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Kenney Vocab.
Roots and Meanings
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ac(u), acr | Sharp: acute, acupuncture, accurate, acumen |
| ag,act | To do, to drive, to act: actor, action, activist, agenda, aggressive |
| agog | To lead: demagogue- a leader, synagogue- house of worship |
| alien | Of another: inalien, alienate, alias- at another time |
| alg | pain: nostalgia- return in thought, neuralgia-sharp, analgesic-remedy |
| alter | Other: alternative-choice, altercation, alter ego-aspect of self |
| ambi (i) | Both: ambidexterous, ambivalent, ambience, amphibian, ambiguous |
| ami, amic | Love: amigo-friend, amicable, amenable |
| anim | Mind, Feeling, Life, Heart: animosity, animal, animate |
| ann,enni | Year: millennium, centennial, annual, anniversary, perennial |
| anthrop | Human, Man: lycanthrop-werewolf, anthropomorphic-shape shifter, anthropology |
| apo | Away from: apostle-christian, apology-sorry, apoplexy-loss of function, apogee-paint in orbit |
| aqua,aque | Water: aquarium, aquatic, aquifer, aqueduct-structure that carries water |
| arch | Chief, leader, ruler: archangel-cheif of angel, anarchy- without gov., monarchy- power lodged in monarchy, archbishop, architect |
| arthro | Joint: arthritis- joint problems, arthroscopic- surgery on joints, arthropod-jointed legs |
| ast, aster | Star: astrology, disaster, asterisk, astrodome |
| aud | Sound: auditorium, audio, audience, auditory |
| aut | Self: autobiography, autograph, automation- controlling elec. device, autism- disorder, autotroph-organism capable of self, autonomy-freedom |
| bar (o) | Weight: barometer, barograph, isobar-line on may connecting places, barbules-hooks on spider legs, barbell-bar with weights |
| bell | War: bellipotent, belligerent, bellicose |
| bene | Good,Well: benefit, benefirial, benediction, benevolence, benign |
| be (n) | Two: biceps, bicycle, biped, biplane, bicentennial, bifocals, bicameral |
| bibli (o) | Book: bible, bibliography, bibliophile |
| bio | Life: biology, biography, biopsy, antibiotic, biodegradable, biochemistry |
| brev | Short: brief, brevity, abbreviate |
| cad,cas | Fall: cascade, cadaver, cadence, decadence |
| cal | Hot: calorie, caldron, scald |
| cam | Field: camp, campus, campaign, encamp |
| cand | Glow, White: candle, candidate, candelabra, candid, incandescent |
| cap | Head: cap, captain, capital, caput, capsize, capstone, caption, decapitate |
| cardi | Heart: cardiac, cardiology, cardiogram, cardiothoracic |
| carn | Meat: carnivore, carnivorous, carnage, carnival, chilli con carne |
| cede, ceed, cess | Go, Yield: proceed, process, procession, exceed, excess, succeed, recess, assess, concede, antecedent, recession, cessation, concession, secede, recede, precedent |
| cert | Sure: certain, certify, ascertain, certificate |
| ceive, cept | Take, Receive: receive, reception, conception, accept, except, exception, perceive, perception, receipt, intercept, deceive, deception |
| center, centr | Center: central, centrifugal, eccentric, egocentric, centered, epicenter, centerfold |
| chir | hand: chirography, chiromancy, chiroplasty, chiropractic |
| chrom | Color: chromatic, monochrome, polychrome, chromosome, chromium |
| chron | Time: chronological, chronic, anacnrouism, chronology, synchronize, chronical |
| cide, cise | Cut, Kill: suicide, homicide, pesticide, insecticide, precise, incisor, scissors |
| cip | Take, Receive: recipient, incipient, participate, recipe, reciprocate |
| claim, clam | Shout: proclaim, proclamation, exclaim, exclamation, acclaim, clamor |
| clar | Clear: clarity,k declare, declaration, clarify, clarification |
| cline | Lean: incline, recline, decline, inclination |
| clud, clus | Shut: include, conclude, exclude, preclude, seclude, seclusion |
| cogn | Know: recognize, cognition, cognizant, incognito |
| commun | Common: community, communal, commuaism, communicate, excommunicate |
| cord | Heart: cordial, accord, concord, discord, according, accordion |
| corp | Body: corps, corpse, corpus, corpuscle, corporate, corporation |
| cosm | Universe: cosmos, cosmopolitan, cosmonaut, microcasm, cosmology |
| crau, crat, cracy | Rule: democrate, democracy, aristocrate, aristocracy, bureaucrat, bureacracy, autocrat, autocracy, theocracy |
| cred | Believe: credit, discredit, incredible, credulous, credentials |
| cruc | Cross: crucify, crucifix, crucial, crusade, crucible |
| culp | Guilt: culprit, culpable |
| cum | Heap: cumulative, accumulate, cumulus |
| cur | Care,Run: current, occurrence, curative, excursion, curator, concur, recur, accurate, occur, manicure, pedicure, cure, curable, security, scurry |
