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Kaplan's Word Roots
Common word roots and their definitions
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General Vocab
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11/24/2008
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Term
A, An
 Definition
not, without (e.g. amoral, anarchy)
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Ac, Acr
 Definition
sharp, sour (e.g. acute, acrid)
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Ambi, Amphi
 Definition
both (e.g. ambiguous, amphibious)
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Ambl, Ambul
 Definition
walk (e.g. amble, ambulatory)
Term
Aud
 Definition
hear (e.g. audio)
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Bene, Ben
 Definition
good (e.g. benefactor, benign)
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Bio
 Definition
life (e.g. biology)
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Carn
 Definition
flesh (e.g. carnage)
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Cede, Cess
 Definition
yield, go (cessation, secede)
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Co, Com, Con
 Definition
with, together (e.g. cogent, compliant, consensus)
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Curr, Curs
 Definition
run (e.g. current, precursor)
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De
 Definition
down, out, apart (e.g. debilitate, deride)
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Demo, Dem
 Definition
people (e.g. democrat, demagogue)
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Duc, Duct
 Definition
lead (e.g. induce, conduct)
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Ego
 Definition
self (e.g. egoist)
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En, Em
 Definition
in, into (e.g. enter, embroil)
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Eu
 Definition
well, good (e.g. euphemism)
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Fal, Fals
 Definition
deceive (e.g. infallible, false)
Term
Fore
 Definition
before (e.g. forecast)
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Frag, Frac
 Definition
break (e.g. fragment, fracture)
Term
Graph, Gram
 Definition
writing (e.g. biography, grammar)
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Grat
 Definition
pleasing (e.g. gratitude)
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Helio, Heli
 Definition
sun (e.g. heliocentric, perihelion)
Term
Hol
 Definition
whole (e.g. holocaust)
Term
Intra, Intr
 Definition
within (e.g. intravenous, intrinsic)
Term
Ject, Jet
 Definition
throw (e.g. trajectory, jettison)
Term
Jud
 Definition
judge (e.g. judicious)
Term
Lat
 Definition
side (e.g. lateral)
Term
Ling, Lang
 Definition
tongue (e.g. lino, language)
Term
Macro
 Definition
great (e.g. macrocosm)
Term
Mal
 Definition
bad (e.g. maladroit)
Term
Mem, Min
 Definition
remember (e.g. memento, reminisce)
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Mit, Miss
 Definition
send (e.g. transmit, missive)
Term
Nau, Nav
 Definition
ship, sailor (e.g. nautical, circumnavigate)
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Neo
 Definition
new (e.g. neoclassical)
Term
Ob
 Definition
against (e.g. obsequious)
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Omni
 Definition
all (e.g. omnipotent)
Term
Pac
 Definition
peace (e.g. pacifist)
Term
Phon
 Definition
sound (e.g. phonograph)
Term
Pot
 Definition
drink (e.g. potable)
Term
Quad, Quar, Quat
 Definition
four (e.g. quadrant, quarantine, quaternary)
Term
Quie
 Definition
quiet (e.g. acquiesce)
Term
Retro
 Definition
backward (e.g. retrospective)
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Rid, Ris
 Definition
laugh (e.g. ridiculous, derision)
Term
Sed, Sid
 Definition
sit (e.g. sedentary, residence)
Term
Sen
 Definition
old (e.g. senior)
Term
Syn, Sym
 Definition
together (e.g. synthesis, symbiosis)
Term
Tacit, Tic
 Definition
silent (e.g. tacit, reticent, taciturn)
Term
Term
 Definition
end (e.g. terminal)
Term
Tort
 Definition
twist (e.g. distort)
Term
Tox
 Definition
poison (e.g. toxic)
Term
Uni, Un
 Definition
one (e.g. unify, unanimous)
Term
Urb
 Definition
city (e.g. urban)
Term
Vac
 Definition
empty (e.g. evacuate)
Term
Volv, Volut
 Definition
turn, roll (e.g. revolve, convoluted)
Term
Vor
 Definition
eat (e.g. voracious)
Term
Ab, Abs
 Definition
off, away from, apart, down (e.g. abduct, abolish)
Term
Act, Ag
 Definition
to do; to drive, to force, to lead (e.g. agile, agitate)
Term
Ad, Al
 Definition
to, toward, near (e.g. adapt, adjacent)
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Al, Ali, Alter
 Definition
other, another (e.g. alias, altruist)
Term
Am
 Definition
love (e.g. amatory, amity)
Term
Anim
 Definition
of the life, mind, soul, spirit (e.g. animosity, magnanimous)
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Annui, Enni
 Definition
year (e.g. annual, annals)
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Ante
 Definition
before (e.g. anterior, antebellum)
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Anthro, Andr
 Definition
man, human (e.g. anthropology, android)
Term
Anti
 Definition
against (e.g. antibody, antipathy)
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Apo
 Definition
away (e.g. apology, apogee)
Term
Arch, Archi, Archy
 Definition
chief, principal, ruler (e.g. architect, monarchy)
Term
Auto
 Definition
self (e.g. autocrat, autonomy)
Term
Be
 Definition
to be, to have a particular quality (e.g. belittle, bewilder)
Term
Bel, Bell
 Definition
war (e.g., antebellum, rebel)
Term
Bi
 Definition
twice, double (e.g. binoculars, bilateral)
Term
Cad, Cid
 Definition
to fall, to happen by chance (e.g. accident, coincidence)
Term
Cant, Cent, Chant
 Definition
to sing (e.g. accent, enchant)
Term
Cap, Cip, Cept
 Definition
to take, to get (e.g. capture, susceptible)
Term
Cap, Capit, Cipit
 Definition
head, headlong (e.g. capital, caption)
Term
Card, Cord, Cour
 Definition
heart (e.g. cardiac, encourage)
Term
Cast, Chast
 Definition
cut (e.g. castigate, chastise)
Term
Centr
 Definition
center (e.g. concentrate, concentric)
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Cern, Cert, Cret, Crim, Crit
 Definition
to separate, judge, distinguish (e.g. discrete, ascertain)
Term
Chron
 Definition
time (e.g. synchronize, chronology)
Term
Circu
 Definition
around, on all sides (e.g. circumference)
Term
Cis
 Definition
to cut (e.g. scissors, precise)
Term
Cla, Clo, Clu
 Definition
shut, close (e.g. conclude, cloister)
Term
Claim, Clam
 Definition
to shout, cry out (e.g. exclaim, clamor)
Term
Cli
 Definition
to lean toward (e.g. decline, climax)
Term
Cre, Cresc, Cret
 Definition
to grow (e.g. accrue, increase)
Term
Cred
 Definition
to believe, trust (e.g. incredible, credo)
Term
Cryp
 Definition
hidden (e.g. cryptic, apocryphal)
Term
Cub, Cumb
 Definition
to lie down (e.g. succumb, incumbent)
Term
Culp
 Definition
blame (e.g. culprit, culpable)
Term
Dac, Doc
 Definition
to teach (e.g. didactic, doctrine)
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Di, Dia
 Definition
apart, through (e.g. dialogue, dilate)
Term
Dic, Dict, Dit
 Definition
to say, tell, use words (e.g. predict, interdict)
Term
Dign
 Definition
worth (e.g. dignity, deign)
Term
Dis, Dif
 Definition
away from, apart, reversal (e.g. disseminate, disperse)
Term
Dog, Dox
 Definition
opinion, (e.g. dogma)
Term
Dol
 Definition
suffer, pain (e.g. condolence, doleful)
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