Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Lingustics
Linguistics morpheme sets 1-4
359
English
Undergraduate 3
08/10/2011
Click here to study/print these flashcards.

Create your own flash cards! Sign up here.

Additional English Flashcards

 

 

Cards

Term
-ance
 Definition
N
Term
bi
 Definition
‘life’
Term
-ant
 Definition
N, A
Term
bi
 Definition
‘two’
Term
-ary
 Definition
A, N
Term
can
 Definition
‘dog’
Term
-ate
 Definition
N, A, V
Term
cata-
 Definition
‘down, backwards’
Term
-ence
 Definition
N
Term
chrom
 Definition
‘color’
Term
-ent
 Definition
A, N
Term
chron
 Definition
‘time’
Term
-ic
 Definition
A, N
Term
con- / com- / co-
 Definition
‘with, together’
Term
-ity
 Definition
N
Term
contra- / counter-
 Definition
‘against, facing’
Term
-ize
 Definition
V
Term
corp / corpor
 Definition
‘body, flesh’
Term
-oid
 Definition
‘resembling’ (A, N)
Term
cosm
 Definition
‘universe, order, adorn’
Term
-ory
 Definition
A, N
Term
de-
 Definition
‘reverse, from’
Term
-ous / -ose
 Definition
A
Term
dia-
 Definition
‘through’
Term
-sis
 Definition
N
Term
duc
 Definition
‘to lead’
Term
-tion / -ion
 Definition
N
Term
dys- / dis-
 Definition
‘bad’
Term
-tive / -ive
 Definition
A, N
Term
ec-
 Definition
‘out’
Term
-y
 Definition
N
Term
ecto-
 Definition
‘outside’
Term
ab- / abs-
 Definition
‘from, away’
Term
en-
 Definition
in’
Term
ad-
 Definition
‘to, toward’
Term
endo-
 Definition
‘inside’
Term
an- / a-
 Definition
‘not, without’
Term
epi-
 Definition
‘on, over’
Term
ana-
 Definition
‘up, again, back’
Term
eu-
 Definition
‘good’
Term
ante- / anti-
 Definition
‘before’
Term
ex- / e-
 Definition
‘out’
Term
anthrop
 Definition
‘human’
Term
extra-
 Definition
‘outside’
Term
apo-
 Definition
‘away from, off’
Term
gam
 Definition
‘marry, unite’
Term
greg
 Definition
‘social group, gather’
Term
par
 Definition
‘give birth to’
Term
hetero-
 Definition
‘other, different’
Term
para-
 Definition
‘beside, nearly’
Term
hom
 Definition
‘human’
Term
path
 Definition
‘feel, illness’
Term
homo-
 Definition
‘same’
Term
per-
 Definition
‘through, thorough(ly)’
Term
hypo-
 Definition
‘under, below, partial’
Term
peri-
 Definition
‘around, near’
Term
iatr
 Definition
‘heal’
Term
petr
 Definition
‘rock’
Term
idi
 Definition
‘personal’
Term
phil
 Definition
‘liking, tendency’
Term
in-
 Definition
‘in, into’ OR ‘not’
Term
phon
 Definition
‘sound’
Term
pol
 Definition
‘community’
Term
infra-
 Definition
‘below, after’
Term
post-
 Definition
‘after, behind’
Term
inter-
 Definition
‘between, among’
Term
pot
 Definition
‘able, powerful’
Term
intra-
 Definition
‘within’
Term
pre-
 Definition
‘before’
Term
iso-
 Definition
‘equal’
Term
pro-
 Definition
‘forward, for’
Term
leg
 Definition
‘law, deputize’
Term
pseud
 Definition
‘false’
Term
log / leg / lex
 Definition
‘study, speak’
Term
psych
 Definition
‘mind’
Term
macr
 Definition
‘large’
Term
pyr
 Definition
‘fire’
Term
meso-
 Definition
‘middle’
Term
re- / red-
 Definition
‘again, back’
Term
meta-
 Definition
‘beyond’
Term
sci
 Definition
‘know, discern’
Term
micr
 Definition
‘small’
Term
se- / sed-
 Definition
‘apart’
Term
mis
 Definition
‘hate’
Term
sec
 Definition
‘cut, split’
Term
morph
 Definition
‘shape, form’
Term
somn
 Definition
‘sleep’
Term
nom
 Definition
‘law, system’
Term
sub-
 Definition
