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Regionals Study Guide-(Word derivatives) Flashcards

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aeido (sing)

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comedy, melody, ode, parody, prosody, psalmody, rhapsody, tragedy

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ago, eg- (lead, bring)

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demagogue, pedagogue, pedant, pedantic, stratagem, strategic, synagogue

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agon (contest, struggle)

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agony, antagonist, antagonize

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algos (pain)

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neuralgia, nostalgia

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allos (another)

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allegory, parallel, parallelogram

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angelos (messenger)

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angel, evangelical, evangelist

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anthropos (man)

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anthropoid, anthropologist, anthropology, misanthrope, philanthroposit

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archo (lead, rule, be the first, begin)

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anarchy, archaeology, archaic, archangel, archbishop, archipelago, architecture, architrave, archive, archon, hierarchy, monarch, oligarch, patriarch

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aster (star)

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asteroid, astrolabe, astrology, astronomy, disaster

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athlos (contest)

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athlete

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autos (self)

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authentic, auto, autobiography, autocracy, autograph, automatic, automobile, autonomy

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baino, ba-, be- (walk, step)

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acrobat, basal, base, baseboard, basement, diabetes

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ballo, ble-, bol- (throw)

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devil, diabolic, emblem, hyperbole, metabolism, parable, parabola, parlance, parley, parliament, parlor, parole, problem, symbol

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biblos (book)

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bible, bibliography

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bios (life)

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amphibian, autobiography, biography, biology, microbe

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cheir (hand)

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surgeon, surgery

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chronos (time)

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chronic, chronicle, chronology, crony, synchronize

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demos (the people)

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demagogue, democracy, epidemic

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didomi, do- (give)

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anecdote, antidote, dose

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dokeo (think, have an opinion)

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dogma, doxology, heterodox, orthodox, paradox

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echo, hek-, sche-, och- (have, hold)

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epoch, eunuch, hectic, scheme

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ergon (work, action)

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energy, liturgy, surgeon

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gamos (wedding, marriage)

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bigamy, polygamy

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ge (earth)

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geography, geology, geometry

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genos, gon- (race, offspring, kind)

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cosmogony, cyanogen, genealogy, genesis, genetic, heterogeneous, homogeneous, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen

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gignosko, gno- (come to know, recognize)

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diagnose, physiognomy, prognostic

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grapho, gram- (draw, write, describe)

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autograph, bibliography, biography, diagram, engraft, epigram, geography, glamorous, graft, grammar, gramophone, graph, kilogram, orthography, paragraph, photograph, telegram

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heteros (the other, different)

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heterodox, heterogeneous

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hezomai, hed- (sit)

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chair, cathedral, chaise, shay

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hippos (horse)

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hippodrome, hippopotamus

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histemi, sta-, ste- (stand, make to stand)

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apostasy, ecstasy, rheostat, stadium, static, system

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hodos (road, way)

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electrode, episode, exodus, method, period, synod

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homos (one and the same)

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anomalous, homily, homogeneous

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hydor (water)

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carbohydrate, dropsy, formaldehyde, hydra, hydrangea, hydrant, hydraulic, hydrochloric, hydrogen

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idein, eid- (see)

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idea, ideal, idol, idyll, kaleidoscope

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kaio, kau- (kindle, burn)

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calm, caustic, cauterize, holocaust, ink

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kosmos (order, universe, ornament)

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cosmetic, cosmic, cosmogony, cosmos, cosmopolitan

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krateo (rule, control)

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aristocracy, autocrat, bureaucracy, democracy, plutocracy

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krypto (hide)

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apocryphal, crypt, grotesque, grotto

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lambano, lab-, lep-, lem- (take, seize, assume)

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dilemma, epilepsy, syllable

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lego, log- (pick, gather, speak)

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anthology, catalogue, dialect, eclogue, lexicon

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logos (word, speech, reasoning)

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analogy, anthropology, apology, archaeology, dialogue, logic, genealogy, monologue, syllogism

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micros (little, small)

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microbe, microcosm, microscope

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misos (hatred)

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misanthrope, misogamy, misology, misoneism

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monos (alone)

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minister, monarch, monastery, monk, monocle, monogram, monolith, monopoly, monotone, monoxide, monogamy

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nomos (custom, law, principle)

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astronomy, autonomy, binomial, economy

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oikos (house, household)

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diocese, economy, parish, parochial

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onoma (name)

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anonymous, antonym, synonym

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orthos (straight, right, correct)

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orthodox, orthography

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oxys (sharp, keen)

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dioxide, oxidize, oxygen, peroxide

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pais, paid- (child)

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encyclopedia, pedagogue, pedant

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pas, pant- (every, entire, all)

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panacea, pancreas, panegyric, panoply, panorama, pantheon, pantomime

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pathein (experience, feel, suffer)

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antipathy, apathy, pathetic, pathos, sympathy

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petra (rock, stone)

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parsley, petrify, petroleum

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phagein (eat)

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esophagus, sarcophagus

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phaino, phan- (show, make appear, bring to light)

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emphasis, fancy, fantastic, fantasy, phantom, phase, phenomena, sycophant

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phemi (say, speak)

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blame, blasphemy, prophecy

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phero, phor- (bear, carry, bring)

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metaphor, paraphernalia, periphery, phosphate, phosphorous

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philo, phil- (love)

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philanthropist, philogyny, bibliophile

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phobia (fear)

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achondroplasiaphobia, acrophobia, agoraphobia, aquaphobia, arachnophobia, claustrophobia, thanatophobia, xenophobia,

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phone (sound, voice)

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anthem, euphony, megaphone, phone

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phos, phot- (light)

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phosphate, photograph

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polis (city, state)

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acropolis, cosmopolitan, metropolis, police, politics

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poly (much, many)

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polygamy, polyglot, polyp, polytheism

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pous, podos (foot)

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antipodes, octopus, pew, polyp, trapezoid

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sarx, sark- (flesh)

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sarcasm, sarcophagus

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skopeo, skep- (behold, examine, inspect, consider)

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bishop, episcopal, horoscope, microscope, sceptic

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sophos (wise)

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philosophy, sophist, sophisticated, sophomore

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strepho, stroph- (turn about, twist)

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apostrophe, catastrophe, strap, strophe

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teino, ten-, ta-, ton- (stretch out, strain)

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attune, hypotenuse, intonation, monotony, tendon, tetanus, tone

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temno, tom- (cut, divide)

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anatomy, appendectomy, atom, epitome, tome

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theomai (behold)

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amphitheater, theorem, theory

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theos (god)

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apotheosis, atheist, enthusiasm, pantheon, theology

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tithemi, the- (put, place)

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anathema, antithesis, apothecary, epithet, hypothesis, synthetic, theme, thesis

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zao, zo- (live)

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zodiac, zoo

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