Root word:

ACRO

Meaning of root:

HIGH, TIP, TOP, UPPER, SUMMIT

Examples:

1. Acrobat - when someone works up in the air

2. Acronym - a word formed from the first letters of a word

3. Acrophobia - fear of height

Root word:

AG

Meaning of root:

MOVE, DO, DRIVE, URGE, ACT

Examples:

1. Agility - ability to move quickly and easily.

2. Agitate - to give motion to

3. Agenda - outline of things to be done

Root word:

ALT

Meaning of root:

HIGH, DEEP

Examples:

1. Altitude - when you go up high

2. Alternate - arranged one above

3. Altimeter - an instrument for measuring altitude

Root word:

AMB/AMBI

Meaning of root:

BOTH, ON BOTH SIDES, AROUND

Examples:

1. Ambient - present on all sides

2. Ambivalence - simultaneous and contradictory attitudes

3. Ambiance - mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing

Root word:

ANN/ENN

Meaning of root:

YEARLY

Examples:

1. Anniversary - an event that takes place yearly

2. Annual - happening once a year

3. Millennium - 1,000 years

4. Centennial - a 100th year celebration

Root word:

ARTHR

Meaning of root:

JOINT

Examples:

1. Arthritis - inflammation of a joint

2. Arthropod - invertebrates with jointed legs

3. Arthroscope - a tool to see inside a joint

Root word:

BELL

Meaning of root:

WAR

Examples:

1. Bellicose - warlike

2. Belligerent - hostile, ready to fight

3. Antebellum - existing before war

Root word:

CAPT/CEPT/

CEIVE

Meaning of root:

TAKE, HOLD

Examples:

1. Captivating - taking hold of

2. Intercept - to stop or interrupt

3. Perceive - to take notice of something

Root word:

CAUS/CAUT/CAUL

Meaning of root:

BURN, HEAT

Examples:

1. Caustic - a strong corrosive alkali

2. Cauterize - to sear with a cautery

3. Cauldron - a large kettle or boiler

Root word:

COGN

Meaning of root:

LEARN, KNOW

Examples:

1. Recognize - when you know what something is

2. Cognoscenti - a person who has expert knowledge in a subject

3. Cognition - process of acquiring knowledge

Root word:

DENT/DONT

Meaning of root:

TOOTH

Examples:

1. Denture - fake teeth

2. Dental - relating to teeth

3. Orthodontics - a branch of dentistry dealing with irregularities of the teeth

4. Periodontal - surrounding a tooth

Root word:

E-

Meaning of root:

OUT, OUT OF, AWAY

Examples:

1. Eject - when you push something out of the way

2. Eloquent - speaking beautifully and forcefully

3. Emissary - a representative of a country or group sent on a mission

Root word:

EQU

Meaning of root:

EQUAL

Examples:

1. Equal - when two things are the same

2. Equidistant - an equal distance from two points

3. Equation - a statement of equality

Root word:

FID

Meaning of root:

FAITH, TRUST

Examples:

1. Confide - when you trust in someone or something

2. Fidelity - faithfulness

3. Fiduciary - a trustee

Root word:

FIL

Meaning of root:

THREADLIKE

Examples:

1. Filigree - ornamental work especially of fine wire

2. Filament - a thin flexible threadlike object

3. Fillet - a ribbon or narrow strip of material

Root word:

FORM

Meaning of root:

SHAPE, FORM

Examples:

1. Transform - when you change something

2. Formation - something that is formed

3. Conformity - correspondence in form, manner or character

Root word:

HEMI

Meaning of root:

HALF

Examples:

1. Hemisphere - one half of the earth

2. Hemiplegia - partial paralysis of one side of the body

3. Hemiparasite - partially parasitic on the roots

Root word:

JUD

Meaning of root:

JUDGE

Examples:

1. Judge - a person who decides is someone is guilty

2. Judicial - having to do with judges

3. Judiciary - a system of courts of law

Root word:

LEX

Meaning of root:

WORD, LAW, READING

Examples:

1. Lexicographer - an author or editor of a dictionary

2. Lexicon - a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions

3. Lexicology - the study and history of words

Root word:

MANIA

Meaning of root:

MADNESS, INSANITY, EXCESSIVE DESIRE

Examples:

1. Kleptomania - when someone needs to excessively steal things

2. Bibliomania - a crazy love of books

3. Egomania - a mad love of oneself