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
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
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
arthr Greek joints arthritis 3
audi(t) Latin to hear auditory 3
aut(o) Greek oneself, one’s own automatic 4
bacter Latin rod bacteria 3
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
carchar Greek sharp, jagged carcharias 5
carn(i) Latin meat carnal 4
cata Greek against, very, down catastrophe 2
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
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
cut(a) Latin skin cuticle 3
cyan(o) Latin blue cyanide 5
cyt(e) Greek cell cytology 3
de Latin down from, out of deduce 2
dent Latin tooth dentist 2
derm Greek skin dermatology 3
dia Greek through, across diagonal 2
dic(t) Latin to speak, to say diction 4
dis/di/dif Latin apart from, separately divide 4
dros(o) Greek dew, dewdrops drosometer 5
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
endo Greek inside endoderm 3
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
frug/fruct Latin fruit fructose 1
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
herb(i) Latin plant herbal 4
heter(o) Greek different, other heterosexual 4
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
in* Latin into, inside, on include 2
in* Latin not, without include 2
inter Latin between international 2
intra Latin within intramural 2
labi(a) Latin lips labial 2
lepid(o) Greek scale (as of a fish) leprosy 5
leuk/c Greek white leukemia 5
loc Latin place location 2
log(y) Greek study of, reason, word logical 1
long Latin long elongate 5
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
meta Greek with, beyond, after metastasize 2
meter/metry Greek measurement geometry 2
micr(o) Greek small microscope 1
mobl/mobil Latin to move automobile 1
mon(o) Greek one, single monochrome 4
morph Greek shape, form metamorphosis 1
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
ob* Latin against, facing obtuse 2
(o)ec Greek home, dwelling economics 4
odon(t) Greek tooth orthodontics 4
olig Greek few oligarchy 1
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
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
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
proto Greek first proton 3
psych Greek mind, soul psychology 4
purpur(eo) Latin purple purpurescent 5
re Latin again renew 3
retro Latin backwards retrograde 3
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
sem(a/o) Greek flag, banner semaphore 5
sens/sent Latin to feel, to perceive sentient 2
set(a) Latin bristle setaceous 5
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
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
terr(a) Latin earth terrarium 1
the Greek to put, to place thesis 2
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
trop Greek to turn thermotropism 2
troph(o) Greek to nourish, to feed autotroph 4
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