ROOT WORDS Flashcards by Adarsh Savant

Q

Ego

A

Self, I

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Alter

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other

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intro

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inside

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extro

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outside

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verto

A

turn

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ambi

A

both

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misein

A

hate

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anthropos

A

mankind

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gyne

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woman

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gamos

A

marraige

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asketes

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monk/hermit

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kentron (centrum)

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centre

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mania

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madness

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dexter

A

right hand

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sinister

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left hand

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gauche

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left hand

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droit

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right hand

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monos

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one

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bi

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two

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polys

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many

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andros

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male

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gyne

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woman

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obstetrix

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midwife

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paidos (paed-)

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child

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pedis

foot

agogos

leading, leader

demos

people

derma

skin

hypos

under

ophthalmos

eye

oculus

eye

monos

one

bi-

two

-ician

expert

opsis, optikos

vision, sight

metron

measurement

iatreia

medical healing

orthos

straight, correct

odontos

tooth

kardia

heart

logos

science, study | word, speech

neuron

nerve

algos

pain

-osis

abnormal or diseased condition

-itis

inflammation

psyche

spirit, soul, mind

geras

old age

soma

body

genesis

birth, origin

pathos

suffering, disease, feeling

peri-

around, surrounding

endo-

inner, within

e-, ex-

out

therme

heat

baros

weight

sphygmos

pulse

osteon

bone

pathos

suffering, disease

pous, podos

foot

okto

eight

platys

broad, flat

-ium

place where

tri-

three

cheir (chiro-)

hand

mancy

prediction

graphein

to write

kallos

beauty

-er

one who

pyge

buttocks

kakos

bad, harsh

photos

light

tele-

distance

bios

life

geron

old man

senex

old

-escent

growing, becoming

astron

star

nautes

sailor

naus

ship

dis-

against

nomos

arrangement, law, order

autos

self

ge (geo-)

earth

botane

plant

zoion

animal

en-

in

tome

a cutting

in-

in, negative prefix

sectus

cut

a-

not, negative

ana-

up

dicha-

in two

epi-

on, upon

lingua

tongue

philein

to love

sophos

wise

adelphos

brother

biblion

book

Anglus

English

socius

companion

anti-

against

notus

known

summus

highest

corrigo

to correct, set straight

vetus

old

chronos

time

con-

with, together

syn-, sym-

with, together

grex, gregis

herd, flock

-ness

noun suffix

ad-, ag-

to, towards

un-

negative prefix

scio

to know

sciens

knowing

omnis

all

pre

before

ne-

negative prefix

se-

apart