50 Key Adjective Modifiers Flashcards
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brachy-
short
brady-
slow
brevi-
short
cav-
hollow
cryo-
cold
crypto-
hidden, concealed
dextro-
right
diplo-
double, twice
dys-
difficult, bad, faulty, disordered, painful
eu-
normal, good, well
glyco-
sugar, sweet
gravid
heavy, pregnant
haplo-
single, simple
hetero
heter-
other, a relationship to others
homo-
homeo-
same
hydro-
wet, water
iso-
equal
latus-
lat-
broad, side
longus-
long
macro
large, abnormal size
magni-
large, great
malaco-
soft
mal-
bad
medi-
middle
mega-
great
megalo-
huge
meso-
middle, mid
micro-
small
minimus-
smallest
multi-
-poly
many, much
necro-
dead
neo-
new
oligo-
few, scanty, little
ortho-
straight, normal, correct
oxy-
sharp, quick, acute
poly-
many, much
pronus-
prono-
face down
pseudo-
false
sclero-
hard
scolio-
twisted, crooked
sinistro-
left
stasis-
stop
steno-
narrow
stalsis
contract
tachy-
fast, swift
tele-
tel-
telo-
end, far away
thermo-
heat
trachy-
rough
xero-
dry