Greek Vocabulary Roots, Prefixes & Suffixes Flashcards
anthrop
man; mankind
phil
love
miso
hate
biblio, bibl
book
phon
sound
mis, miss, mit, mitt
send
scop, skept
look at; examine
rhea
flow, gush, burst
heam, hem
blood
cred
believe
eu-
good, well
caco-
bad, ill
mega-/megalo-/macro
large, long
micro-
small
in-, il-, im-, ir-
not OR in, into on
tele-, tele-, telo-
far/distant
a-, an-
not; without
dia-
through; across
ec-, ex-
out
en-
in
-ac, -ia
makes a noun – maniac, cardiac, phobia
-ic
makes a noun or an adj. – critic, dynamic
-e
indicates a person
-mania
madness for: excessive fondness for one who has a madness for affected with madness for
-phobia, -phobiac, -phobia, -phobic
dread of; morbid fear of one who has a morbid fear of fearful of; dreading
theo/the
god
geo
earth
helio
sun