Root word:

STRUCT

Meaning of root:

BUILD, ARRANGE

Examples:

1. Construction - when you build something

2. Structure - construct or arrange according to a plan

3. Destruction - the act of destroying something that was built

Root word:

THE

Meaning of root:

PLACE, PUT

Examples:

1. Thesis - a dissertation embodying results

2. Theme - a proposition for discussion 

3. Bibliotheca - a list or catalog of books

Root word:

TRI

Meaning of root:

THREE

Examples:

1. Triangle - a shape with three sides

2. Triathlon - an athletic contest with 3 events

3. Tricycle - a 3-wheel vehicle with pedal

Root word:

VAC

Meaning of root:

EMPTY

Examples:

1. Vacant - when a place is empty

2. Evacuate - to empty a dangerous place

3. Vacation - a time without work

Root word:

PEND

Meaning of root:

HANG, WEIGH

Examples:

1. Suspend - when you hang something in the air

2. Append - to attach; hang on

3. Pendulum - a weight hanging from a fixed point so as to move back and forth by the action of gravity and momentum

Root word:

PHOB

Meaning of root:

FEAR

Examples:

1. Aerophobia - fear of flying

2. Phobia - a continuous, irrational fear of something that leads to an overwhelming desire to avoid it

3. Xenophobia - an unreasonable fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers

Root word:

PNE(A/UM)

Meaning of root:

LUNGS, BREATHE

Examples:

1. Pneumonia - sickness with the lungs

2. Dyspnea - difficulty of breathing

3. Pneumatic - using the force of air

Root word:

POST

Meaning of root:

AFTER, BEHIND, LATER

Examples:

1. Postpone - reschedule something at a later date

2. Posthumous - after someone's death

3. Postscript - an addition to an already completed document

Root word:

PSYCH

Meaning of root:

MIND, SOUL

Examples:

1. Psychic - someone who can read your mind

2. Psyche - the human spirit or soul

3. Psychology - the study of the mind

Root word:

RE

Meaning of root:

AGAIN, BACK

Examples:

1. Retract - take something away

2. Rebound - to spring back again

3. Recognize - to identify someone or something seen before 

Root word:

SEMI

Meaning of root:

HALF, PARTIAL

Examples:

1. Semicircle - a half circle

2. Semiannual - every half year 

3. Semiconscious - partly conscious

Root word:

TECT

Meaning of root:

COVER, PROTECT

Examples:

1. Protect - to cover something and keep it safe

2. Protector - a person that guards something from harm

3. Detect - to discover the existence of

Root word:

TRACT

Meaning of root:

PULL

Examples:

1. Attract - to pull something towards another thing

2. Distract - to drag attention away from something

3. Tractor - a motor vehicle that pulls things

Root word:

TRANS

Meaning of root:

ACROSS, BEYOND

Examples:

1. Transport - when you move something 

2. Transfer - to move from one place to another

3. Transcontinental - across the continent

Root word:

TYP

Meaning of root:

PRINT

Examples:

1. Type - write something out

2. Prototype - an original model on which something is patterned

3. Typography - letterpress printing

Root word:

UNI

Meaning of root:

ONE

Examples:

1. Unique - one of a kind

2. Unify - to make into a unit or a coherent whole

3. Universal - a whole collectively

Root word:

VOC

Meaning of root:

VOICE, TO CALL

Examples:

1. Vocal - when you use your voice

2. Vocation - a divine call to the religious life

3. Advocate - one who defends or maintains a cause

Root word:

VOL

Meaning of root:

WISH, INTENTION, WILL

Examples:

1. Volunteer - offer to do something

2. Malevolent - arising from intense often vicious ill will

3. Volition - an act of making a choice or decision

Root word:

VOLT/VOLU/VOLV

Meaning of root:

TURN

Examples:

1. Revolt - to turn away

2. Voluble - easily turned about

3. Revolve - to turn over at length in the mind

Root word:

ZO

Meaning of root:

Animal

Examples:

1. Zoo - a place where they keep animals

2. Zoomorphism - attributing animal form to god

3. Zodiac - circle of animal constellations