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Classical Roots
8th and 9th grade roots
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| autos | self autocrat, automaton, autonomy, autopsy |
| ego | I egoism |
| homo | man homocide |
| genos | race, family geneaology, genocide, genre, genteel, gentile, gentry |
| mori | to die moribund, mortify, postmortem |
| nasci | to be born innate, naive, nascent, renaissance |
| amo | to love amicable, amity, enamored, inimical |
| philos | friend bibliophile, philander, philanthropy |
| pathos | suffering antipathy, apathy, empathy, pathological, pathos |
| miso | to hate misogamy, misogyny |
| placo | to please complacent, implacable,placate, placid |
| vestis | garment divest, vestment, investment, vested |
| voro | to devour carnivorous, herbivorous, voracious |
| capitis | head capitalist, capitulation, decapitate, precipice, precipitate, recapitulation |
| cerebrum | brain cerebral, cerebellum |
| per | through |
| tendo | to strech |
| sub | under |
| tort | to twist |
| ex | from, out of |
| medius | middle |
| sequi | to follow |
| co, col, com, cor, con | with, together |
| jun | to join |
| ab | away from |
| frac | to break |
| solv | to loosen |
| re | back, again |
| visum | to see |
| specto | to look at |
| ad | to, toward |
| sono | to sound |
| vocare | to call |
| sensi | to feel with the senses |
| tactum | to touch |
| pro | before, for |
| ira | anger |
| circum | around |
| rota | wheel |
| cavea | to hollow |