| cycl (e) | Circle, Ring: bicycle, cyclone, cyclops, unicycle, recycle, encyclopedia |
| crypt | Hidden: cryptogram, crytology, cryptic, encryption |
| dan, dign | Worth; condign, dignitory, dignity, indignant, indignity, indignation, undignified, ordain |
| de,di | God: deity, deify, divine, divinity, demon |
| dem | People: democracy, demography, epidemic, demonstration |
| dent | Tooth: dentist, dentifrice, trident, indent, dental, dentin |
| derm | Skin: dermatology, epidermis, hypodermic, microdermabrasion |
| desc | Down: descend, descendant, descent, condescending |
| dia | Through, Across: dialog, diaponal, diameter, diagram, diarrhea, diapedesis, diabetes |
| dic (t) | Speak:predict, contradict, dictate, verdict, diction, dictionary, indict |
| div | Divide: divide, dividend, division, divorce, divisible, divest, diversion, diversity |
| doc | Teach: doctrine, document, docile, doctor, indoctrinate |
| domin | Master: daminate, predominant, dominion, anno domini |
| don | Give: donate, donation, donor, pardon |
| dorm | Sleep: dormont, dormitory, dormer, dormouse |
| dox | Belief, Opinion: orthodox, paradox, doxology |
| drom | Course: velodrome, syndrome, dromedory, hippodrome, palindrome |
| duc (t) | Lead: reduce, deduce, duct, seduction, deduct, productive, conductive, produce, introduction, conduct abduct, aqueduct, induct, educate, reduction |
| du (o) | Two: duo, dualism, duet, duality, duel, duplicate, dupler, dub |
| dur | Hard: durable, endurance, duration, duress, during, durum, endure, obdurate |
| dyna | Power: dynamo, hydrodynamics, dynamite, dynamometer, dynamics, thermodynamics |
| dys | Faulty, Bad: dysentery, dysfunction, dysgraphia, dyslexia, dyspepsia, dysfunctional |
| ecto | Outside, External: tonsillectomy, extoplasm |
| ego | Self: egotist, egomaina, egotistict, alterego |
| endo | In, Internal: endoderm, endoscopic, endodontist, endocardio, endorse, endow, endometrium |
| epi | Upon, Above: epidermis, epicure, epidemic, epigraph, epitaph, epilogue, epithet |
| equ | Equal: equal, equity, equate, equidistant, equation, equilibrium, equator, equanimitiy, equinox |
| esth | Feeling: anesthetist, anesthetic, esthetic |
| exo | Outer, External: exoskeleton, exothermic, exorgitant, exorcise, exotic, exonerate |
| fac, fic | Make, Do: manufacture, benefactor, facsimile, efficient, proficient, suffice, artificial, fiction |
| fer | Bear, Carry: transfer, ferry, infer, refer, suffer, preference |
| fid | Faith: fidelity, confidence, infidel, bona fide |
| fig | Form: figure, figment, configuration, disfigure, effigy, figurative |
| fil | Threodlike: filament, filter, filtration |
| firm | Securely, Fixed: firmament, confirm, affirm, infirm |
| flex, flect | Bend: flexible, reflex, flexor, deflection, deflect |
| form | Shape: conform, reform, uniform, transform, format, formulate, informal |
| fort | Strong: fortify, fortifications, fortress, comfort |
| fact, frag | Break: fracture, fraction, refract, fragile, fragment |
| frater | Brother: fraternal, fraternize, fraternity, fratricide |
| fric | Rub: friction, fricative, dentifrice |
| fug | Flee: fugitive, refugee, centrifugal, fugacious |
| funct | Perform: function, functional, malfuction, dysfunction |
| gam | Marriage: monogamy, polygamy, bigamy |
| gen | Birth, Race: generate, generation, genocide, genealogy, progeny, genesis, gender, genuine |
| geo | Earth: geography, geology, geometry, geophysical, geothermal |
| gnos | Know: diagnosis, diagnostic, prognosis, gnostic, agnostic |
| gon | Angle: pentagon, octagon, diagonal, trigonometry |
| grad, gress | Step: gradual, graduate, gradation, congress, progression, transgression, transgress, regress, digress |
| graph, gram | Writing: autograph, biography, autobiography, photograph, diagram, telegram, grammar, cryptogram |
| grat | Pleasing: gratitude, gratify, glacious, ungrateful, congra |
| greg | Gather: congregation, segregation, gregarious, aggregate |
| gyn | Woman: gymecologist, monogyny, androgynous, misogynist |
| hab, hib | Hold: habit, habitat, rehabilitate, uninhabitable, prohibit, exhibit, inhibition |
| hem | Blood: hemophilia, hemotology, hemoglobin, hemorrhage, hemorrhoid |
| herb | Plant: herbivore, herbaceous, herbal |
| hetero | Other, Different: heterosexual, heterogenous |
| hosp, host | Host: hospitality, hospice, hostile, hospital, host, hostel, hostess |
| hydr | Water: hydrant, hydrate, dehydrate, hydroplane, dehydrate, hydraulics, hydroelectric |
| iatr | Medical Care: psychiatry, podiatry, pediatrician, geriatrics |
| imag | Likeness: image, imagine, imaginative, imagery |
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