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Root Words 18-20
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Atmo | vapor |
| Fiss | split |
| Meteor | high |
| Cadio | heart |
| Di | two |
| Hibern | winter |
| Cumu | heaped |
| Mela | black |
| Foli | leaf |
| Orb | circle |
| Vice | in place of |
| Atom | particle/vapor |
| Multi | many |
| Ign | fire |
| Lin | line |
| Oo | egg |
| Moll | soft |
| Hemi | half |
| Grade | half |
| Bath | deep |
| Cirr | hair/wisp |
| Solv | loosen |
| Grav | heavy/weighty |
| Oma | tumor |
| Rub | red |
| Tachycadia | an abnormally fast heart rate |
| Fissile | easily split |
| Accumulate | to heap together or acquire a quantity |
| Meteoric | relating to high meteors or meteorites |
| Hibernate | when animals sleep through the Winter |
| Dicotyledon | a plant that bears two seed leaves |
| Bathymetry | the measurement of how deep oceans, sea, or lakes are |
| Cirrus | a slender or tendril or hair like filament |
| Gravity | the force that causes objects to have weight |
| Resolve | to loosen or solve a problem |
| Ruby | a red jewel |
| Melanoma | tumor of skin cells |
| Cosmo | world/universe |
| Counter | against |
| Crainio | skull |
| Cyclo | circle |
| Gno | know |
| Oss | bone |
| Xylo | wood |
| Monger | seller |
| Sept | seven |
| Xeno | stranger |
| Vas | vessel |
| Fore | front |
| Ish | like |
| Less | without |
| Baro | pressure |
| Ferro | iron |
| Quasi | somewhat |
| Nesia | island |
| Let | little |
| Nano | billionth |
| Pico | trillionth |
| Ideo | idea |
| Ven | come |
| ichthy | fish |
| Puls | drive/push |
| Calor | heat |
| Sol | sun |
| Strat | layer |
| Sat | enough |
| Protero | early/former |
| Mont | mountain |
| Kilo | thousand |
| Myria | many |
| Pneumo | lung/air |
| Oscu | mouth |
| Vect | carry |
| Radi | ray |
| Ob | against |
| Digit | finger |
| Plasm | form |
| Vermi | worm |
| Dendr | tree |
| Nacro | sleep |
| Lign | wood |
| Lachry | tear |
| Prevent | to avoid what is to come |
| Ichythyosis | a skin condition that causes it to be rough like fish scales |
| Repulse | to drive back by a force |
| Calorimeter | measures the amount of heat with chemical reaction |
| Solar | relating to or determined by the sun |
| Stratosphere | the second layer in the atmosphere. |
| Satisfy | to be enough |
| Nucleus | the center part of an object |
| Proterandrous | early or former part of life |
| Montane | inhabiting mountain country |
| Kilometer | a thousand meters |
| Myriad | many countries or a extremely great number |
| Atmosphere | the vapor or gases surrounding the Earth |
| Cardiology | the study of the heart |
| Cosmology | the study of the world or universe |
| Counterproductive | against what is productive |
| Craniology | the study of the skull |
| Cyclone | a system of winds circling |
| Diagnosis | to know the path of a disease |
| Ossify | relating to the bone |
| Xylophone | a musical instrument made out of wood |
| Fishmonger | someone who sells fish |
| September | the seventh month in the Roman calender |
| Xenophobia | fear of strangers |
| Cardiovascular | relating to the heart and blood vessels |
| Forehead | the front part of the face above the eyebrows |
| Greenish | like the color green |
| Hopeless | to be without hope |
| Barometer | a science instrument that measures air pressure |
| Ferronickel | iron and nickel sometimes used in making nickel steel |
| Quasi-Military | somewhat military |
| Polynesia | many islands |
| Piglet | a little tiny piggy |
| Nanosecond | a billionth of a second |
| Picosecond | a trillionth of a second |
| Ideology | a system of ideals and ideas |
| Plasm | form |
| Narco | sleep |
| Vermi | worm |
| Lign | wood |
| Dendr | tree |
| Lachry | tear |
| Pneumo | lung/air |
| Radi | ray |
| Oscu | mouth |
| Ob | against |
| Vect | carry |
| Digit | finger |
| Cytoplasm | a form of living cell |
| Narcotic | a sleeping drug |
| Vermicide | the murder of worms |
| Lignite | a type of wood |
| Dendrology | the study of trees |
| Lachrymose | to tear up |
| Pneumonia | lung inflammation |
| Radian | a unit of a angle or a ray |
| Osculate | to kiss with the mouth |
| Oblique | neither parallel nor right angle againt |
| Digit | a finger |
| Vector | direct or carrying something |
| Melanin | a dark brown to black pigment in hair skin and eyes |
| Folio | an industrial leaf of paper or parchment |
| Orbit | the curved path when an object circles something |
| Vice versa | in place of the other way around |
| Atomic | relation to the particles of atoms |
| Multiped | have many feet |
| Ignite | to catch fire on cause to catch fire |
| Linear | arrange ina streaight line |
| Oology | stufy of collecting egg bird eggs |
| Mollify | reduce the severity by so |