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Greek/Latin roots #1
Greek and Latin roots
Term | Definition |
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Astro | Star |
Astro | Astrological-We have many ASTROLOGICAL things on earth. |
Auto | Self |
Auto | Autonomia-I love it when i can AUTONOMIA. |
Bio | Life |
Bio | Bio-metrics-BIO-METRICS sounds cool, but very difficult. |
Chron | Time |
Chron | Chronological-The kid placed the letters in CHRONOLOGICAL order. |
Cosmo | Universe/order |
Cosmo | Cosmography-It is difficult to understand the whole COSMOGRAPHY. |
Crypt | hidden/secret |
Crypt | Encrypt-The man was told to find an ENCRYPT for the meeting. |
Dem | People |
Dem | Demand-The women DEMAND an explanation from their boss. |
Dia | Through, across, between |
Dia | Diabolic-The women acted DIABOLIC to her friend. |
cept | Take |
cept | Concept-The CONCEPT was very hard to grasp mentally. |
cede | Happen, Yield, Go |
cede | Condede-The criminal was persuaded to CONCEDE to the crime. |
cred | Believe |
cred | Incredible- The movie was so INCREDIBLE, we watched it again. |
dict | speak, say, tell |
dict | Dictator-IN my opinion it is wrong to be a DICTATOR. |
duct | Lead, conduct, draw |
duct | Reduct-My boss says he is going to REDUCT my pay check. |
fac | Make |
fac | Factory-The FACTORY created many items per day. |
ject | Throw |
ject | Eject-He had to EJECT out of the plane. |