suffixes and prefixes Flashcards

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biblio

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book

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di

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refers to two

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meter

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refers to term measurement, as in known words therometer and kilometer.

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mantic

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phropecy

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graph

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written down

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skept

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Involves doubt or inquiry, as in words like skeptical and skepticism.

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olig

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few

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caco

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Relates to bad or ill, evident in words like cacophony and cacography.

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ortho

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Relates to straight or correct, as in words like orthodontist and orthodox.

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batho

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Denotes depth or profundity, evident in words like bathometer and batholith.

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phobia

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relates to fear

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helio

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relates to sun

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therap

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Involves treatment or healing, as in words like therapist and chemotherapy. or cure

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phon

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relates to sound

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miso

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denotes hatred

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chrom

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Denotes color, as seen in words like chromatic and monochrome.

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iso

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Denotes equality or similarity, as seen in words like isosceles and isotope.

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geo

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Involves the earth or ground, as in words like geography and geology.

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latry

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Relates to worship or adoration, as in words like idolatry and latria.

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cycl

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Denotes circle or ring, as seen in words like bicycle and cyclone.

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dem

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arch

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govern, ruler

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macro

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Relates to large or long, evident in words like macroeconomics and macrocosm.

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log

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speak, word, speech

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anthrop
love of humanity
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anthrop
love of humanity
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gyn
Relates to women or female, evident in words like gynecology and androgynous.
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rhea
Refers to flow or discharge, as in words like diarrhea and rheology.
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erg
work
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archai
ancient
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eu
Signifies good or well, as in words like eulogy and euphoria.
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theo
Relates to gods
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gon
angles, race, kind
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mania
Denotes obsession or madness, as seen in words like kleptomania and megalomania.
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chron
Relates to time or sequence, evident in words like chronology and chronic.
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dyn
Involves power or force, as in words like dynamic and hydrodynamics.
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pan
Denotes all or every,
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haem, hem
Refers to blood, as seen in words like hematology and hemophilia.
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hemi
Denotes half or partial, as seen in words like hemisphere and hemiplegia.
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path
Involves feeling or emotion, evident in words like empathy and pathology.
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center
Refers to the middle or focal point, as in words like centerpiece and concentric.
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hetero
different
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phil
love
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gno, gnos
Relates to knowledge or knowing, as in words like diagnosis and agnostic.
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bi
two
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mono
Denotes singularity or one, evident in words like monochrome and monogamy.
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stat, stas
stand, stop
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tele
distance
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micro
Denotes smallness or minuteness, as seen in words like microscope and microbiology. or just tiny
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poly
several