Word Roots 7

e, ex (out of, away, not missing, absent)

edentate

toothless

elude

escape

ephemeral

fleeting, transient

eviscerate

disembowel

exacerbate

to aggravate, make worse, embitter

exorcise

to drive out

extirpate

to eradicate, exterminate

equi (equal)

equanimity

composure, poise

equidistant

equally distant

equilibrium

balance

equitable

fair, even

equivocation

uncertainty, lie, prevarication

erg (work)

erg

a unit of energy

ergomania [...]

Word Roots 6

de (not, opposite of, reverse)—dis, dys (not reverse, deprive of, opposite of)

de (not, opposite of, reverse)

debase

to degrade, depreciate

deemphasize

to play down, reduce in importance

defuse

to remove the fuse

dehydrate

to remove water or moisture, dry

dejected

dispirited, discouraged

deprecate

to disapprove

desultory

random, intermittent, erratic

derm (skin)

epidermis

outermost [...]

Word Roots 5

capit (head)

capitation

poll tax

capitulate

to surrender, yield

recapitulate

to sum up

cent (hundred)

century

100 years

bicentennial

200th anniversary

centimeter

1/100th of a meter

circum (around, about)

circumnavigate

to go completely around

circumscribe

to draw a line around

circumvent

to frustrate

col, com, con, cop, cor (with, together, jointly)
By the process of assimilation, com becomes [...]

Word Roots 4

be (on, around, over, thoroughly)

bedeck

to ornament

bedevil

to annoy, pester

befriend

to be kindly to, make a friend

befuddle

to bewilder

berate

to scold, reprimand vigorously

bi (two, twice)

bicameral

having two chambers

bifurcate

to separate into two parts

bilateral

having two sides

bipartisan

composed of two parties

bisect

to divide, cut in two

bio [...]

Word Roots 3

ana (collections of information)

Americana

materials about America

Shaviana

materials about George Bernard Shaw

Darwiniana

materials about Charles Darwin

andr (man, male)

androcentric

stressing male points of view

androgen

male hormone

ante (before, preceding, earlier)

antedate

to precede

antepartum

the period before childbirth

anterior

near the front

anti (against, opposed to, rival)

[...]

Word Roots 2

ac, ad, af, ag, al, ap, as, at (to, toward, adjacent to)
By the process of assimilation, ad becomes ac, af, etc., to conform to the first consonant in the next syllable.

accede

to agree

accelerate

to speed up

accept

to take, receive

acclaim

praise

acclimate

to adjust to climate

accumulate

to gather, collect

adapt

to [...]

Word Roots 1

a, an (not without)

achromatic

without color

ahistorical

not historical

amoral

without morals

anesthesia

without pain

anhydrous

without water

apathy

without feeling

aplastic

not easily molded

aseptic

sterile, without infection

atheist

godless

atoxic

not poisonous

atrophic

not developing, growing

atypical

not typical

ab (away from, apart from)

abase

to lower, degrade

abdicate

to surrender, yield

abduct [...]