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Details Title: Greek and Latin Roots Description: Test 4 Total Flash Cards: 97 Created: 02/23/2005 04:57:27	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term ARE- Definition space (areola) Term AC(U)- Definition sharp, sour, needle (acupuncture) Term AUR- Definition ear Term CALC- Definition limestone, pebble, calium Term CAPS- Definition box (capsule) Term CAR(N)- Definition flesh (carnal, reincarnate) Term CUT- Definition skin Term FIBR- Definition fiber Term FOLL- Definition bag (follicle) Term FUN- Definition rope, cord Term LOC- Definition place (location, local, bilocular) Term LUN(A)- Definition moon Term OSTI- Definition door, opening Term PART- Definition part, divide Term PED- Definition foot (pedal, pedestrian) Term PELL- Definition skin (pellegra) Term PLUM- Definition feather (plume) Term RACEM- Definition cluster of grapes or berries Term RIM- Definition crack,chink Term AMBUL- Definition walk Term CED-, CESS- Definition to go, to yeild (procession, recede) Term DEXTR- Definition righthanded Term FAC-, (-FIC-), FACT-, (-FECT-) Definition to do, to make (factory, deficient, confection) Term FID-, FISS- Definition to split (fission) Term GUST- Definition to taste (disgust) Term INSUL- Definition island (insulate, peninsula) Term JUNCT- and JUG- Definition to join and yoke (junction, conjunction) Term LEV- Definition lefthanded Term MACUL- Definition spot Term NOCT- Definition night (nocturnal) Term PAR-, PART- Definition to give birth, to produce Term PEND-, PENS- Definition to hang, to weigh, to pay (depend, impend, expensive, compensation) Term ROT- Definition wheel (rotation) Term SALI-, (-SILI-), SALT-, (-SULT-) Definition to leap, to jump ( Term SORB, SORPT Definition to suck in (absorb,absorption) Term STRING-, STRICT- Definition to draw tight (restrict, stringent) Term TEN-, (-TIN-), TENT- Definition to hold (tenant, continuous, detention) Term VIV- Definition living (survive, vivid, vivacious) Term AUD-, AUDIT- Definition to hear (audit, auditorium, audition) Term CAMER- Definition chamber (camera) Term CAD-, (-CID-), CAS-, Definition to fall, befall (decadent, accident, casual) Term CAP-, (-CIP-), CAPT-, (-CEPT-) Definition to take, to seize (captive, recipient, reception, accept) Term CREPIT- Definition to creak, to crackle Term GRAV- Definition heavy (gravity) Term JAC- Definition to lie (adjacent) Term LAB-, LAPS- Definition to slip, to fall, to glide (callapse, lapse) Term MOLL- Definition soft (mollusk) Term MORB- Definition disease (morbidity, morbus) Term MOV, MOT- Definition to move (promote, remote, remove) Term NASC-, NAT- Definition to be born (native, nature) Term PATI-, PASS- Definition to suffer, to endure (impatient, compassionate, passion, compatability) Term PLAN- Definition flat (plan, plane) Term PRUR-, PRURIT- Definition to itch Term REG-, (-RIG-), RECT- Definition to make straight, to rule, rectum (regiment, correct) Term RUMP-, RUMPT- Definition to break, to burst (abrupt, disrupt, rupture) Term SCIND-, SCISS Definition to cut, to split Term TANG, (-TING-), TIG-, TACT- Definition to touch (contact, intact) Term BULL- Definition blister, bubble Term COL- Definition to inhabit Term CORI- Definition skin Term CRIST- Definition crest Term FEC- Definition excrement, sediment Term FLA-, FLAT- Definition to blow Term FLOR- Definition flower (florist, florid, Florida) Term FORNIC Definition arch Term GER-, GEST- Definition to carry, to bear (suggest, exagerrate, ingest, digest) Term GUTT- Definition to drop (gutter) Term NEV- Definition birthmark Term NID- Definition nest Term PULVER-, PULV- Definition dust (pulverize) Term RADIC- Definition root (radish, radical) Term RAM- Definition branch Term SAX Definition rock Term SCUT- Definition shield Term SERR- Definition saw, saw tooth Term STECOR-, STERC- Definition excrement Term SULC- Definition furrow, groove Term AQU(A)- Definition WATER Term BREV- Definition short (abbreviate) Term CAPILL- Definition hair (capillary) Term COLL- Definition neck (collar) Term CORON- Definition crown Term CORTIC-, CORT- Definition bark, outer layer (cortex, cortizone) Term CRUC- Definition cross (crucify, excruciating) Term CUNE- Definition wedge Term ENS- Definition sword Term FALC- Definition sickle Term FUG- Definition to flee, to put to flight (refuge, fugitive) Term LINE Definition line (linear, lineage) Term LUC- Definition light, to shine (lucid, translucid) Term MATR-, MATERN- Definition mother Term MONT- Definition mountain Term MULT- Definition many Term RET- Definition net, network Term ROSTR- Definition beak Term TORQU-, TORT-, TORS- Definition to twist Term VERM- Definition worm