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Greek/Latin Roots
Term | Definition |
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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) |