Root Words
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Created by:
darlingaw on August 7, 2010
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Description:
Greek and Latin Root Words
Classes:
Room 101, SHS Vocabulary Project
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95 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 arch | chief, primary or first |
| archaeo | ancient/primitive |
| aster/astar | star |
| audi | here |
| bene | goof/well |
| bio | life |
| brev | short |
| chloro | green |
| chrono | time |
| derm | skin |
| dic/dict | speak |
| fer | carry |
| fix | fasten |
| gen | birth |
| geo | earth |
| graph | white |
| hemo | blood |
| herb | plants |
| hydro | water |
| jur/just | law |
| log/logue | word/tought |
| luc | light |
| manu | hand |
| meter/metr | measure |
| neg | no |
| ocu | eye |
| olig | few |
| op/oper | work |
| osteo | bone |
| path | feeling |
| ped | child |
| phil | love |
| phys | body/nature |
| pod | foot |
| proto | first |
| pseudo | false |
| scrib/script | write |
| sect | cut |
| sol | alone |
| struct | build |
| tact | touch |
| tele | far off |
| ter/terr | earth |
| vac | empty |
| ver | truth |
| verb | word |
| vid/vis | see |
| ad- | to |
| -al | relating to |
| ambi- | both |
| anti- | aganst |
| -arium | place of |
| auto- | self |
| centi- | hundred |
| circum- | around |
| con- | with |
| de- | from/down |
| deci- | ten |
| di- | two |
| dis- | opposite |
| -dom | quality/state |
| ex- | out |
| hetero- | different |
| hypo- | too little |
| -ic | relating to |
| -ile | quality/state |
| in- | not |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| -ist | one who practices |
| macro- | large |
| mili- | thousand |
| mis- | bad |
| momo- | single |
| nano- | billion |
| neo- | new |
| -ology | ology |
| omni- | all |
| -ous | quality/state |
| pan- | all |
| per- | trougout |
| peri- | all around |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| pro- | forward |
| re- | again |
| retro- | back |
| sub- | under |
| super- | morethan |
| sym- | together |
| -tion | quality/state |
| -ular | relating to |
| un- | not |
| micro- | small |
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