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ROOT WORDS PRACTICE
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1. Root Word: acer, acid, acri/ Example: acerbic, acidity, Definition: bitter, sour,
acrid, acrimony sharp

2. Root Word: acu/ Example: acute, acupuncture, accu- Definition: sharp
rate

3. Root Word: ag, agi, ig, act/ Example: agent, agenda, Definition: do, move, go
agitate, navigate, ambiguous, action

4. Root Word: ali, allo, alter/ Example: alias, alibi, alien, Definition: other
alloy, alter, alter ego, altruism

5. Root Word: alt(us)/ Example: altimeter, altitude Definition: high, deep

6. Root Word: am, amor/ Example: amiable, amorous, Definition: love, liking
enamoured

7. Root Word: Anni, annu, enni/ Example: anniversary, Definition: year
annually, centennial

8. Root Word: anthrop/ Example: anthropology, misan- Definition: man
thrope, philanthropy

9. Root Word: anti(co)/ Example: antique, antiquated, an- Definition: old
tiquity

10. Root Word: arch/ Example: archangel, architect, ar- Definition: chief, first, rule
chaic, monarchy, matriarchy, patriarchy, Archeozoic
era

11. Root Word: aster, astr/ Example: aster, asterisk, aster- Definition: star
oid, astronomy, astronaut

12. Definition: hear, listen



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Root Word: aud, aus/ Example: audiology, auditorium,
audio, audition, ausculate

13. Root Word: aug, auc/ Example: augur, augment, auc- Definition: increase
tion

14. Root Word: auto, aut/ Example: automobile, auto- Definition: self
graph, automatic

15. Root Word: belli/ Example: rebellion, belligerent, ca- Definition: war
sus belli, bellicose

16. Root Word: bibl/ Example: Bible, bibliography, biblio- Definition: book
mania

17. Root Word: bio/ Example: biology, biometrics, biome, Definition: life
biosphere

18. Root Word: brev/ Example: abbreviate, brief Definition: short

19. Root Word: cad, cas/ Example: cadaver, cadence, cas- Definition: to fall
cade

20. Root Word: calor/ Example: calorie, caloric, calorime- Definition: heat
ter

21. Root Word: cap, cip, cept/ Example: capable, intercept, Definition: take
forceps, capture, except, reciprocate

22. Root Word: capit, capt/ Example: decapitate, capital, Definition: head
captain, caption

23. Root Word: carn/ Example: carnivorous, incarnate, Definition: flesh
reincarnation, carnal



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24. Root Word: caus, caut/ Example: caustic, cauldron, Definition: burn, heat
cauterize

25. Root Word: cause, cuse, cus/ Example: because, ex- Definition: cause, motive
cuse, accusation

26. Root Word: ced, ceed, cede, cess/ Example: procedure, Definition: move, yield, go,
proceed, cede, concede, recede, precede, accede, suc- surrender
cess

27. Root Word: cenetri/ Example: concentric, centrifugal, Definition: center
centripetal, eccentric

28. Root Word: chrom/ Example: chrome, chromosome, Definition: color
polychrome, chromatic

29. Root Word: chron/ Example: chronology, chronome- Definition: time
ter, synchronize

30. Root Word: cide, cise/ Example: homicide, exorcise, Definition: cut down, kill
germicide, incision, scissors

31. Root Word: cit/ Example: incite, citation, cite Definition: call, start

32. Root Word: civ/ Example: civic, civil, civilian, civilization Definition: citizen

33. Root Word: clam, claim/ Example: exclamation, clam- Definition: cry out
or, proclamation, reclamation, acclaim

34. Root Word: clud, clus, claus/ Example: include, con- Definition: shut
clude, recluse, claustrophobia, occlusion, occult

35. Root Word: cognoac, gnosi/ Example: recognize, prog- Definition: know
nosis, cognoscenti, incognito, agnostic