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Word Roots
Word Roots 23-24
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Centr | Center |
| Chron | Time |
| Gen | Cause, Birth, Race, Produce |
| Geo | Earth, Ground |
| Graph | Write, Written |
| Therm | Heat |
| -al | Like, Related to; an action or process |
| -er | One who, That which |
| -Ic | Like, Related to |
| -Logy | Study of, Science |
| -ous | Having the quality of |
| -y | State of, quality, act; Body, group |
| geochrony | System of time divisions used in the study of the Earth |
| geology | Study of the Earth's structure |
| geocentric | related to the Erth's center |
| geothermal | related to the heat of the Earth's Interier |
| geogenous | growing on or in the ground |
| geographer | One who writes about the Earth's features |
| Crac | government, rule |
| derm | skin |
| meso | middle |
| phil | love, loving |
| somat | body |
| therm | heat |
| mesodermic | related to the middle layer of skin |
| mesocracy | government by the middle ages |
| mesotherm | plant that requires a moderate degree of heat |
| mesophilic | thriving in a moderate environment |
| mesosomatic | related to the middle region of the body of various invertebrates |