All vocabulary from each lesson can be found here, in alphabetical order by their root. This page will be updated throughout the quarter.

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Root	Language of origin	Meaning	Example	Lesson
a/ab	Latin	down from, away from	abduct	2
a/an	Greek	not, without	asexual	2
able/ible	Latin	able, capable	ability	1
-able/-ible	—	capable, able to	agile	6
-aceous	—	like, resembling, bearing	setaceous	6
-acious	—	inclined to, characterized by	tenacious	6
acr(o)	Greek	high, tall	acropolis	5
actin	Greek	ray (like the sun)	actinost	5
ad*	Latin	to, towards	advance	2
aesth/esth	Greek	to feel, to perceive	aesthetic	1
ag/act(i)	Latin	to do, to drive, to force	agent	6
alb	Latin	white	albino	5
all(o)	Greek	other	allele	4
alt(o)	Latin	tall, deep	altitude	5
ambi	Latin	both, double	ambiguous	1
ambly	Greek	dull	amblyacusia	5
amphi	Greek	both, double	amphitheatre	1
ana	Greek	up to, up from	anabolic	3
anti	Greek	against, opposed to	antitoxin	2
aqu(a)	Latin	water	aquarium	1
-ar	—	like, pertaining to, related to	muscular	6
-ary/-ory (a.)	—	resembling, pertaining to	sanguinary, mandatory	6
arthr	Greek	joints	arthritis	3
-ate/-ite (a.)	—	having, resembling, characterized by	accurate	6
-ate (v.)	—	to do, to treat with	circulate	6
audi(t)	Latin	to hear	auditory	3
aut(o)	Greek	oneself, one’s own	automatic	4
bacter	Latin	rod	bacteria	3
bi	Latin	two	binary	7
bi(o)	Greek	life	biology	1
botan(e)	Greek	plants, herbs	botany	3
brachy	Greek	short	brachyodont	5
brady	Greek	slow	bradylogia	5
brev(i)	Latin	short	brevity	5
bulb	Latin	onion, onion-like	bulbous	5
cal(or)	Latin	heat	calorie	2
candid(o)	Latin	bright, white	candid	5
capt/cept	Latin	to catch, to get	capture	6
carchar	Greek	sharp, jagged	carcharias	5
carn(i)	Latin	meat	carnal	4
cata	Greek	against, very, down	catastrophe	2
cent(i)	Latin	one hundred	century	7
centr	Latin	middle, center	central	6
chlor(o)	Greek	green	chlorophyll	5
chrom(o)	Greek	color	chromatic	4
chrys(o)	Greek	gold	chrysalis	5
cine/kine	Greek	movement	kinetic	2
circu(m)	Latin	around	circumscribe	2
-cle/-cule	—	result of, means of	spiracle, molecule	6
cole(o)	Greek	sheath	coleoptile	5
con/com*	Latin	with	concur	2
con(i)	Latin	cone	conifer	1
contr(o/a)	Latin	against, opposite	controversy	4
corp	Latin	body	corporeal	2
-culum	—	result of, means of	curriculum	6
cut(a)	Latin	skin	cuticle	3
cur	Latin	to care for, to oversee	curator	6
curr	Latin	to run	current	6
cyan(o)	Latin	blue	cyanide	5
cyt(e)	Greek	cell	cytology	3
de	Latin	down from, out of	deduce	2
dec(a)	Greek	ten	decade	7
dec(i)	Latin	ten	December	7
decim	Latin	tenth	decimal	7
dent	Latin	tooth	dentist	2
derm	Greek	skin	dermatology	3
deut(er)	Greek	second	deuteragonist	7
dia	Greek	through, across	diagonal	2
dic(t)	Latin	to speak, to say	diction	4
di(ch)	Greek	two	dichotomy	7
dis/di/dif	Latin	apart from, separately	divide	4
dorm/dormit	Latin	to sleep	dormant	6
dros(o)	Greek	dew, dewdrops	drosometer	5
duc(t)	Latin	to lead	ductile	6
du(o)	Latin	two	duality	7
dynam	Greek	power	dynamic	2
dys	Greek	bad, disordered	dyslexia	4
e/ex	Latin	out of, outside, former	expel	2
ec(s)	Greek	out of	ecstasy	3
en	Greek	within, into	endemic	3
-ence/-ance	—	state of being	resemblance	6
-ency/-ancy	—	state of being	residency	6
endo	Greek	inside	endoderm	3
enne(a)	Greek	nine	enneagram	7
-ent/-ant	—	having, being, like	reagent, reactant	6
equ(i/a)	Latin	equal, same	equivalent	4
erg	Greek	energy	ergonomic	2
erythr(o)	Greek	red	erythrophobia	5
ethn(o)	Greek	nation, people, race	ethnic	3
eu	Greek	good, well	euphemism	4
exo	Greek	outside	exoskeleton	3
fac(t)/fec(t)	Latin	to make	factory	2
fer	Latin	to carry, carrier	conference	1
flav(o)	Latin	yellow	flavin	5
