Final Study Guide - Morphemes Flashcards by Keen Chew

{ad} {as} {ac}

to, toward

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{contra}

against

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{dis}

away, apart

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{e/ex}

out of, from

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{in/im}

not
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in, into

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{intro}

into, inward

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{pre}

before

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{pro}

Unit 1

forward

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{re}

back, again

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{retro}

back

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{cess}

come, go

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{creat}

make, build

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{feder}

union of states

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{medic}

connected with the science of medicine

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{pel/pulse}

push, drive

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{quire}

ask, seek

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{solve/solut}

loosen

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{spic/spec}

look at, see

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{sume}

use up, take

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{vene/vent}

come

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{al}

connected with, pertaining to

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{ion}

act of

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{ment}

act of, product of

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{er}

What does it do to a word?

Makes adjectives

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{est} ## Footnote What does it do to a word?

Makes adjectives

{s} ## Footnote What does it do to a word?

Makes nouns

{de}

down OR {intens}

{e/ex}

out

{duc/duct}

lead, take

{prehens/prehend}

grasp

{script/scribe}

write

{tend/tens/tent}

stretch

{trop}

turn

{dys}

bad, poor, difficult

{eu}

well, good, easy

{acr(o)}

high, point

{bibli(o)}

book

{crac}

rule, power

{dermat(o)}

skin

{dynam(o)}

power

{enter(o)}

the inside, an intestine

{entom(o)}

insect

{gen(o)}

give birth to, be born

{heli(o)}

sun

{hellene}

Greek

{hydr(o)}

water

{log(o)}

study, science, word

{man}

madness

{mon(o)}

one

{ochl(o)}

mob

{ophi(o)}

snake

{ornith(o)}

bird

{patri}

father

{pept(o)/peps}

cook, digest

{phag(o)}

eat

{phil(o)/phile}

extreme love of

{phob(o)}

extreme fear of

{phon(o)/phem}

sound

{pne}

blow, breathe

{pyr(o)}

fire

{soph(o)}

wisdom

{thanas/thanat(o)}

die

{the(o)}

god

{ia/a}

condition, act of

{ics}

study of

{ic}

pertaining to

{ism}

doctrine, condition of, process of

{istic} ## Footnote What does it do to words?

forms an adjective

{a/an}

without, not

{amphi/amph}

around, both

{ana}

up, back, again

anti/ant/anth}

against, opposite

{apo/ap/aph}

away from, without

{cata/cat/cath}

down

{dia}

through, between

{ec/ex}

out

{epi/ep/eph}

on, upon

{exo}

outside

{hyper}

above, excessive, too much

{hypo/hyp/hyph}

under, too little

{meta/met/meth}

after, among, changing

{palin/pali}

back, again

{para/par}

= side by side (parallel) = abnormal (paranormal) = subordinate (paralegal)

{peri}

around, near

{pro} ## Footnote Unit 5

in front of, before

{syn/sym}

with, same, together

{athlet}

contest, athlete

{ba}

{chromat{o)}

color

{chron(o)}

time

{derm(o)}

skin

{drom(o)}

run, swim

{esthes/aesthet}

feeling, sensation

{ge(o)/gee}

land, earth

{helion/elion/heli(o)}

sun

{hema/ema/hem(o)/em(o)}

blood

{hydr(o)}

water

{kine/cine}

move

{ly}

break

{meter}

measure

{odont(o)}

tooth

{onym(o)}

name, meaning

{path(o)}

feeling, emotion

{phylac}

guard, protect

{scope}

look, see

{therm(o)}

heat

{the}

put

{top(o)}

place

{ist}

a person who does ___

{y}

act of, condition of, process of makes nouns

{ab/abs}

from use abs in front of a 't'

{ad/ac/af/ag/al/an/ap/as/at}

to, toward

{ante}

before

{anti}

opposite, against

{circum}

around

{con/com/co/col}

together, with OR {intens}

{de}

Away from, off → deduct Down → descend Wholly → denude Reverse the action of → deregulate

