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greeks and latin roots, suffixes

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Aster   starlike shape // star flower  
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Bibl   book // bible - Christian book  
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Centi   hundredth part // centimeter - metric unit of measurment  
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Chrome   having one color // monochrome - one color  
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Fin   final // finish - the end  
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Fort   strength or power // force  
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Graph   write // autograph - to write ones name  
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Hydr   water // dehydrate - to take the water out of  
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Kilo   one thousandth // a unit of mass equal to 1,000 grams  
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Mal   bad, poor // malnutrition - poor health  
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Mar   sea, pool // marine - of or found in the sea  
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Medi   middle, between // mediocre - average  
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Meter   measure // meter - unit of measurement  
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Ology   study, science // biology - the study of living things  
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Omni   all, completely // omnipresent - present everywhere at the same time  
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Phobia   fear // acrophobia - fear of height  
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Poly   many // polygon - a figure or shape with three or more sides  
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Proto   first // protagonist - main character  
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Sen   old // senile - showing old age  
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Sphere   ball // hemisphere - half of a sphere  
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Sub   under, below // submarine -  
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Therm   heat // thermal - related to heat  
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Tox   poison // intoxicated - poisoned inside  
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Vor   eat // carnivorous - flesh eating  
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Bio   book// bibliography - a book about someones life  
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Point Of View   the narrator's position in relation to the story being told  
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First person   the narrator is a character in the story who tells everything in his/her own words "I"  
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3rd Person limited   the narrator has the ability to see into the mind of only 1 character  
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3rd Person Omniscient   the narrator is "all knowing"  
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