Latin/Greek Roots & Prefixes Flashcards

1
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Ambi

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Both
ambiguous, ambidextrous

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Aqua

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Water
Aquarium, aquamarine

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Aud

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To hear
audience
audition

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Bene

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Good
benefactor, benevolant

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5
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Cent

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One Hundred
Century, Percent

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Circum

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Around
Circumference, circumstance

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Contra/Counter

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Against
Contradict, encounter

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Dict

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To say
dictation, dictator

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Duc/Duct

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to lead
Conduct, induce

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fac

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to do; to make
factory, manufacture

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form

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shape
conform, reform

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fort

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strength
fortitude, fortress

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13
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fract

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to break
fracture, fraction

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ject

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throw
projection, rejection

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jud

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judge
judicial, prejudice

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mal

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bad
malevolent, malefactor

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mater

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mother
material, maternity

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mit

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to send
transmit, admit

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mort

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death
mortal, mortician

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multi

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many
multimedia, multiple

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21
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pater

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father
paternal, paternity

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port

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to carry
portable, transportation

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rupt

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to break
bankrupt, disruption

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24
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scrib/scribe

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to write
inscription, prescribe

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25
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sect/sec

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to cut
bisect, section

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26
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sent

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to feel; to send
consent, resent

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spect

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to look
inspection, spectator

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struct

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to build
destruction, restructure

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vid/vis

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to see
video, televise

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voc

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voice; to call
vocalize, advocate

31
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Anthropo

A

man; human; humanity
anthropologist, philanthropy

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auto

A

self
autobiography, automobile

33
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bio

A

life
biology, biography

34
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chron

A

time
chronological, chronic

35
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dyna

A

power
dynamic, dynamite

36
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dys

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bad; hard; unlucky
dysfunctional, dyslexic

37
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gram

A

things written
epigram, telegram

38
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graph

A

writing
graphic, phonograph

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hetero

A

different
heteronym, heterogeneous

40
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homo

A

same
homonym, homogenous

41
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hydr

A

water
hydration, dehydrate

42
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hypo

A

below; beneath
hypothermia, hypothetical

43
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logy

A

study of
biology, psychology

44
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meter/metr

A

measure
thermometer, perimeter, metrics

45
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micro

A

small
microbe, microscope

46
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mis/miso

A

hate
misanthrope, misogyny

47
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mono

A

one
monologue, monotonous

48
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morph

A

form; shape
morphology, morphing

49
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nym

A

name
antonym, synonym

50
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phil

A

love
philanthropist, philosophy

51
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phobia

A

fear
claustrophobia, phobic

52
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phon

A

sound
phone, symphony

53
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photo/phos

A

light
photograph, phosphorous

54
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pseudo

A

false
pseudonym, pseudoscience

55
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psycho

A

soul; spirit
psychology, psychic

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scope

A

viewing instrument
microscope, telescope

57
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techno

A

art; science; skill
technique, technological

58
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tele

A

far off
television, telephone

59
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therm

A

heat
thermal, thermometer

60
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pax

A

peace

61
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suffix -ify

A

to cause to become more

62
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ard

A

heat, glow, passion
ardent; ~arson (doesn’t have the s, but also, to burn)

63
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ardu

A

difficult
arduous: involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring

64
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argent

A

silver

65
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credere

A

to believe
think credence; credulous

66
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suffix - ous

A

“possessing or full of”

67
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sacro sanctus

A

“made holy by sacred rites”
sacred, sacrifice, sanction, sanctuary

68
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equi

A

equal

69
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vox

A

voice

70
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suffix - ate

A

perform the action of

71
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circum

A

around

72
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specere

A

to look

73
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jeu/jocus

A

play, game, or joke

74
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partir

A

to divide