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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ante | before |
| anti | against |
| bi | two |
| circum | around |
| com | together |
| con | together |
| de | down |
| dis | away |
| equi | equal |
| extra | beyond |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| intro | into |
| mal | bad |
| mis | bad |
| non | not |
| post | after |
| pre | before |
| semi | half |
| sub | under |
| super | over |
| syn | together |
| sym | together |
| tri | three |
| un | not |
| archy | government |
| ard | always |
| cide | kill |
| ician | specialist |
| itis | inflammation |
| aqua | water |
| audi | hear |
| bell | war |
| cap | take |
| cise | cut |
| bio | life |
| auto | self |
| port | carry |
| scrib | write |
| logy | science |
| dict | say |
| cred | believe |
| cent | one hundred |
| neo | new |
| ad | to |
| cede | go |
| miss | send |
| centri | center |
| biblio | book |
| anthropo | man |
| homo | same |
| spec | look |
| duct | lead |
| fer | carry |
| pend | hang |
| micro | small |
| hydro | water |
| photo | light |
| pan | all |
| penta | five |
| tele | far |
| vid | look |
| omni | all |
| ex | out |
| poly | many |
| re | again |
| hypo | under |
| psuedo | false |
| neuro | nerve |
| tomy | cut |
| hema | blood |
| proto | first |
| phon | sound |
| mono | one |
| viv | life |
| morph | shape |
| vest | clothes |
| bene | good |
| pond | weight |
| corp | body |
| dorm | sleep |
| pater | father |
| nov | new |
| punct | point |
| ject | throw |
| tion | act or state |
| loco | place |
| dox | opinion |
| amphi | both |
| magn | great |
| eu | good |
| endo | within |
| phobia | fear |
| ortho | straight |
| put | think |
| ver | true |
| matri | mother |
| mega | large |
| pop | people |
| sangui | blood |
| vita | life |
| demo | people |
| stereo | solid |
| ism | doctrine |
| cogn | know |
| sur | over |
| alter | other |
| astr | star |
| dyna | power |
| chron | time |
| hyper | over |
| luna | moon |
| octa | eight |
| gyro | turn |
| contra | against |
| geo | earth |
| helio | sun |
| thermo | heat |
| tetra | four |
| meter | measure |
| scope | look |
| son | sound |
| dec | ten |
| stell | star |
| amat | love |
| germ | vital or related |
| greg | group |
| mar | sea |
| prim | first |
| pyro | fire |
| clam | cry out |
| plu | more |
| tang | touch |
| string | bind |
| liber | free |
| junct | join |
| clud | close |
| se | apart |
| trib | pay |
| dign | worthy |
| luc | light |
| rupt | break |
| grat | pleasing |
| medi | middle |
| soph | wisdom |
| curr | run |
| tempor | time |
| migr | wander |
| trans | across |
| gamy | marriage |
| numer | number |
| fort | strong |
| osteo | bone |
| ornith | bird |
| polis | city |
| fus | pour |
| ego | I |
| spir | breath |
| dia | across |
| acr | sharp |
| acro | high |
| culp | blame |
| derm | skin |
| zo (or zoa) | animal |
| per | through |
| pac | peace |
| brev | short |
| necro | death |
| urb | city |
| pugn | fight |
| ecto | outer |
| plasto | molded |
| agog | leader |
| cle | small |
| il | not |
| sed | sit |
| leg | read |
| anim | mind |
| tort | twist |
| nym | name |
| sanct | holy |
| meta | city |
| petr | rock |
| mir | wonder |
| man | hand |
| rect | right |
| volv | roll |
| demi | half |
| retro | backward |
| sens | feel |
| fy | make |
| ocul | eye |
| cur | care for |
| ultra | beyond |
| oid | appearance |
| gest | carry |
| apt | fit |
| tact | touch |
| voc | voice |
| rid | laugh |
| path | feeling |
| a | not |
| nomy | law |
| fid | faith |
| caco | bad |
| hetero | different |
| sci | know |
| graph | write |
| lat | side |
| lith | rock |
| tract | pull |
| in | in or not |
| co | together |
| phile | love |
| ine | nature |
| -ar | relating to |
| hexa | six |
| fract | break |
| platy | flat |
| theo | god |
| fin | end |
| hedron | sided object |
| ambul | walk |
| ous | full of |
| topo | place |
| ped | foot or child |
| mort | death |
| carn | flesh |
| phsych | soul |
| ethno | race or culture |
| gen | origin |
| nat | born |
