Root word:

SECT

Meaning of root:

CUT

Examples:

1. Dissect - when you cut something 

2. Section - when you cut something into different parts

3. Intersection - the place or point where two things cross each other

Root word:

VERS/VERT

Meaning of root:

TURNED

Examples:

1. Reverse - when you turn go backwards

2. Versatile - when things can switch

3. Divert - ‘turns’ them away from what he is in

4. Invert - something, you ‘turn’ it on its head, or upside-down

Root word:

AB

Meaning of root:

OFF, AWAY FROM, APART, DOWN, FROM, OFF MOVE AWAY

Examples:

1. Absent - when you aren't there

2. Abolish - when you get rid of something 

3. Abduct - carry away by force

Root word:

AQU

Meaning of root:

WATER

Examples:

1. Aquarium - a place where there is a lot of water animals like fish

2. Aquatic - when something is related to water (fish are aquatic animals - animals that live in water)

3. Aqueduct - a pipeline for water

Root word:

CENT

Meaning of root:

HUNDRED

Examples:

1. Century - one hundred years

2. Centimeter - one hundredth of a meter

3. Centennial - the 100th anniversary

Root word:

LIBER

Meaning of root:

FREE

Examples:

1. Liberate - when you set something free

2. Liberty - the state of being free

3. Libertine - a person with a free, wild lifestyle

Root word:

MAL

Meaning of root:

BAD, ILL, WRONG, EVIL

Examples:

1. Malfunction - when something goes wrong 

2. Malware - a virus that takes over your electronics

3. Malicious - showing strong ill will

Root word:

MEGA

Meaning of root:

GREAT, LARGE, MILLION

Examples:

1. Megaphone - a device that makes your voice louder and larger

2. Megabus - a very large 2 story bus

3. Megastructure - huge building or other structure

Root word:

PER

Meaning of root:

TRY, TEST, THROUGH, THROUGHOUT

Examples:

1. Experiment - when you test something 

2. Perfect - throughout a whole activity you do everything right 

3. Permanent - lasting throughout all time

Root word:

SACR/SANCT

Meaning of root:

HOLY, SACRED

Examples:

1. Sanctuary - a place where things are able to live freely and safe

2. Sanctify - to make holy

3. Sacral - pertaining to sacred rites or observances

4. Sacrarium - where materials used in the sacred rites are deposited or poured away

Root word:

SCOP

Meaning of root:

SEE, EXAMINE, OBSERVE

Examples:

1. Telescope - to observe far away things closely

2. Periscope - a seeing instrument on a submarine

3. Microscope - a device used to see tiny things

Root word:

SENS/SENT

Meaning of root:

TO FEEL, TO PERCEIVE

Examples:

1. Sensory - sensation or the physical senses

2. Sensation - when you feel something

3. Resent - to feel or show displeasure or anger at

4. Sentiment - a feeling toward something

Root word:

SUB

Meaning of root:

UNDER, BELOW

Examples:

1. Submarine - a vehicle that goes underwater

2. Subway - a train system that's underground

3. Submerge - to put underwater

Root word:

TERR

Meaning of root:

EARTH, LAND, GROUND

Examples:

1. Terrain - a stretch of land

2. Territory - a stretch of land that is owned by someone

3. Extraterrestrial - existing outside the earth 

Root word:

THERM

Meaning of root:

HEAT, TEMPERATURE

Examples:

1. Thermometer - a device that lets you check the temperature

2. Thermos - a can that you put soup and other hot or cold things in to keep the temperature

3. Thermostat - a device that controls heat

Root word:

AER/AERO

Meaning of root:

AIR, ATMOSPHERE, AVIATION

Examples:

1. Aerial - things that happen in the air

2. Aerate - to let air reach something

3. Aeroplane - a heavier-than-air powered flying vehicle with fixed wings

4. Aerophobia - an abnormal fear of drafts of air, gases, or airborne matter.

Root word:

CHROM

Meaning of root:

COLOR, PIGMENT

Examples:

1. Monochrome - something that is one color

2. Chromatic - color; relating to color

3. Achromatic - without color

Root word:

CONTRA

Meaning of root:

AGAINST, OPPOSITE

Examples:

1. Contradict - to go against what you originally said

2. Contraband - things that have been imported or exported illegally

3. Contrary - not in agreement

Root word:

CRAN

Meaning of root:

BRAIN, SKULL

Examples:

1. Cranium - your head

2. Cranial - relating to the skull

3. Craniology - the study of skull characteristics

Root word:

DIA

Meaning of root:

THROUGH, BETWEEN, APART

Examples:

1. Diameter - straight line passing from side to side through the center of a figure

2. Diagonal - a straight line joining two opposite corners

3. Dialog - conversation between two people