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Word Roots 23 and 24
words, prefixes,suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| center (Root) | center |
| chron (Root) | time |
| gen (Root) | cause, birth, race, produce |
| geo (Root) | earth, ground |
| graph (Root) | write, written |
| therm (Root) | heat |
| -ai (Suffix) | like, related to; an action or process |
| -er (Suffix) | one who, that which |
| -ic (Suffix) | like, related to |
| -logy (Suffix) | study of, science |
| -ous (Suffix) | having the quality of |
| -y (Suffix) | state of, quality, act; body, group |
| geochrony (Word) | system of time divisions used in the study of earth |
| geology (Word) | study of the earths structure |
| geocentric (Word) | related to the earth's center; earth-centered |
| geothermal (Word) | related to the heat of the earth's interior |
| geogenous (Word) | growing on or in the ground |
| geographer (Word) | one who writes about the earth's features |
| crac (Root) | government, rule |
| derm (Root) | skin |
| meso (Root) | middle |
| phil (Root) | love, loving |
| somat (Root) | body |
| mesodermic (Word) | related to the middle layer of skin (Biology) |
| mesocracy (Word) | government by the middle classes |
| mesotherm (Word) | plant that requires a moderate degree of heat (Botany) |
| mesophilic (Word) | thriving in a moderate environment (Biology) |
| mesosomatic (Word) | related to the middle region of the body of various invertebrates (Zoology) |
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