Word Elements from Chapter V

Identify the correct meaning for each word element, or vice versa. Then click "Proceed" to check your answer. Click "Proceed" again to move to the next entry. If you know an entry so well that you would like it removed from the stack for the remainder of your study session, perform a term-ectomy and proceed to the next one. All cards are returned to the stack and randomized upon each visit to this page.
adip-fatty tissue
act-, ag-to do, to act
aqu(a)-water
aud-, audit-to hear
cern-, cret-to separate, to distinguish
cid-, cis-to cut, to kill
cad-, cid-to fall
duc-, duct-to lead, to draw
fibr-fiber
flect-, flex-to bend
ger-, gest-to carry, to bear
grad-, gress-to go, to step
her-, hes-to stick
liqu-liquid
me-, meat-to go, to pass through
morb-disease
nasc-, nat-to be born
nutr-, nutrit-to nourish
pur-pus
sens-, sent-to feel, to perceive
somn-sleep
ten- (-tin-), tent-to hold
trem-to tremble
varic-twisted, swollen
vir-virus
vitr-glass