Level 5 Greek and Latin Roots Flashcards
Objective: show mastery of common Greek and Latin roots and their spelling patterns
ann/enn
year
cent
one hundred
cracy/crat
government, rule, authority
dyna
power
dys
bad, hard, difficult
hydr
water
ic
having characteristics of
micro
small
mid
middle, halfway, between
nym
name
poly
many
struct
to build
super
above, beyond
theo/theos
god, religion
anniversary
the date on which an event occurs every year
century
a period of 100 years
democracy
government by the people
dynasty
a series of powerful rulers from the same family
dystopia
imaginary place where living conditions are dreadful (e.g. Hunger Games, Divergent, The Giver)
dehydrated
the state in which a large amount of water has been lost or removed from the body or from food
parasitic
living at the expense of another, pertaining to a parasite
microwave
very short electromagnetic wave
midst
in the middle of
homonym
a word spelled exactly like another word, but has a different meaning
