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Denotations Page1-10
Root Words Practice for Quiz pg 1-10
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| leg- / legi | law |
| -er | more than |
| phon- | sound |
| -tion/-sion | noun |
| -itis | infection |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| trans- | across |
| vis- / vid- | sight |
| post- | after |
| -or / -er | person |
| -ing | present tense, happening now |
| ped- | foot |
| -logy | study of |
| phobia | fear of |
| -est | most |
| sol- | sun |
| mani-/manu | hand |
| circ/cir/cycle | circle |
| -able/-ible | able to ; capable |
| mis- | wrong |
| therm | temperature |
| mid- | middle |
| multi- | multiple |
| hydr-/aqua- | water |
| uni-/uno-/mono- | one |
| -ed | past tense |
| dis/in-/im-/non-/un- | not |
| in-/en- | within ; inside |
| de- | opposite |
| geo- | earth |
| port | carry |
| dem- | people |
| dict- | to speak |
| mem | remember |
| bene | good |
| pol | government/politics |
| bio | life |
| -y | characterized by / like |
| form- | shape |
| -al | like; having characteristics of |
| aud- | to hear |
| il-/-less | not |
| -ist | person |
| pre-/fore- | before |
| -graph/-gram/scrip | writing/write |
| tele | far away |
| sub- | under / not enough |
| act- | do |
| re- | again |
| photo- | light |
| cent-/centi- | 100 |
| anti- | against |
| inter- | between |
| quad | four |
| under- | below |
| super | above |
| con- | with |
| dia- | passing through |
| -ment | noun/state of being |
| -ly | how something is |
| agri- | land |
| auto- | self |
| penta- | five |
| chron- | time |
| max- | big/most |
| min- | least/small |
| -ous/-ious/-eous | like/having qualities of |
| scope- | see |
| hyper- | above |
| astro- | star |
| hetero- | different |
| semi- | half |
| homo- | same |
| root word | the base of a word |
| prefix | affixes added to the beginning of words to change their meaning |
| suffix | affixes added to the ends of words to change their meaning |
| affix | prefix or suffix added to a word to change the words meaning |