Greek and Latin Roots Vocabulary Flashcards

Flashcards for studying Greek and Latin roots, their meanings, and example words.

anti

against

micro

small

macro

large

log

reason

mono

one

astro

star

hypo

under

peri

around

circum

around

tract

to pull or drag

vinc

to conquer

celer

fast

gress

step

son

sound

tort

to twist

hydr

water

auto

self

struct

to build

pos/posit

put or place

mob

to move

anim

spirit or life

capt

to seize or hold

meso

middle

memor

to remember

avi

to fly

cred

to believe

ver

truth

ideo

idea

dict

to speak or say

act

to do

aud

to hear

mis/miso

to hate

vers/vert

to turn

cardi

heart

tempor

time

scrib

to write

rupt

to break or burst

phobia

fear

derm

skin

fract/frag

to break

sphere

circle

mort

death

vac

empty

junct

to join

ject

to throw

sist

to stand

stat

to stand

nat

born

dem

people

cide

to kill

annu

year

arch

chief or ruler

civi

citizen

port

to carry

loc

place

luc/lumi

light

mania

obsession

path

feeling or disease

tech(n)

skill or art

pend

to hang

dent

tooth

hospit

host

pyr

fire

calc

stone

tex, text

to weave

terr

land

retro

backward

trib

to give

gen

birth or origin

naut

sailor or ship

cata

down

quis/quer/ques

to ask