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Greek/Latin Roots
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| astro | stars, heaven, space (astronomy, asteroid) |
| aud | to hear (audible, auditorium) |
| auto | self (autobiography) |
| bene | good, well (beneficial) |
| bio | life (biology, biography) |
| chron | time (chronological) |
| dict | to speak (contradict, dictate) |
| fac | make, do (manufacture, factory) |
| form | shape (reform uniform) |
| geo | earth (geography, geology) |
| gon | angle (polygon, pentagon) |
| grad/gress | step (gradual, progress) |
| graph | writing, printing (telegraph) |
| ject | to throw (inject, project) |
| junct | to join (junction, conjunction) |
| loc | place (location, local) |
| man/manu | hand (manual, manuscript) |
| mega/manga | large, powerful (megaphone, magnify) |
| meter | measure (thermometer) |
| min | little/small (miniature, minute) |
| mort | to die (mortality) |
| opt | eye (optical, optometrist) |
| ped/pod | foot (pedal, pedestrian) |
| phon | sound (microphone) |
| poli/polis | city government (police, metropolitan) |
| mis/mit | send (permit, submission) |
| port | to carry (portable, transport) |
| pose | to put (compose, position) |
| scope | instrument for viewing (telescope) |
| scrib/script | to write (script, scribble) |
| spect | to look/see (inspector, spectacles) |
| struct | build/form (structure, destruction) |
| tele | far off, distant (telephone, telescope) |
| tract | to pull (tractor, attract) |
| vac | empty (vacant, evacuate) |
| vid | see (video) |
| vis | see (vision) |