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HEART
Examples:
1. Cardiac - dealing with the heart
2. Cardiogenic - resulting from heart disease
3. Cardiologist - a heart doctor |
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Meaning of root:
BEND, SLANT, LEAN, SLOPE
Examples:
1. Decline - when something is on the downward side of a slope
2. Incline - a surface that slopes or leans
3. Recline - to lean back and relax |
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HARD, HARSH
Examples:
1. Durable - when something is hard and doesn't break easily
2. Duration - the length of time something lasts
3. Enduring - able to last |
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Meaning of root:
UPON, OVER, ON THE OUTSIDE
Examples:
1. Epidermis - the outer non-sensitive and nonvascular layer of the skin of a vertebrate that overlies the dermis
2. Epidemic - the rapid spread of something negative
3. Epitaph - an inscription on a tomb in memory of the one buried there |
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Meaning of root:
MAKING, DOING, CASING
Examples:
1. Difficult - something that is hard to do
2. Amplification - an act, example, or product of amplifying
3. Fiction - something invented by the imagination or feigned |
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Meaning of root:
TONGUE, LANGUAGE, WORD
Examples:
1. Glossary - the end of a book that shows the harder words in the book
2. Glossator - a compiler of a glossary
3. Gloss - a brief explanation of a difficult or obscure word or expression |
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ANGLE, CORNER
Examples:
1. Polygon - multi-sided shapes
2. Diagonal - a slanting line running across a space
3. Octagon - a geometrical figure with 8 angles |
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Meaning of root:
ONE THOUSAND
Examples:
1. Kilometer - a thousand meters
2. Kilobyte - 1,000 bytes
3. Kilograms - thousand grams |
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Meaning of root:
LEAVE OR FAT
Examples:
1. Eclipse -when the light leaves
2. Lipase - enzyme that breaks down fat
3. Lipoid - resembles fat |
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Meaning of root:
SEA, POOL
Examples:
1. Marine - produced by the sea
2. Marina - a harbor for pleasure boats
3. Maritime - relating to the sea |
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Meaning of root:
WARN, REMIND
Examples:
1. Monument - a statue or item that remind us of an event, person, or thing
2. Admonition - warning against fault or oversight
3. Monitor - one that warns or instructs |
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Meaning of root:
MOVE
Examples:
1. Motor - a device that makes a vehicle or device move
2. Motion - the act of moving
3. Removable - able to be taken or carried away
4. Movement - the act or process of moving |
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Meaning of root:
CHANGE
Examples:
1. Mutate - when something changes
2. Immutable - not changing
3. Mutant - an organism that has undergone change |
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Meaning of root:
MARK
Examples:
1. Notable - marked as worthy of attention
2. Notarize - to certify a signature on a legal document
3. Annotate - to add remarks |
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Meaning of root:
PEACE
Examples:
1. Pacifist - someone who believe in peace
2. Pacify - to restore to a tranquil state
3. Pacific - having a soothing appearance or effect |
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Meaning of root:
NATURE, BODY, NATURAL SCIENCE
Examples:
1. Physical - relating to the body
2. Physician - a doctor
3. Physique - nature and shape of one's body |
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Root word:
QUIR, QUIS, QUEST, QUER |
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Meaning of root:
SEEK, ASK
Examples:
1. Enquire - when you ask about something
2. Inquisitive - inclined to ask questions
3. Request - an instance of asking for something
4. Query - a question in the mind |
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Meaning of root:
ASK, REQUEST
Examples:
1. Interrogate - when you ask someone a series of questions
2. Derogatory - expressive of a low opinion
3. Prerogative - a distinctive excellence |
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Meaning of root:
ENOUGH, FULL
Examples:
1. Satisfy - when you have had enough of something
2. Satisfaction - fulfillment of a need or want
3. Saturate - to fill completely with something
4. Satiate - to satisfy fully |
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Meaning of root:
LOOSED
Examples:
1. Absolve - to set (someone) free from an obligation
2. Dissolve - to cause to disappear
3. Solution - into a state of discontinuity
4. Insoluble - having or admitting of no solution |
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