| paleo | old |
| curs | run |
| crypt | hidden |
| cad | fall |
| capit | head |
| loqu | talk |
| sacro | holy |
| uni | one |
| ness | quality |
| alt | high |
| ics | art |
| iso | equal |
| vert | turn |
| ate | cause |
| cor | heart |
| ess | female |
| muta | change |
| fug | flee |
| -i | plural |
| jus | law |
| lum | light |
| ann | year |
| apo | away or up |
| sen | old |
| sol | alone |
| bas | low |
| rogat | ask |
| parl | speak |
| potent | power |
| surg | rise |
| log | word or reason |
| gram | writing |
| cant | sing |
| reg | rule |
| pro | forward |
| gyn | woman |
| ag | to do |
| act | to do |
| mob | move |
| sess | sit |
| fic | make |
| nounce | tell |
| andro | man |
| an- | without |
| ab | away |
| mel | song |
| aden | gland |
| aer | air |
| alb | white |
| ase | enzyme |
| epi | on |
| hum | earth |
| -be | life |
| bon | good |
| struct | build |
| chlor | green |
| cyan | blue |
| cyt | cell |
| diplo | double |
| dys | bad |
| eco | house |
| emia | blood |
| enter | intestine |
| erythro | red |
| idio | peculiar |
| exo | out |
| im | not |
| fil | thread |
| chrom | color |
| form | shape |
| sequ | follow |
| glyc | sweet |
| hemo | blood |
| ultima | last |
| infra | beneath |
| leuko | white |
| lys | break down |
| meso | middle |
| milli | thousandth |
| mem | remember |
| gress | step |
| labor | work |
| myo | muscle |
| vac | empty |
| oligo | few or small |
| ose | sugar |
| osis | condition |
| tude | state of |
| patho | disease |
| phag | eat |
| phor | carry |
| phyt | plant |
| phyll | leaf |
| pleo | more |
| pod | feet |
| soror | sister |
| -a | plural |
| val | worth |
| para | beside, near |
| dom | rule |
| erg | work |
| rhiz | root |
| sapro | rotten |
| schizo | divide |
| hippo | horse |
| som | body |
| spor | seed |
| sta | stop |
| rhodo | rose |
| taxis | arrangement |
| vol | will |
| frat | brother |
| trich | hair |
| troph | nourishment |
| tox | poison |
| sect | cut |
| zygo | yolk |
| zym | ferment |
| tropo | turn |
| gastro | stomach |
| arthro | joint |
| ventri | belly |
| dors | back |
| macro | large |
| dextro | right or clockwise |
| brachy | short |
| brachio | arm |
| branchio | gills |
| kin | motion |
| phylo | kind |
| blasto | embryo |
| dactylo | finger |
| phos | light |
| gon | angle |
| lite | mineral or fossil |
| vore | eating |
| holo | whole |
| haplo | single or simple |
| opia | sight |
| lent | full of |
| ef | out |
| ium | an element |
| dicho | in two pairs |
| Anglo | English |
| ist | one who |
| saur | lizard |
| pithec | ape |
| calli | beautiful |
| austro | south |
| cephalo | head |
| chiro | hand |
| caust | burn |
| terr | land |
| cata | down |
| jur | swear |
| flu | flow |
| here | stick |
| pos | put |
| mund | world |
| cracy | government |
| mania | madness |
| ize | make |
| antho | flower |
| algia | pain |
| somn | sleep |
| quadr | four |
| err | wander |
| lingu | tongue |
| mot | move |
| nav | ship |
| und | wave |
| flect | bend |
| coron | crown |
| aur | gold |
| liter | letter |
| rat | think |
| sis | condition |
| par | equal |
| mens | measure |
| mony | condition |
| quin | five |
| socio | society |
| ovi | egg |
| phasia | speech |
| pter | wing |
| phen | appearance |
| hist | tissue |
| glott | tongue |
| phan | appearance |
| peri | near or around |
| pot | drink |
| via | road |
| atmo | vapor |
| cardio | heart |
| cosmo | world or universe |
| counter | against |
| cranio | skull |
| cyclo | circle |
| gno | know |
| oss | bone |
| xylo | wood |
| monger | seller |
| sept | seven |
| xeno | stranger |
| vas | vessel |
| fore | front |
| ish | like |
| less | without |
| baro | pressure |
| ferro | iron |
| quasi | somewhat |
| nesia | island |
| lepsy | attack |
| let | little |
| nano | billionth |
| pico | trillionth |
| ideo | idea |
| ven | come |
| icthy | fish |
| pulse | drive |
| calor | heat |
| sol | sun |
| strat | layer |
| nuc | center |
| sat | enough |
| protero | early |
| mont | mountain |
| kilo | thousand |
| myria | many |
| tachy | quick |
| fiss | split |
