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Word Roots 23 and 24
words, prefixes,suffixes
Term | Definition |
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center (Root) | center |
chron (Root) | time |
gen (Root) | cause, birth, race, produce |
geo (Root) | earth, ground |
graph (Root) | write, written |
therm (Root) | heat |
-ai (Suffix) | like, related to; an action or process |
-er (Suffix) | one who, that which |
-ic (Suffix) | like, related to |
-logy (Suffix) | study of, science |
-ous (Suffix) | having the quality of |
-y (Suffix) | state of, quality, act; body, group |
geochrony (Word) | system of time divisions used in the study of earth |
geology (Word) | study of the earths structure |
geocentric (Word) | related to the earth's center; earth-centered |
geothermal (Word) | related to the heat of the earth's interior |
geogenous (Word) | growing on or in the ground |
geographer (Word) | one who writes about the earth's features |
crac (Root) | government, rule |
derm (Root) | skin |
meso (Root) | middle |
phil (Root) | love, loving |
somat (Root) | body |
mesodermic (Word) | related to the middle layer of skin (Biology) |
mesocracy (Word) | government by the middle classes |
mesotherm (Word) | plant that requires a moderate degree of heat (Botany) |
mesophilic (Word) | thriving in a moderate environment (Biology) |
mesosomatic (Word) | related to the middle region of the body of various invertebrates (Zoology) |