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LatinGreekRoots 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| audi | hear |
| auto | self |
| bi | two |
| bio | life |
| cent | 100 |
| chron | time |
| cide | kill |
| con- | with |
| corp | body |
| cracy | ruled by; governed by |
| dec | ten |
| dem; demo | people |
| dent; dont | teeth |
| dict | say; speak |
| dis- | not |
| ennia | year |
| equi | equal |
| -er | more |
| -er | can be used to indicate a person |
| figuratively | metaphorically (suggested meaning; implied) |
| frater; fratri | brother |
| genocide | The attempted elimination of a group of people based on race, religion, ethnicity, or some other characteristic that identifies a group of people. |
| graph | write |
| homo | same; human |
| homograph | Words spelled the same but pronounced differently and have different meanings. |
| homonym | Words spelled the same but have different meanings. |
| homophone | Words pronounced the same but spelled differently. |
| -ible; -able | both mean able (just a different spelling) |
| idiom | a phrase or expression to be interpreted figuratively, not literally |
| il- | not |
| im- | not |
| in- | not |
| intro | within; |
| ir- | not |
| -ist; -er; -ian | suffixes or word endings that can suggest the base word or derivative is a person |
| literally | exactly (word for word) |
| mater; matri; matr | mother |
| maternity | The type of clothing worn by an expectant woman. |
| -ment | changes a word to a noun |
| milli; mille | 1,000 |
| mort | death |
| nat | born |
| neo | new |
| non- | not |
| nym | word;name |
| oct | 8 |
| olog | study-of |
| omni | all |
| pater; patri; patr | father |
| paternity | The type of DNA test a man takes to determine if he is the biological father of a child. |
| pseudonym | pen name or false name. |
| pent | five |
| phobia | fear |
| phon | sound |
| port | carry |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| pseudo | false |
| psych | mind |
| pyro | fire |
| quad | 4 |
| quint | five |
| re- | again(prefix) |
| retro | past; back in time |
| son | sound |
| spect | look;see |
| sym | together |
| tabula rasa | clean or blank slate |
| tele | far; distant |
| tri | three |
| un- | not |
| uni | one |
| veneer | appearance |
| vid;vis | see; look |
| voracious | insatiable |
| vore | eat; devour |
| script | write |
| scrib | write |
| man/manu | hand |
| lingu | language; tongue |
| therm | heat |
| ben/bene | good; well |
| cred | believe |
| derm | skin |
| leg | law |
| meter | measure |
| noct/nox | night |
| path/pathy | feeling; suffering |
| ped | foot; child |
| mono | one |
| geo | earth |
| pan | world |
| optimist | a person who looks at life, situations, and opportunities from a positive perspective. |
| pessimist | a person who looks at life, situations, and opportunities from a negative perspective. |
| contra | against; opposite |
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