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English 12
Root Words 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| path | disease, suffering (ex. apathetic, empathy, homeopathic, psychopath, sympathize) |
| ped, pod | foot (ex. pedal, podiatrist, podium, centipede, pedestrian) |
| pel | drive, push (ex. compel, dispel, expel, propeller, repellant) |
| pend | hang, suspended (ex. appendage, impending, independent, pendulum) |
| phil | love (ex. philanthropist, philosophy) |
| phon | sound (ex. phone, symphony) |
| phys | nature, natural order (ex. geophysics, metaphysics, physician, physics, physiology, physique) |
| pop | people (ex. popular, popularity, repopulate, populous) |
| sci | know (ex. conscience, conscious, omniscient, prescient, scientific) |
| scope | aim, target (ex. microscope, telescope) |