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Sterms and affixes
Reader's Choice 5th edition/ Unite 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a-,an- | without, lacking, not / atypical, apolitical |
| bene- | good/ benefit, benefactor |
| bi- | two/ bicycle, binary |
| mono- | one, alone/ monarch, monopoly |
| poly- | many/ polynomial, polytechnic |
| syn-, sym-, syl- | with, together/ symphony, sympathy |
| -antrho-, antrhopo- | human/ antrhopology |
| -arch- | first, chief, leader/ patriarch, monarch, archbishop |
| -fact-,-fect- | make, do/ affect, benefactor, factory |
| -gam- | marriage/ monogamy, polygamous |
| -homo- | same/ homogenized milk |
| -hetero- | different, other/ heterosexual, heterogeneous |
| -man-, -manu- | hand/ manually, manage |
| -morph- | form, structure/ polymorphous |
| -onym-, nomen- | name/ synonym, nomenclature |
| -pathy- | feeling, disease/ symphaty, telephaty, pathological |
| -theo-, -the- | God/ theology, polytheism |
| -ic, -al | relating to, having the nature of/ comic, musical |
| -ism | action or practice, theory or doctrine/ Buddhism, communism |
| -oid | like, resembling/ humanoid |