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Root Words 18,19,and
Marla Makes Me Marvelously Mad
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Atmo | Vapor |
| Atmosphere | The cloud of vapor that surrounds the Earth. |
| Cardio | Heart |
| Cardiology | The study of the heart. |
| Cosmo | World/Universe |
| Cosmopolitan | Belonging to all the world. |
| Counter | .Against |
| Counteract | To act against. |
| Cranio | Skull |
| Craniology | The study of the skull. |
| Cyclo | Circle |
| Cyclone | Tornado that spins in an circle. |
| Gno | Know |
| Prognosis | A knowing of the probable course of a disease. |
| Oss | Bone |
| Ossify | To harden like a bone. |
| Xylo | Wood |
| Xylophone | A musical instrument with wooden bars. |
| Monger | Seller |
| Fishmonger | A person who sells fish. |
| Sept | Seven |
| September | The 7th month on the Roman calendar. |
| Xeno | Stranger |
| Xenophobia | The fear of strangers. |
| Vas | Vessel |
| Vase | A vessel. |
| Fore | Front/Future |
| Forehead | The front part of the head. |
| Ish | Like |
| Greenish | Somewhat like green. |
| Less | Without |
| Fruitless | Without fruit. |
| Baro | Pressure |
| Barometer | A tool that measure air pressure. |
| Ferro | Iron |
| Ferrous | Containing iron. |
| Quasi | Somewhat |
| Quasi-Military | Somewhat like the military. |
| Nesia | Island |
| Micronesia | One of the islands in Oceania. |
| Let | Little |
| Booklet | A little book. |
| Nano | Billionth |
| Nanosecond | A billionth of a second. |
| Pico | Trillionth |
| Picosecond | A trillionth of a second. |
| Ideo | Graph |
| Ideograph | An ideogram. |
| Ven | Come |
| Circumvent | To come around. |
| Icthty | Fish |
| Icthtyosaur | Any fish like, marine reptile. |
| Puls | Drive/Push |
| Impulse | The drive of a feeling or act. |
| Calor | Heat |
| Calorific | Pertaining to heat. |
| Sol | Sun |
| Solar | Relating to the sun. |
| Strat | Layer |
| Stratosphere | A layer of the atmosphere. |
| Sat | Enough |
| Dissatifaction | Not satisfied. |
| Nuc | Center |
| Nucleus | The center of a cell. |
| Protero | Early/Formal |
| Proterozoic | Not the early stages of the Precambrian era. |
| Mont | Mountain |
| Insurmountable | A task perceived as climbing an non-climbable mountain. |
| Kilo | Thousand |
| Kilometer | A thousandth of a meter. |
| Myria | Many |
| Myriad | Many great persons or things. |
| Tachy | Quick |
| Tachycardia | Fast heart rate. |
| Fiss | Split |
| Fission | The act of splitting into two. |
| Cumu | Heaped |
| Cumulus | A heap. |
| Meteor | High |
| Meteorite | A stone from high outer space. |
| Hibern | Winter |
| Hibernate | Sleeping through the whole of something like a bear sleeps through the winter. |
| Di | Two |
| Diverge | To branch of into a second path. |
| Bath | Deep |
| Bathymetry | A tool used to see how deep a body of water is. |
| Cirr | Hair/Wisp |
| Cirrus | A cloud with thin hair-like strands. |
| Grav | Heavy/Weight |
| Gravity | A force that makes things heavy. |
| Solv | Loosen |
| Resolve | To loosen a situation. |
| Oma | Tumor |
| Melanoma | Skin tumor. |
| Rub | Red |
| Ruby | A red gem. |
| Mela | Black |
| Melanin | A black pigment. |
| Vice | In place of. |
| Vise President | A president in place of an absent president. |
| Foli | Leaf |
| Folio | A leaf of paper folded into two. |
| Atom | Particle/Vapor |
| Atomic | Using atom particles. |
| Orb | Circle |
| Orbit | To go around something in a circle. |
| Multi | Many |
| Multifarious | Having many parts. |
| Ign | Fire |
| Ignite | To set something on fire. |
| Moll | Soft |
| Mollify | To soften. |
| Lin | Line |
| Linear | Using lines. |
| Hemi | Half |
| Hemisphere | Half of the globe. |
| Oo | Egg |
| Oology | The study of bird eggs. |
| Grade | Step |
| Gradual | Moving step by step. |
| Pneumo | Lung/Air |
| Pnuemogastric | Relating to the lungs. |
| Radi | Ray |
| Radial | Arranged like rays. |
| Oscu | Mouth |
| Osculation | The act of kissing on the mouth. |
| Ob | Against |
| Obsolete | Against general use. |
| Vect | Carry |
| Convection | To carry heat. |
| Digit | Finger |
| Prestidigitation | The sleight of the hands or fingers. |
| Plasma | Form |
| Cytoplasm | Stuff that forms inside a cell. |
| Narco | Sleep |
| Narcolepsy | Uncontrollable sleep. |
| Vermi | Worm |
| Vermin | A disgusting or obnoxious animal like a worm. |
| Lign | Wood |
| Lignify | Convert into wood. |
| Dendr | Tree |
| Dendroid | Treelike. |
| Lachry | Tear |
| Lachrymose | Tending to cause tears. |