Root Vocabulary Flashcards

A complete set of vocabulary flashcards covering prefixes, roots, and suffixes along with their definitions and examples.

hypo-

under, below (Examples: hypodermic, hypothermia, hypochromia, hypoglycemic)

hyper-

over, above (Examples: hypertension, hyperbole, hyperchromia, hyperactive)

epi-

on, outside (Examples: epidermous, epidemic, epitaph, episode)

di-/dis-

apart, not, away (Examples: discord, disperse, division, divert)

in-/ir-/il-/im-

not (Examples: ineffective, impatient, illegal, irrelevant)

CHROM

color (Examples: monochrome, hypochromia, chromoscope, polychromatic)

GEN

cause, birth, race (Examples: pathogen, genocide, androgen, generation)

SCOP

to look (Examples: scope, chromoscope, microscopic, telescope)

HOMO

same (Examples: homosexual, homonym, homochromous, homophonic)

MONO

one (Examples: monogram, monochromatic, monarchy, monotheism)

POLY

many (Examples: polyester, polygamy, polygon, polytheism)

DERM/DERMAT

skin (Examples: epidermous, dermatitis, mesoderm, hypodermic)

MESO

middle (Examples: mesoderm, Mesopotamia, mesocracy, mesotherm)

VIS/VID

to see (Examples: improvise, invisible, provide, evidence)

TELE

from afar (Examples: telescope, telegraph, telemetry, telekinesis)

-ium

chemical element (Examples: chromium, titanium, lithium, sodium)

-ic

like, related to (Examples: xenophobic, dramatic, hypodermic, democratic)

-ous/-ious/-acious/-ulous

having the quality of (Examples: homochromous, vivacious, courteous, spacious, acidulous)

-ia

condition (Examples: hydrophobia, hypochromia, hypothermia, hysteria)

-oid

resembling (Examples: android, astroid, dermoid, gyencoid)

-al/-ial

like, related to (Examples: antibacterial, antisocial, accidental, cultural)

-ion/-tion/-sion

state, quality, act (Examples: action, vision, continuation, convention, expansion)

-ible/-albe

able to be, capable of (Examples: portable, legible, invisible, comparable)