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Vocabulary-Roots, Prefixes, And Suffixes Flashcards

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Latin Root capit means?

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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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The Greek root path can mean? (two answers)

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Feeling or disease

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The Latin root man means?

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Hand

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The prefix circum means?

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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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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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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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What is a capital?

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Head city of the state

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What is a captain?
The head of something like a ship
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What does it mean to decapitate?
To cut off the head
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What is mediocre?
Of doing work in the middle between excellent and poor
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What is a mediator?
One who is in the middle of a conflict who helps solve it
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What does the word geocentric mean?
Earth centered
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What does the word egocentric mean?
I-centered
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What does the word heliocentric mean?
Sun-centered
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What does adhere mean?
Stick to
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What does adapt mean?
Make suitable towards
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What does adopt mean?
To make a choice towards
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What does abnormal mean?
Away from being normal
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What does absolutely mean?
Loosened away from any doubt
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What does absorbed mean?
To suck away
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What does hyper active mean?
Overly active
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What does hyperbole mean?
Overly praising or describing something
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What does hyperthermia mean?
Condition of having a body temperature that is over the normal
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What does hyperventilate mean?
To breathe over the normal rate
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What does hypodermic mean?
Pertaining to under the skin
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What does hypothermia mean?
Condition of having a low body temperature
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What does hypoventilation mean?
A breathing rate under the normal
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What does location mean?
A place
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What does locomotive mean?
A train that moves goods from place to place
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What does Lieutenant mean?
Officer who holds the place of the superior officer
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What does in Lieu of mean?
In place of
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What does sympathy mean?
A feeling of suffering together with another
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What does synchronize mean?
To act together in time
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What does synonym mean?
A word that can be placed together with another to closeness in meaning
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What does synthesis mean?
A placing together of separate elements into a unified whole
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What is an example of the suffix hood
Childhood brotherhood neighborhood
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What is an example of the suffix ment
Basement experiment
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What is an example of the suffix ist
Pianist scientist
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What is an example of the suffix ian
Pediatrician magician
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What does pathology mean?
The study of disease
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What does psychopath mean?
Disease of the mind
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What does Socio path mean?
People or society disease
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What is a pathogen?
A disease
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How does the sympathetic person feel?
With feeling towards another
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How does an empathetic person feel?
In the same feeling with another
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How does an apathetic person feel?
No feelings
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What does manipulate mean?
To operate by hand
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What does maneuver mean?
A working by hand
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What is a manacle?
A restraint that binds the hands
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What does emancipation mean?
Setting free of the hands
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What does circumstances mean?
Those events which are around you
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What does circumvent mean?
Go or come around
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What does circulate mean?
To move around in the loop or ring
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What is anonymous?
Adjective of someone without a name
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What is a pseudonym?
A false name
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What is an eponym?
A name put upon a place
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What is an atheist?
Not believing in a higher power
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What are some examples of the suffix ism?
Vandalism theism terrorism
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What are some examples of the suffix ance is ence?
Significance radiance evidence
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What are some of the examples of the suffix tude?
Aptitude gratitude attitude
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Latin Root am means?
Love

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