NCEE Greek Derivatives Flashcards
melody
aeido (to sing)
cosmetic
kosmos (order, universe, ornament)
demagogue
ago (to lead, bring)
parish
oikos (house, household)
intonation
teino (stretch out, strain)
panegyric
pas (every, entire, all)
cosmos
kosmos (order, universe, ornament)
archipelago
archo (to lead, rule, be the first, begin)
apology
logos (word, speech, reasoning)
acrobat
baino (to walk, step)
orthography
grapho (to draw, write, describe)
peroxide
oxys (sharp, keen)
epitome
temno (cut, divide)
autocrat
krateo (to rule, control)
monarch
monos (alone)
astrology
aster (star)
crypt
krypto (to hide)
pancreas
pas (every, entire, all)
autobiography
bios (life)
pantomime
pas (every, entire, all)
evangelical
angelos (messenger)
antipathy
pathos (feeling)
chronicle
chronos (time)
parsley
petra (rock, stone)
archbishop
archo (to lead, rule, be the first, begin)
engraft
grapho (to draw, write, describe)
panorama
pas (every, entire, all)
misogamy
misos (hatred)
diagram
grapho (to draw, write, describe)
analogy
logos (word, speech, reasoning)
catalogue
lego (to pick, gather, speak)
parlance
ballo (throw)
sophisticated
sophos (wise)
biography
bios (life)
pedantic
ago (to lead, bring)
binominal
nomos (custom, law, principle)
parallel
allos (another)
atheist
theos (god)
philosophy
sophos (wise)
enthusiasm
theos (god)
esophagus
phagein (to eat)
metabolism
ballo (throw)
prosody
aeido (to sing)
theorem
theomai (to behold)
logic
logos (word, speech, reasoning)
hydrangea
hydor (water)
graph
grapho (to draw, write, describe)
idea
idein (to see)
microbe
micros (little, small)
asteroid
aster (star)
formaldehyde
hydor (water)
apotheosis
theos (god)
monk
monos (alone)
chronology
chronos (time)
apostrophe
strepho (turn about, twist)
strap
strepho (turn about, twist)
neuralgia
algos (pain)
dioxide
oxys (sharp, keen)
anatomy
temno (cut, divide)
economy
oikos (house, household)
theme
tithemi (to put, place)
bureaucracy
krateo (to rule, control)
ecstasy
histemi (to stand, to make to stand)
baseball
baino (to walk, step)
zodiac
zao (live)
emblem
ballo (throw)
oxygen
oxys (sharp, keen)
apocryphal
krypto (to hide)
thesis
tithemi (to put, place)
pantheon
theos (god)
dilemma
lambano (to take, seize, assume)
caustic
kaio (to kindle, burn)
eunuch
echo (to have, hold)
epithet
tithemi (to put, place)
surgeon
ergon (work, action)
chronic
chronos (time)
psalmody
aeido (to sing)
cauterize
kaio (to kindle, burn)
cyanogen
genos (race, offspring, kind)
epigram
grapho (to draw, write, describe)
archangel
archo (to lead, rule, be the first, begin)
exodus
hodos (road, way)
graft
grapho (to draw, write, describe)
automobile
autos (self)
theorem
theomai (to behold)
geography
grapho (to draw, write, describe)
pedant
ago (to lead, bring)
hypothesis
tithemi (to put, place)
parley
ballo (throw)
problem
ballo (throw)
ode
aeido (to sing)
ideal
idein (to see)
narcolepsy
lambano (to take, seize, assume)
encyclopedia
pais (child)
auto
autos (self)
hydrogen
genos (race, offspring, kind)
minister
monos (alone)
period
hodos (road, way)
hydra
hydor (water)
dogma
dokeo (to think, have an opinion)
ideology
idein (to see)
doxology
dokeo (to think, have an opinion)
grammar
grapho (to draw, write, describe)
angel
angelos (messenger)
heterogeneous
genos (race, offspring, kind)
pathos
pathos (feeling)
heterodox
heteros (the other, different)