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Cards Term acr (acrid, acrimony) Definition "sharp, sour" (bitter smelling; bitterness towards someone) Term acer (acerbic) Definition "sharp, sour" (sour mood) Term acet (acetone) Definition vinegar Term acou (acoustic) Definition hear Term acro (acrobat) Definition height Term adelph (Philadelphia) Definition brother (city of brotherly love) Term aer (aerate) Definition air (supply something with air) Term aero (aerobic) Definition air (Pertaining to the use of air by a living creature to breathe) Term agog (pedagogy) Definition lead (The art of teaching children) Term ailuro (ailurophilia) Definition cat (Love of cats) Term alg (analgesic) Definition pain (A drug that reduces or eliminates pain) Term alges (analgesic) Definition pain (A drug that reduces or eliminates pain) Term ali (alimony) Definition food Term alt (alto) Definition height (A high singing voice for a man) Term alti (altimeter) Definition height (An instrument for measuring the altitude of something, for example an airplane) Term alto (altostratus) Definition height (A moderately high cloud layer) Term ambl (amble) Definition walk Term ambul (ambulance) Definition walk (walking hospital) Term andr (philanderer) Definition man (A man who has many love affairs) Term andro (androgynous) Definition man (Having both male and female physical characteristics) Term Angl (Anglican) Definition England (Pertaining to England. Pertaining to the Anglican Church) Term Anglo (Anglo-American) Definition England (resident of the United States with an English background) Term angl (angle) Definition angle Term angul (angular) Definition angle (pertaining to angles) Term anim (animal) Definition living (living thing) Term annu (annual) Definition year Term ann (anniversary) Definition year Term enn (bicentennial) Definition year (200 yrs) Term anthrop (anthropology) Definition mankind (The scientific study of the origins and development of mankind) Term aqua (aquarium) Definition water Term aque (aqueduct) Definition water (A pipe or channel made to carry water over a distance) Term aqui (aquifer) Definition water (layer of earth, some porous material such as rock, gravel, or sand, that carries water) Term arch (patriarch) Definition "ruler, chief" (man who is the ruler of a family, tribe, or other social group) Term aster (asteroid) Definition star (An object orbiting the sun, smaller than a planet) Term astr (astronaut) Definition star Term astro (astronomy) Definition star Term athl (decathlon) Definition sport Term athlet (athlete) Definition sport Term atmo (atmosphere) Definition air Term aud (audio) Definition hear Term aur (aural) Definition ear (Pertaining to the sense of hearing) Term aure (aureate) Definition gold (Having a golden color. Speaking or writing in a flowery or embellished style) Term aur (auriferous) Definition gold (Containing gold. Gold bearing) Term bar (baritone) Definition "weight, heavy" Term baro (barometer) Definition "weight, heavy" (An instrument that measures the air pressure of the atmosphere) Term bas (basement) Definition low Term bass (bass) Definition low (low singing voice for a man) Term batho (batholith) Definition deep (Igneous rock that has formed far below the surface of the Earth) Term bathy (bathysphere) Definition deep (A spherical chamber for deep sea diving) Term bell (belle) Definition beautiful (An attractive girl or woman) Term bell (rebellion) Definition war Term bene (beneficial) Definition good Term bibl (Bible) Definition book Term biblio (bibliophile) Definition book (book lover) Term bio (biology) Definition life (scientific study of life) Term botan (botany) Definition plants Term bov (bovine) Definition "ox, cow" Term brom Definition bromine Term bromo Definition bromine Term brom (bromine) Definition stink (corrosive reddish-brown liquid with an irritating odor) Term camer (camera) Definition chamber Term can (canine) Definition dog Term cap (capable) Definition hold (Competent. Skillful) Term capac (capacity) Definition hold ( ability to hold something. The amount of holding room in something) Term capit (capital) Definition head Term capt (captain) Definition head Term capt (captive) Definition take Term carb (carbide) Definition carbon (Any chemical compound consisting of molecules with a more chemically positive element together with carbon) Term carbo (carbohydrate) Definition carbon Term carb (carbon) Definition charcoal (A black substance that combines easily with other elements.) Term carcin (carcinogen) Definition cancer Term cardi (cardiac) Definition heart Term cardio (cardiovascular) Definition heart Term carn (carnivore) Definition "flesh, meat" (An animal or plant that eats flesh) Term caut (cautery) Definition burn (An agent or instrument used to destroy abnormal tissue by burning, searing, or scarring) Term caust (caustic, holocaust) Definition burn Term ced (ancestor) Definition going (Someone or something from which another is a descendant) Term ceed (exceed) Definition going (extend beyond or outside of) Term cess (process) Definition going (going forward) Term cep (biceps) Definition head (muscle at the front of a person's upper arm) Term ceiv (conceive) Definition take Term cep (concept) Definition take ( idea in one's mind) Term cept (intercept) Definition take (To stop something or to take something that is being passed or transmitted between two people or places) Term charis (charisma) Definition grace (power or charm of obtaining the devotion or loyalty of others) Term chem (chemurgy) Definition chemical (technology of obtaining useful chemicals from farm products and other organic raw materials) Term chemi Definition chemical Term chemo (chemotherapy) Definition chemical Term chem (alchemy) Definition transmutation (ancient and medieval investigation to find a way to transmute common substances into valuable ones) Term chlor (chloride) Definition chlorine Term chloro (chloroform) Definition chlorine Term chlor (as in a color) Definition greenish yellow Term chloro (as in a color) Definition greenish yellow Term chrom (chromatic) Definition color (Pertaining to color) Term chromo (chromosphere) Definition color (The lower transparent region of gas surrounding the sun) Term chromat (chromatic) Definition color (Pertaining to color) Term chromato Definition color Term chron (chronicle) Definition