| Term | Definition |
|---|
| CUR- | to run |
| CRED- | to believe |
| DEM- | people |
| DICT- | to speak |
| VIT-, VIV- | to live/ life |
| MORT- | death |
| AMBI-, AMPHI- | around, both |
| ANN-, ENN- | year |
| ANTE-, ANTI- | before |
| ANTHROP- | human |
| ANTI- | against, opposite |
| BENE- | good |
| AUTO- | self |
| BIO- | life |
| BI- | two |
| CHRON- | time |
| CEDE- | go, yield |
| CON-, COM-, COL-, COR- | together, with |
| CIRCUM- | around |
| EQU- | equal |
| DIS-, DI-, DIF- | not, away, apart |
| EU- | good, well |
| EX-, ES-, E- | out |
| GEN- | birth, race, kind |
| FID- | faith |
| GRAPH-, GRAM- | to write |
| HYPER- | overmuch, too far |
| LOG- | speech, word |
| LOGY- | study of |
| MAL- | bad |
| LOQU-, LOC- | to speak (2nd) |
| METER-, METR- | measure |
| barometer | an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure and hence for assisting in predicting probable weather changes |
| odometer | a road measure; an instrument for measuring the distance traveled by a vehicle |
| symmetrical | measured together; having both sides exactly alike |
| MIT-, MIS-, MISS- | to send |
| intermittent | sent between intervals; stopping and starting at intervals |
| omit | to send away; to leave out |
| promise | to send forth; to indicate what may be expected |
| PATH- | feeling, suffering |
| antipathy | a feeling against someone or something; a strong dislike |
| apathy | a lack of feeling; indifference |
| empathy | a feeling as if one were in the other person's place; an understanding so intimate that one participates in another's feelings |
| psychopathic | suffering in the mind; mentally disordered |
| sympathy | a feeling together with someone or something; a feeling for another person |
| PAN- | all |
| panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties |
| pandemonium | the home of all demons in Milton's Paradise Lost; a wild uproar |
| panorama | a view in all directions |
| pantheism | the doctrine that God is all the laws and forces of nature and the universe. Also, the ancient belief in and worship of all gods. |
| MORPH- | form |
| amorphous | without definite form or shape |
| anthropomorphism | assigning human characteristics or behavior to inanimate objects or animals |
| metamorphosis | change of form or shape |
| MONO- | one |
| monopoly | exclusive control by one group of a commodity or service |
| monotheism | the belief that there is only one God |
| monotonous | one tone; having no variation |
| PED- | foot |
| expedite | to get the foot out of an entanglement; to speed the process of; to help along |
| impede | to get the foot in an entanglement; to hinder the process of |
| pedestrian | one who goes on foot; also, commonplace or dull |
| PHIL- | to love |
| bibliophile | one who loves books; a book collector |
| philosopher | one who loves and pursues wisdom through reasoning |
| PHOB- | fear |
| acrophobia | an excessive or illogical fear of high places |
| claustrophobia | an excessive or illogical fear of enclosed places |
| hydrophobia | an abnormal fear of water - rabies |
| phobic | excesssively fearful |
| xenophobia | fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers |
| PHON- | sounds |
| cacophony | bad sounds; diagreeable or discordant sounds |
| symphony | sounds togther; and orchestra; music written for a orchestra |
| PRE- | before (2nd) |
| precedent | an act that goes before and may serve as an example for later acts |
| precipitate | to dash head-first; to hasten the occurence of |
| predilection | to love before others; a preference |
| unprecedented | never having happened before |
| POST- | after |
| posterity | those who come after; future generations |
| posthumously | after the one's death |
| postmortem | an examination after death; an autopsy |
| preposterous | having the before part where the after part should be; contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd |
| PRO- | forward, before, for, forth |
| procrastinate | to push forward until tomorrow; to put off doing something until a future time |
| profuse | pouring forth freely; generous |
| propensity | a hanging forward; a natural inclination |
| RE- | back, again |
| recession | a period of reduced economic activity |
| recluse | one who lives shut back from the world |
| remiss | sent back; negligent; lax in attending to duty |
| SED-, SID-, SESS- | to sit |
| insidious | sitting in wait for; treacherous; more dangerous that seems evident |
| preside | to sit before a meeting to conduct it |
| sedentary | requiring much sitting |
| SCRIB-, SCRIPT- | to write (s) |
| ascribe | to write to; to attribute |
| nondescript | not easy to write about or to describe, lacking in distinctive qualities |
| SUB- | under |
| subliminal | below the threshold of concious perception |
| subpoena | a legal order requiring a person to appear int court to give testimony |
| subversive | to turn under; tending to undermine or overthrow |
| SPEC-, SPIC-, SPECT- | to look |
| auspicious | originally, looking at the flight of birds for omens; today, promising good luck, favorable |
| introspection | a looking within one's own mind |
| SYN-, SYM-, SYL- | together, with (s) |
| symbol | things thrown together for comparison; something that represents something else |
| synergistic | working together; as when the joint action of two drugs increases the effectiveness of each |
| synopsis | a seeing things together; a brief general summary |
| synthesis | a putting together; the combination of seperate elements in a whole |
| SUPER- | above, over |
| supercilious | above the eyelid; eyebrows raised in a haughty way |
| superfluous | overflowing what is needed, extra |
| supersonic | above the speed of sound |
| VIA- | way |
| deviate | to turn away from an established way |
| impervious | no way through; incapable of being passed through |
| via | by way of |
| VERT-, VERS- | to turn |
| adversity | the state of being turned against; misfortune |
| aversion | a turning away; extreme dislike |
| inadvertent | not turning one's mind to a matter; unintentional |
| introvert | one who turns within; one whose thoughts and interests and directed inward |
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