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Swift -G/L Roots
Latin/Greek Word List
| Question | Answer | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| cycl | circle | bicycle, encyclopedia, recycle |
| graph/gram | write/draw | grammar, paragraph, autograph |
| meter/metry | to measure | odometer, thermometer, asymmetrical |
| phon | sound | cacophony, symphony, phonograph |
| therm | heat | thermostat, thermometer, geothermal, hypothermia |
| auto | self | autism, autonomy, autograph |
| spec | to look at | speculate, spectator, aspect |
| scrib/scrip | write, record | scripture, scribe, circumscribe, description |
| rupt | to break | disrupt, eruption, bankrupt, abrupt |
| port | to carry | rapport, reporter, transportation |
| ject | to throw, send, fling, hurl, or cast | projector, subject, inject, deject |
| geo | earth | geology, geocentric, geographer, National Geographic |
| bio | life | biology, autobiography, biome |
| vis/vid | to see | improvise, envision, supervisor |
| aud/audi | to hear | audit, auditor, audition, audience, auditorium |
| dict | to speak, say | benediction, jurisdiction, prediction, verdict, contradiction |
| rect | straight/right | rectangle, rectify, correction |
| vers/vert | to turn or bend | adversary, adversity, subvert, divert, revert |
| fract/frag | to break | fragile, fracture, fraction, fragmented |
| tact | touch | contact, tactile, intact |
| sign | mark; sign | designate, significant, cosign, signature |
| mit/miss | to send | transmit, omit, remission, admission, submit |
| leg/lect | read, readable - to choose words; to gather, to collect, to pick out | lectern, lecture, legible, illegible, elect |
| loco | place; from place to place | locomotive, location, locale, locate, relocate |
| sci | to know | omniscient, scientist, conscience |
| duc/duct | to lead | educate, conductor, induct, aqueduct |
| pend/pens | to hang | pendulum, appendage, suspend, depend |
| tract | to pull | tractor, extract, contraction, traction, distract |
| struct | to build, place together, or arrange | structure, obstruction, instructor, destruction |
| pon/pos | to put, place | appositive, opponent, compose, decompose |
| sect/seg | to cut | intersection, segment, dissect, insect |
| sta/sti/sist | to stand | stance, stamina, circumstance, irresistible |
| cred | to believe | creed, credit, discredit, credulous, credentials |
| lit | letter, word | literature, illiterate, obliterate, literally |
| tain/ten/tin | to hold, have | container, abstain, entertainment, continuous, maintain, retain |
| tend/tens | to stretch, strain, hold, grasp, or have | tendon, attendance, extension, |
| mal | bad | dismal, malnourished, malignant, malicious |
| bene | good | benevolence, benefit, benefactor, benediction |
| circum | around | circumnavigate, circumstantial, circumference |
| pot | power, ability, strength; having authority, rule, or command over | potential, potent, potion, omnipotence, impossible |
| doc | to teach | doctor, document, docile |
| ambul | walk; to move from place to place | amble, ambulance, circumambulate |
| omni | all, every | omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent, omnivorous |
| loqu | to speak, say, or talk | eloquent, loquacious, ventriloquist, colloquialism |
| fer/ferous | to bear, carry, produce, or bring | ferry, circumference, infer, fertile, suffer, Lucifer (bearer of light - weird huh???) |
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