English 3Vocab Roots

Spring 2010

cept, cap, cep, cip

to take, to get

ex: accept, capture, reciprocate, captivate, incapacitate

epi-(prefix)

upon, outer

ex: epidermis, epitaph, epithet, epic, epidemic

fer

carry, bear, yeild

ex: ferry, fertile, defer, infer, refer, vociferous

fid

faith, trust

ex: fidelity, confidante, confident, infidel

in, im

into

ex: introduce, induce, impose, import

lith

stone

ex: lithograph, monolith, neolithic

macro-(prefix)

large

ex: macrocosm, macrophage

mob, mov, mot

to move

ex: movable, mobile, motivate

nym, nom

name, word

ex: anonymous, nominate, pseudonym

para-(prefix)

beside

ex: parallel, paramedic, paramilitary

peri-(prefix)

around, about, near, enclosing

ex: perimeter, pericardium, peripatic

pro-(prefix)

forward

ex: progress, proffer, prognosis

rupt

break

ex: rupture, disrupt, eruption

tom

cut

ex: atom, dichotomy, lobotomy

veni,vent

come

ex: invent, convention, circumvent, intervene