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root words, prefixes, and suffixes

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
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under, below   hypo  
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over, above   hyper  
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look, view   scop  
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condition   -ia,-osis  
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having the quality of   -ous  
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resembling   -oid  
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middle   meso  
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skin   derm  
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color   chromo/o  
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chemical element   -ium  
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like, related to   -ic,-al  
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with,together   syn-  
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on, outside   epi-  
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back, against   ana-  
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thick   pachy  
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one, who   -ist  
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not, without   a-,an-  
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against, opposite   ant-  
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to make, to act   -ate  
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one who, that which   -er,-ant  
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to hate   mis/o  
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word, reason   log  
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united, joined   gam  
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man, mankind   anthrop  
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good, well   eu  
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study of science   -ology  
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mind,spirit   psych/o  
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god   the/theo  
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act,state,condition   -ism  
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birth,race,produce   gen/o  
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one   mono  
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many   poly  
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stars/heaven   astro  
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around   peri-  
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sailor   naut  
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large/great   macro  
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foot   pod/o  
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science/ related to   -ics  
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inflammation   -itis  
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eye/vision   opt/o/ops  
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heat   therm/o  
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life   bio  
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sound   phon  
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state/quality/act   -y  
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away/down/not   de-  
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time   chron/o  
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write/written   graph  
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earth/ground   geo  
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measure   meter/metr  
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new/recent   neo  
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woman/female   gyn/gynec/o  
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name/word   onym  
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water   hydr/o  
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man/male   andr/o  
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law/order   nom/o  
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feeling/disease   path  
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universe/harmony   cosm  
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self   auto  
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center   centr  
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government/rule   crac  
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