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greek and latin root
greeks and latin roots, suffixes
| term | definition-example |
|---|---|
| Aster | starlike shape // star flower |
| Bibl | book // bible - Christian book |
| Centi | hundredth part // centimeter - metric unit of measurment |
| Chrome | having one color // monochrome - one color |
| Fin | final // finish - the end |
| Fort | strength or power // force |
| Graph | write // autograph - to write ones name |
| Hydr | water // dehydrate - to take the water out of |
| Kilo | one thousandth // a unit of mass equal to 1,000 grams |
| Mal | bad, poor // malnutrition - poor health |
| Mar | sea, pool // marine - of or found in the sea |
| Medi | middle, between // mediocre - average |
| Meter | measure // meter - unit of measurement |
| Ology | study, science // biology - the study of living things |
| Omni | all, completely // omnipresent - present everywhere at the same time |
| Phobia | fear // acrophobia - fear of height |
| Poly | many // polygon - a figure or shape with three or more sides |
| Proto | first // protagonist - main character |
| Sen | old // senile - showing old age |
| Sphere | ball // hemisphere - half of a sphere |
| Sub | under, below // submarine - |
| Therm | heat // thermal - related to heat |
| Tox | poison // intoxicated - poisoned inside |
| Vor | eat // carnivorous - flesh eating |
| Bio | book// bibliography - a book about someones life |
| Point Of View | the narrator's position in relation to the story being told |
| First person | the narrator is a character in the story who tells everything in his/her own words "I" |
| 3rd Person limited | the narrator has the ability to see into the mind of only 1 character |
| 3rd Person Omniscient | the narrator is "all knowing" |