a-z root quiz

-fer

bear; carry; produce

ferro-

iron

fibr-

fiber; thread

-fid; fis

divided into; split

-flect; -flex

bend

flor-

flower

flour-

flourine

foli-

leaf

fract-

break

galact-; galax-

milky; milky fluid

gastro-

stomach

geo

land; earth

-gen; gine

producer; former

-gene; gene-

origin

-gest

carry; produce

glob-

ball; round

glottis

mouth of windpipe

-gon

angle; corner

-gony

offspring

-grade

step; division

-gram

writing; record

-graphy; -graph

writing; record

grav-

heavy

gross

thick

gymno-

naked

gyn-

female

gyr-

ring; circle; spiral

macr-

large

mal-

bad; evil

malle-

hammer

mamm-

breast

marg-

border; edge

mast-

breast

med-

middle

meg-

great; million

mela; melan-

black; dark

mes-

middle; half; intermediate

met-; meta-

between; along; after

meteor-

lofty; high; in air

-meter; -metry

way or instrument used for measuring

metro-

uterus

micro-

small

milli-

thousandth

mis-

wrong; incorrect

mito-

thread; filament

mole-

mass

moll-

soft

mono-

one; single

mont-

mountain

mort-

death

mov-; -mot

move

morph-

shape; form

multi-

many

mycle-

threadlike

mycet

fungus

myria

many

kilo

thousand

lachry-

tear

lact-

milk

lat-

side; flank

-less

without

leuc-

white; bright; light

lign-

wood

lin

line

lingu-

tongue

liqu-

become fluid; liquid

lip-

fat

lith-; -lite

stone; petrifying

loc-

place

-logy

study

-lysis; -lyte; -lyst

dissolve; decompose

haem-; hem-

blood

hepat-

liver

herb-

grass

hetero-

different; other

hex-

six

hibern

winter

hipp-

horse

hist-

tissue

holo-

entire; whole

homo-

man

homo-

same; alike

hort-

garden

hybrid

mongrel

hydr-

water

hygr-

wet; moist

hypo-

beneath; under; less

hyper-

above; beyond; over

hypho-

weaving

hypno

sleep

-ic

added to nouns to form adjectives

ichthy-

fish

ign-

fire

im-

not

in-

to; toward; into

in-

not

-ine

of or pertaining to

infro-

below; beneath

inter-

between

intra

within; inside