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45
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09/21/2015

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Term
alter
Definition

other


alternate, alter ego

Term
ami, amic-
Definition

love


amiable, amicable

Term
ann, enni
Definition

year


anniversary, annual, biennial, perennial

Term

anthrop

Definition

human, man


anthropology, anthropomorphic, misanthrope

Term
aqua, aque
Definition

water


aquatic, aquarium, aqueduct

Term
arch
Definition

chief, leader, ruler


archangel, monarch, archaic, archenemy

Term
arthro
Definition

joint


arthritis

Term
astro
Definition

stars, heavens


astronomy, astrological, asterisk

Term
aud
Definition

sound


auditorium, audible, audiologist, audiotape

Term
aut/auto
Definition

self


automatic, autograph, autonomous

Term
bell
Definition

war


belligerent, bellicose

Term
biblio
Definition

book


bibliography, bibliophile

Term
brev
Definition

short


brief, abbreviate

Term
cap
Definition

take, seize


capture, captivate, capacity

Term
carn
Definition

meat


carnivorous, chili con carne

Term
ced
Definition

yield, go


recede, secede, procede, intercede, concession

Term
cept
Definition

take, receive


intercept, accept, concept

Term
chrom
Definition

color


chromatic, monochrome, ploychrome

Term
chron
Definition

time


chronicle, chronology, chronometer, synchronize

Term
bio
Definition

life


biography, autobiography, biology, antibiotic

Term
cogn
Definition

know


 

recognize, cognitive, incognito

Term
cord/chord
Definition

cord



harpsichord

Term
corp
Definition

body



corpus, corpse, corporal

Term
crac, crat
Definition

rule, ruler



autocrat, democracy, bureaucrat, democracy

Term
cred
Definition

believe



credible, credulous, credibility, credit, credo

Term
cruc
Definition

cross


crucifix, crucial

Term
crusta
Definition

shell


crustcean

Term
crypt
Definition

hidden


cryptogram, cryptology, cryptic

Term
culp
Definition

guilt


culpable, culprit

Term
dei
Definition

god


diety, deify

Term
demo
Definition

people


demography, democracy, epidemic

Term
dent
Definition

tooth


dentist, dentifrice, dentin

Term
derm
Definition

skin


dermatology, epidermis, hypodermic

Term
dic, dict
Definition

speak, say


dictate, predict, diction, indict

Term
dox
Definition

belief, opinion


orthodoxy, paradox, heterodoxy

Term
duc, duct
Definition

lead



induce, deduce, seduction, conduct, abduct

Term
duo
Definition

two



duo

Term
dynam-
Definition

power



dynamo, hydrodynamics

Term
ego
Definition

self



egotist, egomania

Term
equ
Definition

equal



equal, equity, equanimity, equate, equidistant

Term
fac
Definition

make, do



manufacture, factory, benefactor

Term
flex
Definition

bend



flexible, genuflect, reflect

Term
frater
Definition

brother



fraternal, fraternize

Term
gam-
Definition

marriage



monogamy, polygamy, bigamy

Term
geo-
Definition

earth



geopolitical, geology, geography, geothermal

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