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Junior Vocab Set 20 Roots

AB
ligare (ligament; allegience; align; ally, oblige)to bind
lign (ligneous; lignite; lingnocellulose)wood
mand (mandatory, remand, mandate)command
monger (warmonger; fishmonger)seller
mund (mundane; transmundane; intermundane)world
myria (myriad; myriapod; myriarch)many
narco (narcolepsy; narcotics)sleep
necro (necrophobia; necropolis; necromancer)death
nesia (Micronesia; Melanesia; Polynesia)island
nihil (nil; annihilate; nihilism)nothing
paleo (paleozoic; paleontology; paleolithic)old
phag (sarcophagus; phagocyte; geophagy)eat
phasia (aphasia; dysphasia)speech
phylo (phylum; subphylum; phylogenesis)kind or type
plasm (plasma; cytoplasm; ectoplasm; endoplasm)form
pleo (pleopod; pleomorphic; pleophagous)more
pli (pliers; supplicant; supplicate; pliant; supple)bend
pond (ponder; imponderable; pound; ponderous)weight
protero (proterandrous; Proterozoic; proteanthous)early
sapro (saprophyte; saprogenic; saprophilous)rotten
sine (sinecure; sine qua non)without
soror (sorority; sororicide)sister
string (stringent; stringy; astringent; stringer)bind
tachy (tachometer; tachycardia; tachygraphy)quick
taxis (taxidermy; taxonomy; syntax)arrangement
troph (atrophy; dystrophy; autotroph)nourishment
tropo (phototropism; heliotrope; tropism)turn
und (undulate; inundate; undulous)wave
vend (venal; vend; vending machine; vendue; vendible)to sell
via (via; viaduct; obvious)road
vic, vicis (vicarious, vicar, vicissitude)change or substitute
vir (virile; virility; virophobia)man
viru (virus; virulent; adenovirus)poison
xylo (xylophone; xyloid; xylophagous; xylotomy)wood



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