A-B Vocab

Question 1

auri

Answer 1

relating to the
ear Latin auris “ear” auricle

Question 2

aut-, auto-

Answer 2

self; directed
from within Greek αὐτός (autos) “self”, “same” autograph, automobile, autonomy

Question 3

avi-

Answer 3

bird Latin avis aviary, aviation

Question 4

axi-

Answer 4

axis Latin axis axisymmetry

Question 5

axio-

Answer 5

merit Greek ἄξιος (axios) “worth” axiology

Question 6

bac-

Answer 6

rod-shaped Latin from baculum “rod”

Question 7

bar-

Answer 7

weight, pressure Greek βάρος (baros)

Question 8

basi-

Answer 8

at the bottom Greek from βαίνω, I walk, march, βάσις “step”

Question 9

bathy-, batho-

Answer 9

deep, depth Greek βαθύς (bathús, bathýs)

Question 10

be-, beat-

Answer 10

bless Latin beare, beatus

Question 11

bell-

Answer 11

war Latin bellum, belli

Question 12

ben-

Answer 12

good, well Latin bene (adverb)

Question 13

bi-

Answer 13

two Latin bis, “twice”; bini, “in twos”

Question 14

bib-

Answer 14

drink Latin bibere, bibitus

Question 15

bibl-

Answer 15

book Greek βιβλίον (biblíon) “book”

Question 16

bi-

Answer 16

life Greek βίος (bíos) “life”

Question 17

blenn-

Answer 17

slime Greek βλέννος (blennos)

Question 18

blast-

Answer 18

germ, embryo,
bud, cell with
nucleus
Greek βλασταίνω (blastainō), “I put forth shoots”

Question 19

bon-

Answer 19

good Latin bonus

Question 20

bor-

Answer 20

Greek / Latin
(boreas) Greek βορρᾶς (borras) “the north wind”

Question 21

botan-

Answer 21

plant Greek βοτάνη, βότανον (botanē, botanon)

Question 22

bov-

Answer 22

cow, ox Latin bos, bovis

Question 23

brachi-

Answer 23

arm Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn)

Question 24

brachy-

Answer 24

short Greek βραχύς (brakhús, brakhýs)

Question 25

brady-

Answer 25

slow Greek βραδύς (bradús, bradýs)

Question 26

branchi-

Answer 26

gill Greek βράγχιον (brágkhion, bránkhion)

Question 27

brev(i)-

Answer 27

brief, short (time) Latin brevis, breviare

Question 28

briz-

Answer 28

nod, slumber Greek βρίζω (brizō)