Week One Flashcards
ag, agi, ig, act
Meaning: do, move, go
Examples: agent, agenda, agitate, navigate, ambiguous, action
ali, allo, alter
Meaning: other
Examples: alias, alibi, alien, alloy, alter, alter ego, altruism
a/n
Meanings: not, without
Origin: Greek
Examples: abyss - without bottom; achromatic - without color; anhydrous - without water
a
Meaning: On
Origin: Latin
Examples: afire - on fire; ashore - on the shore; aside - on the side
a, ab/s
Meanings: from, away, off
Origin: Latin
Examples: abduct - carry away by force; abnormal - away from normal, not normal; absent - away, not present; aversion - the act of turning away from; abbreviate: to shorten.
a/c/d
Meaning: to, toward, near
Origin: Latin
Examples: accelerate - to increase the speed of; accessible - easily entered, approached, or obtained; admittance - allowing into;
acro
Meanings: top, height, tip, beginning
Origin: Greek
Examples: acrobat - a “high walker”; acronym - a word formed from the first (capital) letters of a word; acrophobia - fear of height
act
Meaning: do
Origin: Latin
Examples: activity - something that a person does; react - to do something in response; interaction - communication between two or more things
aer/o
Meaning: air
Origin: Greek
Examples: aerate - to let air reach something; aerial - relating to the air; aerospace - the air space
agr/i/o
Meaning: farming
Origin: Latin/Greek
Examples: agriculture - management of the land, agribusiness - making money by utilizing land; agrarian - relating to the management of land
ambi, amphi
Meaning: both, on both sides, around
Origin: Latin
Examples: ambidextrous - able to use both hands equally; ambiguous - having more than one meaning; ambivalence - conflicting or opposite feelings toward a person or thing
alg/o
Meaning: Pain
Origin: Latin
Examples: neuralgia - pain caused by a nerve; analgesic - a drug that makes one pain free; nostalgia - aching for the familiar
ambul
Meaning: walk, move
Origin: Latin
Examples: amble - to walk in a slow, relaxed way; ambulant - walking or moving around; ambulance - a vehicle that moves a patient
ami/o
Meaning: love
Origin: latin
Examples: amiable - friendly, pleasant, lovable; amity - friendly and peaceful relations; amorous - showing romantic love
ana
Meanings: up, back, against,
again, throughout
Origin: Greek
Examples: analysis - a close examination of something; anatomy - the structure of something as visible when cut up for analysis; anachronism - not being in the right place in time
andr/o
Meanings: male/man
Origin: Greek
Examples: androgynous - being both male and female; android - resembling a human; misandry - hatred towards men
anim
Meanings: life, spirit
Origin: Latin
Examples: animal - a living organism; animate - to make alive; equanimity - of balanced spirit
ann/enn
Meaning: year
Origin: Latin
Examples: anniversary - a date observed once a year; annual - happening once a year; millennium - 1,000 years
ante
Meanings: before, in front
Origin: Latin
Examples: antecede - to come before something in time; antemeridian - before noon; anteroom- a small room before the main room
anth/o
Meanings: flower
Origin: Greek
Examples: chrysanthemum and amaranth - names of flowers; anthology - a collection of treasured writings; anthozoan - half plant, half animal, like anemones and corals.
