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Greek/Latin Roots Master Flashcards

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Anti

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Origin: Greek
Meaning: against, opposite
Examples: antibiotic, antifederalist

The doctor gave me an antibiotic to help my body fight off an illness.

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Auto

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Origin: Greek
Meaning: self
Examples: autobiography, autopilot

I wanted to share my life with those who know me, so I wrote an autobiography.

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Bio

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Origin: Greek
Meaning: life
Examples: biology, biodiversity

I love learning about different kinds of life, so biology is one of my favorite branches of science.

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Cap

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Origin: Latin
Meaning: head
Examples: decapitate, captain

As the head of the ship, it was the captain’s job to lead and direct his crew.

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Centr

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Origin: Latin
Meaning: center
Examples: Centrifuge, central, centrist

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Cycl

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Origin: Latin
Meaning: circle
Examples: Cyclops, unicycle, cyclist, cyclone, recycle

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Form

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Origin: Latin
Meaning: shape
Examples: formation, deformed, cruciform, transform

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Logy

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Origin: Greek
Meaning: Study of
Examples: Biology, psychology, archaeology
I want to study biology because I’m interested in living things.
I love psychology because the human mind is so interesting.

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Man

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Origin: Latin
Meaning: hand
Examples: manuscript, manufacture, maneuver
The manuscript took months to create because every word was written by hand.

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Meter

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Origin: Greek
Meaning: measure
Examples: Thermometer, perimeter, diameter
I checked the thermometer and saw it was extremely cold outside.

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Multi

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Origin: Latin
Meaning: many, much
Examples: Multicolored, multimillionaire, multitask
My friend always had multicolored shirts on, today’s shirt was blue, green, red, and hot pink.

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Ped

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Origin: Latin
Meaning: foot
Examples: Centipede, pedestrian

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Phone

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Origin: Greek
Meaning: sound
Examples: telephone, saxophone, microphone

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Aster/astr

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Origin: Greek
Meaning: star
Examples: astronaut, astrology, astronomy, asteroid

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Dic/dict

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Origin: Latin
Meaning: Say
Examples: predict, contradict

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Geo

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Origin: Greek
Meaning: Earth/ground
Examples: Geode, geologist

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Graph

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Origin: Greek
Meaning: Written
Examples: autograph, biography

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Ject

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Origin: Latin
Meaning: Thrown
Examples: inject, projector

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Mob/mot

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Origin: Latin
Meaning: move
Examples: mobility, automobile

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Port

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Origin: Latin
Meaning: carry, move
Examples: porter, portable, transportation

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Therm

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Origin: Greek
Meaning: Heat
Examples: hypothermia, thermometer, thermos, thermostat

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Tele

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Origin: Greek
Meaning: far
Examples: telescope, telephone, television

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Uni

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One

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Vid/vis

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See

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Cor/corp

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Body

26
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Doc

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teach

27
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Hydr

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Water

28
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Miss/mit

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send

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Port

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carry

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Scope

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see/watch

31
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Scrib/script

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write

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Spec

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Look

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Tend/tens

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Stretch/strain

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Tract

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draw/pull

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Trans

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across

36
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Vac

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empty

37
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Bene/beni

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Good, well

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Chron

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time

39
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Clud/clus

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shut

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Fac/fact

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do, make

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Fer

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bear, carry

42
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Fore

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before, earlier

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Inter

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between

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Path

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feeling, suffering, disease

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Sist/stat

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stand

46
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Spir

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breathe

47
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Vers/vert

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Turn, change

48
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Log

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word

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Aud

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hear

50
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Micro

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small

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