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Greek/Latin roots #1
Greek and Latin roots
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Astro | Star |
| Astro | Astrological-We have many ASTROLOGICAL things on earth. |
| Auto | Self |
| Auto | Autonomia-I love it when i can AUTONOMIA. |
| Bio | Life |
| Bio | Bio-metrics-BIO-METRICS sounds cool, but very difficult. |
| Chron | Time |
| Chron | Chronological-The kid placed the letters in CHRONOLOGICAL order. |
| Cosmo | Universe/order |
| Cosmo | Cosmography-It is difficult to understand the whole COSMOGRAPHY. |
| Crypt | hidden/secret |
| Crypt | Encrypt-The man was told to find an ENCRYPT for the meeting. |
| Dem | People |
| Dem | Demand-The women DEMAND an explanation from their boss. |
| Dia | Through, across, between |
| Dia | Diabolic-The women acted DIABOLIC to her friend. |
| cept | Take |
| cept | Concept-The CONCEPT was very hard to grasp mentally. |
| cede | Happen, Yield, Go |
| cede | Condede-The criminal was persuaded to CONCEDE to the crime. |
| cred | Believe |
| cred | Incredible- The movie was so INCREDIBLE, we watched it again. |
| dict | speak, say, tell |
| dict | Dictator-IN my opinion it is wrong to be a DICTATOR. |
| duct | Lead, conduct, draw |
| duct | Reduct-My boss says he is going to REDUCT my pay check. |
| fac | Make |
| fac | Factory-The FACTORY created many items per day. |
| ject | Throw |
| ject | Eject-He had to EJECT out of the plane. |