Latin Roots and Affixes Flashcards

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a/n

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without/not
anarchy, atheist, anonymous

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a

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on
abashed, abide, alive

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ab/s, a

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from, away, off
abdicate, abstract, abducted

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ac, ad

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to, toward, near
accept accelerate accent

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acro

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top, height, tip, beginning
acrophobia acrobatic acropolis

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act

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do
acting active actual

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agr/i/o

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farming
agriculture agribusiness agrarianism

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alg/o

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pain
nostalgia analgesia neuralgia

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ambi/amphi

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both, both sides, around
ambisexual amphibian ambiance

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ambul

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walk, move

ambulance preamble ambulatory

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ami/o

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love
amity amicable amicability

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ana

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up, back, against, again, throughout
analogous analyze anachronistic

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Anti

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Against, opposite of
antibiotic antisocial antidote

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arbor

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tree
arboretum arborvitaes arboreal

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archae/archi

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Ancient, primitive
monarch oligarch Archaic

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bene

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good, well
benefit benefactor beneficial

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cede, ceed, cess

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go, yield
proceed recede exceed

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centr/o/i

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center
heliocentric geocentric central

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counter

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Opposite, contrary, opposing
counterattack counter counterfeit

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Crypto

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hidden, secret
decrypt cryptography cryptographer

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de

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Reduce, away, remove, down
dehumanize defrost derivative

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Cert

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sure
certify certain uncertain

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Chron/o

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time
chronograph chronology anachronism

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Cide,cise

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cut, kill
exercise exorcist concise

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Dia

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Through, between, apart, across

diameter dialogue dialysis

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Dict

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speak
dictator diction

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Dys

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Abnormal, Bad
dysphagia dyslexia dysphagia

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Ep/i

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On, upon, over, among, at, after, to, outside
epilogue epilepsy Epiphany epidemic

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Equ/i

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Equal, Equally
equality equal equator

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Ethno

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Race, people
ethnography ethnocentric ethnic