Root Words

At the beginning of the year you will get a list of scientific root words, prefixes, and suffixes. Use the list to study for root word quizzes, which will be every Thursday. The quizzes are very simple matching. There will be review words in each quiz, after the first, so keep studying all the words.

1. 22 August

   a/an, aero, anti, anthropo, archaeo, arthr, -ase, auto, bactr, bio, bi

2. 29 August

   cell, centr, cephal, cerebr, chem, chlor, chrome, cyst, cyt-, -cyte, derm, di/dipl, di/dia

3. 5 September

   ec, echin, eco, en/endo/ent, eous, epi, eu, ex, extra

4. 12 September

   gluc/glyc, halo, hapl, hetero, hypo, homo (both), hydr, hyper

5. 19 September

   infra, inter (between), intra (within, inside), iso, kary, lip, logist, logy, mamm (inter and intra are reversed on the list)

6. 26 September

   Re-Quiz day. If you would like to retake a quiz for a set of words, let me know by the end of the day on Tuesday, September 19.

7. 3 October

   Micro, mono, multi, nuc, omni, orb, orium/ory, osis, pachy, ped (both), pent

8. 10 October

   Phag, phil, phon, photo, phyl, phyll, plasm/plast, platy, pneumo, pod, post

9. 17 October

   prim, pseudo, psych, rhin, sacchar, sapr, saur, semi, septic, sess

10. 24 October

    -sis, solv, som/somat/some, son, spec/spic, sperm, spher, spir/spire, spor, stat/stasis

11. 31 October

    stern, stom/stome, sub, super/sur, tax, tele, telo, terr, tetr, therm

12. 7 November 

    troph, ultra, uni, ventr, zo/zoa, zyg, poly (many), phobic, anter, ana, mito, noct/nov, pro, vor

13. 14 November

    Root word final. Know all of your root words. For additional guidance on how to study for the root word final, see the list above. Know every word and its meaning.