Common Root Words List 4

Front

scrib, script

Back

write, written (examples: prescription, scribble)

Front

struct

Back

build (examples: construction, destruct)

Front

tel/e/o

Back

far, distant (examples: telephone, telescope)

Front

terr/a/i

Back

land, earth (examples: territory, extraterrestrial)

Front

therm

Back

heat (examples: thermometer, thermal)

Front

tract

Back

pull, drag (examples: tractor, contract)

Front

vac

Back

empty (examples: vacuum, evacuate)

Front

vid, vis

Back

see (examples: video, visual)

Front

voc/i

Back

voice, call (examples: vocal, voice)