Greek Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

Question 1

-anthrop-

Answer 1

(root) human; ex. anthropology

Question 2

-chron-

Answer 2

(root) time; ex. chronic

Question 3

-dem-

Answer 3

(root) people; ex. democracy

Question 4

-morph-

Answer 4

(root) form; ex. metamorphic

Question 5

-path-

Answer 5

(root) feeling, suffering; ex. empathy

Question 6

-pedo-, -ped-

Answer 6

(root) child, children; ex. pediatrician

Question 7

-philo-, -phil-

Answer 7

(root) having a strong affinity or love for; ex. philosophy

Question 8

-phon-

Answer 8

(root) sound; ex. phonetics

Question 9

a-, an-

Answer 9

(prefix) without; ex. anaerobic

Question 10

anti-, ant-

Answer 10

(prefix) opposite, opposing; ex. antipollution

Question 11

auto-

Answer 11

(prefix) self, same; ex. autobiography

Question 12

bio-, bi-

Answer 12

(prefix) life, living organism; ex. biology

Question 13

geo-

Answer 13

(prefix) Earth, geography; ex. geophysics

Question 14

hyper-

Answer 14

(prefix) excessive, excessively; ex. hyperactive

Question 15

micro-

Answer 15

(prefix) small; ex. microorganism

Question 16

mono-

Answer 16

(prefix) one, single, alone; ex. monotone

Question 17

neo-

Answer 17

(prefix) new, recent; ex. neonatal

Question 18

pan-

Answer 18

(prefix) all; ex. panorama

Question 19

thermo-, therm-

Answer 19

(prefix) heat; ex. thermal

Question 20

-ism

Answer 20

(suffix) forms nouns and means “the act, state, or theory of”; ex. criticism

Question 21

-ist

Answer 21

(suffix) forms agent nouns from verbs ending in -ize or nouns ending in -ism and is used like -er; ex. cyclist

Question 22

-ize

Answer 22

(suffix) forms verbs from nouns and adjectives; ex. jeopardize

Question 23

-gram

Answer 23

(suffix) something written or drawn, a record; ex. cardiogram

Question 24

-graph

Answer 24

(suffix) somthing written or drawn, an instrument for writing, drawing, or recording; ex. seismograph

Question 25

-logue, -log

Answer 25

(suffix) speech, discourse, to speak; ex. dialogue

Question 26

-logy

Answer 26

(suffix) discourse, expression, science, theory, study; ex. dermatology

Question 27

-meter,-metry

Answer 27

(suffix) measuring device, measure; ex. kilometer

Question 28

-oid

Answer 28

(suffix) forms adjectives and nouns and means “like, resembling” or “shape, form”; ex. trapezoid & humanoid

Question 29

-phile

Answer 29

(suffix) one that loves or has a strong affinity for, loving; ex. pedophile

Question 30

-phobe, -phobia

Answer 30

(suffix) one that fears a specified thing; an intense fear of a specified thing; ex. claustrophobia

Question 31

-phone

Answer 31

(suffix) sound, device that receives or emits sound, speaker of a language; ex. telephone