flex/flect	Latin	to bend	inflect	3
flor(a)	Latin	flower	floral	5
fol(li)	Latin	leaf	foliage	5
form	Latin	shape, form	formation	4
fort/fors	Latin	strong	fortissimo	6
frug/fruct	Latin	fruit	fructose	1
-fy	—	to do, to cause, to make	calcify	6
gam(e)	Greek	to marry, to join	monogamy	6
gen(e)	Latin	family, clan, type	genetics	3
glauc/k	Greek	grey, silver	glaucoma	5
gno	Greek	to know	agnostic	1
graph	Greek	to write	seismograph	1
gymn	Greek	naked	gymnast	3
(h)aem(o)	Greek	blood	haemoglobin	4
hect(a)	Greek	one hundred	hectacre	7
hemi	Greek	half	hemisphere	7
hept(a)	Greek	seven	heptagon	7
herb(i)	Latin	plant	herbal	4
heter(o)	Greek	different, other	heterosexual	4
hex(a)	Greek	six	hexahedron	7
hom(o/eo)	Greek	same, like	homophone	4
hyb(o)	Greek	hump	Hybodus	5
hydr(o)	Greek	water	hydrant	2
hyper	Greek	over, above, excessive	hyperbole	1
hypn(o)	Greek	sleep	hypnosis	2
hypo	Greek	under, beneath, below	hypothermia	1
-(i/e)al	—	like, pertaining to, related to	thermal, radial, boreal	6
-(i)an	—	being, related to	circadian	6
-ia/-y	—	state of, condition, quality	dyslexia	6
-ic/-tic/-ac	—	like, related to	centric, static, cardiac	6
-ile/-il	—	like, related to	virile	6
in*	Latin	into, inside, on	include	2
in*	Latin	not, without	include	2
-ine (a.)	—	resembling, related to	marine	6
-in/-ine (n.)	—	chemical substance of	morphine	6
inter	Latin	between	international	2
intra	Latin	within	intramural	2
-(i/e/u)ous	—	having, related to	heterogeneous	6
-ism	—	condition of	alcoholism	6
-ist/-ast	—	one who	dentist	6
-itious	—	resembling, characterized by	fictitious	6
-itis	—	inflammation of	appendicitis	6
-itude	—	state of, state of having	fortitude	6
-ity/-ety/-ty	—	state of, state of having	brevity	6
-(i/e/u)ous	—	having, related to	heterogeneous	6
-ive	—	tending to, like, characterized by being	creative	6
-ize	—	to do, to treat with	oxidize	6
kil(o)	Greek	one thousand	kilobyte	7
labi(a)	Latin	lips	labial	2
lepid(o)	Greek	scale (as of a fish)	leprosy	5
leuk/c	Greek	white	leukemia	5
lex(i)	Greek	to read	lexicon	6
loc	Latin	place	location	2
log(y)	Greek	study of, reason, word	logical	1
long	Latin	long	elongate	5
ly(s)	Greek	to dissolve, to loosen	dialysis	6
-ma/-m/-me	—	result of	enzyme	6
macr(o)	Greek	large	macroeconomics	1
magn(i)	Latin	large	magnitude	1
mamm(o)	Latin	breast, teat	mammal	4
mar	Latin	ocean	marine	2
mast(o)	Greek	breast, teat	mastectomy	4
megal(o)	Greek	large, big	megalodon	4
melan(o)	Greek	black	melanin	5
mel(l)	Latin	honey	mellifluous	1
-men(t/tum)	—	result of, means of	regimen, momentum	6
meta	Greek	with, beyond, after	metastasize	2
meter/metry	Greek	measurement	geometry	2
micr(o)	Greek	small	microscope	1
mill(i)	Latin	one thousand	millipede	7
mobl/mobil	Latin	to move	automobile	1
mol(e)	Latin	weight, heaviness	molar	6
mon(o)	Greek	one, single	monochrome	4
morph	Greek	shape, form	metamorphosis	1
mo(v/t)	Latin	to move	movement	6
multi	Latin	many	multipurpose	1
natur(a)	Latin	nature, habit	nature	3
neur(o)	Greek	nerve	neurosis	2
nigr	Latin	black	nigrescent	5
nom(y/ics)	Greek	law, method, practice	astronomy	4
non	Latin	ninth	nonagenarian	7
nov(em)	Latin	nine	November	7
-(o)id	—	related to, resembling	arachnid	6
ob*	Latin	against, facing	obtuse	2
oct	Latin	eight	October	7
oct(a)	Greek	eight	octane	7
octav	Latin	eighth	octave	7
odon(t)	Greek	tooth	orthodontics	4
(o)ec	Greek	home, dwelling	economics	4
-oid	—	resembling, having the shape of	meteoroid	6
olig	Greek	few	oligarchy	1
-oma(t)	—	tumor of	sarcoma	6
omni	Latin	everything, all	omniscient	1
onco	Greek	mass, bulk	oncologist	5
op(s/t)	Greek	to see, vision	optical	1
ora(t)	Latin	mouth	oral	3
-orium/-arium	—	place for, location of	aquarium	6
-ory/-ary (n.)	—	place for, location of	dormitory	6
