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Root Words
A root word is the basic word, without any affixes.
Examples: run, jump, happy, fun
Roots
Meanings
Examples
-cent-
hundred
centigrade
-cycl-
wheel, circle
cycle
-gram- -graph-
write or record
program autograph
-lect-
choose
collect
-meter-
measure
thermometer
-micro-
small
microbe
-ology-
science or study of
psychology
-port-
carry
transport
-scope-
watch or see
telescope, microscope
-sphere-
circle
hemisphere
-auto-
self
autonomous
-fact- -fect-
make or do
manufacture defect
-geo-
earth
geography
-tele-
distant
telegraph
-terr-
land
terrain
-astr-
star
astronomy
-bio-
life
biography
-equa- -equi-
equal
equator equidistant
-form-
shape
formulate
-hydr-
water
hydraulic
-mega-
large or great
megawatt
-phobia-
fear
arachnophobia
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