Greek Roots Flashcards

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Anthropo

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Human Being

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archy

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rule

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aristos

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best

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4
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astr, ater, atro

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star

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5
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auto

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self

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bio

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life

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chron, chrono

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time

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cosm, cosmo

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universe, order

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cracy

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power

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cryph, crypt

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secret, hidden

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11
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dem, demo

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people

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dia

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through, across, between

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13
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dog, dox

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opinion, teaching

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14
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dys

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bad, ill, difficult

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15
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eros

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desire

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eu

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good, well, advantageous

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17
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endo

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within

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18
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exo

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outside

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19
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gen

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kind, race, origin, birth

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geo

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earth, ground

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21
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gloss, glot

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tongue, language

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22
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gnos

A

know

23
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graph, graphy, gram

A

write

24
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hetero

A

different

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homo

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same

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hyper

A

over

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hypo

A

less

28
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lekt, lect

A

spoken

29
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logos

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account, reason

30
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lys

A

breakdown

31
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macro

A

large, long

32
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magos

A

wise

33
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metr, meter

A

measure

34
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mys

A

hate

35
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micro

A

small

36
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mono, mon

A

one

37
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morph

A

form

38
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naut

A

sailor nautical

39
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nomos

A

theme, law

40
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path, patho, pathy

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feeling, disease

41
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peri

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near, around

42
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phobos, phob

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fear, dislike, aversion

43
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philos, phile, phil

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love

44
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phone, phone, phono

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sound

45
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pod

A

foot

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polis, pol

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city, state

47
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poly

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many

48
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rhet, rhetor

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speaker, persona

49
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scop, scope

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watch, lookout

50
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soph

A

wisdom

51
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tele

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far off, distance

52
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the

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put, place

53
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timo

A

honor

54
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tommy, tom

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cut, cutting