{di/dis/dif}

away, away from

{en/em}

in, into

{e/ex/ef}

out

{extra}

without, outside

{in/im/il/ir}

not OR in, into

{infra}

below

{inter}

between

{intra}

within

{intro}

into, inward

{non}

not

{ob/of/op}

against, toward

{per}

through

{post}

after, behind

{preter}

beyond

{se}

away, apart

{sub/suf/sup}

under

{super}

above

{trans}

across

{ultra}

beyond

{ambula}

walk

{apt}

fit, fasten

{bibe}

drink

{ced/cede/ceed/cess}

come, go

{col}

strain

{cure}

care

{duce/duct}

lead, take

{err}

wander

{fer}

carry

{flu}

flow

{fus}

pour, gush

{gress}

step, move

{hes/here}

stick

{it}

{ject}

throw

{labor}

work

{linqu}

leave

{loc}

place

{lumin}

light

{mens}

table

{mit/miss}

send, let go

{mur}

wall

{nounce}

proclaim

{pathy}

disease, suffering, feeling

{petit}

seek, desire

{pose/pone/posit}

put, place

{puls/pulse/pel}

push

{rupt}

break

{similat}

{tain}

hold

{therm(o)}

heat

{tract}

draw, pull

{viscer}

intestines

{ive}

shows the word is an adjective

{ed}

forms the past tense

{acid}

sharp

{alti}

high

{apert}

opening

{arid}

dry

{asin}

donkey

{aster}

star

{audi}

hear

{can}

dog

{car/cardi(o)}

heart

{ceros}

{compet}

striving

{conscript}

enroll, enlist

{correct}

set right, make straight, improve

{cyst(o)}

bladder

{enter(o)}

the inside, intestine

{eras}

rub out

{eras}

rub out

{ferv}

heat/glow

{flex}

bend

{frag}

break

{fus}

melt/flow

{gaster/gastr(o)}

stomach

{gel}

frost/ice

{glor}

fame

{graph(o)/gram(o)}

write

{grati/grate}

thanks

{humid(i)}

wet

{infant(i)}

can't speak

{invent}

come upon/find

{invest}

literally, to put on clothes

{juven(i)}

young

{larynx/laryng(o)}

the larynx

{leon}

lion

{liberal}

generous

{lymph(o)}

spring water

{magn(i)}

big

{media}

half

{metr(o)/meter}

measure

{morb(i)}

sick

{my(o)}

muscle, mouse

{naviga}

sail (a boat)

{neur(o)}

nerve

{object}

to throw against

{oste(o)}

bone

{ot(o)}

ear

{ov(i)}

egg

{pall}

pale

{pecun(i)}

money

{rhin(o)}

nose

{rrhea}

discharge, flow

{sculpt}

carve

{sen}

old

{scler(o)}

hard, hardening

{stup(i)}

be motionless

{tom(o)}

cut

{ven}

vein

{verb(i)}

word

{vir(i)}

man, male

{ble}

having capacity, capability

{ence}

quality, state, condition

{id}

in the condition of

{ile}

having capacity, capability

{ine}

having the nature of

{ion}

action, condition caused by an action

{itis}

inflammation

{ity}

condition, state

{ize}

makes a verb out of nouns and adjectives

{logist}

person who studies

{ness}

condition, state

{oid}

similar to

{oma}

an abnormal swelling; a tumor

{or}

condition OR agent, doer

{ose/ous}

full of makes adjectives

{sis}

action, condition, or abnormal condition

{tude}

condition, state

{ure}

action or result of an action

{ag/act}

{anthrop(o)}

man, mankind

{bi(o)}

life

{brev(i)}

short

{carcin(o)}

cancer

{carn(i)}

meat, flesh

{cide}

kill

{ectomy}

act of cutting out

{ethn(o)}

race or nation of people

{etym(o)}

basic meaning of a word

{febr(i)}

fever

{frang/fract}

break

{frug(i)/fruct}

fruit

{fuge}

drive away, flee

{ger(o)}

old

{grav(i)}

heavy (gravity) serious (grave) pregnant (gravid)

{herb(i)

grass

{hipp(o)}

horse

{hor(o)}

hour, time

{host(i)}

enemy

{iatr(o)}

doctor, treatment

{ichthy(o)}

fish

{insect(i)}

insect

{joc}

jest, fun

{logy}

study of

{morph(o)}

form, shape

{nebul}

cloud

{neglig/neglect}

disregard

{omn(i)}

all, every

{parthen(o)}

virgin

{pater/patri}

father

{path(o)}

suffering, disease, feeling

{pesti}

troublesome animal or plant

{pisc(i)}

fish

{psych(o)}

soul, mind

{pus/pod(o)}

foot

{radic}

root

{rani}

frog

{rect}

right

{rhiz(o)}

root

{sap(i)/sip(i)}

taste

{sapr(o)}

rotten

{simil(i)}

{squal(i)}

dirty, rough

{sui}

self

{verm(i)}

worm

{vor/vore}

eating

{agon}

= angle = contest

{ann(i)/enn(i)}

year

{bi}

{cent(i)}

100 (cardinal) 100th (ordinal)

{cephal(o)}

head

{cycle}

wheel

{deca}

{dec(i)}/decem}

{dec(i)/decim}

10th

{deuter(o)}

second

{digit}

finger

{duo/du}

{dy(o)}

{ennea/ennead}

{fol(i)}

leaf

{gam(o)}

marriage

{hect(o)}

100

{hemi}

half

{hen(o)}

{hepta/hept/hepth}

{hexa/hex}

{kil(o)}

1000

{later}

side

{mill(i)}

1000 (cardinal) 1000th (ordinal)

{mon(o)}

{mult(i)}

many

{nom}

law

{non} ## Footnote numerical meaning

9th

{nov/novem}

{octav}

8th

{octo/oct(i)}

{olig(o)}

few

{orama}

sight

{pan(o)}

all

{pare/pari/para}

produce children

{pede/ped}

foot

{pent/penta/penth}

{pleg(o)}

paralysis

{poly}

many

{pol}

sell

{prim(o)}

1st

{prot(o)}

first

{quadru/quadri/quadr}

{quart}

4th

{quinqu/quinque}

{quint}

5th

{second}

2nd

{sem(i)}

half, partially

{sept/septem}

{sept}

7th

{seque}

{sext}

6th

{sex}

{terti}

3rd

{tetra/tetrad}

{tri}

{uni}

{aev/ev}

age

{firm}

steady, stable

{laps}

slip, fall

{lu/luv/lut}

wash

{gon(o)}

seed, sexual generation

{org(o)/erg(o)}

work

{-osis} ## Footnote What is it especially used for in the field of medicine?

action or condition, used especially to denote a condition of disease, disorder, excess, or infection

{necr(o)}

corpse

{somat/soma/some}

body

{hyster}

womb

{luna}

moon

{schizo}

split

{phren}

mind, diaphragm

{lira}

furrow

{ment}

mind

{via}

path, road, journey

{press}

press, push down

{sess}

sit

{ob}

against

{naut}

sailor

{stella}

star

{sider}

star

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