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Word Roots

Word Roots. O-Q. Key . Become familiar with the roots Use them to make connections to the definitions of words It’s not a fool-proof system If you can’t figure out the word based on the root, then look up the word This will greatly expand your vocabulary

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Word Roots

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  1. Word Roots O-Q

  2. Key • Become familiar with the roots • Use them to make connections to the definitions of words • It’s not a fool-proof system • If you can’t figure out the word based on the root, then look up the word • This will greatly expand your vocabulary • It will help you for the PSAT, the SAT, the GRE, and life!

  3. Ob/oc/of/op: toward, to, against, completely, over • obese • obstinate • obscure • oblique • opprobrium

  4. Omni: all • omnipresent • omniscient • omnipotent

  5. Pac/peac: peace • Pacify • Pacifist • Pacifier • Appease • pact

  6. Pan: all, everywhere • Panorama • Panacea • pantheon

  7. Par: equal • par • parity • disparity • disparage

  8. Para: next, beside • parallel • parasite • parody • paralegal • paramilitary

  9. Pas/pat/path: feeling, suffering, disease • Apathy • Empathy • Antipathy • Pathos (important to argumentation) • Psychopath

  10. Pater/patr: father, support • paternal • expatriate • patron • patriarch

  11. Po/pov/pau: few, little, poor • Pauper • Poverty • Paucity • impoverish

  12. Ped: child, education • Pediatrician • Encyclopedia • pedagogue

  13. ped/pod: foot • podiatrist • pedestrian • podium • ifmpediment

  14. Pen/pun: to pay, to compensate • penalty • punitive • penance • repent • penitentiary: prison

  15. Peri: around • perimeter • periscope • peripheral

  16. Phil: love • Philosophy • Philanthropy • bibliophile

  17. phone (sound) • symphony • megaphone • euphony (like euphonious diction) • cacophony…

  18. plac (to please) • placate • implacable • complacent

  19. port: to carry • import • portable • porter • deport • export • portly

  20. post: after • posthumous • posterior • posterity

  21. pre: before • premonition • presume

  22. prob (to prove, to test) • probe • probation • reprobate: degenerate

  23. pug: to fight • pugilism • pugnacious: aggressive • repugnant: disgusting

  24. que/quis: to seek • acquire • conquest • inquire • query

  25. qui (quiet) • quiet • tranquil • quiescent: quiet, dormant • acquiesce

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