Roots (or stems)

  1. ag, ac
    do

    agenda, action
  2. agri
    farm

    agriculture
  3. aqua
    water

    aquatic
  4. auto
    self

    automatic
  5. biblio
    book

    biblioography
  6. bio
    life

    biography
  7. cad, cas
    fall

    cadence, casual
  8. cap, cep, cept
    take

    captive, accept
  9. capit
    head

    capital, decapitate
  10. ced, cede, ceed, cess
    go

    intercede
  11. celer
    speed

    accelerate
  12. chrom
    color

    monochromatic
  13. chron
    time

    chronological
  14. cide, cis
    cut

    incision
  15. clude, clud, clus
    close, close in

    include, cluster
  16. cog, cogn
    knowledge of

    recognize
  17. cur, curs
    run

    recur, cursive
  18. ded
    give

    dedicate
  19. dent, dont
    tooth

    dental
  20. duce, duct
    lead

    induce, deduct
  21. fact, fect, fict
    make, do

    perfect, fiction, factory
  22. fer, late
    carry

    refer, dilate, transfer, translate
  23. flect, flex
    bend, turn

    reflect
  24. fring, fract
    break

    infringe, infract
  25. graph, gram
    picture, writing

    graphic, telegram
  26. greg
    group, gather

    gregarious, congregation
  27. gress, grad
    step, walk

    progress, degrade
  28. hydr
    water

    hydrate
  29. ject
    throw

    inject
  30. jud
    right

    judicial
  31. junct
    join

    conjunction
  32. juris
    law, justice

    jurist
  33. lect, leg
    read, choose

    collect, legible
  34. logue
    speech, speaking

    dialogue
  35. logy
    study of

    psychology
  36. loq, loc
    speak

    elocution
  37. lude, lus
    play, perform

    elude, ludicrous
  38. manu
    by hand

    manuscript
  39. mand
    order

    demand
  40. mar
    sea

    maritime
  41. med
    middle

    intermediate
  42. ment, mem
    mind, memory

    mention
  43. meter
    measure

    thermometer
  44. micro
    small

    microscope
  45. min
    lessen

    miniature
  46. mis, miss, mit
    send

    remit, dismiss
  47. mot, mov
    move

    remote, remove
  48. mute
    change

    commute, mutation
  49. naut
    sailor, sail

    nautical
  50. nounce, nunci
    declare, state

    announce, enunciate
  51. ped, pod
    foot

    pedal
  52. pel, pulse
    drive, push

    dispel, impulse
  53. pend, pense
    hang

    depend, dispenser
  54. plac
    please

    placate
  55. plic
    fold

    implicate
  56. port
    carry

    portable
  57. pose, pone
    put, place

    depose, component
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Roots (or stems)
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