Roots Flashcards
1
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Hyper
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Above, over, exceeding- hyperactive, hyperbole
2
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Hypo
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under, below- hypothemic, hypodermic
3
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mono
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one, single,- monotheism, monochrome
4
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Chome
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color- monochrome, polychrome
5
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Gen
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birth, race, produce- gender, generation
6
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Abate
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become less intense
7
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Emblem
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a symbolic object
8
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abnormal
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deviating from what is normal or usual, typically in a way that is undesirable
9
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obnoxious
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extremely unpleasant
10
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poly
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many, much/ polygon
11
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scope
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look, vew, see/ telescope, microscope
12
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derm
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skin/dermatologist
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meso
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middle/Mesopotamia
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pachy
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thick/pachyderm
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path
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sickness, disease/pathology
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onym
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words/synym
17
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therm
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heat, temp/thermeter
18
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meter
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measure/thermeter
19
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geo
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earth/geologist, geography
20
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Hydro
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water/dehydrate
21
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Graph
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write/geography
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Chron
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time/chronometer
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Auto
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self/ autograph, autocratic
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Crac
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government/ autocratic
25
Cyano
Female/ gynecologist
26
Andro
Male/ android
27
-ic
like or related to/ graphic
28
naut
ship, sailor/astrounaut
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pod
foot/tripod
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cosm
universe, word/cosmos, microcosm
31
nom
name, law, order/nominate
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macro
large/macroscopic
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phycho
mind, spirit/ psycholgy
34
theo
god/ monotheism
35
astro
stars, heavens/ astrology
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biblio
book/ bibliography
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klepto
steal/ kleptbiosis
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mania
intense craving/ kelptomania
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Phil
love/ philologist
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-ia
states or condition
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peri
around or surrounding/ perimeter
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cardie
heart/helicopter
43
opt
eye, vision/ optical
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homo
same/ homophonic
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tele
from afar, distant
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-al
pertaining to/ formal
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sym/syn
with together/ symbolism
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-osis
action, condition/symiosis
49
bio
life/biology
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somat
body/somatic
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dem
people/ Democrat
52
dia
through, across/ diameter
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anti
against/ anticipate
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-ism
state, condition/symbolism
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-oid
resemboling/android
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-er
someone who/ writer
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thanas
death/euthanasia
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taph
grave, tomb, burial/epitaph
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emph
both, two sides/amphibian
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caco
bad poor harsh/cacothanasis
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iso
equal/ isolated
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exo
outside/exoskeleton
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cycl
circle/ unicycle, cyclops
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xeno
foreign, strange/ xenophobia
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micro
small, short/ microscope
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arch
rule/ arches, archenemy
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ana
back without/analyze
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tri
three/tricycle
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gam
joined/polygamy
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pseudo
false fake
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icon
symbol/ bicon, ficon
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Acro
high/acrobatics
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entom
insects/ entomophobia
74
morph
form/ morphology
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pan
all/pangrams
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com
with together comfort
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agora
marketplace agoraphobia
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culp
blame culprit
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prot
first main protection
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fort
strong comfort
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agon
contest hexagon
82
para
beside/ paradox
83
anemo
wind/enemograph
84
esth
feeling/anesthesia
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-esia
action process/ anesthesia
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-ist
someone who/ anesthesiologist
87
Baro
pressure, weight/ barograph
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trop
turn, change/tropical
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anth
flowers/anthology
90
thes/thet
put of place/thesis
91
-um
belonging to/ jump
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Cephal
head brain/cephallitis
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Di-
two, double, twice/ dioxide
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Meta
change/ metaphor
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con
with together/ connect
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pre-
before/ prehistoric
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suc
bellow, under/succeed
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cinct
border
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-ion
action
100
-ure
state condition
101
Kin/cinemat
motion
102
ciner
ash
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combus
burn
104
-ary
belonging to
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colla
glue
106
In
into not
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Cryo
cold
108
cryst
crystal
109
Zygo
paired
110
dactyl
finger toe
111
ptero
feather, wing
112
echo
sound
113
locat
place
114
gram
writing record
115
pyro
fire, heat
116
paleo
old ancient
117
Eo
dawn, early
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Lith
stone rock
119
-us
thing which
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en-
in into
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dys
bad, painful, difficult
122
-ose
quality of
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Galc
Ice
124
-arium
place where
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Gloss
Language
126
Se-
apart aside
127
Greg
Flock, herd
128
-escence
growing
129
tum
swelling
130
caust
to burn
131
hol/holo
whole entire
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stata/stat
stop still standing
133
hypno
to sleep
134
Saur
lizard
135
Narco
numbness
136
Therap
treatment
137
-lite
stone
138
Ab
away from
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Lav
wash bathe
140
Pu/purg
clean
141
Anim
life spirit
142
magn
great large
143
-fy
to do to make
144
ev
time age
145
inter
between among
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Petr
rock
147
-eum
place, that witch
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eso
inward within
149
sarco
flesh
150
phys
narure
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crypt
hidden
152
-oma
tumor swelling
153
moll
soft
154
lept
seize
155
dont
teeth
156
ortho
straight
