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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| anti | against |
| auto | self |
| circum | around |
| com, con | with |
| contra | against |
| de | off, away from |
| ex | out of, former |
| hetero | different |
| homo | same |
| hyper | over, more |
| il, im, in, ir | not, without |
| inter | between |
| intra | between |
| macro | large |
| micro | small |
| mono | one |
| non | not, without |
| omni | all, every |
| post | after |
| pre, pro | before, forward |
| sub | under |
| trans | across |
| tri | three |
| un | not |
| uni | one |
| ambi | both |
| aqua | water |
| aud | to hear |
| bene | good |
| cent | one hundred |
| dict | to say |
| form | shape |
| fort | strength |
| fract | break |
| ject | throw |
| mal | bad |
| mater | mother |
| pater | father |
| port | to carry |
| spect | to look |
| vid/vis | to see |
| voc | voice; to call |
| auto | self |
| bio | life |
| graph | writing |
| hydr | water |
| hypo | below; beneath |
| logy | study of |
| meter/metr | measure |
| mis | wrongly |
| morph | form; shape |
| phil | love |
| phobia | fear |
| photo/phos | light |
| psycho | soul; spirit |
| scope | viewing instrument |
| techno | art; science; skill |
| tele | far off |
| therm | heat |
| bi | two |
| quad | four |
| re | again |
| equi | equal |
| super | above, beyond |
| telescope | far off + viewing instrument = instrument used to see things far away |
| contradict | against + to say = To say something against someone else |
| hypothermia | below + heat = Below heat-really cold |
| psychology | soul + study of = The study of a human's soul |
| inject | into + throw = To put or throw something inside something else |
| autograph | self + writing = Your name written down |
| telegraph | far off + writing = A written message sent somewhere far away |
| biography | life + writing = A book written about someone's life |