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Root Words

AP Lit Root Words

QuestionAnswerExamples
ag, act do activity, interaction, agent
ambul walk, move ambulance, ambulatory, amble
ami, amo love amiable, amorous, amity
anim mind, soul, spirit animate, unanimous, magnanimity
anthro human anthropology, misanthrope, philanthropy
apt skill aptitude, adapt
arch chief, first archetype, archbishop, archeology, monarch
aud, audit hear audible, auditorium, audience
auto self autocrat, autography, autobiography
belli war belligerent, rebellious, bellicose
ben good benefactor, beneficial, benevolence
biblio book bibliography, bibliophile, Bible
bio life biography, biology, biosphere
carn flesh, meat carnivore, carnal, incarnate
ced, ceed, cess yield, go recede, process, exceed, accessible
chron time chronic, chronology, synchronize, anachronism
cid,cis cut, kill incision, homicide, insecticide
civi citizen civilization, civilian, civil
cogn know cognizant, recognize, incognito
corp body corporation, corporeal, corpse
cred believe credence, credulous, incredible
dem people democracy, demographic, demagogue
dic, dict speak dictate, contradict, prediction, verdict
domin master dominant, domain, domineering
esth/aesth feeling, beauty esthetician, kinesthesia, aesthetic
err wander error, erratic, errand
eu good, beautiful eulogize, euphoria, euphemism
fact/fict make, do artifact, factory, fiction
fall, fals decieve fallacious, infallible, falsify
fid faith fidelity, confide, confidence
grad, gress go, step digress, progress, gradual
graph, gram writing grammar, telegram, graphite
gyn woman misogyny, gynecology
juven young rejuvenate, juvenile
kine/cine motion kinetics, telekinesis, cinema
log word, study logic, biology, monologue
loqu, locut talk soliloquy, loquacious, elocution
luc light elucidate, lucid, translucent
magn great magnify, magnate, magnanimous
mal bad malevolent, malediction, malicious
miss, mit send emit, transmit, dismiss, missile
mori, mort die mortuary, moribund, immortal
morph shape, form amorphous, metamorphosis, anthropomorphic
nat born innate, natal, nativity
nom name misnomer, nominal, cognomen
nov new novice, innovate, renovate, novelty
omni all omniscient, omnipotent, omnivorous
pac, pas, pax peace pacify, pacific, pacifist
path, pass disease, feeling pathology, sympathetic, apathy, antipathy
phil love philanthropist, philosophy, philanderer
port carry portable, porter, transport, export
poten able, powerful potential, omnipotent, potentate, impotent
psych mind psyche, psychology, psychosis, psychopath
reg, rect rule regicide, regime, regent, insurrection
sacr, secr holy sacred, sacrilegious, sacrament, consecrate
sci know science, omniscient, conscious
scribe, script write describe, script, circumscribe
somn sleep insomnia, somnolent, somnambulist
spec, spic see, look spectators, spectacles, retrospect
tang, tact, ting touch tactile, tangent, contact, contingent
terr land terrain, terrestrial, subterranean
urb city urban, urbane, suburban
vac empty vacation, vacuous, evacuate, vacant
ver truth veracity, verify, veracious
verb word verbose, verbatim, proverb
viv, vit alive revival, vivacious, vitality
voc, vok to call vocation, advocate, invoke, equivocate
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