Roots List #9

ROOT / DEFINITION / EXAMPLES
path / feeling / sympathy, pathetic, telepathy, empathy apathy
a / not / amoral, amorphous, atheist, apathy, apolitical
nomy / law / astronomy, economy, Deuteronomy, taxonomy
fid / faith / infidel, fidelity, confidence, diffident, bona fide
caco / bad / cacophony, cacography, cacodemon, cacology
hetero / different / heterodox, heterogeneous, heterosexual
sci / know / science, conscience, prescience, omniscience
graph / write / bibliography, photograph, autograph, polygraph,
lat / side / bilateral, unilateral, lateral fin, collateral, latitude,
lith / rock / Neolithic, Paleolithic, lithograph, megalith, monolith,
tract / pull / tractor, detract, retraction, attractive, protractor,
in / in or not / inscribe, insane, infidel, indefinite, insomnia
co / together / cooperate, coordinate, coauthor, cotangent
phile / love / philosopher, audiophile, bibliophile, philanthropy
ine / nature of / porcine, crystalline, saturnine, canine, bovine
-ar / relating to / pulsar, stellar, lunar, solar, secular, linear
hexa / six / hexagram, hexagon, hexapod, hexahedron, hexameter, hexarchy
fract / break / fracture, infraction, fraction, refraction, fractious,
platy / flat / plateau, platypus, plate, platitude
theo / god / theology, pantheism, atheism, monotheism
fin / end / final, define, infinite, finis, infinitive
hedron / sided object / polyhedron, tetrahedron, octahedron
ambul / walk / ambulatory, somnambulism, ambulance,
ous / full of / luminous, glorious, loquacious, vivacious, garrulous, anomalous, zealous
topo / place / topographical, topology, topic

Using the context clues from the sentence and your understanding of the root, define the underlined words in the following sentences.

1.The pathetic child received sympathy. Definition: ______

2.The unexpected anomaly was amorphous in shape and atypical in structure. Definition: ______

3.What is the difference between astronomy and agronomy? Definition: ______

4.Does a diffident person have self-confidence? Definition: ______

5.If cacophony hurts the ear, what sense organ does cacography hurt? Definition: ______

6.The heterogeneous mixture of odd substances had a noisome odor. Definition: ______

7.If science could give us prescience, would it be a good idea to know the future? Definition: ______

8.Would you like a photograph of my autograph? Definition: ______

9.Is this treaty bilateral or multilateral? Definition: ______

10.The shiny red tractorattracted many buyers. Definition: ______

11.Please inscribe something insane in my annual. Definition: ______

12.He refused to cooperate with the copilot.Definition: ______

13.My friend, the audiophile, has a wonderful collection of recordings. Definition: ______

14.The crystalline substance began to evaporate.Definition: ______

15.The lunar surface is bombarded by solar rays.Definition: ______

16.What is the difference between a hexagram and a hexagon?Definition: ______

17.It’s an infraction of the rules to fracture someone’s nose.Definition: ______

18.The platypus has a plate-like bill.Definition: ______

19.The Greek pantheon of gods was not a monotheisticreligious system.Definition: ______

20.Is outer space infinite or finite?Definition: ______

21.Did the Neolithic age come before the Paleolithic age?Definition: ______

22.Is a tetrahedron a cube or a pyramid?Definition: ______

23.Can an ambulatory hospital patient somnambulate without waking up?Definition: ______

24.The luminous moonlight was glorious to behold.Definition: ______

25.The topography of the region was a fascinating topic.Definition: ______