List of Word Roots - 13

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List of Word Roots

Word root/ prefix	Root Meaning	Words based on the Root
Migr	move	Immigrant - a person who moves to a new country to settle Migrant - person who moves from place to place Migration - the process of moving.
Min/i	small, less	Mini - something that is very small Minuscule - extremely tiny Minutiae - very small or trivial details.
Mis/o	bad, badly, wrong, wrongly	Misbehave - to behave badly Misprint - an error in printing Misnomer - an error in naming a person or thing.
Morph/o	form	Metamorphosis - complete change of form Endorphins - chemical in the brain able to transform pain Amorphous - without distinct shape or form.
Mort	death	Immortal - living forever, unable to die Mortal - certain to die Mortician - an undertaker.

The above highlights how you can learn multiple words from the same root. Effectively, you can build groups on the basis of word roots and use these to learn multiple words at the same time.

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