Word Parts: Roots

abil

Meaning: handy, able | Examples: ability, capability, habilitate

abol

Meaning: destroy, get rid of | Examples: abolish, abolition, abolitionist

ac

Meaning: sharp, keen, point | Examples: acute, acumen, acid

acerb

Meaning: bitter, sharp, tart | Examples: acerbic, exacerbate, acerbity

acr

Meaning: sharp, keen, fierce | Examples: acrid, acrimony, acerbic

act

Meaning: drive, do | Examples: action, transact, enact

aesthet

Meaning: feel, perceive | Examples: aesthetic, anesthetic, aesthetics

am

Meaning: love | Examples: amorous, amiable, enamored

ambul

Meaning: walk, go around | Examples: ambulatory, somnambulist, perambulate

ami

Meaning: friend | Examples: amicable, amity, inimical

ampl

Meaning: large | Examples: amplify, ample, amplitude

anim

Meaning: mind, spirit, life | Examples: animus, unanimous, magnanimous, animation

ann

Meaning: year | Examples: annual, annuity, perennial

anthrop

Meaning: human | Examples: anthropology, misanthrope, anthropomorphic

apt

Meaning: suitable, fit | Examples: aptitude, adapt, inept

arbitr

Meaning: think, judge | Examples: arbitrary, arbitrate, arbiter

arbor

Meaning: tree | Examples: arboreal, arborist, arbor

arch

Meaning: ancient, rule | Examples: archaic, archive, monarchy

art

Meaning: skill, craft | Examples: artifice, artisan, articulate

asper

Meaning: rough, harsh | Examples: asperity, exasperate, aspersion

aster

Meaning: star | Examples: asteroid, disaster, asterisk

aud

Meaning: hear, listen to | Examples: audible, auditorium, audition, audience

auth

Meaning: author | Examples: authentic, authority, authorize

av

Meaning: desire, be eager | Examples: avid, avarice, avaricious

bell

Meaning: war, fighting | Examples: bellicose, rebellion, belligerent

bio

Meaning: life | Examples: biology, biography, symbiosis

bol

Meaning: throw | Examples: hyperbole, parabola, diabolical

bon

Meaning: good | Examples: bonus, bona fide, bonanza

brev

Meaning: short | Examples: brevity, abbreviate, brief

cad

Meaning: fall | Examples: cadence, decadent, cadaver

cand

Meaning: brilliant whiteness | Examples: candid, incandescent, candidate

cant

Meaning: sing | Examples: incantation, chant, recant

cap, capt

Meaning: take | Examples: capable, capture

capit

Meaning: head | Examples: capital, capitulate, decapitate

capt

Meaning: taken, seized | Examples: capture, captive, captivate

carn

Meaning: meat | Examples: carnivore, carnage, incarnate

caust

Meaning: burnt, red hot | Examples: caustic, holocaust, cauterize

cav

Meaning: hollow | Examples: cavity, cavernous, excavate

ced

Meaning: go, move, yield | Examples: precede, recede, concede

ced, cess

Meaning: go, yield | Examples: proceed, concede, access

ceed

Meaning: go, move | Examples: proceed, exceed, succeed

cept

Meaning: taken, seized | Examples: intercept, concept, susceptible

cern

Meaning: sift, perceive, decide | Examples: discern, concern, certain

cert

Meaning: sure | Examples: certify, ascertain, certitude

cess

Meaning: go | Examples: recession, access, process

chrom

Meaning: color | Examples: chromatic, monochrome, chromosome

chron

Meaning: time | Examples: chronology, anachronism, synchronize, chronic

cis, cise

Meaning: cut | Examples: incision, concise, excise, scissors

cit

Meaning: moved, stirred up | Examples: incite, solicit, recitation

civ

Meaning: citizen | Examples: civil, civic, civilization

clam

Meaning: shout | Examples: exclaim, clamor, proclamation

clar

Meaning: clear, bright | Examples: clarify, declare, clarity

clud

Meaning: shut, close | Examples: include, preclude, seclude

clus

Meaning: shut, closed | Examples: exclusive, recluse, conclusion

cogn

Meaning: learn, know | Examples: cognition, recognize, incognito

cord

Meaning: heart | Examples: cordial, concord, discord

corp

Meaning: body | Examples: corporation, corporeal, incorporate

cosm

Meaning: universe | Examples: cosmopolitan, cosmos, microcosm

crat

Meaning: rule | Examples: democrat, autocrat, bureaucracy

cred

Meaning: believe, trust | Examples: credible, incredulous, credulity

crit

Meaning: judge | Examples: criticize, criteria, hypocritical

cruc

Meaning: cross | Examples: crucial, crucifix, excruciating

crypt

Meaning: hidden | Examples: cryptic, encrypt, cryptography

culp

Meaning: fault, blame, guilt | Examples: culpable, exculpate, culprit

cult

Meaning: grow | Examples: cultivate, culture, agriculture

cur, curr

Meaning: run | Examples: current, recurrent, concurrent, occur

cycl

Meaning: circle, wheel | Examples: cycle, cyclical, encyclopedia

dem

Meaning: people | Examples: democracy, demagogue, demographic

dextr

Meaning: right | Examples: dexterous, ambidextrous, dexterity

dict

Meaning: say | Examples: dictate, predict, verdict, contradict

dign

Meaning: worthy, deserving | Examples: dignity, indignant, condign

doc

Meaning: teach | Examples: doctrine, document, docile

dogm

Meaning: belief, opinion | Examples: dogmatic, dogma

domin

Meaning: master | Examples: dominate, dominion, predominant

dors

Meaning: back | Examples: endorse, dorsal

dox

Meaning: opinion | Examples: paradox, orthodox, heterodox

duc

Meaning: lead | Examples: induce, deduce, conduct

duct

Meaning: led | Examples: aqueduct, induction, deduction

dur

Meaning: hard, harsh, lasting | Examples: durable, endure, obdurate, duration

dyn

Meaning: power | Examples: dynamic, dynasty, dynamism

ego

Meaning: I | Examples: egocentric, egoism, egotistical

equ

Meaning: equal | Examples: equanimity, equation, equate, equilibrium

erg

Meaning: work | Examples: energy, synergy, ergometer

err

Meaning: wander, make a mistake | Examples: errant, erroneous, aberration

fac

Meaning: make, do | Examples: facile, faction, superficial

fact

Meaning: made, done | Examples: manufacture, artifact, factual

fall

Meaning: trick, deceive, be in error | Examples: fallacy, fallible, infallible

fatu

Meaning: foolish, silly, stupid | Examples: fatuous, infatuate, fatuity

fect

Meaning: make | Examples: effect, affect, perfect

felic

Meaning: happy, lucky | Examples: felicity, felicitous, infelicitous

fer

Meaning: carry, bring, bear | Examples: transfer, infer, confer

ferv

Meaning: boil, be hot | Examples: fervor, fervent, effervescent

fic

Meaning: make, do | Examples: efficient, proficient, artifice

fict

Meaning: pretend, invent | Examples: fiction, fictitious, feign

fid

Meaning: trust, faith | Examples: fidelity, confide, perfidious

fin

Meaning: end, boundary | Examples: finite, define, affinity, finish

fiss

Meaning: split | Examples: fission, fissure, fissile

flagr

Meaning: burn | Examples: flagrant, conflagration

flect

Meaning: bend | Examples: reflect, deflect, inflection

flor

Meaning: flower | Examples: florid, flourish, efflorescence