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Roots for FCAT
Greek and Latin roots for practice
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alt | high (altitude, altimeter) |
| fect, fy | to do, to make (deflect, reflection, reflex) |
| imag | likeness (image,imagine) |
| flex, flect | bend (deflect, reflection, reflex) |
| fict | pretend (fiction, fictitious) |
| domin | master (dominate, predominate) |
| firm | fixed, set (infirm, confirm) |
| dict | speak (predict, dictator) |
| clam, claim | shout (proclaim, clamor) |
| mult | many (multiply) |
| homo | man (homocide, Homo sapiens) |
| bene | good,well (benefit, benediction) |
| gress, grad | step, go (gradual, progress) |
| ject | throw (eject, reject, inject, project) |
| hosp | host (hospital, hospice, hospitality) |
| aero | air (aerial, aerodynamics) |
| viv, vit | live (vivid, survive, vitamin) |
| mar | sea (marine, maritime, submarine) |
| lab | work (labor, laboratory) |
| prim, princ | first (primative, principle, primary) |
| amphi | both ways (amphibious, amphitheater) |
| tact, tang | touch (intact, contact, tangible) |
| sign | mark (signature, signal) |
| cyclo | wheel (bicycle, cycle) |
| chrono | time (chronological, synchronize) |
| card | heart (cardiac) |
| anthro | man (anthropologist, phianthropist) |
| auto | self (automatic, automobile, autobiography) |
| baro | weigh (barometer) |
| bio | life (biology, biography) |
| biblio | book (bibliography, Bible) |
| act | do (action, reaction, transact) |
| brev | short (abbreviate, brevity) |
| circ | around (circle, circular) |
| corp | body (corporal, corporation, corps) |
| mania | madness (maniac) |
| geo | earth (geography, geometry, geology) |
| graph, gram | write (telegraph, telegram, phonograph) |
| hetero | different (heteroheneous) |
| homo | same (homogeneous, homohenized) |
| hydro | water (hydroelectric) |
| log | word (prologue, apology, dialogue) |
| demo | people (democracy) |