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Greek and Latin root
Prefixes and suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aster | star;aster;star flower |
| Bibl | Book;bible;religious book |
| Bio | Life;biology;study of life |
| Centi | hundredth part;centimeter;unit of length |
| Chrome | color;monochrome;one color |
| Fin | end;final;last of something |
| Fort | strong;force;strength or power |
| Graph | write;autograph;writing one's name |
| Hydr | water;hydrophobia;fear of water |
| Kilo | one thousand;kilogram;unit of mass |
| Mal | bad,poor;malnutrition;poor nutrition |
| Mar | sea;mariner;sailer |
| Medi | between;mediocre;average |
| Meter | measure;meter;unit of measure |
| Ology | study;biology;study of living things |
| Omni | all;omnipresent;present everywhere |
| Phobia | fear;arophobia;fear of high places |
| Poly | many;polysyllable;word more than three syllables |
| Proto | first;prototype;first model made |
| Sen | old;senior;an older person |
| Sphere | ball;hemisphere;half of a spere |
| Sub | under;submerge;put underwater |
| Therm | eat;thermal;related to heat |
| Tox | poison;toxic;poisoness |
| Vor | eat;carnivorous;flesh- eating |
| Point of view | the perspective from which events in a story are told |
| 1st person | the narrator is a character in the story who tells everything in his/her own words |
| 3rd person limited | the narrator has the ability to see into the mind of only one character |
| 3rd person omniscient | the narrator is all knowing: as the ability to see into the mind of all the characters |