Root Words Flashcards
(367 cards)
1
Q
a/n
A
not, without
2
Q
a
A
on
3
Q
a, ab/s
A
from, away, off
4
Q
a/c/d
A
to, toward, near
5
Q
acro
A
top, height, tip, beginning
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Q
act
A
do
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Q
aer/o
A
air
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Q
agr/i/o
A
farming
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Q
alg/o
A
pain
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Q
ambi, amphi
A
both, on both sides, around
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Q
ambul
A
walk, move
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Q
ami/o
A
love
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Q
ana
A
up, back, against,
again, throughout
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Q
andr/o
A
man, male
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Q
anim
A
life, spirit
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Q
ann/enn
A
year
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Q
ante
A
before, in front
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Q
anth/o
A
flower
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Q
anthrop/o
A
human
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Q
anti
A
against, opposite of
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Q
apo, apho
A
away, off, separate
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Q
aqu/a
A
water
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Q
arbor
A
tree
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Q
arch/i
A
chief, most important, rule
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arch/a/i
primitive, ancient
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arthr/o
joint
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art
skill
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astro,
| aster
star, stars, outer space
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aud/i/io
hear
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auto
self, same, one
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avi/a
bird
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bar/o
pressure, weight
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bell/i
war
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bene
good, well
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bi/n
two, twice, once in every two
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bibli/o
book
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bio
life, living matter
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blast/o
cell, primitive, immature cell
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burs
pouch, purse
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calc
stone
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cand
glowing, iridescent
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capt, cept, ceive
take, hold
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cardi/o
heart
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carn/i
flesh, meat
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cata
down, against
completely, intensive,
according to
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caust,
| caut
to burn
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cede,
ceed,
cess
go, yield
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celer
fast
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cent/i
hundred, hundredth
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centr/o/i
center
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cephal/o
head
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cerebr/o
brain
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cert
sure
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chrom/o chromat/o, chros
color, pigment
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chron/o
time
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chrys/o
gold, yellow
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cide, cise
cut, kill
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circum,
| circle
around, about
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claim, clam
shout, speak out
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clar
clear
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clud, clus
close
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cline
lean
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co
with, together, joint
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col
together, jointly
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com
together, common
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cogn/i
know
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con
with, jointly
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contra/o
against, opposite
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corp/o
body
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cosm/o
universe
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counter
opposite, contrary, opposing
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cranio
skull
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cred
believe
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cruc
cross
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crypto
hidden, secret
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cumul
mass, heap
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curr, curs
run
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cycl
circle, ring
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de
reduce, away, down, remove
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dec/a,
| deka
ten
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deci
one tenth
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dem/o
people
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demi
half, less than
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dendr/o/i
tree
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dent, dont
tooth
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derm/a
skin
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di/plo
two, twice
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di/s
apart, away,
| not, to the opposite
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dia
through, between,
| apart, across
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dict
speak
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domin
master
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don/at
give
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duc/t
lead
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du/o
two, twice
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dur
harden, to last, lasting
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dyn/a/am
power, energy, strength
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dys
abnormal, bad
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e-
out, away
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ego
self
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em, en
into, cover with, cause
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endo
within, inside
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enn/i, anni
years
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en, in
inside, inwards
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ep/i
on, upon, over,
among, at, after,
to, outside
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equ/i
equal, equally
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erg/o
work
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esth/aesth
feeling, sensation, beauty
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ethno
race, people
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eu
good, well
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ex
from, out,
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extra, extro
outside, beyond
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fac/t
make, do
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fer
bear, bring, carry
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fid
faith
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flect
bend
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flor/a,
| fleur
flower
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for
completely (used to intensify
| the meaning of a word)
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fore
in front of, previous, earlier
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form
shape
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fract, frag
break
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fug
flee, run away, escape
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funct
perform, work
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fus
pour
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gastr/o
stomach
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gen/o/e/
| genesis
birth, production,
| formation, kind
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geo
earth, soil, global
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ger
old age
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giga
a billion
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gon
angle
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gram
letter, written
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gran
grain
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graph/y
writing, recording, written
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grat
pleasing
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gyn/o/e
woman, female
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gress, grad/e/i
to step, to go
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hect/o, hecat
hundred
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helic/o
spiral, circular
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heli/o
sun
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hemi
half, partial
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hem/o/a
blood
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hepa
liver
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hept/a
seven
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herbi
grass, plant
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hetero
different, other
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hex/a
six
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histo
tissue
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homo,
| homeo
like, alike, same
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hydr/o
liquid, water
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hygr/o
moisture, humidity
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hyper
too much, over,
| excessive, beyond
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hyp/o
under
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iatr/o
medical care
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icon/o
image
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idio
peculiar, personal, distinct
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il, in
in, into
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ig, il, im,
| in, ir
not, without
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imag
likeness
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infra
beneath, below
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inter
between, among, jointly
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intra,
| intro
within, inside
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ir
not
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iso
equal
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ject
throw
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jud
law
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junct
join
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juven
young
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kilo
thousand
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kine/t
| /mat
motion, division
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lab
work
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lact/o
milk
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later
side
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leuk/o,
| leuc/o
white, colorless
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lex
word, law, reading
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liber
free
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lingu
language, tongue
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lip/o
fat
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lite, ite,
| lith/o
mineral, rock, fossil
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loc
place
