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Undergraduate 1
12/14/2008

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Term
anthro
Definition

man.humankind

 

E: anthropology, misanthrope

Term
aud
Definition

hear

 

E: audience, auditorium

Term
auto
Definition

slef

 

E: autobiography, automatic

Term
bene
Definition

good,well

 

E: beneficial, benediction

Term
biblio
Definition

book

 

E: bibliography,bibliophile

Term
Bio
Definition

life

 

E: biology, biopsy

Term
cede,ceed
Definition

go,move

 

E: precede, proceed

Term
chron
Definition

time

 

E: chronic

Term
cide
Definition

kill

 

E: homicide

Term
clud,clus
Definition

close,shut

 

E: exclude

Term
corp,corpus
Definition

body

 

E: corps

Term
dic,dict
Definition

say,speak

 

E: predict

Term
duc,duct
Definition

lead

 

E: produce

Term
cred
Definition

believe,belief

 

E: credit

Term
fac
Definition

make,do

 

E: manufacture

Term
fid,fide
Definition

faith

 

E: fidelity

Term
gam,gamy
Definition

marriage

 

E: bigamist

Term
gen
Definition

birth,race,origin

 

E: generation

Term
geo
Definition

earth

 

E: geology

Term
graph,gam
Definition

write

 

E: graphic

Term
gress
Definition

go,move

 

E: regress

Term
ject
Definition

throw,hurl

 

E:reject

Term
man,manu
Definition

hard

 

E:manual

Term
mater,matri
Definition

mother

 

E: maternal

Term
mem
Definition

memory

 

E: remember

Term
miss,mit
Definition

send,sent

 

E: mission

Term
meter
Definition

measure

 

E: thermometer

Term
mor,mort
Definition

death

 

E: morgue

Term
mot,mob
Definition

move, go

 

E: motion

Term
nov
Definition

new

 

E: novelty

Term
nym,nom
Definition

name

 

E: synonym

Term
pater,patri
Definition

father

 

E: paternal, patriotic

Term
pel
Definition

push,drive,thrust

 

E: repel

Term
pend
Definition

hang

 

E: dependent 

Term
phil,phile
Definition

love

 

E: philosophy

Term
Phobia
Definition

fear

 

E: phobic

Term
phon
Definition

sound

 

E: telephone

Term
photo
Definition

light

 

E: photograph

Term
pod,pedi
Definition

foot

 

E: podiatrist

Term
port
Definition

carry

 

E: portable

Term
pos
Definition

put, place

 

E: pose

Term
psych,psycho
Definition

mind

 

E: psychic

Term
rupt
Definition

break,burst

 

E: rupture

Term
scribe,script
Definition

wirte

 

E: inscribe

Term
sol
Definition

one,alone,only

 

E: solo

Term
spec
Definition

see,look

 

E: spectacle

Term
ten
Definition

grasp, hold, stretch

 

E: attention 

Term
therm
Definition

heat

 

E: thermometer

Term
tempor
Definition

time, occasion

 

E: temporary

Term
tort
Definition

twist,bend

 

E: tortuous

Term
tract
Definition

drag,pull

 

E: tractor

Term
ven,vene
Definition

come

 

E: convention

Term
vers,vert
Definition

turn

 

E: reverse

Term
vid,vis
Definition

see

 

E: videos

Term
viv, vive
Definition

live,living

 

E; vivd

Term
voc
Definition

voice,call,say

 

E: vocal

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