Java Games: Flashcards, matching, concentration, and word search.

Word Root Blast #5 (pgs. 115)

Bases are the foundation upon which words are formed. Recognition of a base and its meaning can lead to enough knowledge of a word's meaning to get the right answer on a test question.

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opera-, opus-work (operable, opus)
pac-peace (pacify, pacific)
par-equal, prepare (parity, disparate)
pater-father (paternal, patriarch)
path-feeling (apathy, pathetic)
ped-, pod-foot (pedestrian, podium)
pel-, puls-push (expel, compulsory)
pen-punish (penal, penitent)
pend-, pondhang, weight (append, ponderous)
pet-go towards, assail (petulant, impetuous)
petr-stone (petrify, petroglyph)
phil-love (philanthropy, technophile)
phob-fear (phobic, claustrophobic)
phon-sound (phonetic, megaphone)
pict-show, paint (pictorial, depiction)
plac-soothe, appease (placid, implacable)
plaud-, plaus-applause (plaudit, implausible)
pleb-people (plebeian, plebiscite)
plen-full (plenipotentiary, replenishing)
pli-, plic-, ply-fold (pliable, explicate)
plur-, plus-more (plurality, surplus)
poli-society (political, cosmopolitan)
pon-, pos-put, place (postpone, posit)
pop-people (populace, repopulate)
port-carry (portable, import)
pot-power (potentate, impotent)
preci-value (precious, depreciate)
preh-take, seize (prehensile, apprehend)
prim-first (primacy, primordial)
priv-separate (privilege, deprivation)
prob-prove (probability, probation)
proxi-near (proximity, approximate)
psych-mind (psyche, psychic)
pug-, pun-fight, hurt (expunge, punitive, repugnant)
purg-clean (purgative, expurgated)
put-think, consider (putative, repute)
pyr-fire (pyre, pyromaniac)
quer-, ques-, quir-ask (querulous, inquest)
quie-quiet, rest (acquiescence, requiem)
rad-ray (radiant, irradiate)
rap-seize (rapacious, rapt)
rect-right (rectify, correct)
reg-guide, rule (regal, regimen)
rid-, ris-laugh (ridicule, risible)
rupt-break (rupture, abrupt)
sacr-, secr-, sanct-sacred, holy (sacrilege, sanctuary)
sag-, sap-wise, know (sagacious, sapient)
salu-health (salutary, salubrious)
salv-save (salvage, salvation)
sang-blood (sanguine, consanguinity)
sani-health (sanitarium, unsanitary)
sat-, sati-fill, enough (sate, insatiable)
scen-climb (transcend, descendent)
sci-know (science, omniscient)
scrib-, scrip-write (transcribe, inscription)
sec-, seg-cut (intersection, segment)
sed-, sid-sit, settle (sediment, preside)
sem-seed, sow (seminal, disseminate)
sens-, sent-feel, think (sensory, sentient)
seps-, sept-rotten (sepsis, aseptic)



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