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Term

Root word:

CARDI

Definition

Meaning of root:

HEART

Examples:

1. Cardiac - dealing with the heart

2. Cardiogenic - resulting from heart disease

3. Cardiologist - a heart doctor

Term

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CLINE

Definition

Meaning of root:

BEND, SLANT, LEAN, SLOPE

Examples:

1. Decline - when something is on the downward side of a slope

2. Incline - a surface that slopes or leans

3. Recline - to lean back and relax

Term

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DUR

Definition

Meaning of root:

HARD, HARSH

Examples:

1. Durable - when something is hard and doesn't break easily

2. Duration - the length of time something lasts

3. Enduring - able to last

Term

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EPI

Definition

Meaning of root:

UPON, OVER, ON THE OUTSIDE

Examples:

1. Epidermis - the outer non-sensitive and nonvascular layer of the skin of a vertebrate that overlies the dermis

2. Epidemic - the rapid spread of something negative

3. Epitaph - an inscription on a tomb in memory of the one buried there

Term

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FIC

Definition

Meaning of root:

MAKING, DOING, CASING

Examples:

1. Difficult - something that is hard to do

2. Amplification - an act, example, or product of amplifying

3. Fiction - something invented by the imagination or feigned

Term

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GLOSS

Definition

Meaning of root:

TONGUE, LANGUAGE, WORD

Examples:

1. Glossary - the end of a book that shows the harder words in the book

2. Glossator - a compiler of a glossary

3. Gloss - a brief explanation of a difficult or obscure word or expression

Term

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GON

Definition

Meaning of root:

ANGLE, CORNER

Examples:

1. Polygon - multi-sided shapes

2. Diagonal - a slanting line running across a space

3. Octagon - a geometrical figure with 8 angles

Term

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KILO

Definition

Meaning of root:

ONE THOUSAND

Examples:

1. Kilometer - a thousand meters

2. Kilobyte - 1,000 bytes

3. Kilograms - thousand grams

Term

Root word:

LIP

Definition

Meaning of root:

LEAVE OR FAT

Examples:

1. Eclipse -when the light leaves 

2. Lipase - enzyme that breaks down fat

3. Lipoid - resembles fat

Term

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MAR

Definition

Meaning of root:

SEA, POOL

Examples:

1. Marine - produced by the sea

2. Marina - a harbor for pleasure boats 

3. Maritime - relating to the sea

Term

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MON

Definition

Meaning of root:

WARN, REMIND

Examples:

1. Monument - a statue or item that remind us of an event, person, or thing

2. Admonition - warning against fault or oversight

3. Monitor - one that warns or instructs

Term

Root word:

MOT/MOV

Definition

Meaning of root:

MOVE

Examples:

1. Motor - a device that makes a vehicle or device move

2. Motion - the act of moving

3. Removable - able to be taken or carried away

4. Movement - the act or process of moving

Term

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MUT

Definition

Meaning of root:

CHANGE

Examples:

1. Mutate - when something changes

2. Immutable - not changing 

3. Mutant - an organism that has undergone change

Term

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NOT

Definition

Meaning of root:

MARK

Examples:

1. Notable - marked as worthy of attention 

2. Notarize - to certify a signature on a legal document

3. Annotate - to add remarks 

Term

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PAC

Definition

Meaning of root:

PEACE

Examples:

1. Pacifist - someone who believe in peace 

2. Pacify - to restore to a tranquil state

3. Pacific - having a soothing appearance or effect

Term

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PHYS

Definition

Meaning of root:

NATURE, BODY, NATURAL SCIENCE

Examples:

1. Physical - relating to the body

2. Physician - a doctor

3. Physique - nature and shape of one's body

Term

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QUIR, QUIS, QUEST, QUER

Definition

Meaning of root:

SEEK, ASK

Examples:

1. Enquire - when you ask about something

2. Inquisitive - inclined to ask questions

3. Request - an instance of asking for something

4. Query - a question in the mind

Term

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ROG

Definition

Meaning of root:

ASK, REQUEST

Examples:

1. Interrogate - when you ask someone a series of questions

2. Derogatory - expressive of a low opinion

3. Prerogative - a distinctive excellence

Term

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SAT/SATIS

Definition

Meaning of root:

ENOUGH, FULL

Examples:

1. Satisfy - when you have had enough of something 

2. Satisfaction - fulfillment of a need or want

3. Saturate - to fill completely with something

4. Satiate - to satisfy fully

Term

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SOLU/SOLV

Definition

Meaning of root:

LOOSED

Examples:

1. Absolve - to set (someone) free from an obligation

2. Dissolve - to cause to disappear

3. Solution - into a state of discontinuity

4. Insoluble - having or admitting of no solution

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