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Word Parts 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Dent/ Dont | Tooth |
| Periodontics | Science of area around the tooth |
| Dentist | One who tooth |
| Nat | Born, Birth |
| Natural | of or pertaining to birth |
| Native | Born in |
| Sci | Know |
| Omniscient | full of knowing all |
| Conscious | Full of knowing with |
| Se | apart, away |
| Seclusion | the act of shut away |
| Secede | To go apart |
| Phon | sound |
| Microphone | small sound |
| Phonics | science of sound |
| naut, naval | sail |
| Naval | related to sailing |
| Astronaut | star sailor |
| mainia | impulse/ obsession |
| Pyromania | obsession with fire |
| Kleptomania | impulse to steal |
| il, im, in, ir | not |
| Inaccurate | not excat |
| Illegal | not related to the law |
| Incorrect | not correct |
| Irrational | not rational |
| Em, En | within |
| Encyclical | related to being within a circle |
| Empathy | the result of feeling within |
| Trans | across |
| Transcontinental | characteristics of across continent |
| Transfer | to carry across |
| macro | large |
| macroeconomics | of large economic household |
| macrocosm | large world/ universe |
| gon | angle |
| Diagonal | across angle |
| Octagon | 8 angles |
| micro | small |
| microcosm | small world or universe |
| microscope | to look small |
| vice | in place of |
| vice president | in place of a president |
| Viceroy | in place of a king |
| sub | under |
| Subject | to look/watch under |
| Submarine | under water |
| onym | name |
| Pseudonym | false name |
| Anonymous | full of without name |
| intra, intro | inside |
| Intraspect | look inside |
| Intravenous | full of inside the vein |
| auto | self |
| autonomy | the result of self rule or law |
| automobile | dealing with moving the self |
| inter | between |
| Interact | to act between |
| Intervene | to come between |
| syn, sym, syl, sys | same, together |
| Synonym | same name |
| Symphony | the result of sounding together |
| Syllable | take together |
| System | to stand together |
| Mono, Proto Uni | One |
| Prototype | first model |
| Monocle | one eye |
| Unicorn | one horn |
| ity | state/ quality of |
| sincerity | quality of pure |
| minority | state of small |
| pre | before |
| prefix | put/ placed before |
| precede | to go before |
| ly | in a way |
| lovingly | in a loving way |
| silently | in a silent way |
| ness | state of |
| cleverness | state of being clever |
| kindness | state of kind |
| ment | result or product of |
| enjoyment | result of making joy |
| sentiment | result of feeling |
| ize | to make |
| hypnotize | to make sleep |
| fossilize | to make a fossil |
| Di Du, Duo, Bi | two |
| dicephalous | full of two heads |
| duet | small two |
| duplex | strike two |
| bicycle | two wheels |
| tri | three |
| triangle | 3 angles |
| triple | 3 fold |
| triplex | strike 3 |
| trivia | 3 roads |
| Tetra Quadra, Quart | four |
| Tetrahedron | four faces |
| Quadrilateral | four sides |
| Quarter | four |
| Penta Quint | Five |
| Pentagon | five angles |
| Quintet | small five |
| Hexa Sex, Ses | six |
| Hexagon | six angles |
| Sextant | one sixth (1/6) of a circle |
| Hepta Septa | Seven |
| Heptarchy | Seven Rulers |
| September | Seventh month |
| Octa, Octo | Eight |
| Octagon | Eight angles |
| October | 8th Month |
| Ennea Nona, novem | 9 |
| Ennead | Group of nine |
| Enneagon | nine angles |
| November | 9th month |
| Dec | 10 |
| Decade | period of 10 years |
| Decimal | tenth |
| Decimate | to destroy 1/10th of |
| December | 10th month |
| Duodec | 12 |
| Duodecimal | 1/12 |
| Duodenum | 12 Fingers |
| Hect Cent | 100 |
| Hectometer | measure of 100 |
| century | period of 100 years |
| kilo mill | 1,000 |
| Kilometer | measure of 1,000 |
| Millimeter | 1/1,000 |
| Nano | Billion |
| Nanogram | one billionth of a gram |
| ist | one who |
| chemist | one who chemistry |
| physicist | one who natural science |
| ous | full of |
| Glamorous | full of enchantment |
| Anonymous | full of without name |
| ian | being like |
| mathematician | being like math |
| martian | being like mars |
| Anti | against |
| antidote | to give against |
| antibiotic | having characteristics against life |
| de | down |
| demote | to move down |
| descend | to climb down |
| Extra, Extro | beyond |
| Extraordinary | a place beyond the ordinary |
| Extraterrestrial | related to something beyond Earth |
| Post | after |
| Postpone | put or place after |
| Postscript (P.S.) | written after |
| Postmeridian | after midday |
| Ante | before |
| Antemeridian | before midday |
| Antebellum | before war |
| Aqu | water |
| Aqueduct | to lead water |
| Aquarium | place where water |
| hemi | half |
| Hemisphere | half a circle |
| Hemiplegia | state/ condition of half a stroke |
| dia | across |
| dialect | to tell across (accent) |
| diameter | measure across |
| morph | shape |
| Amorphous | full of lacking shape |
| Polymorphous | full of many shapes |
| logy | study |
| Mythology | study of story |
| Biology | study of life |
| Dis, Dif, Div | apart, away |
| Divert | turn away |
| Differ | to carry apart |
| Disrupt | to break apart |
| Contra, Contro | against |
| controversy | the result of turning against |
| contradict | to speak or say against |
| Ambi | both |
| Ambidextrous | full of both handed |
| Ambiguity | act on both sides |
| A, An | loss, without, lacking |
| Amnesia | loss of memory |
| Anarchy | lacking a leader |
| Mal | bad, wrong, poorly |
| Malevolent | full of bad choosing |
| Malfunction | act of doing wrong or poorly |
| Hydro | water |
| Hydroelectricity | powered by water |
| Hydrosphere | all the water on the surface of the Earth |
| Multi | many |
| Multiflorous | full of many flowers |
| Multilateral | related to many sides |
| Photo | light |
| Phototropic | having the characteristics of growing with light |
| Photosensitive | that which feels light |
| circum | around |
| circumnavigate | to make sail around |
| circumference | the state of carrying around |
| un | not |
| unable | not able |
| unaware | not aware |
| full | full of |
| joyfully | in a way full of joy |
| grateful | full of thanks |
| less | without |
| painless | without pain |
| thoughtless | without thought |
| gram, graph | write/ record |
| lithographic | characteristics of to write rock |
| sonogram | to write sound |