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Vocab
Greek & Latin roots
47
English
9th Grade
03/09/2011

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Term
Aster, Astr
Definition

Star

Example: Astronomy, Astrology

Term
Audi
Definition

To hear

EX: Ausible, Auditorium

Term
Bene
Definition
Term
Bio
Definition

good, well

ex: Biology, Autobiography

Term
dic, dict
Definition

to speak

ex: dictionary, dictator

Term
fer
Definition

to carry

ex: trandfer, referral

Term
fix
Definition

to fasten

ex: fix, suffix, affix

Term
geo
Definition

earth

ex: geography, geology

Term
graph
Definition

to write

ex: graphic, photography

Term
jur, just
Definition

law

ex: jury, justice

Term
log, logue
Definition

word, thought, speech

ex: monolog(ue), astrology, biology, neologism

Term
luc
Definition

light

ex: lucid, translucent

Term
manu
Definition

hand

ex: manual, manuscript

Term
meter, metr
Definition

measure

ex: metric, thermometer

Term
op, oper
Definition

work

ex: operation, operator

Term
path
Definition

feeling

ex: pathetic, sympathy, empathy

Term
ped
Definition

child

ex: pediatrics, pedophile

Term
phil
Definition

love

philosophy, anglophlie

Term
phys
Definition

body, nature

ex: physical, physics

Term
scrib, script
Definition

to write

ex: scribble, manuscript

Term
tele
Definition

far off

ex: telephone, television

Term
ter, terr
Definition

earth

ex: territory, extraterrestrail

Term
vac
Definition

empty

ex: vacant, vacuum, evacuate

Term
verb
Definition

word

ex: verbal, verbose

Term
vid, vis
Definition

to see

ex: video, vision, television

Term
semi, hemi
Definition

half

ex: semiannual, hemisphere

Term
uni, mon, mono
Definition

one

ex: unicycle, monarchy, monorail

Term
bi, di
Definition

two

ex: binary, bimonthy, dilemma, dichotomy

Term
cent, centi, hecto
Definition

hundred

ex: century, centimeter, hectoliter

Term
milli, kilo
Definition

thousand

ex: millimeter, kilometer

Term
a, il, im, in, ir, un
Definition

without, no, not

ex: asexual, anonymous, illegal, immoral, invalid, irreverent, unskilled

Term
non, ant, anti, contra
Definition

not, absence of, opposing, against

ex: nonbreakable, antacid, antipathy, contradict

Term
counter
Definition

opposite to, complement to

ex: counterclockwise, counterweight

Term
dis
Definition

do the opposite of, deprive of

ex: disestablish, disarm

Term
mis
Definition

wrongly, bad

ex: misjudge, misdeed

Term
ante, fore, pre, pro
Definition

before

ex: antecedent, forecast, precede, prologue

Term
post
Definition

after

ex: postwar

Term
re
Definition

again

ex: rewrite, redundant

Term
super
Definition

above, over

ex: supervise, supererogatroy

Term
trans
Definition

across, over

ex: transport, translate

Term
infra, sub, hypo
Definition

below, under

ex: infrasonic, infrastructure, subterranean, hypodermic

Term
pro, pre
Definition

in front of

ex: proceed, perfix

Term
re
Definition

behined

ex: recede

Term
er, ex, ec
Definition

behind

ex: erupt, explicit, ecstasy

Term
in, im, en, em
Definition

into

ex: injection, immerse, encoursge, empower

Term
circum, peri
Definition

around

ex: circumnavigate, perimeter

Term
co, col, com, con, cor, sym, syn
Definition

with

ex: coexist, colloquy, communicate, consequence, correspond, sympathy, synchronize

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