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Vocabulary-Roots, Prefixes, And Suffixes Flashcards

1
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Latin Root capit means?

A

Head

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Latin Root medi means?

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Middle

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Latin root centr means?

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Center

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English prefix ad means?

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Toward

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English prefix ab means?

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Away

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The prefix hyper means?

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Over

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The prefix hypo means?

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Under

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The Latin root loc means?

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Place

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The Latin root loc is also written as?

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Lieu

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The English prefixes syn and sym both mean?

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With/together

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The suffix hood’s function is?

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To create abstract nouns

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The suffix ment’ function is?

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To create nouns showing the condition or result of something

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The suffixes ist and ian’s functions are to?

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Create nouns that name a person

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14
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The Greek root path can mean? (two answers)

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Feeling or disease

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15
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The Latin root man means?

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Hand

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The prefix circum means?

A

Around

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The Greek root onym means?

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Name

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The prefixes an and a mean?

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Not/without

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The suffix ism ‘s function is?

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To create action nouns from verbs which indicate an action process or result

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The suffix ance ‘s function is?

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To create nouns from adjectives or verbs which indicate an action state or condition

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The suffix tude ‘s function is?

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To create an abstract noun that indicates a state or condition from an adjective or participle

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22
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What is an amenity?

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Something people love to have that make up place comfortable to live in

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23
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What is an amateur?

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One who loves to do something but is not a professional at it

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24
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What is a capital?

A

Head city of the state

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25
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What is a captain?

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The head of something like a ship

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26
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What does it mean to decapitate?

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To cut off the head

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27
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What is mediocre?

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Of doing work in the middle between excellent and poor

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What is a mediator?

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One who is in the middle of a conflict who helps solve it

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29
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What does the word geocentric mean?

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Earth centered

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30
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What does the word egocentric mean?

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I-centered

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31
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What does the word heliocentric mean?

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Sun-centered

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32
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What does adhere mean?

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Stick to

33
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What does adapt mean?

A

Make suitable towards

34
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What does adopt mean?

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To make a choice towards

35
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What does abnormal mean?

A

Away from being normal

36
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What does absolutely mean?

A

Loosened away from any doubt

37
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What does absorbed mean?

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To suck away

38
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What does hyper active mean?

A

Overly active

39
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What does hyperbole mean?

A

Overly praising or describing something

40
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What does hyperthermia mean?

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Condition of having a body temperature that is over the normal

41
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What does hyperventilate mean?

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To breathe over the normal rate

42
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What does hypodermic mean?

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Pertaining to under the skin

43
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What does hypothermia mean?

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Condition of having a low body temperature

44
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What does hypoventilation mean?

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A breathing rate under the normal

45
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What does location mean?

A

A place

46
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What does locomotive mean?

A

A train that moves goods from place to place

47
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What does Lieutenant mean?

A

Officer who holds the place of the superior officer

48
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What does in Lieu of mean?

A

In place of

49
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What does sympathy mean?

A

A feeling of suffering together with another

50
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What does synchronize mean?

A

To act together in time

51
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What does synonym mean?

A

A word that can be placed together with another to closeness in meaning

52
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What does synthesis mean?

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A placing together of separate elements into a unified whole

53
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What is an example of the suffix hood

A

Childhood brotherhood neighborhood

54
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What is an example of the suffix ment

A

Basement experiment

55
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What is an example of the suffix ist

A

Pianist scientist

56
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What is an example of the suffix ian

A

Pediatrician magician

57
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What does pathology mean?

A

The study of disease

58
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What does psychopath mean?

A

Disease of the mind

59
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What does Socio path mean?

A

People or society disease

60
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What is a pathogen?

A

A disease

61
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How does the sympathetic person feel?

A

With feeling towards another

62
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How does an empathetic person feel?

A

In the same feeling with another

63
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How does an apathetic person feel?

A

No feelings

64
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What does manipulate mean?

A

To operate by hand

65
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What does maneuver mean?

A

A working by hand

66
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What is a manacle?

A

A restraint that binds the hands

67
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What does emancipation mean?

A

Setting free of the hands

68
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What does circumstances mean?

A

Those events which are around you

69
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What does circumvent mean?

A

Go or come around

70
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What does circulate mean?

A

To move around in the loop or ring

71
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What is anonymous?

A

Adjective of someone without a name

72
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What is a pseudonym?

A

A false name

73
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What is an eponym?

A

A name put upon a place

74
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What is an atheist?

A

Not believing in a higher power

75
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What are some examples of the suffix ism?

A

Vandalism theism terrorism

76
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What are some examples of the suffix ance is ence?

A

Significance radiance evidence

77
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What are some of the examples of the suffix tude?

A

Aptitude gratitude attitude

78
Q

Latin Root am means?

A

Love

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