ROOT WORDS
ROOT WORDS
PREFIX/ROOT
SUFFIX
WORD MEANING
100

FLEX, FLECT 

What is TO BEND OR CURVE ?

100

ODO

What is PATH, ROAD?

100

MAL-

What is BAD , ABNORMAL OR WRONG ?

100

-AR

What is RELATING TO?

100

FLEXIBLE

Capable of bending easily without breaking

200

NOM

What is NAME OR LAW?

200

COMMUN

What is COMMON, TOGETHER ?

200

UNDER-

What is UNDER?

200

-ORY

What is PERTAINING TO, CHARACTERIZED BY?

200
METAPHOR

A figure of speech that compares two unlike things without like or as

300

CEDE, CEED, CEASE, CESS 

What is TO GO, YIELD, OR STOP ?

300

EQU

What is EQUAL?

300

SYS

What is WHOLE BODY?

300

EQU

What is EQUAL?

300

ASTRONOMY

The study of stars and planet 

400

SON

What is SOUND?

400

PHOR

What is to CARRY OR BEAR?

400
PENT

What is FIVE?

400

CAP

What is to SEIZE,TAKE, HOLD, RECEIVE, CONTAIN ?

400

CEASE

To stop an action

500

SPEC

What is TO SEE OR LOOK?

500

SPHERE

What is BALL OR GLOBE?

500

AD

What is TO , TOWARD?
500

LYSIS

What is BREAKING DOWN, DISSOLVING, DECOMPOSITION?
500

RESONANCE

A deep full echoing sound