Ch 2: Adjective Modifiers Flashcards
Adjective modify nouns and denote quality or extent, or make a distinction. If you add suffixes, you make nouns.
auto-
self
brachy-
short
brady-
slow
brevi-
short
cav-
hallow
cryo-
cold
crypto-
hidden, concealed
dextro-
right
diplo-
double, twice
dys
difficult, bad, faulty, disordered, painful
eu
normal, good well
glycolic-
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-, -ploy
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
tacky-
fast, swift
tele-, tel-, telo-
end, far away
thermo-
heat
trachy-
rough
xero-
dry