Word Smart - Root Words

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anti

against

di/dia

apart, through

circu

around, on all sides

apo

away

dis/dif

away from, apart, reversal, not

de

away, off, down, completely, reveral

esce

becoming

ante

before

fore

before

grand

big

gen

birth, creation, race, kind

culp

blame

fund/found

bottom

bri/brev

brief, short

centr

center

fort

chance

arch/archi

chief, principal

cast/chast

cut

(h)etero

different

dub

doubt

fin

end

equ

equal, even

fid

faith, trust

dys

faulty

carn

flesh

fruit/frug

fruit, produce

ben/bon

good

eu

good, well

dur

hard

cap/cip/capit/cipit

head, headlong

card/cord/cour

heart

grav/griev

heavy, serious

greg

herd

cryp

hidden

gn/gno

know

anim

life, mind, soul, spirit

am

love

anthro/andr

man, human

ab/abs

off, away from, apart, down

dog/dox

opinion

al/ali/alter

other, another

e/ef/ex

out, out of, from, former, completely

extra

outside of, beyond

dem

people

grat

pleasing

amb/amph

round, both, more than one

archy

ruler

cur/cour

running, a course

(h)om

same

auto

self

ac/acr

sharp, bitter

cla/clo/clu

shut, close

art

skill, craft

apt/ept

skill, fitness, ability

fab/fam

speak

dol

suffer, pain

chron

time

be

to be, to have a certain quality

cred

to believe, to trust

flect/flex

to bend

ferv

to boil, to bubble, to burn

fra/frac/frag/fring

to break

fer

to bring, to carry, to bear

cand

to burn

caust

to burn

flag/flam

to burn

cis

to cut

act/ag

to do, to drive, to force, to lead

fac/fic/fig/fait/feit/fy

to do, to make

cad/cid

to fall, to happen by chance

flu/flux

to flow

don/dot/dow

to give

amb

to go, to walk

ced/ceed/cess

to go, to yield, to stop

crat/cracy

to govern

cre/cresc/cret

to grow

auc/aug/aux

to increase

duc/duct

to lead

cli

to lean toward

cub/cumb

to lie down

fus

to pour

dic/dict/dit

to say, to tell, to use words

cern/cert/cret/crim/crit

to separate, to judge, to distinguish, to decide

cit

to set in motion

claim/clam

to shout, to cry out

cant/cent/chant

to sing

gress/grad

to step

her/hes

to stick

flict

to strike

cap/cip/cept

to take, to get

doc/dac

to teach

err

to wander

ad/al

to, toward, near

bi

twice, doubly

epi

upon

bel/bell

war

co/col/com/con

with, together

a

without

dign

worth

annu/enni

year


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