Root word:

VID/VIS

Meaning of root:

SEE

Examples:

1. Vision - state of being able to see.

2. Visor - a device that shades you from the sun so you can see clearer

3. Evident - clearly visible

4. Provide - to see what will be needed and supply it

Root word:

AUT/AUTO

Meaning of root:

SELF

Examples:

1. Autograph - your own signature

2. Autobiography - a book about yourself

3. Autocrat - a person who governs with absolute power

Root word:

BENE

Meaning of root:

GOOD, WELL

Examples:

1. Beneficial - something that happens and is positive

2. Benefactor - someone who gives another person money or items to make than better off

3. Benevolent - showing kindness or goodwill

Root word:

CEDE/CEED/CESS

Meaning of root:

TO GO, TO YIELD, MOVE, GO

Examples:

1. Recede - when something is yielding 

2. Proceed - when you go forward with something

3. Accessible - easily entered, approached or obtained

Root word:

CHRON

Meaning of root:

TIME

Examples:

1. Chronicle - a record of time in a detailed way

2. Chronic - when something occurs over a long period of time

3. Chronological - arranging events in time order

Root word:

CRED

Meaning of root:

BELIEVE

Examples:

1. Incredible - something that is amazing and you would love to believe

2. Credible - when something comes from a source that is believable

3. Credulous - believing things too easily

Root word:

DUC/DUCT

Meaning of root:

LEAD, MAKE

Examples:

1. Product - an item that has been ‘led’ forth by a company, usually to be sold, s.t made

2. Abducts - to ‘leads’ someone away, take them away

3. Educate - when you lead a group of kids to teach them things they don't know

4. Introduce - two people, you ‘lead’ them into knowledge of one another

Root word:

EN

Meaning of root:

IN, INTO, TO COVER OR CONTAIN

Examples:

1. Enter - when you go in somewhere

2. Encase - when you cover something up

3. Envision - to picture in the mind

Root word:

HYDR

Meaning of root:

WATER

Examples:

1. Hydrant - the place firefighters get water from

2. Hydrate - when you drink something to not be thirsty

3. Hydrophobia - intense fear of water

Root word:

NON

Meaning of root:

NO, NOT, WITHOUT

Examples:

1. Nonsense - when something doesn't make sense

2. Nonstop - when you don't stop

3. Nonfiction - true, real, not made up

Root word:

PATH/PATHY

Meaning of root:

DISEASE, FEELING

Examples:

1. Pathogen - microorganism which brings about ‘disease’

2. Psychopath - one who has a ‘diseased’ mind/crazy

3. Sympathy - feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune

4. Empathy - the ability to understand and share the feelings of another

Root word:

SOL

Meaning of root:

ALONE

Examples:

1. Solo - when you do something alone

2. Solitude - situation of being alone.

3. Solitary - done alone, by yourself

Root word:

AUD

Meaning of root:

HEAR, LISTEN, SOUND

Examples:

1. Audience - a group of people who listen and watch something 

2. Audible - something that you can hear

3. Audiovisual - relating to sound and vision

Root word:

BIBLI

Meaning of root:

BOOK

Examples:

1. Bibliography - list of books

2. Bibliophile - person who loves books

3. Biblioclast - one who destroys books

Root word:

CYCL

Meaning of root:

CIRCLE, WHEEL

Examples:

1. Unicycle - a vehicle that only has one wheel 

2. Recycle - to “circle” back again

3. Cyclone - great “circular” storm

Root word:

EX

Meaning of root:

OUT OF, FROM, THOROUGHLY

Examples:

1. Exit - when you go out of a place

2. Exotic - something that is from another place

3. Exhale - to breathe out

Root word:

GEO

Meaning of root:

EARTH, SOIL, GROUND

Examples:

1. Geology - the study of the ground and the earth

2. Geography - study of the physical features of the earth

3. Geoponics - soil based agriculture

Root word:

PATER/PATR

Meaning of root:

FATHER

Examples:

1. Paternal - someone who is like a father

2. Paternity - state of being someone's father.

3. Patronize - to treat someone as a “father” would treat immature children who know little

4. Patriot - supporter of the "father" land

Root word:

PHIL

Meaning of root:

LOVING, FOND

Examples:

1. Philanthropy - the practice of helping the poor or those in need, especially by giving money

2. Philosophy - the study of the nature and meaning of the universe and of human life

3. Philosopher - a lover of wisdom

Root word:

PHOT

Meaning of root:

LIGHT

Examples:

1. Photographer - someone who takes pictures

2. Photosynthesis - plants make their own food using sunlight

3. Photon - the smallest possible unit of light