Greek+Latin roots Flashcards by Cheryl M | Brainscape

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Alti

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High

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Ana

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Against

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Ante

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Before

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Astro

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Star

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Auto

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Self

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Cide

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Cut,kill

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Cosm

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Universe, world, order

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Counter

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Against, in return

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Crat

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Cracy

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Crypto

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Hidden,secret

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Derm

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Skin

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Dicho

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In two parts

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Etym

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True meaning, real

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Flu

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Flow

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Gon

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Angle

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Hydro, hydra

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Water

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Hyper

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Over, excessively

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Hypo

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Under, less than

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Mech

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Machine, Instrument or tool

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Morph

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Shape, form

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Polis

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City

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Polis

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City

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Pyro

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Fire

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Sci

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To know

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Sol

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Alone, lonley

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Therm

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Heat

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Zo, zoo

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Animal life

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Logy, Logist

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Study; one who studies

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Pod, ped

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Foot

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Psych

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Mind

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Penta

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Five

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Photo

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Light

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Phys

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Nature, body

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Astrophysics

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Study of nature and stars

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Metaphysical

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Study of existence beyond the physical world

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Photometer

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Instrument for measuring the intensity of light

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Pentatholon

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Track, competing 5 events

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Pentane

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5 atoms

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Psychopath

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Disorder of mind

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Bipedal

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Animals that work on 2 feet

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Impede

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Stop something

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Pedatrist

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Doctor who works with feet

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Cosmopolitan

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Large city with international sophistication

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Metropolis

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Large city

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Necropolis

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City of the dead

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Pyrolysis

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Decomposing from high temp

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Pyroclastic

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Rocks fragments

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Prescience

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See into the future

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Solitary

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Alone

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Soliloquy

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Thinking out loud, usually in play

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Solitude

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Being alone

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Thermodynamics

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Relationship of heat and forms of energy

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Zoology

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Study of animals

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Hypodermic

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Under skin

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Hypoglycemic

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Too low blood sugar

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Epidermis

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Outer layer of skin

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Dichotomy

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Contrast between two things

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Etymology

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Study of words, true meaning, origin

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Confluence

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Two things flowing together

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Genocide

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Killing a large group of people

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Macrocosm

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Whole group, society

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Cosmopolitan

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Describing places visually

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Autocratic

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One persons ultimate rule

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Anarchy

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Absence of government

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Astronomy

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Scientific study of stars

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Automaticy

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Done without thought

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Anterior

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Front of body