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Greek and Latin Roots
Test 4
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02/23/2005
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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
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