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Vocabulary Roots

Miss Vanderburg's Vocabulary Roots to Know

QuestionAnswer
-able, -ible able to
ad-, ac- to, toward, at
-al, -ial suffix: forms an adjective
ambi-, amphi- both
an-, a- without, not
ann, enn yearly
arch ruler, principal, first
arist best
auto self
bi twice, two
bio life
centi hundred, hundredth
chrono time
cosmo world, universe
cracy, crat rule, government
cur care, attention
cycl circle
demo people
dent tooth
dia-, di- thorough, through, across
en-, em-, el- within
ex-, e-, ef-, ec- out, former, entirely
gamy, gamous marriage, union
gen clan, class, birth, origin, development
geo earth
gno, cogni know
gon angle
grade, gress step, go, walk
graph, gram to write; or something written
in-, il-, im-, ir- in; not
it go
leg, lect speak, read, law, pick, appoint
log, logue speech, study of, word, written
man, manu hand
meter, metry measure
micro small
mit, miss send, throw
mono one, single
mot, mo move
ops, opt, opia eye, see, inspection
pater, patr father
ped, pod foot
penta five
per- through, thorough
peri- around, near
phono sound, voice
photo, phos light
poly many
pro- forward, before, in front of
retro- backward
scope watch, view, examine
son sound
stat, stas, stant standing, not moving
stetho chest
super-, supra- above, beyond
syn-, sym-, syl-, sy- with, together
tect build, cover
tele far away
the, theo God, a god
thermo, therm heat
tract draw, pull
trans- across, through
tri three
vers, vert turn
vis, vid see
-able, -ible able to
ad-, ac- to, toward, at
-al, -ial suffix: forms an adjective
ambi-, amphi- both
an-, a- without, not
ann, enn yearly
arch ruler, principal, first
arist best
auto self
bi twice, two
bio life
centi hundred, hundredth
chrono time
cosmo world, universe
cracy, crat rule, government
cur care, attention
cycl circle
demo people
dent tooth
dia-, di- thorough, through, across
en-, em-, el- within
ex-, e-, ef-, ec- out, former, entirely
gamy, gamous marriage, union
gen clan, class, birth, origin, development
geo earth
gno, cogni know
gon angle
grade, gress step, go, walk
graph, gram to write; or something written
in-, il-, im-, ir- in; not
it go
leg, lect speak, read, law, pick, appoint
log, logue speech, study of, word, written
man, manu hand
meter, metry measure
micro small
mit, miss send, throw
mono one, single
mot, mo move
ops, opt, opia eye, see, inspection
pater, patr father
ped, pod foot
penta five
per- through, thorough
peri- around, near
phono sound, voice
photo, phos light
poly many
pro- forward, before, in front of
retro- backward
scope watch, view, examine
son sound
stat, stas, stant standing, not moving
stetho chest
super-, supra- above, beyond
syn-, sym-, syl-, sy- with, together
tect build, cover
tele far away
the, theo God, a god
thermo, therm heat
tract draw, pull
trans- across, through
tri three
vers, vert turn
vis, vid see
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