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Word Roots Set 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| arch | first, chief, rule |
| crac | government, rule |
| glyph | carve |
| hier | sacred |
| typ | model, inspiration |
| anti | against, opposite |
| co-/syn | with, together |
| aort | lift, raise |
| arct | to press together |
| thes/thet | to place, to put |
| ic | like, related to |
| ics | science, system, related to |
| y | state of, quality, act body, group |
| ate | to make, to act, one who, that which |
| ation | an action or process |
| ia | condition |
| is | thing which |
| ize | to make, to act |
| archaic | belonging to an earlier period, ancient |
| hierocracy | government by clergymen |
| hierarch | a religious leader in a position of authority |
| archetype | an original model on which something is patterned, prototype |
| hieroglyphics | the picture script of the ancient Egyptian priesthood |
| hierarchy | a system in which people or things are arranged according to their rank or status |
| synthesize | combine so as to form a more complex product |
| coarctate | pressed together, closely connected |
| antithesis | directly contrasting or opposite |
| thesis | the central idea of a piece of writing |
| aortarctia | narrowing of the aorta |
| antithetic | directly contrasting or opposite |
| coarctation | a narrowing or constriction |