Vocab for Test Taking

ALLLLL THE ROOT WORDS <333

A/n

not, without

Ac/Ad

to, toward, near

Acro

top, height, tip, beginning

Agr/i/o

farming

Ambi, amphi

both, on both sides, around

Ante

before, in front

Anti

against, opposite of

Archi

chief, most important, rule

Arch/a/l

primitive, ancient

Astro

star, stars, outer space

Auto

self

Bene

good, well

Capt, cept, ceive

take, hold

Cata

down, against, intensive, according to

Cede, ceed, cess

go, yield

Chrom/o, chromat/o, chros

color, pigment

Chron/o

time

Cide, cise

cut, kill

Circum, circle

around, about

Cogn/I

know

Contra/o

against, opposite

Corp/o

body

Cruc

cross

Curr, curs

run

Dent, dont

tooth

Duc/t

lead

Dys

abnormal, bad

Endo

within, inside

Equ/i

equal, equally

Erg/o

work

Eu

good, well

Ex

from, out

Fac/t

make, do

Fer

bear, bring, carry

Fract, frag

break

Funct

perform

Gen/Genos

birth, production, formation, kind

Grex/greg

flock, herd

Grad/gress

to step, to go

Heli/o

sun

Hem/o/a

blood

Hetero

different, other

Homo

man, like, alike, same

Hydr/o

liquid, water

Idio

peculiar, personal, distinct

Ig, il, im, in, ir

not, without, in

Iso

equal

Ject

throw

Junct

join

Kine/t/mat

motion, division

Lingu

language, tongue

Loqu, locu

speak

Logy

study

Mal

bad

Mand

to order

Meta

change, after, beyond, between

Migr

move

Mis/o

bad, badly, wrong, wrongly, to hate

Miss, mit

send, let go

Mono

one

Mort

death

Morph

Necr/o

dead, death

Ob, op

in the way, against

Omni

all

Ortho

straight

Pan

all, any, everyone

Para

beside, beyond, abnormal, assistant

Ped

foot, feet

Pept, peps

digestion

Peri

around, enclosing

Poly

many, more

Post

after, behind

Prot/o

primitive, first, chief

Pseud/o

wrong, false

Pugn/a, pung

to fight

Radic, radix

root

Re, retro

again, back, backward

Rid

laugh

Scend

climb, go

Sci

know

Scler/o

hard

Scrib, script

write, written

Se

apart

Sed, sid, sess

sit

Sol

alone, sun, firm

Somn/i

sleep

Soph

wise

Spir

breathe

Struct

build

Sum

highest, total

Tact, tang

touch

Tax/o

arrangement

Tel/e/o

far, distant, complete

The/o

god

Therm/o

heat

Top

place

Tort

twist

Tox

poison

Tract

pull, drag