ROOT WORD SETS

Root Word Set 1

ASTER, ASTRO (star)
AUD, AUS (hear, listen)
BIBL (book)
CHRON (time)
CRED (believe)
DUC, DUCT (lead)
GRAPH (write)
MAN (hand)
MOR, MORT (death)
VIT, VIV (alive, life)

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Root Word Set 2

CHROM (color)
DEM (people)
DERM (skin)
FED, FID (trust, faith)
FIN (end, limit)
FLU (flow)
GEN (race, kind, birth)
GREG (group, flock, herd)
MIS, MIT (send)
PORT (carry)

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Root Word Set 3

AVI (bird)
DIC, DICT (say, speak)
FAC, FEC, FIC (make)
GEO (earth, ground)
HYDR (water)
METER, METR (measure)
NOV (new)
PHON (sound)
PHOTO (light)
SCRIB, SCRIP (write, draw)

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Root Word Set 4

BEN, BON (good)
COR, CORP (body)
LUC, LUM, LUS (light, shine)
MAL (bad)
MUT (change)
PED, POD (foot)
PHIL (love)
TOR, TORT (turn, twist)
VER (true, real)
VICT, VINC (conquer)

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Root Word Set 5

FER (bring, bear)
JECT (throw)
NAIS, NASC, NAT (birth)
PAC (peace)
PYR (fire)
THE, THEO (god)
VEN (come)
VERS, VERT (turn)
VID, VIS (see)
ZO (animal)

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Root Word Set 6

HETERO (different)
HOM (man)
HOMO (same)
MEM, MIM (remember)
MOR (fool)
PSYCH (mind)
SOPH (wise)
SPEC, SPIC (see, watch)
TEN, TENT (hold)
TRACT (draw, pull)

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Root Word Set 7

ANTHROP (man, human)
ARCH (ruler, first)
CEDE, CEED, CESS (move, go)
CLAR (clear)
LOG, LOC, LOQ (word, speech)
PEN, PEND (hang)
PON, POS (place, put)
SCI (know)
STA, STI, SIST (stand)
STRU, STRUCT (build)

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Root Word Set 8

ANNI, ANNU, ENNI (year)
BIO (life)
CLAIM, CLAM (call out)
CLUD, CLUS (shut)
DENT, DONT (tooth)
GNOSI, COGNOSC (know)
OPUS, OPER (work)
RECT (straight, correct)
TEM, TEMP (time)
VOC, VOK (call, voice)

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Root Word Set 9

ACER, ACRI (bitter, sour, sharp)
CIDE (kill)
CISE (cut)
LOC (place)
PAN (all)
PARA (beside, alongside)
PUNCT (point, dot)
SAT, SATIS (enough)
VAL, VALE (strength, worth)
VIC, VICIS (change, deputy)

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Root Word Set 10

AMBUL (walk)
CAPIT, CAPT (chief, head)
COR, COUR (heart)
GRAT (pleasing)
MATER, MATR (mother)
OMNI (all)
PATER, PATR (father)
PHOB (fear)
ROG, ROGA (ask, beg)
SANGUI (blood)

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Root Word Set 11

AGRI, AGRO (field, farm, land)
ANTE, ANTI (before)
AUT, AUTO (self)
CIRC, CIRCUM (around)
FLECT, FLEX (bend)
HELIO (sun)
LIC, LICIT (permit)
MAGNA, MAGNI (great)
MICRO (small, minute)
MIS, MISO (hate, wrong, bad)

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Root Word Set 12

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AGON (contest, struggle)
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APO (away from)
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MOB, MOT, MOV (move)
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MORPH (form)
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PATH (feeling)
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RIDI, RISI, RI (laughter)
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URB (city)
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Root Word Set 13

ALI, ALLO, ALTER (other)
JUNCT (join)
LAV, LUT (wash)
LEG (law)
LIT, LITER (letter)
MAR, MER (sea, pool)
OSS, OSTEO (bone)
SPOND, SPONS (pledge, answer)
TECH, TECHN (skill, art)
TUI, TUIT (teach, guard

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Root Word Set 14

MONO, UNI (one)
BI, DI, DU (two)
TRI (three)
QUAD (four)
QUINT, PENT (five)
DEC (ten)
CENT (hundred)
MILLE (thousand)
HEMI, DEMI, SEMI (half)
POLY (many)

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Root Word Set 15

AD (to, toward)
CON (with, together)
EX (out, from)
INTER (between, among)
INTRA (within)
PRE (before)
PRO (forward, forth)
RE (back, again)
SUB (under, beneath)
TRANS (across, through, over)

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Root Word Set 16

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-ABLE, -IBLE (able, can do)
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-DOM (office, state)
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-ISH (resembling, nature)
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-IST (one who)
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-NESS (state of)
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