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