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ROOTS 1
ROOTS
Root | Meaning | Examples |
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aqua | water | aquarium, aquatic |
brev | short | abbreviate, brevity |
cide, cis | cut; kill | suicide, scissor, incisor |
corp | body | corporal, corporation, corpse |
cred | believe | credit, incredible, credible |
fid | faithful | fidelity, confidence |
frater | brother | fraternity |
hab | hold | habit, habitual |
ject | throw | reject, inject, project |
lib | book; free | library, liberty |
mag | great | magnify, magnitude |
mater | mother | maternity, maternal |
mort | death | mortician, immortal |
post | after | post mortern, postscript |
pug | fight | pugnacious, pugilist |
scribe, script | write | scripture, inscribe |
stell | star | stellar, constellation |
tort | twist | torture, contortion |
voc | voice | vocal, advocate |
ambi | both ways | ambidextrous, ambiguous |