Clst Mod 12

Front 1

acanth-

Back 1

thorn; prickle

Front 2

al-
pter-
pteryg-

Back 2

wing

Front 3

amygdal-*

Back 3

almond
[See Mod. 1

Front 4

annul-

Back 4

ring

Front 5

anth-
flor-

Back 5

flower; blossom

Front 6

api-
meliss-

Back 6

bee
[no connecting vowel follows ]

Front 7

arachn-*

Back 7

spider; spider-like; spider web; web-like

Front 8

arbor-

Back 8

tree

Front 9

av-

Back 9

bird [connecting vowel is “i”]

Front 10

bacc-
cocc-

Back 10

berry

Front 11

blast-

Back 11

bud; germ; embryonic cell

Front 12

carp-*

Back 12

fruit; seed

Front 13

clad-
ram-

Back 13

branch

Front 14

cortic-*

Back 14

bark; outer layer

Front 15

cyn-
can-

Back 15

dog

Front 16

flagell-

Back 16

whip; whip-like appendage

Front 17

flocc-
floccul-

Back 17

tuft of hair

Front 18

foli-

Back 18

leaf

Front 19

formic-

Back 19

ant
[This root will use suffix -iasis, not -osis]

Front 20

frond-

Back 20

leaf; leafy branch; frond

Front 21

helminth-
verm-
vermin-

Back 21

worm
[first will use suffix -iasis, not -osis]

Front 22

herp-
herpet-

Back 22

reptile; snake; spreading blister

Front 23

ichthy-
pisc-

Back 23

fish
[first can also mean “scaly”, as an adjective root

Front 24

lign-
hyl-
xyl-

Back 24

wood

Front 25

nem-
nemat-

Back 25

threadlike structure; roundworm

Front 26

nid-

Back 26

nest

Front 27

nuc-

Back 27

nut

Front 28

onych-
onyx-
ungu-
ungul-

Back 28

nail; hoof; claw

Front 29

phyt-

Back 29

plant; growth

Front 30

set-

Back 30

bristle; seta [pl. setae]

Front 31

spin-*

Back 31

thorn; spine
[See Mod. 10, ]

Front 32

spor-

Back 32

spore

Front 33

trich-

Back 33

hair

Front 34

zo-

Back 34

animal; living organism

Front 35

anthrac-*

Back 35

coal

Front 36

argent-*

Back 36

silver

Front 37

carbon-

Back 37

carbon

Front 38

chrys-*
aur-*

Back 38

gold

Front 39

cupr-

Back 39

copper

Front 40

petr-

Back 40

rock

Front 41

plumb-

Back 41

lead

Front 42

sider-
ferr-

Back 42

iron

Front 43

chem-

Back 43

chemical

Front 44

corpor-

Back 44

body; corpus

Front 45

cry-

Back 45

extreme cold; extremely cold [adjective root]

Front 46

electr-

Back 46

electricity; electrical [adjective root]

Front 47

erg-
ergasi-

Back 47

work

Front 48

hum-

Back 48

soil; earth

Front 49

loc-
top-

Back 49

place; location

Front 50

meteor-

Back 50

weather; atmosphere

Front 51

nos-
morb-

Back 51

disease

Front 52

nyct-
nyctal-
noct-

Back 52

night; during the night

Front 53

phot-
luc-
lumen-

Back 53

light

Front 54

phyl-

Back 54

group; tribe; race

Front 55

physi-

Back 55

nature

Front 56

psychr-

Back 56

cold [always followed by a connecting vowel, even if attached to termination which begins with vowel or h]

Front 57

pyr-

Back 57

heat; fire

Front 58

pyret-

Back 58

fever

Front 59

sol-
heli-

Back 59

sun

Front 60

ge-
terr-

Back 60

the earth; land

Front 61

therm-

Back 61

heat; temperature

Front 62

trop-

Back 62

a turning; change

Front 63

-ergasia
-ergia
-urgy

Back 63

work