| cumu | heaped |
| meteor | high |
| hibern | winter |
| di | two |
| bath | deep |
| cirr | hair |
| grav | heavy |
| solv | loosen |
| opthal | eye |
| oma | tumor |
| rub | red |
| mela | black |
| vice | in place of |
| foli | leaf |
| atom | vapor |
| orb | circle |
| multi | many |
| ign | fire |
| moll | soft |
| lin | line |
| hemi | half |
| oo | egg |
| grade | step |
| pnuemo | lung |
| radi | ray |
| oscu | mouth |
| ob | against |
| vect | carry |
| digit | finger |
| gymno | naked |
| plasm | form |
| narco | sleep |
| vermi | worm |
| lign | wood |
| dendr | tree |
| lachry | tear |
| equivocate | to hedge |
| superfluos | unnecessary |
| bilateral | two-sided |
| unilateral | one-sided |
| circumspect | cautious |
| commensurate | of like measure |
| malevolence | evil intent |
| neophyte | beginner |
| misanthropist | people-hater |
| bellicose | warlike |
| anthropomorphic | man-shaped |
| captious | fault-finding |
| neologism | new-word |
| malediction | a curse |
| incredulous | not believing |
| omniscient | all-knowing |
| monomania | obsession with one thing |
| specious | false |
| excoriate | verbally flog |
| prototype | first model |
| xenophobia | fear of foreigners |
| benediction | blessing |
| amorphous | shapeless |
| preponderance | bulk |
| magnanimous | great-minded |
| mollify | make soft |
| ichtyoligist | fish-scientist |
| polyglot | multi-linguist |
| diaphanous | semitransparent |
| somniferous | bringing sleep |
| sinecure | an easy lucrative job |
| soliloquy | speech to oneself |
| adherent | supporter |
| abjure | renounce |
| caustic | burning |
| confluence | a flowing together |
| depose | topple from power |
| egomania | self-obsession |
| egregrarious | blatant |
| analgesic | pain-killer |
| chiromancy | palm reading |
| oligarchy | government by few |
| intractable | stubborn |
| intansigent | not compromising |
| perfidious | treacherous |
| perspiuous | brilliantly clear |
| ingenuous | innocent and naive |
| circumlocution | talking in circles |
| gregarious | sociable |
| discursive | rambling |
| egocentric | self-centered |
| tangible | touchable |
| demagogue | corrupt politician |
| preclude | foreclose |
| cryptologist | code breaker |
| ethnocentrism | racial or cultural prejudice |
| pedagogue | teacher |
| recant | retract |
| revoke | cancel |
| pugnacious | combative |
| incisive | sharp |
| diatribe | abusive criticism |
| anomaly | abnormality |
| enumerate | to list |
| circumscribed | limited |
| intercede | mediate |
| disputatious | argumentative |
| loquacious | talkitive |
| abrogate | annul |
| prescience | foreknowledge |
| sacrosanct | sacred |
| androgynous | masculine or feminine |
| acronym | initials-name |
| congetial | at birth |
| cacophony | bad noise |
| advocate | speak for |
| ponderous | weighty |
| retribution | revenge |
| android | robot |
| infidel | unbeliever |
| resurgeance | rising again |
| punctilious | precise in conduct |
| condescend | lower oneself |
| collateral | side by side |
| irrevocable | beyond recall |
| elucidate | explain |
| epigram | witty comment |
| eccentricity | oddness |
| cognizant | aware |
| stringent | binding |
| anthropoid | manlike |
| diffident | shy |
| pandemonium | demonic clamor |
| urbane | sophisticated |
| tractable | docile |
| supersede | replace |
| temporize | delay |
| somnambulist | sleepwalker |
| sanguinary | bloody |
| inanimate | lifeless |
| introspective | inward looking |
| intervene | come between |
| syndrome | complex of symptoms |
| subordinate | lower |
| dissonant | inharmonious |
| belligerant | warring |
| credible | believable |
| impending | overhanging |
| polyphonic | multi-melodic |
| exculpate | free from blame |
| euphenism | pleasent name |
| benefactor | helper |
| megalomania | delusions of greatness |
| magnate | powerful person |
| vivacious | lively |
| heliotropic | sun-following |
| amour-propre | self-love |
| octagenarian | an eighty-year-old |
| cognoscenti | those who know |
| surfeit | excess |
| primate | monkeys, apes, humans |