‘under, inferior’
Term
nov
 Definition
‘new’
Term
super-
 Definition
‘above, excess’
Term
ob-
 Definition
‘toward, against’
Term
syn-
 Definition
‘with, together’
Term
omn
 Definition
‘all’
Term
the
 Definition
‘god’
Term
top
 Definition
‘place’ (a location)
Term
ver
 Definition
‘true’
Term
trans- / tra
 Definition
‘across, through’
Term
vis
 Definition
‘see’
Term
ven
 Definition
‘come’
Term
xen
 Definition
‘foreign’
Term
ag / ig
 Definition
‘act, do, drive’
Term
dog / doc
 Definition
‘opinion’
Term
al / ol / ul
 Definition
‘nurture, grow’
Term
equ / iqu
 Definition
‘even, level’
Term
alt
 Definition
‘high’
Term
erg / urg / org
 Definition
‘work’
Term
am / im
 Definition
‘love’
Term
ero
 Definition
‘physical love’
Term
ambul
 Definition
‘walk, go’
Term
esth / aesth
 Definition
‘feel’
Term
ann / enn
 Definition
‘year’
Term
fac / fec / fic
 Definition
‘do, make’
Term
andr
 Definition
‘male, man’
Term
frag / frang / fring
 Definition
‘break’
Term
anti-
 Definition
‘against, opposite’
Term
fund / fus
 Definition
‘pour, melt, blend’
Term
apt / ept
 Definition
‘fit, capable’
Term
gen / gn / na
 Definition
‘birth, type, origin’
Term
arch
 Definition
‘first, govern’
Term
grad / gred / gress
 Definition
‘step, go’
Term
av
 Definition
‘bird’
Term
heli
 Definition
‘sun’
Term
bol / bl
 Definition
‘throw, extend’
Term
hyper-
 Definition
‘over, above’
Term
cad / cas / cid
 Definition
‘fall’ (also, ‘to happen’)
Term
leg / lig
 Definition
‘gather, read’
Term
cap / cep / cip / cup
 Definition
‘take, contain’
Term
lic
 Definition
‘permit, unrestrained’
Term
ced / cess
 Definition
‘go, let go’
Term
latri
 Definition
‘worship’
Term
cer / cri / cre
 Definition
‘separate’
Term
men / mon
 Definition
‘think, mind’
Term
cid / cis
 Definition
‘cut, kill’
Term
mne
 Definition
‘remember’
Term
clud / clus
 Definition
‘to close’
Term
mov / mo
 Definition
‘move’
Term
cri
 Definition
‘separate, judge’
Term
ne
 Definition
‘new, recent’
Term
cub / cumb
 Definition
‘lie down, remain’
Term
nec / necr
 Definition
‘die’
Term
cyn
 Definition
‘dog’
Term
nec / noc / nic / nox
 Definition
‘harm’
Term
de / div
 Definition
‘god, augury’
Term
phot / phos
 Definition
‘light’
Term
doc
 Definition
‘teach’
Term
pond / pend
 Definition
‘hang, weigh’
Term
prac
 Definition
‘act, do’
Term
tag / teg / tig / tang / ting
 Definition
‘touch’
Term
reg / rig
 Definition
‘rule, straight’
Term
tele
 Definition
‘far’
Term
sacr / secr / sanc
 Definition
‘holy’
Term
tempor
 Definition
‘time’
Term
scop / scep / skep
 Definition
‘view, see’
Term
ten / tend / tens
 Definition
‘stretch, thin’
Term
semen / semin
 Definition
‘seed’
Term
ten / tin
 Definition
‘hold, maintain’
Term
sent / sens
 Definition
‘feel’
Term
tom / tm
 Definition
‘cut’
Term
serp / herp
 Definition
‘to creep, reptile, snake’
Term
trud / trus
 Definition
‘thrust’
Term
spec / spic
 Definition
‘look, see’
Term
vic / vinc
 Definition
‘conquer’
Term
sta / ste
 Definition
‘stand’
Term
vor
 Definition
‘eat’
Term
sta / ste / st / sti
 Definition
‘stand’
Term
zo
 Definition
‘animal’
Term
ac
 Definition
'sharp'
Term
dem
 Definition
'people'
Term
acr
 Definition
'height, tip'
Term
derm / dermat
 Definition
'skin'
Term
aden
 Definition
'gland'
Term
di /dy / dicho
 Definition
'two'
Term
ambi- / amphi-
 Definition
'both'
Term
dis- / di-
 Definition
