Matching
Match each word part with its definition. In some sets
there are more word parts than definitions; in others, there are
more definitions than word parts.
Set 1: Roots
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1. agon |
A. life; living |
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2. cog |
B. to breathe; breath;
spirit |
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3. fid |
C. idea; philosophy |
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4. idio |
D. cross; significant |
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5. spir |
E. personal; private |
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6. cruc |
F. society; group |
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7. andro |
G. right; law |
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8. greg |
H. struggle; content |
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9. jur |
I. to think |
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10. viv |
J. male |
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K. faith; trust |
Set 2: Roots
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1. vol |
A. love; fondness for |
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2. temp |
B. to look; to see |
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3. spec |
C. bad |
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4. sequ |
D. movement; energy |
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5. kine |
E. to speak; speech |
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6. mal |
F. to break; to sever |
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7. locut |
G. father |
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8. phil |
H. will; desire; wish |
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9. rupt |
I. eye; vision |
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10. patri |
J. time; balance |
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11. opt |
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Set 3: Roots
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1. for |
A. a written record; to
write |
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2. flux |
B. equal |
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3. graph |
C. fear |
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4. mis |
D. to think; calculate |
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5. par |
E. first; ancient; rule |
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6. phobo |
F. to write; something
written |
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7. rati |
G. strong |
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8. reg |
H. mind; feeling; life |
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9. scrib |
I. to flow |
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10. anim |
J. hate |
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11. arch |
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Set 4: Roots
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1. aco(u) |
A. holy; sacred |
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2. chrom |
B. to say; speech; word |
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3. dict |
C. light; to shine |
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4. gest |
D. to throw |
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5. hier |
E. to eat; to swallow |
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6. ject |
F. to stretch |
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7. luc |
G. to hear; hearing |
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8. mort |
H. death |
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9. path |
I. color |
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10. tens |
J. emotion; suffering |
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K. to carry; to produce |
Set 5: Prefixes and Suffixes
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1. ad |
A. around |
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2. ante |
B. before; prior; in front
of |
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3. circum |
C. to; toward |
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4. contra |
D. separation |
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5. dis |
E. over, above; around |
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6. epi |
F. after; along with;
transfer; changed |
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7. meta |
G. more; beyond normal;
excessive |
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8. peri |
H. beyond; across; through |
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9. hyper |
I. downward; against;
contrary to |
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10. hypo |
J. around; near; beside |
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11. trans |
K. against |
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12. cata |
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Set 6: Prefixes and Suffixes
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1. a |
A. in; into; within |
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2. ambi |
B. bad; difficult |
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3. com |
C. with; together |
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4. dys |
D. beside; near; faulty |
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5. ent |
E. before; in front of |
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6. op |
F. both; around |
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7. per |
G. back; backward |
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8. pre |
H. toward; against; face-to-face |
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9. re |
I. not; without |
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10. sym |
J. united; together with;
same |
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K. through; thoroughly |
Set 7: Prefixes and Suffixes
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1. ab |
A. outside of; external;
away from |
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2. de |
B. worse; badly |
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3. ecto |
C. down from; reverse;
remove; derived from; out of |
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4. eu |
D. earlier; before; forward |
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5. em |
E. beyond; across; through |
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6. im |
F. away; from; separated |
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7. ment |
G. result; means of or
product of an action |
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8. mis |
H. beside; near; faulty |
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9. para |
I. well; good |
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10. pro |
J. in; on; amongst; within |
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11. tra |
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