Greek Bases Flashcards
-archy, -arch
rule by, ruler
gynarchy, monarch
-cracy, -crat
cracy: rule by, ruling body of
crat: supporter of rule by, member of ruling body
democracy, aristocracy
democrat, aristocrat
-graphy, -graph
graphy: art or method of writing; descriptive science
graph: something written; instrument that write
calligraphy; geography, bibliography
photograph; seismograph, polygraph
-logy
subject of study
discourse
theology
euology
-mania
madness
excessive enthusiasm
kleptomania, megalomania
bibliomania
-metry
art or process of the science of measuring
geometry
-nomy
law of, arrangement of, science of
antinomy
-pathy
noun
feeling
telepathy
philia, phile
love of
lover of
pedophilia
bibliophile
-phobe
one who fears
xenophobe
-skopy, -skope
observation or examination of or by;
instrument for observing or examining
colonoscopy
telescope
acr-
high, topmost
acroplois, acroynm
all-
other
allergy
arist-
best
aristocracy
aut-
self, one’s own;
of or by onself or itself
autonomy
automobile
cac-
bad
cacophony
heter-
other
heterosexual
hier-
holy
hieroglyphics
hol-
whole
holocaust
hom-
same
homosexual
home-
similar, same
homeopath
idi-
own, personal
idion, idiosyncrasy
macr-
long, large;
largescale
macrocosm
macroeconomics
mega-, megal-
great, large, powerful;
one million (in the metric system)
megaphone, megalomania
megabyte