Greek/latin roots Flashcards
Hal
breathe
Aqua
water
Ben
good
Alt
high
Aud
audible
Cred
believe
Duc
to lead
Gen
information
Mis , Mit
wrongly
morph
change smoothly from one image to another by small gradual steps using computer animation techniques.
sign
a token; indication.
tact
touch or the sense of touch.
spec
in the hope of success but without any specific commission or instructions.
act
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
AST
Atlantic Standard Time.
chron
time
structure
the arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex.
dictation
the act or manner of dictating for reproduction in writing.
photo
Origin of photo
polis
an ancient Greek city-state.
scop
an Old English bard or poet.
scribe
a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of printing.
Mal
a combining form meaning “bad,” “wrongful,” “ill,” occurring originally in loanwords from French ( malapert); on this model, used in the formation of other words ( malfunction; malcontent).
celer
celer- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning “swift, quick.’’
