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Word Roots 23/24
Aaron Pounds
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a- | away,from;not,without |
| dys- | bad,badly |
| hyper- | over,above |
| in- | in,into;not |
| felic | pleasing,happy,suitable |
| troph | nourish |
| it-ation | an action or process |
| -ic | like,related to |
| -ity | state,quality,act |
| it-ous | having the quality of |
| -y | state of,quality,act;body,group |
| hypertrophy | excessive growth or enlargement of a body part or organ |
| felicity | pleasing and appropriate manner;happiness |
| atrophy | to waste away or to decrease in size(as of a body part or tissue) |
| infelicitous | unsuitable;inappropriate |
| dystrophy | any degenerative disorder resulting from inadequate or faulty nutrition |
| trophic | an expression of pleasure at thee success or good fortune of another |
| af- | to,toward,against |
| ef- | out |
| in- | in,into;not |
| re- | back,again |
| flu/fluc/flux | flowing |
| i-al | like,related to;an action or process |
| tu-ation | an action or process |
| -ence/ency | state,quality,act |
| -ent | one who,that which;like,related to |
| affluence | an abundance of material wealth |
| fluctuation | a variation in level degree;constant change |
| fluency | effortless expression |
| influential | having a great deal of power to change something |
| influx | the arrival of a large # of people/things |
| effluent | flowing outward or forward |