Root Words
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- Act: to move or do (actor, acting, reenact)
- Arbor: tree (arboreal, arboretum, arborist)
- Crypt: to hide (apocryphal, cryptic, cryptography)
- Ego: "I" (egotist, egocentric, egomaniac)
- Form: shape (conform, formulate, reform)
- Legal: related to the law (illegal, legalities, paralegal)
- Norm: typical (abnormal, normality, paranormal)
- Phobia: fear (arachnophobia, claustrophobia, hygrophobia)
- Acri: bitter (acrid, acrimony, acridity)
- Astro: star (astronaut, astronomy, astrophysics)
- Aud: hear (audience, audible, audio)
- Auto: self (autonomy, autocrat, automatic)
- Bene: good (benefactor, benevolent, beneficial)
- Carn: flesh (carnal, carnivorous, reincarnate)
- Corp: body (corporal, corporate, corpse)
- Cred: believe (credible, credence, incredible)
- Deca: ten (decade, decathlon, decalogue)
- Dict: say (diction, dictate, edict)
- Gen: birth (genesis, genetics, generate)
- Lum: light (lumen, luminary, luminous)
- Meter: measure (kilometer, millimeter, pedometer)
- Micro: small (microbiology, microcosm, microscope)
- Multi: many (multilingual, multiple, multifaceted)
- Port: carry (portal, portable, transport)
- Sect: cut apart (dissect, sectional, transect)
- Sen: old (senator, senile, senior)
- Sent: to feel (consent, sensation, sensing)
- Tele: far (telephone, telegraph, television)
- Vor: to eat greedily (herbivore, omnivore, voracious)