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9thGrade Word Roots4
Term | Definition |
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arch | first, chief, rule |
crac | government, rule |
glyph | carve |
hier | sacred |
typ | model, inspiration |
anti | against, opposite |
co-/syn- | with, together |
aort | lift, raise |
arct | to press together |
thes/thet | to place, to put |
-ic | like, related to |
-ics | science, system, related to |
-y | state of, quality, act; body, group |
-ate | to make, to act; one who, that which |
-ation | an action or process |
-ia | condition |
-is | thing which |
-ize | to make, to act |
archaic | belonging to an earlier period, ancient |
hierocracy | government by clergymen |
hierarch | a religiou leader in a position of authority |
archetype | an original model on which something is patterned; prototype |
hieroglyphics | the picture script of the ancient Egyptian priesthood |
hierarchy | a system in which people or things are arranged according to their rank or status |
synthesize | combine so as to form a more complex product |
coarctate | pressed together; closely connected |
antithesis | directly contrasting or opposite |
thesis | the central idea of a piece of writing |
aortarctia | narrowing of the aorta |
antithetic | directly contrasting or oppostie |
coarctation | a narrowing or constriction |