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greek and latin roots
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Language - English
9th Grade
04/09/2006

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Term
pend, pens
Definition
hang --------pending, pendulum
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per
Definition
thoroughly --------pervasive, pervert
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pon, pos
Definition
put --------impose, postpone
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pre
Definition
before --------prefix, prerequisite
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pro
Definition
for, forward, before --------proceed, procure
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re
Definition
back, again --------recede, rebound, resubmit
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scrib, script
Definition
writing --------scripture,scribble
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se
Definition
apart --------secede, seduce, separate
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semi
Definition
half --------semicircle, semiconscious
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simil, simul
Definition
like, same, similar --------simile, simulate, similar
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sol, soli
Definition
alone, lonely, single --------solitary, solemn
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solv, solu, solut
Definition
loosen --------solvent, solution
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und, unda
Definition
wave, flow --------undulate
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ver, vera, veri
Definition
true --------verify, verdict
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vid, vis
Definition
to see, look, sight --------video, vision
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cide
Definition
kill --------homocide, genocide
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corp
Definition
body --------corpse, corporate
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cred, credit
Definition
belief --------credo, credible
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cur, curr, curs
Definition
run --------current, cursive
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duc, duct
Definition
lead, conduct, draw --------deduction, conductor
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ferous
Definition
bearing --------ferris wheel
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fid
Definition
trust, faithful --------fidelity
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flect, flex
Definition
bend --------deflect, reflex, flexion
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ant, anti
Definition
opposite, inverse

antibiotic, antihistamine
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aster, astr, astro
Definition
star
astronaut, astronomy
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aut, auto
Definition
self, same
autobiography, autopilot
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chron, chrono
Definition
time
chronology, chronometer
Term
cracy
Definition
government
democracy
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dem, demo
Definition
people democracy, demonstration
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derm, dermato
Definition
skin
dermatologist, dermis
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gen, geno, genea
Definition
producer, race, originate, kind

genealogy, genocide
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gram, graph
Definition
letter, writing
autograph, telegram
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mania
Definition
madness, mental disorder
maniac, pyromania
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meter, metr
Definition
measure, measurement
thermometer
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nom, nem
Definition
management, law,distribution

economics
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onym, onomato
Definition
word, name

pseudonym, onomatologist
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ortho
Definition
straight, correct

orthopedic
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pan, pano
Definition
all, the whole


panoramic, panchromatic
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ped
Definition
child

orthopedic, pediactrics
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phan, phen
Definition
showing, displaying
phantom, phenotype
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prot, proto
Definition
earliest, original, first
prototype, protagonist
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therm, thermo
Definition
heat
thermal, thermodynamics
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thesis, thet
Definition
set, place, put
hypothesis
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a,an
Definition
not, without
asexual, atypical, analogy
Term
archy
Definition
rule monarchy, hierarchy
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bio
Definition
life

biology, biography
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dys
Definition
bad, ill, difficult
dysfunctional, dystrophy
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endo
Definition
within

endoscope, endometrium
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eu
Definition
good, well, true
euphoria, eugenics
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exo
Definition
outside, external
exotic, exoskeleton, exocrine
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geo
Definition
earth, ground
geography, geophysics
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hetero
Definition
different
heterosexual
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homo
Definition
same, like
homosexual
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hyper
Definition
over, above, beyond
hyperactive, hypersensitive
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hypo
Definition
under, beneath
hypodermic, hypothermia
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logy
Definition
discourse or science
psychology, dermatology
Term
macro
Definition
large, long
macroeconomics
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micro
Definition
small
microeconomics,microscope
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mis, miso
Definition
bad, wrong, failure, hate
mistake, misogynist
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mono, mon
Definition
one, single, alone
monopoly, monorail
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morph
Definition
form
morphology, morpheme
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path, patho, pathy
Definition
disease, suffering
pathogen, pathological
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peri
Definition
around
periscope, perimeter
Term
phil, philo
Definition
love
philanthropist, philosophy
Term
phobia
Definition
fear - irrational
acrophobia, arachniphobia
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pod
Definition
foot

podiatrist, podium
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poly
Definition
many

polymer
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tomy, tom
Definition
act of cutting, incision appendectomy
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ab, a, abs
Definition
away from

abnormal,
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ad
Definition
to
advantage, adhere
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al
Definition
to, toward
emotional, conventional
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am, amor
Definition
love
amorous
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anim
Definition
mind, will, spirit
animate, animal
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ante
Definition
before antebellum, antecedent
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bene
Definition
to do well
benefit, benevolence
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bi
Definition
two
bisexual, bilateral, bilingual
Term
circum
Definition
around

circumcise, circumference
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con, co, col, cor
Definition
with, together
copilot, correlate
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contra, contro,counter
Definition
against

contraband
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de
Definition
do or make opposite, remove

decompose, decelerate
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dis
Definition
not

disown, disassociate
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e, ex
Definition
out
expel, exhaust, exaggerate
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extra
Definition
beyond


extracurricular
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fin
Definition
end

finale, finish
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flu, fluc, flux
Definition
to flow


fluid, flush, flux
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gen, gener, genit
Definition
kind, class, birth

gender, generation
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here, hes
Definition
stick
adhere, heredity, hesitate
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greg
Definition
gather, flock

congregation, gregarious
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in, il, im, ir
Definition
not, without, in, into,


ingrate,illogical,import, irregular
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in, im
Definition
into, within

inmate, imprisoned
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inter
Definition
between

intergalactic, intercourse
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intra
Definition
within

intracranial
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later
Definition
side

lateral
Term
litera
Definition
letter


literacy, literal
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luc, lum
Definition
light

lucid, luminate
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luc, lum
Definition
light

lucid, luminate
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mal, male
Definition
bad, abnormal

malnutrition, malice
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man, manu
Definition
hand

manuscript, manual
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ob
Definition
against

object
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grat
Definition
pleasing, thank, favor

gratuitous
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