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General Vocab
8th Grade
10/24/2012

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Term
FAC, FIC, FECT, FY, FEA
Definition

make, do

 

FAC -- factory

FIC -- fiction

FECT -- affect

FY -- magnify

FEA -- feasible

Term
FAL, FALS
Definition

deceive

 

 

false, fallacious

Term
FERV
Definition

boil

 

 

fervent, effervescent

Term
FID
Definition

faith, trust

 

 

confident, fidelity

Term
FLU, FLUX
Definition

flow

 

 

fluent, flux

Term
FORE
Definition

before

 

 

forecast, foreboding

Term
FRAG, FRAC
Definition

break

 

 

fragment, fracture

Term
FUS
Definition

pour

 

 

infusion, diffuse

Term
GEN
Definition

birth, class, kin

 

 

generation, homogeneous, gene

Term
GRAD, GRESS
Definition

step

 

 

graduate, gradual, progress, congress

Term
GRAPH, GRAM
Definition

writing

 

 

 

biography, grammar

Term
GRAT
Definition

pleasing

 

 

grateful, congratulate

Term
GRAV, GRIEV
Definition

heavy

 

 

grave, grieve, aggravate

Term
GREG
Definition

crowd, flock

 

 

 

segregate, congregation

Term
HABIT, HIBIT
Definition

have, hold

 

 

habit, inhibit (to hold back), habitat

Term
HAP
Definition

by chance

 

 

happen, mishap

Term
HELIO, HELI
Definition

sun

 

 

helicopter, helium

Term
HETERO
Definition

other

 

 

heterogeneous, heterosexual

Term
HOL
Definition

whole

 

 

holocaust, catholic, holistic

Term
HOMO
Definition

same

 

 

homosexual, homogenize (to make the same)

Term
HOMO
Definition

man

 

 

 

homicide, homo sapiens

Term
HYDR
Definition

water

 

 

 

hydrant, dehydration

Term
HYPER
Definition

too much, excess

 

 

hyperactive, hyperbole

Term
HYPO
Definition

too little, under

 

 

hypothermia -- hypo (too little) + therm (heat)

 

hypodermic needle

 

Term
IN, IG, IL, IM, IR
Definition

not

 

 

IN -- infamy, invalid

IG -- ignorant

IL -- illiterate

IM -- immaterial

IR -- irregular

 

Term
IN, IL, IM, IR
Definition

in, on, into

 

 

IN -- invade, inscribe

IL - illustrate

IM -- immerse

IR -- irrigate

Term
INTER
Definition

between, among

 

 

interrupt, intervene, interception

Term
INTRA, INTR
Definition

within

 

 

intramural, intrinsic

Term
IT, ITER
Definition

between, among

 

 

transit, itinerary

Term
JECT, JET
Definition

throw

 

 

eject, trajectory, jettison

Term
JOUR
Definition

day

 

 

journal, adjourn

Term
JUD
Definition

judge

 

 

judge, judicial, prejudice

Term
JUNCT, JUG
Definition

join

 

 

junction, subjugate

Term
JUR
Definition

swear, law

 

 

jury, conjure, perjury

Term
LAT
Definition

side

 

 

lateral, unilateral

Term
LAV, LAU, LU
Definition

wash

 

 

lavatory, laundry, ablution

Term
LEG, LEC, LEX
Definition

read, speak

 

legible, lecture, lexicon (vocabulary)

Term
LEV
Definition

light

 

 

elevate, alleviate, levity (light, not serious)

Term
LIBER
Definition

free

 

 

liberty, liberal

Term
LIG, LECT
Definition

choose, gather

 

 

eligible, elect

Term
LIG, LI, LY
Definition

bind

 

 

LIG -- ligament, ligature

LI -- religion, liaison

LY -- ally

Term
LING, LANG
Definition

tongue

 

 

lingo, language

Term
LITER
Definition

letter

 

 

 

literature, literal

Term
LITH
Definition

stone

 

 

monolith, lithograph

 

Term
LOQU, LOC, LOG
Definition

speech, thought

 

 

eloquent, dialogue

Term
LUC, LUM
Definition

light

 

 

lucid, illuminate

Term
LUD, LUS
Definition

play

 

 

ludicrous, delusion

Term
MACRO
Definition

great (on a large scale)

 

 

macrobiotics, macroeconomics

Term
MAG, MAJ, MAS, MAX
Definition

great

 

 

MAG -- magnify

MAJ -- majesty

MAS -- master

MAX -- maximum

Term
MAL
Definition

bad

 

 

 

malady (illness)

malevolent (evil)

 

Term
MAN
Definition

hand

 

 

 

manual (handbook)

manuscript (handwritten document)

Term
MAR
Definition

sea

 

 

 

submarine (under+sea)

marine

Term
MATER, MATR
Definition

mother

 

 

maternal, matron

Term
MEDI
Definition

middle

 

 

intermediate, medieval

Term
MEGA
Definition

great

 

 

 

megaphone

 

(Megatron)

Term
MEMOR, MEMEN
Definition

remember

 

 

memory, memento

Term
METER, METR, MENS
Definition

measure

 

 

METER -- meter, thermometer,

METR -- metronome,

MENS -- commensurate

Term
MICRO
Definition

small

 

 

 

microscope, microorganism

Term
MIS
Definition

wrong, bad, hate

 

 

 

misunderstand (to wrongly understand)

mishap (a bad incident)

misanthrope (a people hater)

Term
MIT, MISS
Definition

send

 

 

 

transmit, missive

Term
MOLL
Definition

soft

 

 

mollify, mollusk

Term
MON, MONIT
Definition

warn

 

 

 

admonish, monitor

Term
MONO
Definition

one

 

 

 

monologue, monotonous

Term
MOR
Definition

custom, manner

 

 

moral, morose

Term
MOR, MORT
Definition

dead

 

 

morbid, mortal

Term
MORPH
Definition

shape

 

 

 

amorphous, metamorphosis

Term

MOV, MOT, MOB, MOM

Definition

move

 

 

MOV -- move, remove

MOT -- motion

MOB -- mobile

MOM -- momentum

Term
MUT
Definition

change

 

 

mutate, commute

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