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10th Grade
01/10/2012

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Term
act
Definition
do


Example:
transact, activate
Term
aero
Definition
air


Example:
aerobics, aerospace
Term
ambu
Definition
walk


Example:
ambulate, ambulatory
Term
anthrop
Definition
human


Example:
anthropology, philanthropy
Term
annu, anni
Definition
year


Example:
annual, anniversary
Term
aster, astr
Definition
star


Example:
astronomy, asterisk
Term
audi
Definition
hear


Example:
audible, auditory
Term
biblio
Definition
book


Example:
bibiography, bibliographic
Term
bio
Definition
life


Example:
biosphere, biography
Term
brev
Definition
short


Example:
brevity, abbreviate
Term
capit
Definition
head


Example:
decapitate, capital
Term
card, cord, cour
Definition
heart


Example:
cardiology, discord
Term
carn
Definition
flesh


Example:
carnivorous, carnage
Term
cede
Definition
go


Example:
recede, precede
Term
chron
Definition
time


Example:
chronology, synchronize
Term
cide
Definition
killing


Example:
suicide, homicide
Term
cis
Definition
cut


Example:
precise, scissors
Term
claim
Definition
shout, cry out


Example:
exclaim, proclaim
Term
cogn
Definition
know


Example:
cognition, recognize
Term
crat
Definition
rule


Example:
autocratic, democrat
Term
culp
Definition
blame


Example:
culpable, exculpate
Term
dem
Definition
people


Example:
democracy, demographics
Term
dic, dict
Definition
speak


Example:
diction, predict
Term
dorm
Definition
sleep


Example:
dormant, dormitory
Term
fer
Definition
carry


Example:
transfer, refer
Term
fuge
Definition
flee


Example:
refuge, centrifugal
Term
geo
Definition
earth


Example:
geography, geologic
Term
gram
Definition
something written or recorded


Example:
telegram, cardiogram
Term
graph
Definition
to write


Example:
graphic, calligraphy
Term
jac, ject
Definition
throw


Example:
eject, trajectory
Term
jur
Definition
law


Example:
jury, jurisprudence
Term
labor
Definition
work


Example:
laboratory, collaborate
Term
loc
Definition
place


Example:
location, collocate
Term
luc
Definition
light


Example:
translucent, illuminate
Term
manu
Definition
hand


Example:
manuscript, manufacture, manicure
Term
meter, metr
Definition
measure


Example:
baroeter, metric
Term
morph
Definition
form


Example:
morphology, amorphous
Term
mort
Definition
die


Example:
mortuary, mortal
Term
omni
Definition
all


Example:
omnipresent, omnipotent
Term
op, oper
Definition
work


Example:
cooperate, operator
Term
path
Definition
feeling, suffering


Example:
empathy, pathetic
Term
ped, pod
Definition
foot


Example:
pedal, podiatry
Term
philo, phil
Definition
like, love


Example:
philanthropy, philosophy
Term
phobe
Definition
fear


Example:
phobic, claustrophobia
Term
phon
Definition
sound


Example:
phonograph, sterophonic
Term
photo
Definition
light


Example:
photographic, telephoto
Term
phys
Definition
nature, body


Example:
physique, physical
Term
scrib
Definition
write


Example:
scribble, scribe
Term
stro, stru
Definition
build


Example:
destroy, construction
Term
ter
Definition
earth


Example:
extraterrestrial, territory
Term
vac
Definition
empty


Example:
vacuous, evacuate
Term
verb
Definition
word


Example:
verbose, proberb
Term
vid, vis
Definition
see


Example:
video, television
Term
vol, volv
Definition
turn, roll


Example:
revolve, evolution
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