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Greek and Latin Roots
Vocabulary
48
English
9th Grade
03/04/2011

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Term
aster, astr
Definition

star

Ex: astronomy, astrology

Term
audi
Definition

to hear

Ex: audible, auditorium

Term
bene
Definition

good, well

Ex: benefit, benevolent

Term

bio

 

Definition

life

Ex: biology, autobiography

Term

dic, dict

 

Definition

to speak

Ex: dictionary, dictator

Term
fer
Definition

to carry

Ex: transfer, referral

Term
fix
Definition

to fasten

Ex: fix, suffix, affix

Term
geo
Definition

earth

Ex: geography, geology

Term
graph
Definition

to write

Ex: graphic, photography

Term
jur,just
Definition

law

Ex: jury, justice

Term
log, logue
Definition

word, thought, speech

Ex: monolog(ue), astrology, biology, neologism

Term
luc
Definition

light

Ex: lucid, translucent

Term
manu
Definition

hand

Ex: manual, mauscript

Term
meter, metr
Definition

measure

Ex: metric, thermometer

Term
op, oper
Definition

work

Ex: operation, operator

Term
path
Definition

feeling

Ex: pathetic, sympathy, empathy

Term
ped
Definition

child

Ex: pediatrics, pedophile

Term
phil
Definition

love

Ex: philosophy, Anglophile

Term
phys
Definition

body, nature

Ex: physical, physics

Term
scrib, script
Definition

to write

Ex: scribble, manuscript

Term
tele
Definition

far off

Ex: telephone, television

Term
ter, terr
Definition

earth

Ex: territory, extraterrestrial

Term
vac
Definition

empty

Ex: vacant, vacuum, evacuate

Term
verb
Definition

word

Ex: verbal, verbose

Term
vid, vis
Definition

to see

Ex: video, vision, television

Term
semi, hemi
Definition

half

Ex: semiannual, hemisphere

Term
uni, mon, mono
Definition

one

Ex: unicycle, monarchy, monorail

Term
bi, di
Definition

two

Ex: binary, bimonthly, dilemma, dichotomy

Term
cent, centi, hecto
Definition

hundred

Ex: century, centimeter, hectoliter

Term
milli, kilo
Definition

thousand

Ex: millimeter, kilometer

Term
a, il, im, in, ir, un
Definition

without, no, not

Ex: asexual, anonymous, illegal, immoral, invalid, irreverent, unskilled

Term
non, ant, anti, contra
Definition

not, absence of, opposing, against

Ex: nonbreakable, antacid, antipathy, contradict

Term
counter
Definition

opposite to, complement to

Ex: counterclockwise, counterweight

Term
de
Definition

do the opposite of, remove,reduce

Ex: dehorn, devitalize, devalue

Term
dis
Definition

do the opposite of, deprive of

Ex: disestablish, disarm

Term
mis
Definition

wrongly, bad

Ex: misjudge, misdeed

Term
ante, fore, pre, pro
Definition

before

Ex: antecedent, forecast, precede, prologue

Term
post
Definition

after

Ex: postwar

Term
re
Definition

again

Ex: rewrite, redundant

Term
super
Definition

above, over

Ex: supervise, supererogatory

Term
trans
Definition

across, over

Ex: transport, translate

Term
infra, sub, hypo
Definition

below, under

Ex: infrasonic, infrastructure, subterranean, hypodermic

Term
pro, pre
Definition

in front of

Ex: proceed, prefix

Term
re
Definition

behind

Ex: recede

Term
er, ex, ec
Definition

out of

Ex: erupt, explicit, ecstasy

Term
in, im, en, em
Definition

into

Ex: injection, immerse, encourage, empower

Term
circum,peri
Definition

around

Ex: circumnavigate, perimeter

Term
co, col, com, con, cor, sym, syn
Definition

with

Ex: coexist, colloquy, communicate, consequence, correspond, sympathy, synchronize

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