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roots and prefixes
roota and prefixes
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10th Grade
01/20/2007
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Term
a/ab/ab
 Definition
without/awayfrom
atypical
Term
amat/amor
 Definition
love
amorous
Term
anim
 Definition
life
animal
Term
ante
 Definition
before
ante up
Term
anthro/andr
 Definition
human
anthropology
Term
aster/astr
 Definition
star, heavens
astrology
Term
aud
 Definition
hear
audio
Term
aqua
 Definition
water
aquarium
Term
arachne
 Definition
spider
arachnephobia
Term
annu/enni
 Definition
year
annual
Term
arch
 Definition
chief, principal
archangel
Term
archy
 Definition
ruler
anarchy
Term
auto
 Definition
self
autocracy
Term
bell
 Definition
war
antibellum
Term
bi
 Definition
2
bicycle
Term
ology
 Definition
studdy of
biology
Term
bio
 Definition
life
biology
Term
bene/bon
 Definition
good
beneficial
Term
biblo
 Definition
book
biblomaniac
Term
card/cord/cour
 Definition
heart
cardiac
Term
cand
 Definition
light
candle
Term
chrom
 Definition
color
chromatic
Term
cent
 Definition
100
centenial
Term
col/com/con
 Definition
together/with
connect
Term
cosm
 Definition
universe/world
cosmos
Term
cide
 Definition
kill
genocide
Term
chron
 Definition
time
chronological
Term
cred
 Definition
trust
credibility
Term
crat/cracy
 Definition
government
autocracy
Term
don/dent
 Definition
tooth
dentist
Term
demi,hemi,semi
 Definition
half
hemisphere
Term
demo
 Definition
people
demographics
Term
dat/doc
 Definition
teach
document
Term
dic/dit
 Definition
to tell
dictum
Term
dog/dox
 Definition
opinion
orthodox
Term
don/dow/dot
 Definition
to give
dowery
Term
deca
 Definition
ten
decagram
Term
derm
 Definition
skin
dermatalogist
Term
dign
 Definition
worth
dignity
Term
dia
 Definition
across/through
dialouge
Term
epi
 Definition
upon
epilogue
Term
equa
 Definition
equal
equivocate
Term
etym
 Definition
truth/real
etymology
Term
extra
 Definition
byond
extraordinary
Term
ego
 Definition
i
egocentric
Term
ergo
 Definition
therfor
ergo...
Term
eu
 Definition
good
euology
Term
graph
 Definition
writing
pictograph
Term
fer
 Definition
bring/carry/bear
transfer
Term
fid
 Definition
faith
fidelity
Term
fore
 Definition
before
foreshadow
Term
gen
 Definition
creation/kind
genocide
Term
gn/cogn
 Definition
to know
recognize
Term
hetero
 Definition
different
heterosexual
Term
homo
 Definition
same
homosexual
Term
hydra
 Definition
water
hydraphonics
Term
hypo
 Definition
less/beneath
hypodermic
Term
il/non/un/in/im
 Definition
not/without
unatentive
Term
inter
 Definition
between
interim
Term
intra
 Definition
with in
intravenous
Term
intra
 Definition
with in
intravenous
Term
itis
 Definition
inflamed
fermatitis
Term
loc/log
 Definition
words
siloquy
Term
lith
 Definition
stone
lithospehere
Term
luc/lum/lus
 Definition
light
luminesent
Term
max/mag/maj
 Definition
big
majestic
Term
mis/mal
 Definition
bad
misbehave
Term
mis/mit
 Definition
to send
transmit
Term
morph
 Definition
shape
metamorphesis
Term
macro
 Definition
huge
macrocosim
Term
micro
 Definition
tiny
microscope
Term
mir
 Definition
to look
mirror
Term
migr
 Definition
to wander
migrate
Term
mon
 Definition
advise
monarchy
Term
nom,nym,noun
 Definition
new
nomenclature
Term
omni
 Definition
all
omniscent
Term
ortho
 Definition
strait
orthodontist
Term
pan
 Definition
all
pandemic
Term
phobia
 Definition
fear
archniphobia
Term
pseudo
 Definition
fake
pseudonym
Term
mega
 Definition
large
megaphone
Term
mar/mer
 Definition
sea
mermaid
Term
matri
 Definition
mother
matriarch
Term
part/patri
 Definition
father
patriot
Term
pas/pat
 Definition
feeling/ diesease
apathy
Term
poly
 Definition
many
polygon
Term
poly
 Definition
many
polygon
Term
ped
 Definition
child/education
pediatric
Term
peri
 Definition
around
perimeter
Term
phil
 Definition
love
biblophil
Term
psych
 Definition
mind
psycho
Term
phone
 Definition
sound
microphone
Term
polis
 Definition
city
metropolis
Term
paleo
 Definition
ancient
paleolithic
Term
port
 Definition
to carry
portable
Term
pre
 Definition
before
prehistoric
Term
sacr
 Definition
sacrifice
sacriligious
Term
spir
 Definition
breath
spirit
Term
soph
 Definition
wisdom
sophmore
Term
sequ
 Definition
fallow
sequence
Term
spec
 Definition
to see
retrospect
Term
sci
 Definition
to know
science
Term
scribe/script
 Definition
to write
scripture
Term
sphere
 Definition
round
hemisphere
Term
taph
 Definition
tombstone
epitaph
Term
super/sur
 Definition
above/beyond
surpless
Term
tri
 Definition
3
tricycle
Term
tac/tic
 Definition
to be silent
tactic
Term
terra
 Definition
earth
terracota
Term
theo
 Definition
god
theology
Term
trans
 Definition
across
transcontinential
Term
somn
 Definition
sleep
insomnia
Term
sym/syn
 Definition
same
synanim
Term
tele
 Definition
far
television
Term
ven/vent
 Definition
to move far away
circumvent
Term
ver
 Definition
truth
verdict
Term
vi
 Definition
live
vivid
Term
vid/vis
 Definition
to see
video
Term
voc/vok
 Definition
to call
vocation
Term
vol
 Definition
to wish
volition
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