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Greek Roots Vocab
AP English III
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a, an | not, without ex. atypical, asexual, anarchy, anonymous |
| ab,a | from, away, apart ex. abdicate, abduct |
| am, ami | friend, love ex. amicable, amiable |
| cide | murder, kill ex. suicide, insecticide, genocide |
| clin | slope, lean ex. incline, recline, decline, inclination |
| clud | shut, closer ex. include, conclude, exclude, preclude |
| dic | proclaim, say ex. abdicate, dedicate, indicate |
| dict | speak, say ex. dictate, predict, contradict, verdict |
| doc/doct | teach ex. docile, document, docility |
| demo, dem | people ex. democracy, demographic, endemic |
| ego | self ex. egocentric, egoism, egomania |
| fac | make, do ex. factory, manufacture, benefactor |
| frag, frac | break ex. fracture, fraction, infraction, fragile |
| hetero | other, different ex. heterosexual, heterogeneous |
| homo | same ex. homosexual, homogeneous |
| homo | man ex. homicide, hombre, homage |
| leg | law, ambassador ex. legal, illegal, legitimate |
| ling, lang | tongue ex. linguistic, language, bilingual |
| mal | bad ex. dismal, maladroit, malady, malaria |
| man | hand ex. manacle, manicure, manifest |
| mono | one ex. monochromatic, monocle |
| morr, mort | death ex. mortician, mortuary, mortal, immortal |
| mut | change ex. mutation, immutable, mutual, commute |
| neg | not, deny ex. negate, negative |
| neo | new ex. neophyte, neoclassical, neonatal |
| omni | all ex. omnipotent, omniscent, omniformity |
| ori | beginning ex. origin, original, originate, aboriginal |
| orn | furnish ex. ornate, adornment |
| ortho | straight, right ex. orthopedist, orthodontist, orthodox |
| palp | feel ex. palpable, palpability, palpitation |