| pellucid | crystal clear |
| circumvent | get around |
| hemiplegia | paralysis on one side |
| narcolepsy | attacks of sleep |
| sine | without |
| delinate | to outline |
| emollient | softener |
| retrograde | backward |
| melancholy | dark sadness |
| intracranial | within the skull |
| cardiovascular | of the heart and vessels |
| epiphany | revelation |
| histology | study of living tissues |
| perihelion | orbital point nearest the sun |
| inherent | built-in |
| plutocracy | government of the wealthy |
| sine qua non | essential element |
| corpulent | full-bodied |
| dichotomy | two part division |
| pathological | diseased |
| cryptic | having hidden meaning |
| isosceles | having two equal sides |
| pathogen | disease-causer |
| vociferous | loudly-voiced |
| rectify | correct |
| sanctimonious | affectedly holy |
| tortuos | twisting |
| rectilinear | right-angled |
| metamorphosis | change of shape |
| petroglyph | rock carving |
| chronic | lasting |
| hyperbole | overstatement |
| sonorous | full-sounding |
| germane | related |
| convivial | jovial, festive |
| cognomen | nickname |
| anarchist | one against government |
| animadversion | criticism |
| pussillanimous | small-minded |
| saturnine | gloomy and remote |
| luminary | enlightening person |
| exorbitant | unreasonable |
| expatriate | banish |
| filigree | lacy design |
| eulogy | words of praise |
| sedentary | sitting |
| euphoria | joy |
| bonhomie | good-naturedness |
| bona fide | good faith |
| bon vivant | indulger in luxury |
| mutable | changeable |
| impute | attribute discredit |
| status quo | the present state |
| paradigm | model |
| subterfuge | evasive dodge |
| condign | worthy |
| infraction | breaking |
| interregnum | time between rulers |
| casus belli | cause of war |
| alumni | graduates |
| idiosyncrasy | peculiarity |
| verisimilitude | similarity to truth |
| veracity | truthfulness |
| agoraphobia | fear of openness |
| acrophobia | fear of heights |
| platitude | flat trite remark |
| refractory | stubborn |
| euphony | beautiful sound |
| posthumous | after death |
| anthology | literary collection |
| effusion | outpouring |
| cosmology | study of the universe |
| prestidigitation | slight of hand |
| invective | bitter denunciation |
| transpose | switch |
| precursor | forerunner |
| apotheosis | raising to god status |
| rubicund | red |
| bootless | useless |
| schism | division |
| colloquy | conversation |
| viable | able to live |
| synopsis | summary |
| terra firma | solid ground |
| sanction | authorize |
| Russophobe | one who fears Russia |
| prognosis | medical forecast |
| polychrome | many-colored |
| philanthropy | love of mankind |
| perspicacity | insight |
| mobocracy | mob rule |
| gerontocracy | government of the old |
| magniloquence | great eloquence |
| kleptomaniac | pathological theif |
| joie de vivre | joy of living |
| in loco parentis | in place of parents |
| mundane | worldly |
| synthesis | combination |
| unequivocal | direct |
| nihilism | belief in nothing |
| audiophile | stereo buff |
| entomology | insect zoology |
| omnifarious | of all kinds |
| invidious | causing envy |
| deduction | reasoning down from principles |
| induction | factual reasoning |
| hagiocracy | government of saints |
| diction | word choice |
| disconsolate | inconsolable |
| disingenuous | insincere |
| fractious | uruly |
| nondescript | of no category |
| prolific | productive |
| chronicle | a history |
| primeval | of the first ages |
| panegyric | elaborate eulogy |
| fidelity | faithfulness |
| magnum opus | greatwork |
| antediluvian | from before the Flood! |
| comport | behave |
| insurgence | uprising |
| expeditiously | rapidly |
| renovate | restore |
| carnage | butchery |
| decadent | downfallen |
| supercilious | scornful |
| inexorable | inescapable |
| emissary | messenger |
| improvident | without foresight |
| moribund | dying |
| Terms | 750 |
| Creator | Liljaime6 |
| Created | April 20, 2007 |
| Groups | None |
| Subjects | None |
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