time Term chrono (chronological) Definition time Term cad (decadent) Definition fall (Marked by or providing unrestrained gratification; self-indulgent) Term cid (deciduous) Definition fall (Shedding or falling off each season) Term cid (suicide) Definition kill (The taking of one's own life) Term cid (decide) Definition cut Term cis (incisor) Definition cut (A tooth in the front of the mouth that is used for cutting) Term circ (circa) Definition circle (at, in, or of approximately -- used especially with dates ) Term circl (circle) Definition circle Term circul (circulate) Definition circle Term cirr (cirrus) Definition filament (A slender appendage of an animal or a plant. A wispy white cloud at a high altitude) Term cirro (cirrostratus) Definition filament (A thin hazy cloud layer at a high altitude) Term claim (proclaim) Definition call out (To state something publicly) Term clam (proclamation) Definition call out Term clar (declare) Definition clear (To state something clearly) Term clud (exclude) Definition shut Term clus (inclusion) Definition shut Term clos (enclose) Definition shut Term cogni (recognize) Definition know Term commun (communal) Definition common (Belonging in common to everyone in some community) Term con (conical) Definition cone (Having the shape of a cone) Term coni (coniferous) Definition cone (Bearing cones, as the evergreen trees do) Term corp (corporation) Definition body Term corps (corpse) Definition body Term cosm (cosmic) Definition "world, universe" Term cosmo (cosmopolitan) Definition "world, universe" Term crat (autocrat) Definition ruler (A ruler with total power) Term cred (credential) Definition believe Term cumul (accumulate) Definition heap Term cumulo (cumulonimbus) Definition heap (A storm cloud that billows upwards to great heights) Term cup (occupation) Definition take Term cur (current) Definition run (flow of electricity) Term cut (cuticle) Definition skin Term cycl (bicycle) Definition circle Term cyclo (cyclone) Definition circle Term cyto (cytoplasm) Definition cell Term cyte (hemocyte) Definition cell (blood cell) Term dem (demagogue) Definition people (A leader who uses passionate and emotional speeches to obtain power through public support) Term demo (democracy) Definition people Term dendr (dendrogram) Definition tree Term dent (dentist) Definition tooth Term derm (dermis) Definition skin (The inner layer of skin, the part that contains blood vessels and nerves) Term derma (dermal) Definition skin Term dermat (dermatologist) Definition skin Term dic (syndicate) Definition judge (An organization or an association) Term dict (dictate) Definition say Term dom (domicile) Definition house Term drom (syndrome) Definition run (A group of symptoms that characterize a disease or other condition) Term duc (reproduce) Definition lead Term duct (deduct) Definition lead (To subtract some amount) Term dur (durable) Definition "hard, last" Term dyn (dynasty) Definition power Term dynam (dynamite) Definition power Term eco (economy) Definition household Term electr (electrical) Definition electric Term electro (electron) Definition electric Term entom (entomologist) Definition insect Term entomo (entomology) Definition insect Term enter (dysentery) Definition intestine Term entero (enteritis) Definition intestine Term equ (equine) Definition horse Term eques (equestrian) Definition horse Term erg (energy) Definition work Term ergo (ergonomics) Definition work (an applied science concerned with designing and arranging things people use so that the people and things interact most efficiently and safely ) Term esse (essence, essential) Definition to be Term aesthet (aesthetic) Definition feeling (Pleasing to the senses) Term esthes (anesthesia) Definition feeling Term esthesi (anesthesia) Definition feeling Term esthet (anesthetist) Definition feeling Term estr (estrus) Definition ovulation (In nonhuman mammals, a period of ovulation and sexual receptiveness by the female) Term estro (estrogen) Definition ovulation Term fac (facility) Definition "ease, ability" Term fac (facial) Definition face Term fic (superficial) Definition face (Affecting only the surface of something. Shallow. Insignificant) Term fac (facility) Definition make (Ease in doing something) Term fact (factual) Definition make Term fic (artificial) Definition make Term fict (fiction) Definition make Term fasc (fascist) Definition "bundle, group" (A follower of fascism. Anyone who believes in brutal, dictatorial, governmental control) Term fect (effect) Definition "do, done" Term fel (feline) Definition cat Term fer (fertile) Definition "bear, carry" Term ferr (ferrite) Definition iron (A highly magnetic combination of iron oxide and other metals that also has a high electrical resistance. It has been used in radio tuners and in computer memories ) Term ferro (ferrous) Definition iron (Containing iron. Characterized by iron) Term fess (profess) Definition declare (To openly declare something) Term fid (confide) Definition trust Term fiss (fissure) Definition split (A long, narrow crack) Term fix (fixate) Definition attach Term flex (flexible) Definition bend Term flor (floral) Definition flower Term flour (flourish) Definition flower (To grow well. To blossom) Term flu (fluent) Definition flow Term fluor Definition fluorine Term fluoro Definition fluorine Term foil Definition leaf Term foli Definition leaf Term fore Definition first Term fort Definition strong Term Franco Definition France Term frater Definition brother Term fratr Definition brother Term furc Definition fork Term fus Definition "pour, melt" Term gam Definition marriage Term gastr Definition stomach Term gastro Definition stomach Term gen Definition "kind, class" Term gene Definition "kind, class" Term gen Definition "produce, create" Term gene Definition "produce, create" Term ge Definition earth Term geo Definition earth Term ger Definition old age Term geront Definition old age Term gest Definition carry Term gnos Definition knowledge Term gon Definition angle Term grad Definition "step, go" Term gred Definition "step, go" Term gress Definition "step, go" Term gram Definition something written Term graph Definition write Term greg Definition group Term gyn Definition woman Term hab Definition live Term halo Definition salt Term hedr Definition surface Term helio Definition sun Term Hellen Definition Greece