Roots Decoding Mini-Quiz
Quick check: Test your root-decoding skills on 3 high-yield prefixes/suffixes
High-Yield Root Database
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| Root | Origin | Meaning & Exam Word Examples |
|---|---|---|
| am- | latin | love amiable (friendly), amicable (peaceable), amorous (relating to love) |
| anim- | latin | mind / spirit equanimity (mental calmness), magnanimous (generous), pusillanimous (cowardly) |
| anthrop- | greek | human / mankind philanthropic (charitable), misanthrope (human-hater), anthropology (study of humans) |
| audi- | latin | hear audible (able to be heard), auditory (relating to hearing), audition (trial performance) |
| auto- | greek | self autonomous (self-governing), autobiography (self-written life story), autocrat (absolute ruler) |
| bell- | latin | war belligerent (hostile/aggressive), bellicose (eager to fight), rebellion (armed resistance) |
| bene- | latin | good / well benevolent (kindly), beneficial (helpful), benign (harmless) |
| cap- | latin | head / hold capricious (unpredictable), captain (head leader), capacity (ability to hold) |
| chron- | greek | time chronic (long-lasting), chronological (time order), anachronism (out of its time) |
| corp- | latin | body corporeal (physical body), corpulent (fat), incorporate (combine into one body) |
| cred- | latin | believe credulous (gullible), incredible (hard to believe), credence (belief in truth) |
| dict- | latin | speak / say contradict (assert the opposite), dictate (order authoritatively), verdict (decision) |
| duc- | latin | lead conducive (making likely), induce (bring about), deduce (infer logically) |
| fid- | latin | faith / trust fidelity (faithfulness), diffident (lacking confidence), perfidious (untrustworthy) |
| fort- | latin | strong fortitude (courage in pain), fortify (strengthen), forte (one's strong point) |
| gen- | greek | birth / kind homogeneous (of the same kind), genesis (origin), generous (noble birth/giving) |
| grat- | latin | pleasing / thankful gratitude (thankfulness), ingratiate (bring oneself into favor), gratuitous (uncalled for) |
| greg- | latin | group / flock gregarious (sociable), egregious (outstandingly bad), aggregate (whole formed by combining) |
| jur- | latin | swear / law perjury (lying under oath), abjure (solemnly renounce), jurisdiction (legal power) |
| loqui- | latin | speak / talk loquacious (talkative), eloquent (speaking fluently), colloquial (informal speech) |
| luc- | latin | light lucid (clear), elucidate (explain clearly), translucent (semi-transparent) |
| magn- | latin | large / great magnify (enlarge), magnificent (grand), magnitude (great size) |
| mal- | latin | bad / evil malevolent (wishing evil), malicious (spiteful), malignant (harmful) |
| mut- | latin | change immutable (unchangeable), mutation (change), transmute (change in form) |
| omni- | latin | all omniscient (knowing all), omnipotent (all-powerful), omnipresent (present everywhere) |
| path- | greek | feeling / suffering empathy (shared feeling), apathy (lack of interest), antipathy (strong dislike) |
| plac- | latin | please placate (pacify), implacable (unappeasable), complacent (self-satisfied) |
| port- | latin | carry import (bring in), export (send out), portable (easy to carry) |
| pug- | latin | fight pugnacious (eager to fight), repugnant (extremely distasteful), impugn (call into question) |
| scribe- | latin | write describe (write about), proscribe (forbid in writing), transcribe (put into written form) |
| sent- | latin | feel / think sentiment (feeling), resent (feel bitterness), assent (express agreement) |
| sol- | latin | alone solitary (alone), desolate (barren/lonely), solitude (state of being alone) |
| spec- | latin | see / look perspicacious (perceptive), circumspect (cautious), introspective (self-examining) |
| tract- | latin | pull / draw tractable (easy to control), intractable (stubborn), retract (draw back) |
| vac- | latin | empty vacuous (empty of thought), evacuate (empty out), vacant (unoccupied) |
| ver- | latin | truth veracious (truthful), verisimilitude (appearance of truth), aver (declare as true) |
| viv- | latin | live convivial (lively), vivid (intense/lively), vivacious (full of life) |
| voc- | latin | voice / call advocate (speak in favor), equivocate (use ambiguous language), vociferous (clamorous) |
| vol- | latin | wish / will voluntary (done of free will), volition (power of using one's will), benevolence (kindness) |
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