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MP 1 Vocab (30)
AP English Vocab roots
| Roots | Definition | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| ab, a | from, away, apart | abdicate, abduct |
| am, ami | friend, love | amicable, amiable |
| cide | murder, kill | suicide, insecticide, genocide |
| clin | slope, lean | incline, recline, decline, inclination |
| clud | shut, close | include, conclude, exclude, preclude |
| dic | proclaim, say | abdicate, dedicate, indicate |
| dict | speak,say | dictate, predict, contradict, verdict |
| doc, doct | teach | docile, document, docility |
| demo, dem | people | democracy, demographic, endemic |
| ego | self | egocentric, egoism, egomania |
| fac | make, do | factory, manufacture, benefactor |
| frag, frac | break | fracture, fraction, infraction, fragile |
| hetero | other, different | heterosexual, heterogeneous |
| homo | same | homosexual, homogenous |
| homo | man | homicide, hombre, homage |
| leg | law, ambassador | legal, illegal, legitimate |
| ling, lang | tongue | linguistic, language, bilingual |
| mal | bad | dismal, maladroit,malady, malaria |
| man | hand | manacle, manicure, manifest |
| mono | one | monochromatic, monocle |
| mor, mort | death | mortician, mortuary, mortal, immortal |
| mut | change | mutation, immutable, mutual, commute |
| neg | not, deny | negate, negative |
| neo | new | neophyte, neoclassical, neonatal |
| omni | all | omnipotent, omniscient, omniformity |
| ori | beginning | origin, original, originate, aboriginal |
| orn | furnish | ornate, adornment |
| ortho | straight, right | orthopedist, orthodontist, orthodox |
| palp | feel | palpable, palpability, palpitation |
| a, an | not, without | atypical, asexual, anarchy, anonymous |