Word Roots and Affixes (41-60)

Vocabulary practice flashcards covering roots, prefixes, meanings, and examples from list items 41 through 60.

gen

Birth; beginning (e.g., generate, gene)

mort

Death (e.g., mortality, mortician)

ven/vent

To come (e.g., ventilate, convention)

junct

To join (e.g., conjunction, junction)

spir

To breathe (e.g., respirator, dispirited)

sec/sect

To cut (e.g., section, sectarian)

leg

Law; to read (e.g., legislation, illegible)

mod

Measure or manner of doing (e.g., mode, modification)

biblio

Book (e.g., bibliography, biblical)

mem

Mind (e.g., memory, memorial)

path

Disease; suffering (e.g., pathology, sympathy)

sol

Alone (e.g., solitaire, solitude)

intra-

Within (e.g., intramural, intrastate)

inter-

Between (e.g., interact, internet)

intro-

In/inward (e.g., introvert, introduce)

circum-

Around (e.g., circumvent, circumference)

fus

To pour (e.g., infusion, profuse)

pend

To hang (e.g., pendulum, depend)

loc

Place (e.g., location, dislocate)

tain/ten

To hold (e.g., container, retention)