Septillion | One million to the seventh power |
| Ossify | Cause to harden like bone |
| Fishmonger | Seller of fish |
| Xenophobia | The fear of strangers |
| Vase | A vessel to hold flowers |
| Greenish | Like green |
| Barometer | A tool to measure air pressure |
| Forehead | The front part of the head |
| Motherless | Without a mom |
| Ferrous | Containing iron |
| Quasi-Stellar | Somewhat wonderful |
| Piglet | A little pig |
| Picosecond | A trillionth of a second |
| Polynesia | Many islands |
| Nanogram | A billionth of a gram |
| Ideolism | Forming or pursing ideas, especially unrealistically |
| Ven | Come |
| Puls | Drive/Push |
| Sol | Sun |
| Ichthy | Fish |
| Calor | Heat |
| Strat | Layer |
| Sat | Enough |
| Protero | Early/Former |
| Kilo | Thousand |
| Nuc | Mont |
| Myria | Many |
| Tachometer | A tool for measuring speed |
| Fissile | Capable of being split |
| Cumulus | A heap or pile |
| Meteorite | A stone that falls high from space |
| Hibernate | To sleep during the winter |
| Diverge | To move two different ways |
| Bathysphere | A round diving apparatus used to study deep-sea life |
| Cirrus | Wispy clouds |
| Gravity | Heaviness or weight |
| Dissolve | To loosen into a liquid |
| Melanoma | Skin tumors |
| Ruby | A red gem |
| Kilometer | A thousand meters |
| Myriad | Many people or things |
| Advent | Coming into place |
| Ichthyologist | One who studies fish |
| Repulse | To drive back/again |
| Calorific | Pertaining to conversion of heat |
| Solar | Relating to the sun |
| Stratosphere | Second layer of the atmosphere |
| Satisfy | Enough to please a person's needs |
| Nucleus | A central part |
| Proteranthous | Having flowers earlier than the leaves |
| Piedmont | A plateau between the Appalachian Mountains |