50 Key Adjective Modifiers Flashcards
1
Q
auto-
A
self
2
Q
brachy-
A
short
3
Q
brady-
A
slow
4
Q
brevi-
A
short
5
Q
cav-
A
hollow
6
Q
cryo-
A
cold
7
Q
crypto-
A
hidden, concealed
8
Q
dextro-
A
right
9
Q
diplo-
A
double, twice
10
Q
dys-
A
difficult, bad, faulty, disordered, painful
11
Q
eu-
A
normal, good, well
12
Q
glyco-
A
sugar, sweet
13
Q
gravid
A
heavy, pregnant
14
Q
haplo-
A
single, simple
15
Q
hetero-, heter-
A
other, a relationship with others
16
Q
homo-, homeo-
A
same
17
Q
hydro-
A
wet, water
18
Q
iso-
A
equal
19
Q
latus-, lat-
A
broad, side
20
Q
longus-
A
long
21
Q
macro
A
large, abnormal size
22
Q
magni-
A
large, great
23
Q
malaco-
A
soft
24
Q
mal-
A
bad
25
medi-
middle
26
mega-
great
27
megalo-
huge
28
meso-
middle, mid
29
micro-
small
30
minimus-
smallest
31
multi-, poly-
many, much
32
necro-
dead
33
neo-
new
34
oligo-
few, scanty, little
35
ortho-
straight, normal, correct
36
oxy-
sharp, quick, acute
37
poly-
many, much
38
pronus-, prono-
face down
39
pseudo-
false
40
sclero-
hard
41
scolio-
twisted, crooked
42
sinistro-
left
43
stasis-
stop
44
steno-
narrow
45
stalsis
contract
46
tachy-
fast, swift
47
tele-, tel-, telo-
end, far away
48
thermo-
heat
49
trachy-
rough
50
xero-
dry