Word Elements from Chapter VII

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.

ambul-	to walk
cer-	wax
clos-, clud-, clus-	to shut, to close
fid-, fiss-	to split
fil-	thread
for-	to bore, to pierce
hal-, halit-	to breathe
hi-, hiat-	to stand open, to gape
lig-, ligat-	to bind
mov-, mot-, mo-	to move
pig-	to paint, to dye
press-	to press
punct-, pung-	to prick
rupt-	to break, to burst
sciss-	to cut, to split
sed- (-sid-), sess-	to sit, to settle
spec-, spect-	to look at
stimul-	to urge, to goad
tect-, teg-	to cover
temper-, temperat-	to moderate, to blend
tinn-, tinnit-	to ring
tract-	to draw, to drag
volv-, volut-	to roll