Root word:

BIO

Meaning of root:

LIFE

 Examples:

1. Biology - a science that deals with living things.

2. Biography - a story about a person's life.

3. Biochemistry - living organisms or tissue

Root word:

JAC/JECT

Meaning of root:

THROW/CAST

 Examples:

1. Reject - you do not accept or agree with it.

2. Project - throw something forwards

3. Adjacent - having a common endpoint or border

4. Interjacent - lying or being between or among others

Root word:

LUC/LUM

Meaning of root:

LIGHT

 Examples:

1. Illuminate - to make an area lighter or brighter

2. Lumen - unit measuring light

3. Translucent - light passes through easily

4. Elucidate - to throw light on

Root word:

MIS

Meaning of root:

WRONG, BAD, BADLY, HATE

 Examples:

1. Mistake - when something is done wrongly

2. Misbehave - when a person acts in a rude or crazy way

3. Misprint - an error in printing

Root word:

ANTI

Meaning of root:

AGAINST/OPPOSITE

 Examples:

1. Antidote - a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison

2. Antisocial - shunning contact with others

3. Antibody - a substance that destroys micro-organisms

Root word:

CIRC

Meaning of root:

ROUND, AROUND

 Examples:

1. Circle - a shape that is round with no edges.

2. Circuit - a route for electricity to circle around in

3. Circumspect - looking around

Root word:

GRAPH

Meaning of root:

WRITE

 Examples:

1. Autograph - when someone writes their name to sign something.

2. Graphite - what pencils use to write

3. Graphology - a study of handwritings

Root word:

HOMO

Meaning of root:

SAME, ALIKE

 Examples:

1. Homonym - words that have the same sound and spelling but different in meaning

2. Homologous - when things are alike and work together

3. Homogenous - of the same nature or kind

Root word:

HYPER

Meaning of root:

OVER, ABOVE, EXTREME, OVERDOING SOMETHING

 Examples:

1. Hyperactive - someone who is over / extremely  active and energetic

2. Hyperbole - when someone exaggerates to an extreme degree/ ‘overly’ praising something

3. Hypersensitive - of feeling ‘overly’ emotional

Root word:

HYPO

Meaning of root:

UNDER, BELOW 

Examples:

1. Hypodermic - pertaining to ‘under’ the skin    /  hypodermic needle

2. Hypothermia - When your body temperature gets really low causing your blood flow to slow down/ under normal temp

3. Hypochondriac - one who is underestimating his current health status as poorer than it really is

Root word:

PHON

Meaning of root:

SOUND

Examples:

1. Symphony - group of instruments which ‘sound’ together / playing together

2. Telephone - device which carries ‘sound’ over long distances

3. Microphone - device that makes the small ‘sound’ of a voice louder

Root word:

TEND/TENS/TENT

Meaning of root:

STRETCH, STRAIN

Examples:

1. Extend - when you reach for something

2. Tense - strained or nervous

3. Detention - the act or fact of detaining

Root word:

AM/AMI/AMOR

Meaning of root:

LOVE, FRIEND

Examples:

1. Glamor - exciting or mysterious attractiveness

2. Amateur - person who loves a particular something as a pastime rather than a profession

3. Amity - friendly and peaceful relations

Root word:

AST

Meaning of root:

STAR

Examples:

1. Astronaut - someone who explores space and the stars

2. Astronomy - the science of looking at the stars and universe

3. Asterisk - a star-shaped sign used as a reference tool

Root word:

BI

Meaning of root:

TWO, TWICE

Examples:

1. Bicycle - a vehicle with two wheels

2. Bimonthly - something that occurs twice a month

3. Binoculars - optical device with two lenses

Root word:

DIC

Meaning of root:

SPEAK, SAY

Examples:

1. Predict - you say what is going to happen even though it hasn’t happened yet.

2. Diction - something is expressed in words

3. Contradict - to express the opposite of something

Root word:

MAGN/MACRO

Meaning of root:

LARGE, GREAT

Examples:

1. Magnitude - great size or extent of something

2. Magnify - making something larger than it is

3. Macromolecule - a large molecule

4. Macroevolution - large scale evolution

Root word:

SCRIB

Meaning of root:

WRITE, WRITTEN

Examples:

1. Scribble - a bunch of marks that is written on a piece of paper

2. Inscribe - to write letters or words on a surface

3. Describe - to represent with words or pictures

Root word:

SPEC

Meaning of root:

SEE, LOOK

Examples:

1. Perspective - attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view.

2. Inspection - careful examination or scrutiny.

3. Spectator - a person who sees an event

Root word:

TELE

Meaning of root:

FAR

Examples:

1. Telephone - calling people who are far away

2. Telescope - a device you use to see things that are far away

3. Television - a device to receive pictures from afar