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LATIN ROOTS 12 & 13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Marg | Border, edge — Example: Margin |
| Anti | Against, opposite — Example: Antibiotic, antiparallel |
| An | Not, without, lacking — Example: Analogous structure, anhydrous |
| Dys | Bad, abnormal, difficult — Example: Dysfunctional |
| Bi | Two, twice — Example: Bilateral, binary fission |
| Grad | Step, take steps — Example: Gradualism, graduate |
| Micro | Small — Example: Microscope, microevolution |
| Macro | Large — Example: Macroevolution |
| Eu | Good, well, true, normal — Example: Eubacteria, eukaryotic, eulogy |
| Archae | Ancient, primitive, belonging to an earlier period — Example: Archaebacteria, arcane, archaeology |
| Nom | Name — Example: Anonymous, nominate, nomenclature, binomial |
| Endo | Within, inside — Example: Endosymbiont theory, endocytosis, endothermic |
| Bio | Life — Example: Biology, endosymbiont theory |
| Phylo | Tribe, race, phylum, kind — Example: Phylogenetic tree, phylum, phylogeny |
| Homo | Same — Example: Homologous structure, homology, homologous chromosomes |