Word Parts

Root Meaning examples

-phobia- Fear Acrophobia (fear of heights)
monophobia
-bio- Life Biology, biography
-gen- Create, birth, Genocide (deliberate killing of
race a race)
Generator
-arch- Ruler, first Anarchy (absence of a ruler or
order)
Patriarch
-fid- Faith, trust Perfidy (a violation of faith or
trust)
Confident
-fin- End Finite (that which has an end)
Finish
-grat- Thankful, Gratify (to make thankful)
pleasing gratitude
-ven- Come Convene (to come together,
assemble)
intervene
-belli- War Bellicose (inclined to start
quarrels or wars)
Belligerent
-que-, -qui- To ask Inquire (To seek information by
asking a question)
question