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log/o
word, doctrine, discourse
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loqu, locu
speak
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luc
light
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lud, lus
to play
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lumin
light
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lun/a/i
moon
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macro
large, great
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magn/a/i
great, large
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mal/e
bad, ill, wrong
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man/i/u
hand
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mand
to order
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mania
madness, insanity,
| excessive desire
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mar/i
sea
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mater,
| matr/i
mother
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max
greatest
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medi
middle
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mega
great, large, million
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melan/o
black
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memor/i
remember
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merge,
| mers
dip, dive
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meso
middle
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meta
change, after, beyond, between
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meter,
| metr/y
measure
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micro
very small, short, minute
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mid
middle
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migr
move
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milli
onethousandth
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min/i
small, less
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mis/o
bad, badly, wrong, wrongly,
| to hate
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miss, mit
send, let go
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mob
move
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mon/o
one, single, alone
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mot, mov
move
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morph/o
form
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mort
death
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multi
many, more than one or two
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mut
change
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my/o
muscle
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narr
tell
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nat
born
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nav
ship
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necr/o
dead, death
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neg
no
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neo
new, recent
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nephr/o
kidney
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neur/o
nerve
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nom/in
name
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non
no, not, without
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not
mark
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noun,
| nunc
declare
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nov
new
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numer
number
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ob, op
in the way, against
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oct/a/o
eight
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ocu
eye
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od
path, way
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omni
all
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op/t/s
eye, visual condition, sight
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opt
best
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ortho
straight
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osteo
bone
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out
goes beyond,
| surpasses, exceeds
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over
excessive
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oxy
sharp
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pale/o
ancient
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pan
all, any, everyone
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para
beside, beyond, abnormal,
| assistant
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para
protection from
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pater,
| patr/i
father
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path
feeling, emotion
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ped/i/e
foot, feet
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pel
drive, force
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pent/a
five
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pept,
| peps
digestion
253
per
through, throughout
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peri
around, enclosing
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phag/e
to eat
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phil/o
love, friend
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phon/o
| /e/y
sound
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phot/o
light
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phyll/o
leaf
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phys
nature, medicine, the body
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phyt/o/e
plant, to grow
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plas/t/m
to form, development,
| forming cells
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plaud, plod, plaus, plos
approve, clap
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pneum/o
breathing, lung, air, spirit
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pod/e
foot
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poli
city
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poly
many, more than one
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pon
place, put
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pop
people
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port
carry
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pos
place, put
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post
after, behind
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pre
earlier, before, in front of
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pro
before, in front of,
| for, forward
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prot/o
primitive, first, chief
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pseud/o
wrong,false
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psych/o
mind, mental
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pugn/a,
| pung
to fight
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pul
urge
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purg
clean
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put
think
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pyr/o
fire, heat
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quad/r/ri
four
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quart
fourth
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quin/t
five, fifth
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radic,
| radix
root
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radio
radiation, ray
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ram/i
branch
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re
again, back, backward
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reg
guide, rule
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retro
backward, back
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rhin/o
nose
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rhod/o
red
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rid
laugh
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rrh/ea
| /oea/ag
flow, discharge
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rub
red
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rupt
break, burst
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san
health
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scend
climb, go
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sci
know
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scler/o
hard
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scop/e/y
see, examine, observe
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scrib,
| script
write, written
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se
apart
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sect
cut
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sed, sid, sess
sit
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self
of, for, or by itself
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semi
half, partial
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sept/i
seven
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serv
save, keep
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sex
six
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sol
alone
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sol
sun
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somn/I
sleep
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son
sound
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soph
wise
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spec/t,
| spic
see, look
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sphere
ball
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spir
breathe
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sta
stand
321
stell
star
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struct
build
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sub
under, lower than,
| inferior to
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sum
highest
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super
higher in quality
| or quantity
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sy/m
| /n/l/s
together, with, same
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tact, tang
touch
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tax/o
arrangement
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techno
technique, skill
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tel/e/o
far, distant, complete
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temp/or
time
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ten, tin, tent
hold
333
ter, trit
rub
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term/ina
end, limit
335
terr/a/i
land, earth
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tetra
four
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the
put
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the/o
god
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therm/o
heat
340
tort
twist
341
tox
poison
342
tract
pull, drag
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trans
across,beyond, through
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tri
three, once in every three,
| third
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ultra
beyond, extreme, more than
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un
not,opposite of, lacking
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uni
one, single
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urb
city
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vac
empty
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ven/t
come
351
ver/I
truth
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verb
word
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vers,
| vert
turn
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vice
acting in place of,
| next in rank
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vid
see
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vince,
| vic
conquer
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vis, vid
see
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viv/i
| vit
live, life
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voc/i
voice, call
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vol/i/u
wish, will
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vor,
| vour
eat
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xanth
yellow
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xen/o
foreign
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xer/o/I
dry
365
xyl
wood
366
zo/o
animal life
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zyg/o
pair
