Roots Flashcards
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Hyper
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Above, over, exceeding- hyperactive, - words with Root (Hyperbole)
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Hypo
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Under, below- hypothetical, hypodermic.
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Mono
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One, single- monotheism, monochrome.
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Chrome
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color, monochrome, polychrome.
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Gen
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birth, race, produce- generations, genocide
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Poly
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Many,much/ polygon, polytheism
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Scope
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look, views, see/ telescope, microscope.
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Derm
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Skin / dermatologist, dermatology, pachyderm.
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Meso
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Middle/ Mesopotamia, mesodermic
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Pachy
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thick/pachyderm, pachypod
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Path
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sickness, disease
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Onym
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Word, synonym, antynom
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Meter
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Measure
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Pamper
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spoil
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Erode
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Gradually wear away
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Epidemic
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Widespread disease
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Geo
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Earth, geography
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Hydro
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water
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Graph
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write, geography
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chron
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Time, chronological
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auto
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self, autocratic
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crac
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government/ autocratic
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Gyno
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Female/gynecologist
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Andro
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male/android/ androgynous
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-ic
like or related to/graphic, telepathic, organic
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Naut
Salor, ship/ astronaut
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Cosm
universe, world/ microcosm
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Macro
large/ macroscopic
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pod
foot/ tripod
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nom
name, law, order/ economy, nominate
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psycho
mind,psychology
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Theo
God, monotheism
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Astro
stars, heavens, astrology
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Biblio
Book/ bibliography
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Klepto
steal/kleptomaniac
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Mania
Inyense cravin, loss of reason/ kleptomania
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Phil
Love, philanthropy
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Phob
Fear: hydrophobia
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-ia
State or condition of being
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Peri
Around, surroundig: perimeter, periscope
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Cardi
heart/cardiologist
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Heli
Sun/helicopter
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Opt
Eye, vision/Optimistic
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Tele
From afar/ telephone
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-al
pertaining to/ technical, critical
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sym/syn
with, together/ symbolism, symbiosis
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-osis
action, symbiosis
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bio
life/ symbiosis
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Somat
body/ somatic
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Dem
People/democracy
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Dia
throught, across/diameter
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Anti
against / anticipate
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-ism
sate or condition/ symbolism, plagiarism
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-oid
resembling/ android
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-Er
someone who/ photographer, writer
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Thanas
Death/ euthanasia, hydrothanasia
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Taph
Grave, tomb, burial/ epitaph . taphonomy
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Amphi
Both, two sides/ amphibian, amphitheater
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Caco
bad, poor, harsh/ cacophony, cacothanasia
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Iso
Equal/isolated, isosceles, isometric, isomagnetic
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Exo
outside,foreign/exoskeliton
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Cycl
circle/trycicyl
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zeno
foreign,strange/ zenophobia, zenolith
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micro
small/ microscope
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arch
rule.monarchy
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Acro
High, Acronym
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Entom
Insects, Emtomology
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Agro
field/soil/crops, Agroculture
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Morph
Form/ shape, metamorphesis
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Pan
All, panorama
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Com
with, together/ commuity
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Agora
marketing place, meeting place, gathering/ agoraphobia
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culp
blame, fault/ culprit
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Prot
first, main, original/ prototype, protocals
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Fort
strong, strenght/ Fort, comfrot
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Agon
contest, struggle,pain/agony
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Phag
to eat/ asophogess, phagphyte
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Phyte
Plant/ Phagphyte
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Cuss
strike, shake/ concussion, precussion
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Hiero
religious, sacred/ hieroarchy, hieroglifics
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Type
Model, version/ prototype, steriotype
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Cephal
Head,brain/ encephalitis
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Di-
Two, double/Dice
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Meta
Change, beyond/metamorphesis
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Con
With, together/ connection,conversation
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pre
before/ prefix, presentation, prehistoric
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Suc
below,under/succession,successor
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-ary
bellonging to, related to/vetenarian,linarian
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colla
glue/collogen,colloge
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in
into,or/interfirence
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cryo
cold/cryotherapy
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cryst
crystal/crystal
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zygo
paired/zygodactal,zygoat
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Dactyl
Finger,toe/ teradactyl
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ptero
wing, feather/pterophobia
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Echo
Sound/ Echolocation
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Locat
Place/ Echolocation
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Gram
Writing, recording/ Grammer
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Pyro
Fire, heat/ pyrometric, pyromeniac
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Paleo
old,ancient/paleoithic
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Eo
Dawn,early/eolithic
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Lith
stone, rock/ eolithic
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-us
thing,which/status
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En
in, into/ensue
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Dys
bad, painful,difficult/Dystopia
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Ef
out/efface
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Flu
flowing/fluent
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-ent
one who, that which,like or related to / fluent
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Ambul
walk/ somnambulent
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Foli
leaf,foliage/foliage
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somn
sleep/somnambulent
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-ose
quality of/ glucose
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Glac
ice / Glacier
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-arium
Place where/Aquarium
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Gloss
language/Glossory
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se-
aprt,aside/segregation
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Greg
flock,herd/ segregation
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-escence
growing/luminescence, bioluminescence
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tum
swelling/tumor
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caust
to burn/holocaust
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hol/holo
whole, entire/whole, hologram
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stas/stat
stop, still, standing/static
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hypno
to sleep/ hypnosis
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pu/purg
clean/
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Anim
Life,spirit/animal
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Magn
great, large/magnify
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Ev
Time, age/evolution, revolutionary
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Inter
Between, among/interstate
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Petro/petr
rock,/petroleum, petrified
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Tom
cut, slice/Tomato slice
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-eum
place, that which/Stadium
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Eso
inward, within/eslteric
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Sarco
flesh/sarcophycos
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Phys
nature/physical education
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crypt
hidden,covered/cryptic
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-oma
tumor,swelling/melloma
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moll
mid,soft/mollify
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lep/leps
seize,attack/lepin
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Dont
teeth/orthodontist
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Ortho
straight/orthodontist
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Ali
other/Aliby,Alience
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Aug/Auc
Increase/auction
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Don
give/donnation
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Endo
within/ endorcement
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Cid/cis
cut,kill/cissors, incistion
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Clu/cla
shut/conclution
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Medi
middle, between/intermediate, mediterrenian
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terr
earth, land/mediteranian
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Melan
Dark/melonen
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Post
after,behind/postpon
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pro
before, forward/procedure
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Pon
put,place/postpon
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Schem
plan/schem
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Bene
good/Benefit
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Doc
teach/document
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Dund/fond/found
bottom/foundation
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Mis/Mit
send/admit
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Omni
all/omniciant
