Unit 8 Flashcards
loc, loco
Definition: place
Examples: locality, allocate, locomotion
log, logo, ology
Definition: word, study, speech
Examples: catalog, prologue, dialogue, logogram (symbol
representing a word), zoology
loqu, locut
Definition: talk, speak
Examples: eloquent, loquacious, colloquial, circumlocution
luc, lum, lus, lun
Definition: light
Examples: translucent, luminary, luster, luna (moon
goddess)
macr-, macer
Definition: lean
Examples: emaciated, meager
magn
Definition: great
Examples: magnify, magnificent, magnanimous, magnate,
magnitude, magnum
man
Definition: hand
Examples: manual, manage, manufacture, manacle,
manicure, manifest, maneuver, emancipate
mand
Definition: command
Examples: mandatory, remand, mandate
mania
Definition: madness
Examples: mania, maniac, kleptomania, pyromania
mar, mari, mer
Definition: sea, pool
Examples:marine, marsh, maritime, mermaid
matri
Definition: mother
Examples: matrimony, maternal, matriarchate, matron
medi
Definition: half, middle, between,
halfway
Examples: mediate, medieval, Mediterranean, mediocre,
medium
mega
Definition: great
Examples: megaphone, megalopolis, megacycle (a million
cycles), megaton
mem
Definition: remember
Examples: memo, commemoration, memento, memoir,
memorable
meter
Definition: measure
Examples: meter, voltammeter, barometer, thermometer