'apart, reversed'
Term
aster / astr
 Definition
'star'
Term
fla
 Definition
'blow'
Term
aur
 Definition
'ear'
Term
flu / fluc / fuv
 Definition
'flow, river'
Term
auto / tauto
 Definition
'self'
Term
fratr
 Definition
'brother'
Term
axill
 Definition
'armpit'
Term
galact
 Definition
'milk'
Term
bell
 Definition
'war'
Term
gastr
 Definition
'stomach'
Term
bene / bon
 Definition
'good, well'
Term
gloss / glott
 Definition
'tounge, speech'
Term
brach / brachy
 Definition
'short'
Term
gravid
 Definition
'pregnant'
Term
card / cord
 Definition
'heart'
Term
gyn / gynec
 Definition
'woman, female'
Term
caud / cod
 Definition
'tail'
Term
hecaton
 Definition
'hundred'
Term
cens
 Definition
'judge, assess'
Term
hem / haem / em
 Definition
'blood'
Term
cent
 Definition
'hundred'
Term
hemi- / semi-
 Definition
'half'
Term
cephal
 Definition
'head'
Term
hes/her
 Definition
'to stick, hold back'
Term
cervic
 Definition
'neck'
Term
hepat
 Definition
'liver'
Term
chili
 Definition
'thousand'
Term
hepta
 Definition
'seven'
Term
crat / crac
 Definition
'govern'
Term
hexa
 Definition
'six'
Term
-cule / -cle
 Definition
'little'
Term
hist
 Definition
'body tissue'
Term
cur
 Definition
'care'
Term
hydat / hydr
 Definition
'water'
Term
cut
 Definition
'skin'
Term
hyster
 Definition
'womb, neurotic disorder'
Term
decem / deca
 Definition
'ten, tenth'
Term
-ia
 Definition
'land, state, medical condition'
Term
-itis
 Definition
'inflammation'
Term
oste
 Definition
'bone'
Term
icosa
 Definition
'twenty'
Term
pan- / pant-
 Definition
'all'
Term
kilo-
 Definition
'thousand'
Term
pauc
 Definition
'few'
Term
lab
 Definition
'lip'
Term
penta
 Definition
'five'
Term
lacrim / lachrym
 Definition
'tear' (from the eye)
Term
phleb
 Definition
'vein'
Term
lact
 Definition
'milk'
Term
phob
 Definition
'fear'
Term
laryng
 Definition
'voice box, vocal cords'
Term
phylac
 Definition
'guard'
Term
loc
 Definition
'place' ('a place' or 'to place')
Term
pl / plec / plic
 Definition
'fold, entwine, times'
Term
lic / lumen / lumin
 Definition
'light'
Term
plur
 Definition
'many, more'
Term
mamm
 Definition
'breast'
Term
poly
 Definition
'many'
Term
man
 Definition
'hand, handle'
Term
pulmon / pulm
 Definition
'lung'
Term
mille / milli-
 Definition
'thousand(th)'
Term
quadr
 Definition
'four'
Term
mon
 Definition
'one'
Term
quinque
 Definition
'five'
Term
mult
 Definition
'many' rhin 'nose'
Term
myri
 Definition
'countless, 10,000'
Term
sarc
 Definition
'flesh'
Term
nas / nar
 Definition
'nose'
Term
scler
 Definition
'hard'
Term
nephr
 Definition
'kidney'
Term
sep
 Definition
'putrid, infected'
Term
novem
 Definition
'nine'
Term
septem
 Definition
'seven'
Term
octo / octa
 Definition
'eight'
Term
sesqui-
 Definition
'one and a half'
Term
olig
 Definition
'few'
Term
sex
 Definition
'six'
Term
-oma
 Definition
'tumor, growth'
Term
son
 Definition
'sound'
Term
op
 Definition
'see'
Term
stom / stomat
 Definition
'mouth, opening'
Term
ophthalm
 Definition
'eye'
Term
tac
 Definition
'arrange, order'
Term
os / or
 Definition
'mouth, opening'
Term
ten / tin
 Definition
'hold, maintain'
Term
os / oss
 Definition
'bone'
Term
thromb
 Definition
'clot'
Term
tetra / tessara
 Definition
'four'
Term
vas
 Definition
'vessel, blood vessel, duct'
Term
tri
 Definition
'three'
Term
ven
 Definition
