English 3 Vocab Roots

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