anthrop/o
Meanings: human
Origin: Greek
Examples: anthropology - the study of mankind; anthropomorphism - giving human form to non-human things; philanthropy - the love to mankind (expressed through good deeds)
anti
Meanings: against, opposite of
Origin: Greek
Examples: antibody - a substance that destroys micro-organisms; antiseptic - preventing infection; antisocial - opposing social norm
apo, apho
Meanings: away, off, separate
Origin: Greek
Examples: aphorism - a short expression of a general truth; apology - an explicit expression of regret, apostrophe - a small dash used in place of an omitted letter
aqu/a
Meanings: water
Origin: Latin
Examples: aquarium - a water container for fish; aquatic- relating to water; aqueduct - a pipeline for water
arbor
Meanings: tree
Origin: Latin
Examples: arborist - someone working with trees; arbor - a shady area formed by trees; arborous - having many trees
arch/i
Meanings: chief, most important, rule
Origin: Greek
Examples: archbishop - the highest ranking bishop; archenemy - chief or worst enemy; matriarch - a female who rules a group; monarch - a king or queen
arch/a/i
Meanings: primitive, ancient
Origin: Greek
Examples: archaeology - the study of ancient cultures; archaic - belonging to an earlier period; archive - a collection of historical materials
arthr/o
Meanings: joint
Origin: Greek/Latin
Examples: arthroscope - a tool to see inside a joint; arthritis - inflammation of a joint; arthropod - invertebrates with jointed legs, like spiders, crustaceans, insects
art
Meanings: skill
Origin: Latin
Examples: artifact - object made by a person’s skill; artisan - a person skilled in a craft; artist - a person who creates skillfully
astro,
aster
Meanings: star, stars, outer space
Origin: Latin
Examples: astronaut - a person traveling to the stars; astronomer - someone who studies the stars; asterisk - a star-shaped sign used as a reference tool
aud/i/io
Meanings: hear
Origin: Latin
Examples: audible - loud enough to be heard; audience - people who listen to a program; audiovisual - relating to sound and vision
auto
Meanings: self, same, one
Origin: Greek
Examples: autocrat - a person who governs with absolute power; autograph - a person’s own signature; automatic - moving by itself
avi/a
Meanings: bird
Origin: Latin
Examples: aviary - a large enclosure for birds; aviatrix - a female airplane pilot; aviation - the art of designing or operating aircraft
bar/o
Meanings: pressure, weight
Origin: Greek
Examples: autocrat - a person who governs with absolute power; autograph - a person’s own signature; automatic - moving by itself
bell/i
Meanings: war
Origin: Latin
Examples: bellicose - warlike; belligerent - hostile, ready to fight; rebel - person who opposes and fights
bene
Meanings: good, well
Origin: Latin
Examples: bellicose - warlike; belligerent - hostile, ready to fight; rebel - person who opposes and fights
bi/n
Meanings: two, twice, once in every two
Origin: Latin
Examples: biannual - happening twice a year; binoculars - optical device with two lenses; bilateral - of or involving two sides
bibli/o
Meanings: book
Origin: Greek
Examples: bibliography - a list of books used as sources; bibliomania - an extreme love of books; bibliophile - a person who loves books
bio
Meanings: life, living matter
Origin: Greek
Examples: biography- a life story written by another person; biology - the science of life; biosphere - Earth’s surface inhabited by living things
blast/o
Meanings: cell, primitive, immature cell
Origin: Greek
Examples: blastula - an early stage of embryonic development; fibroblast - a cell that forms connective tissue; blastoderm - the layer surrounding the inside of an egg
burs
Meanings: pouch, purse
Origin: Latin
Examples: bursar- an administrative officer in charge of funds; bursary- the treasury of a college or monastery; disburse- to expend especially from a public fund
calc
Meanings: stone
Origin: Latin
Examples: calcite; calcium- the flame of acetylene gas generated by reaction of calcium carbide with water; calcification- impregnation with calcareous matter
cand
Meanings: glowing, iridescent
Origin: Latin
Examples: candid- free from bias, prejudice, or malice; candle- something that gives light; incandescent- white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat
capt, cept, ceive
Meanings: take, hold
Origin: Latin
Examples: intercept - to stop or interrupt;
perceive - to take notice of something; captivating - taking hold of
cardi/o
Meanings: heart
Origin: Greek
Examples: cardiac - relating to the heart; cardiogenic - resulting from heart disease; cardiologist - a heart doctor
carn/i
Meanings: flesh, meat
Origin: Latin
Examples: carnivorous - flesh-eating; carnal - pertaining to the body or flesh; incarnate - given bodily form
cata
Meanings: down, against completely, intensive, according to Origin: Greek Examples: cataclysm - a flood or other disaster, catalog - a complete listing; catastrophe - turning for the worst, a substantial disaster
caust,
caut
Meanings: to burn
Origin: Latin/Greek
Examples: cauterize - to burn with a hot instrument; caustic - capable of burning or eating away; holocaust - total devastation, especially by fire
cede,
ceed,
cess
Meanings: go, yield
Origin: Latin
Examples: exceed - to go beyond the limits; recede - to go back; accessible - easily entered, approached, or obtained;
celer
Meanings: fast
Origin: Latin
Examples: accelerate - to increase the speed of; decelerate - to reduce the speed of
