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Undergraduate 1
02/18/2013

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Term

ex-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prefix

Definition

out, out of, former

 

 

 export: to send or carry goods out of a country


exclude: to keep out

Term

per-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prefix

Definition

through, throughout, completely

 

pervasive: spreading throughout

 

perform: to go through with; to complete

Term

sym-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prefix

Definition

with, together

 

symbiotic: pertaining to the living together of two dissimilar organisms

 

symphony: brings together a combination of sounds

Term

-flu-

 

-flux-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roots

Definition

to flow

 

affluence: a flowing toward


influx: an act of flowing in 

Term

-her-

 

-hes-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Root

Definition

to stick

 

coherent: sticking to one point

 

adhesive: sticky

Term

-plac-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Root

Definition

to please

 

placate: to please; calm

 

placid: pleasantly calm

Term

-port-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Root

Definition

to carry

 

portfolio: a case for carrying papers or drawings

 

portable: easy to carry

Term

-sta-

 

-sti-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roots

Definition

to stand, to be in place

 

status: standing; social position

 

desitate: lacking; without support or standing

Term

-most

 

(makes an adjective)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Suffix

Definition

most

 

utmost: the most extreme

 

foremost: the most important

Term

-phobia

 

(makes a noun)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Suffix

Definition

fear of

 

acrophobia: a fear of heights

 

claustrophobia: a fear of enclosed places

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