-osis	—	disease of	psychosis	6
ot(o)	Greek	ear	otodus	4
parv(o)	Latin	small	parvovirus	1
path(o)	Greek	feeling, disease	pathology	2
pend	Latin	to hang	suspend	3
pent(a)	Greek	five	pentathlon	7
petr/peter	Greek	rock	saltpeter	6
phag(o)	Greek	to eat	phagocyte	4
phil(o)	Greek	to love, to like	philosophy	4
phob(ia)	Greek	fear, fear of	hydrophobia	1
phoenic(o)	Greek	crimson, bright red	phoenix	5
phon	Greek	sound, voice, speech	phonics	2
phot(o)	Greek	light	photograph	1
phys	Greek	nature	physical	3
plas(t)	Greek	to make, to form	plastic	3
platy	Greek	flat	platypus	5
pod/pus	Greek	foot	octopus	3
poly	Greek	many	polygraph	1
port(o/a)	Latin	to bring, to carry	transport	1
pos(t)/posit	Latin	to put, to place	position	1
post	Latin	after	postscript	4
prim(a)	Latin	first	primal	7
proto	Greek	first	proton	3
psych	Greek	mind, soul	psychology	4
purpur(eo)	Latin	purple	purpurescent	5
quad/quatr	Latin	four	quadratic	7
quart/quatern	Latin	fourth, fourth time, four times	quaternary, quarter	7
quinqu	Latin	five	quinqueped	7
quint/quin	Latin	fifth, fifth time, five times	quintuplet	7
re	Latin	again	renew	3
retro	Latin	backwards	retrograde	3
rhe(u)/rrh(ea)	Greek	to flow	rheumatism	6
rhythm	Greek	regularity, flow	rhythmic	6
rhod(o)	Greek	pink, rosy	rhododendron	5
rotund	Latin	round	rotunda	5
rub/ruf	Latin	red	rubella	5
sapien(t)	Latin	to be wise	sapience	3
sarc	Greek	flesh	sarcophagus	3
scien(t)	Latin	to know	scientist	3
scop	Greek	to see, to look at	stethoscope	1
scrib/script	Latin	to write, written	prescribe	2
scut(a)	Latin	shield	scute	5
second/secund	Latin	second	secondary	7
sem(a/o)	Greek	flag, banner	semaphore	5
semi	Latin	half	semicolon	7
septim	Latin	seventh	septimal	7
serv	Latin	to serve, to save	servant	6
sens/sent	Latin	to feel, to perceive	sentient	2
sept	Latin	seven	September	7
set(a)	Latin	bristle	setaceous	5
sex	Latin	six	sexagenarian	7
sext	Latin	sixth	sextet	7
sid/sed	Latin	to sit	sediment	6
simil/sembl	Latin	alike, similar	similarity	6
-sis/-sia/-sy	—	act of, process of	thesis	6
somn(i)	Latin	sleep	insomnia	2
spec(i)	Latin	type, species	species	3
spect	Latin	to look	inspect	2
spher(e)	Greek	sphere, globe	hemisphere	2
spir	Latin	breath, to breathe	respirator	2
squam(a)	Latin	scale (as of a fish)	squamous	5
sta(s/t)	Greek	to stand	static	3
stri(a)	Latin	groove, stripe	striated	5
sub*	Latin	beneath, below, under	substitute	2
super	Latin	over, above excessive	supercede	1
syn/sym	Greek	together, with	synthesize	2
-(t)ion	—	process of, state of, act of	motion	6
tachy	Greek	fast	tachyon	5
tax(i/o)	Greek	ordering, arrangement	taxidermy	4
tele	Greek	far, from afar	telepathy	2
tend(e/o)	Latin	to stretch	extend	2
-te/-t	—	one who, that which	gamete	6
-ter/-tor	—	means of, place for	theater	6
terr(a)	Latin	earth	terrarium	1
terti/tern	Latin	third, third time, thrice	tertiary, ternary	7
tetr(a)	Greek	four	tetrapod	7
the	Greek	to put, to place	thesis	2
thea	Greek	to view, to watch	theatrics	6
theca	Greek	case	apothecary	5
therm(o)	Greek	heat	thermometer	1
tom(y)	Greek	to cut	anatomy	3
top(o)	Greek	place, location	topology	2
trans	Latin	across	translucent	1
tri	Greek	three	tricolor	7
tri	Latin	three	tricolor	7
trop	Greek	to turn	thermotropism	2
troph(o)	Greek	to nourish, to feed	autotroph	4
-um	—	result of, means of	spectrum	6
uni	Latin	one	universe	7
-ure	—	act of, result of	capture	6
-us	—	individual, person who	sarcophagus	6
verb	Latin	word	verbal	3
vert/vers	Latin	to turn	invert	2
vidi/visi	Latin	to see	visible	1
virid	Latin	green	viridian	5
vit(a)	Latin	life	vitality	1
vor(a/e)	Latin	to eat	voracious	4
xanth(o)	Greek	yellow, gold	xanthosis	5
zoo	Greek	animal	zoology	3
zym(e)	Greek	fermented, leaven	enzyme	6