Set: Greek Word Parts

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All 88 Terms

Term Definition
a(n) not
amphi (ambi) two ways
anti against
dys badly, difficultly
ecto (exo) outside of
endo (ento) inside of
epi upon/on
hyper above/excessive
hypo under
meta change
peri around
crypt to hide
gen(e) to be born
glyph to carve
graph to write
mne to remember
mime to imitate
narco to make numb
phage to eat
phone to speak
schiz to split
scope to look at
zoo to be alive
metr (meter) to measure
olig few
poly many
hemi half
mon(o) one
prot(o) first
bi two
tri three
tetra four
penta five
hexa six
hepta seven
octo eight
deca 10
kit 1,000
myria 10,000
chrom color
chlor yellowish green
chrys gold
cypr copper
arthr joint
cardi(a) heart
cephal head
crani(on) skull
derm skin
mast(os) breast
phall(on) penis
pheum(on) lung
pod foot
rhin nose
adelph brother
anthrop mankind/human being
aster star
athl(e) prize
bio life
bibli book
botan plant
chron time
cosm universe
cycl circle
demo people
demon spirit
dyn power
etyma word
gyn woman, wife
heli sun
hipp horse
hydr water
ichthy fish
lith stone
mania madness
mel song
morph shape
onyma name
ornith bird
ostra shell
parthenos virgin
petr stone
phil love
poli city-state
psych soul, mind
pyr fire
spher bail
theo god
xen stranger

Set Information

Terms 88
Creator arthus
Created January 8, 2008
Group CVU English
Tags prefix, greek, english
Access Anyone
Edit Group: CVU English
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chucklyinacrunch74 : Changed hepta → seve to hepta → seven
chucklyinacrunch74 : this test is really annoying... even more so then the chemistry one...
MagicAhrim : moo
hazardandy : Changed caphal → head to cephal → head
hazardandy : Changed athr → joint to arthr → joint
hazardandy : Changed sciz → to split to schiz → to split
hazardandy : wow, long set, lots of scores (I got like 3% first run through, now I know them all)
MagicAhrim : Moo
MagicAhrim : 616!!!!!!
arthus : Moo. it took my 15 rounds to get them all correct. /me slays English.
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  1. cephal → head - 35 misses
  2. arthr → joint - 32 misses
  3. ichthy → fish - 30 misses
  4. onyma → name - 28 misses
  5. spher → bail - 27 misses
  6. ostra → shell - 22 misses
  7. pheum(on) → lung - 21 misses