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Cap

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Origin: Greek
Meaning: Head
Example: Captain; decapitate

As the captain of my study group, it is my job to lead our review sessions each week.

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Anti

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Origin: Greek
Meaning: Against; Opposite
Example: Anti-federalists
Antibiotic
antibacterial

An anti-Federalists earned their name because they disagreed with the federalists.

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Auto

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Origin: Greek
Meaning: Self
Example: Autopilot
Autograph
Autonomy
Autobiography
Autonomous

My coffee was ready so I switched the plane to autopilot to enjoy my caffeine.

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Bio

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Origin: Greek
Meaning: Life
Example: Biography
Biometer
Biological
Biofuels

The biodiversity of the Amazon Rainforest is being threatened by deforestation; many animal and plant species are becoming extinct.

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Centr

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Origin: Latin
Meaning: Center
Example: Centrifuge
Central
Centrist

My cousin was looking for a better central area to build the hospital.

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Cycl

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Origin: Latin
Meaning: Circle
Example: Cyclops
Unicycle
Cyclone
recycle

We ran as the furious wind howling was moving us while the cyclone was headed towards us.

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Form

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Origin: Latin
Meaning: Shape
Example: Cyclops
Unicycle
Cyclone
recycle

Whenever my mom pulls out a picture of me as a toddler compared to now, she always says that I have transformed so much.

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Log

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Origin: Greek
Meaning: Word
Example:Monologue
Dialogue
Prologue
Catalog
Epilogue

After me and my friend read the same fantastic fantasy book, we had a dialogue about it.

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Logy

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Origin: Greek
Meaning: study of
Examples: Phycology
Archaeology
Biology

I was interested in fossils and in history about the universe, so I started studying archaeology.

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Man

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Origin: Latin
Meaning: Hand
Examples: Manuscript
Manufacture
Maneuver

Manuscript took months to create because every word was written by hand.

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Meter

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Origin: Greek
Meaning: Measure
Examples: Manuscript
Manufacture
Maneuver

My sister felt like her face would be burning, the next day she went to get a check up and they measured her temperature with a thermometer.

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Multi

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Origin: Latin
Meaning: Many, much
Examples: Multicolored
Multiform

My friend always had multicolored shirts on every day. Today’s shirt was blue, light blue, white, and green.

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Ped

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Origin: Latin
Meaning: Foot
Example: Centipede, pedestrian

The first time I walked into a large park, I saw many people walking, I saw a wide variety of pedestrians.

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Phone

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Origin: Greek
Meaning: sound
Example: Telephone, saxophone, headphone

When the telephone rang, my mom picked it up so she could hear and talk to my aunt.

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Aster/astr

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Origin: Greek
Meaning: Star
Example: Astronaut, astronomy, asteroid

I saw astronomy as a fascinating concept, I read books about it and loved every movie that would have astronomy. Since I loved astronomy, I studied the stars and our universe.

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Aud

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Origin: Latin
Meaning: Hear
Example: Audio, audible

After my dad got the voicemail from one of his friends, he listened to hear the audio from the voicemail.

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Dic/dict

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Origin: Latin
Meaning: Say
Example: Contradict, predict

Everytime I discuss a story I have heard of with my friend, she always contradicts what I say. My friend always says that whenever I tell a story, I always get it incorrect.

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Geo

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Origin: Greek
Meaning: Earth/ground
Example: Geographic, Geode

I love geodes, whenever it breaks open, I love to see all the shiny crystals. Geodes remind of a surprise egg, normal on the outside, fascinating on the inside.

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Graph

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Origin: Greek
Meaning: Written
Example: Calligraphy, autograph

Whenever my mom wrote on paper, she always had fancy and creative fonts and handwriting. That is why my mom has a love for calligraphy.

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Mob/mot

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Origin: Latin
Meaning: move
Example: automobile, motion

My aunt would always be moving when at work, she was always in motion.

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Port

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Origin: Latin
Meaning: carry,move
Example: Export, import, porter, and deport

We would always order something, but it would always arrive late because it was from another country. It was as if we magically picked anything that would take a long time to get imported.

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Therm

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Origin: Greek
Meaning: heat
Example: thermometer, hypothermia

My cousin always had a tremendously low body temperature, when she got to the hospital, the doctor told her she had hypothermia.

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Tele

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Origin: Greek
Meaning: far
Example: telescope, telephone, television

I love to use a telescope, I can see stars and celestial things from far away!

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