'vein'
Term
un
 Definition
'one'
Term
viginti
 Definition
'twenty'
Term
agr
 Definition
'field'
Term
ge
 Definition
'earth'
Term
al
 Definition
'other'
Term
gemin
 Definition
'twin'
Term
alb
 Definition
'white'
Term
ger
 Definition
'old person'
Term
alg
 Definition
'pain'
Term
gno / no / gni
 Definition
'know'
Term
all / allel
 Definition
'other'
Term
graph / gramm
 Definition
'write'
Term
aud
 Definition
'hear'
Term
jus / jur
 Definition
'law, judge'
Term
bath / bathy
 Definition
'depth'
Term
juven / jun
 Definition
'young'
Term
car / carn
 Definition
'flesh'
Term
lat
 Definition
'carry'
Term
cli
 Definition
'lean, lie, bed'
Term
lig
 Definition
'tie, bind'
Term
cred
 Definition
'believe'
Term
lign
 Definition
'wood'
Term
cruc
 Definition
'cross, important point'
Term
lith / lit
 Definition
'stone'
Term
cryp / cryph
 Definition
'secret, hidden'
Term
loqu / locu
 Definition
'speak'
Term
dactyl
 Definition
'finger'
Term
magn
 Definition
'great, large'
Term
damn / demn
 Definition
'loss, harm'
Term
mal / male
 Definition
'bad'
Term
dec
 Definition
'acceptable'
Term
mant / manc
 Definition
'prophecy'
Term
dent
 Definition
'tooth'
Term
matr
 Definition
'mother'
Term
dic
 Definition
'say, point'
Term
mega / megal
 Definition
'great, million'
Term
do / da / di
 Definition
'give'
Term
metr
 Definition
'mother, uterus'
Term
dol
 Definition
'suffer'
Term
misc / mix
 Definition
'mix'
Term
ed / es
 Definition
'eat'
Term
myc
 Definition
'fungus'
Term
entom*
 Definition
'insect'
Term
nau
 Definition
'boat'
Term
fa
 Definition
'speak'
Term
nihil / nil
 Definition
'nothing'
Term
fer
 Definition
'carry'
Term
noct
 Definition
'night'
Term
fratr
 Definition
'brother'
Term
nomen / nomin
 Definition
'name'
Term
nyct
 Definition
'night'
Term
pug / pung
 Definition
'poke, fight'
Term
ocul
 Definition
'eye'
Term
pugn
 Definition
'fist, fight'
Term
onom / onomat / onym
 Definition
'name'
Term
rhiz
 Definition
'root'
Term
ornith / orn
 Definition
'bird'
Term
sal / sil
 Definition
'jump'
Term
orth
 Definition
'straight, correct'
Term
salv / salu
 Definition
'safe, greet, healthy'
Term
ot
 Definition
'ear'
Term
secu / sequ
 Definition
'follow'
Term
pale / palae
 Definition
'old'
Term
sen
 Definition
'old (person)'
Term
patr
 Definition
'father, country'
Term
som / somat
 Definition
'body'
Term
ped / pod / pus
 Definition
'foot'
Term
soph
 Definition
'wise'
Term
ped / paed
 Definition
'child, teach'
Term
soror
 Definition
'sister'
Term
pen / pun
 Definition
'punish'
Term
spor
 Definition
'scatter, seed'
Term
phag
 Definition
'eat'
Term
tach / tachy
 Definition
'fast'
Term
pne / pneum
 Definition
'lung, breathe'
Term
terr
 Definition
'earth'
Term
pha / phe
 Definition
'speak'
Term
the
 Definition
'put, place'
Term
pher / phor
 Definition
'carry'
Term
trop
 Definition
'to turn'
Term
phyll
 Definition
'leaf'
Term
uxor
 Definition
'wife'
Term
phyt
 Definition
'plant'
Term
vac / van
 Definition
'empty'
Term
ple
 Definition
'full, many'
Term
val
 Definition
'strong, useful'
Term
pon / pos
 Definition
'place, put'
Term
ver / verg
 Definition
'turn'
Term
pom
 Definition
'fruit, apple'
Term
viv / vit
 Definition
'live'
Term
pred
 Definition
'preying'
Term
voc
 Definition
'call, voice'
Term
pter
 Definition
'wing, feather'
Supporting users have an ad free experience!