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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 before | ante |
| against, opposite, counteract | anti (3) |
| two | bi |
| around | circum |
| together | com |
| together | con |
| down, away, from | de (3) |
| away | dis |
| equal | equi |
| beyond | extra |
| between | inter |
| within | intra |
| into | intro |
| bad | mal |
| bad | mis |
| not | non |
| after | post |
| before | pre |
| half | semi |
| under | sub |
| over | super |
| together | syn |
| together | sym |
| three | tri |
| not | un |
| to do | at |
| to cause | ate |
| together | co |
| people | demo |
| write | graph |
| earth | hum |
| make | ize |
| measure | meter |
| many | multi |
| full of | ous |
| forward, before, for | pro (3) |
| across | trans |
| water | aqua |
| government | archy |
| specialist | ician |
| always | ard |
| kill | cide |
| infection, inflammation | itis (2) |
| hear | audi |
| war | bell |
| take | cap |
| cut | cise |
| life | bio |
| self | auto |
| carry | port |
| write | scrib |
| science | logy |
| say | dict |
| believe | cred |
| one hundred | cent |
| new | neo |
| to, toward, nearness, away | ad (4) |
| go | cede |
| send | miss |
| center | centri |
| book | biblio |
| man | anthropo |
| through, away | per (2) |
| same | homo |
| look | spec |
| lead | duct |
| carry | fer |
| hang | pend |
| small | micro |
| water | hydro |
| light | photo |
| all | pan |
| five | penta |
| far | tele |
| look | vid |
| all | omni |
| out | ex |
| many | poly |
| again, back, anew | re (3) |
| under | hyp |
| false | pseudo |
| nerve | neuro |
| cut | tomy |
| blood | hema |
| first | proto |
| sound | phon |
| one | mono |
| life | viv |
| away, up, off | apo (3) |
| shape | morph |
| clothes | vest |
| good | bene |
| weight | pond |
| body | corp |
| sleep | dorm |
| father | pater |
| new | nov |
| point | punct |
| throw | ject |
| act or state | tion |
| place | loco |
| opinion | dox |
| both | amphi |
| great | magn |
| good | eu |
| within | endo |
| fear | phobia |
| straight | ortho |
| think | put |
| true | ver |
| mother | matri |
| large | mega |
| people | pop |
| blood | sangui |
| life | vita |
| solid | stereo |
| doctrine | ism |
| know | cogn |
| over | sur |
| other | alter |
| star | astr |
| power | dyna |
| time | chron |
| over | hyper |
| moon | luna |
| eight | octa |
| turn | gyro |
| against | contra |
| earth | geo |
| sun | helio |
| heat | thermo |
| four | tetra |
| look | scope |
| sound | son |
| ten | dec |
| star | stell |
| love | amat |
| half | hemi |
| half | demi |
| one | uni |
| two | di |
| four | quad |
| six | sex |
| six | hex |
| seven | sept |
| eight | octo |
| ten | deca |
| against, not | counter (2) |
| both | ambi |
| good | bon |
| large | macro |
| around | peri |
| backward | retro |
| across, through, apart | dia (3) |
| beyond, exceedingly | ultra (2) |
| group | greg |
| sea | mar |
| first | prim |
| cry out | clam |
| more | plu |
| touch | tang |
| bind | string |
| free | liber |
| join | junct |
| close | clud |
| apart | se |
| pay | trib |
| worthy | dign |
| light | luc |
| break | rupt |
| pleasing | grat |
| middle | medi |
| wisdom | soph |
| run | curr |
| time | tempor |
| wander | migr |
| marriage | gamy |
| against, upon, toward | ob (3) |
| one who receives the action | ee |
| female | ess |
| one who | ist |
| without | less |
| up, not | a (2) |
| in the direction of | ward |
| fire | pyro |
| sea | mari |
| vital, related | germ (2) |
| number | numer |
| strong | fort |
| bone | osteo |
| bird | ornith |
| city | polis |
| pour | fus |
| I | ego |
| breathe | spir |
| sharp | acr |
| high | acro |
| blame | culp |
| skin | derm |
| animal | zo |
| peace | pac |
| short | brev |
| death | necro |
| city | urb |
| fight | pugn |
| outer | ecto |
| molded | plasto |
| leader | agog |
| small | cle |
| not | il |
| under | hypo |
| sit | sed |
| read | leg |
| mind | anim |
| twist | tort |
| name | nym |
| holy | sanct |
| change | meta |
| rock | petr |
| wonder | mir |
| hand | man |
| right | rect |
| roll | volv |
| feel | sens |
| make | fy |
| eye | ocul |
| care for | cur |
| appearance | oid |
| carry | gest |
| fit | apt |
| touch | tact |
| voice | voc |
| laugh | rid |
| feeling | path |
| law | nomy |
| faith | fid |
| bad | caco |
| different | hetero |
| know | sci |
| side | lat |
| rock | lith |
| pull | tract |
| in, not | in (2) |
| love | phile |
| nature of | ine |
| relating to | -ar |
| six | hexa |
| break | fract |
| flat | platy |
| god | theo |
| end | fin |
| sided object | hedron |
| walk | ambul |
| place | topo |
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