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11/18/2010
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Term
A or AN
 Definition
Greek: Without, absence of, not
Term
AB or ABS
 Definition
Latin: From, away, off
Term
ACER, ACID, or ACRI
 Definition
Latin: Harsh, bitter, sour
Term
ACT or AG
 Definition
Latin: Drive, do, lead, act, move
Term
ACU
 Definition
Latin: sharp
Term
AD, AC, AF, AG, AL, AN, AP, AR, AS, AT
 Definition
Latin: to, toward
Term
AEV or EV
 Definition
Latin:  age, era
Term
AGOG
 Definition
Latin: leader
Term
AGR
 Definition
Latin: field
Term
ALIM
 Definition
Latin: Support, nourish, cherish
Term
ALTER
 Definition
Latin: other
Term
ALT
 Definition
Latin: high, deep
Term
AM
 Definition
Latin: love, liking
Term
AMB or AMBUL
 Definition
Latin: to go, to walk
Term
AMBI
 Definition
Latin: around, on both sides
Term
AMPH or AMPHI
 Definition
Greek: around, double, on both sides
Term
ANIM
 Definition
Latin: life, breath, spirit
Term
ANNU, ANNI, or ENNI
 Definition
Latin: yearly
Term
ANT or ANTE
 Definition
Latin: before
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ANT or ANTI
 Definition
Greek: against, opposite
Term
ANTHROP
 Definition
Greek: mankind, human being
Term
ANTIQU
 Definition
Latin: old, ancient
Term
APPELL
 Definition
Latin: name, call upon
Term
APT or EPT
 Definition
Latin: skill or ability
Term
AQU or AQUA
 Definition
Latin: water
Term
ARCH
 Definition
Greek: first, chief, rule, superior
Term
ARM or ARMA
 Definition
Latin: weapons
Term
ART
 Definition
Latin: art
Term
ASTR or ASTER
 Definition
Greek: star
Term
AUD, AUDI, AUS
 Definition
Latin: bold, daring, listen, hear
Term
AUG or AUX
 Definition
Latin: increase
Term
AUTO
 Definition
Greek: self
Term
BE
 Definition
Old English: thoroughly, over
Term
BEL or BELL
 Definition
Latin: war
Term
BEN or BON
 Definition
Latin: well, good, favorable
Term
BI
 Definition
Latin: two, twice, double
Term
BIO
 Definition
Greek: life
Term
BREV
 Definition
Latin: short
Term
CAP, CAPT, CEPT, or CIP
 Definition
Latin: hold, seize, take
Term
CAP or CAPIT
 Definition
Latin: head
Term
CARD or CORD
 Definition
Latin: heart
Term
CARN
 Definition
Latin: flesh, body
Term
CATA
 Definition
Greek: down, downturn
Term
CED, CEED, or CESS
 Definition
Latin: yield, surrender, move, or go
Term
CELER
 Definition
Latin: swift
Term
CENTR
 Definition
Latin: center
Term
CENT
 Definition
Latin: hundred
Term
CERN
 Definition
Latin: perceive
Term
CERT
 Definition
Latin: certain
Term
CHRON
 Definition
Greek: time, a long time
Term
CID or CIS
 Definition
Latin: kill or cut
Term
CIRCU or CIRCUM
 Definition
Latin: around
Term
CIT or CITAT
 Definition
Latin: call or start
Term
CIVI
 Definition
Latin: citizen
Term
CLAM or CLAIM
 Definition
Latin: call, shout out
Term
CLEMEN
 Definition
Latin: mild, kind, sincere
Term
CLAUD, CLAUS, CLOS, CLUD, CLUS
 Definition
Latin: shut, close
Term
CLI, CLIN, or CLIV
 Definition
Latin: leaning, inclined, sloped
Term
CO, COL, COM, CON, COR
 Definition
Latin: together, with
Term
COD
 Definition
Latin: book
Term
COGNI, GNO
 Definition
Latin/Greek: learn, know
Term
CONTRA or CONTRO
 Definition
Latin: against, opposite
Term
CORP
 Definition
Latin: body
Term
COSM
 Definition
Greek: universe
Term
CRACY or CRAT
 Definition
Greek: government, rule, strength
Term
CREA
 Definition
Latin: bring forth, create
Term
CRED
 Definition
Latin: believe, trust
Term
CRE, CRESC, CRET, CRU
 Definition
Latin: rise, grow
Term
CRIT
 Definition
Greek: separate, judge
Term
COUR or CUR
 Definition
Latin: run, course
Term
CUR or CURA
 Definition
Latin: care
Term
CYCL or CYCLO
 Definition
Greek: circle, wheel, cycle
Term
DE
 Definition
Latin: intensive prefix; from, down, away, against, thoroughly
Term
DEC or DECA
 Definition
Greek: ten
Term
DEI or DIV
 Definition
Latin: god
Term
DEMI
 Definition
Latin: partly
Term
DEM
 Definition
Greek: common people
Term
DERM
 Definition
Greek: skin
Term
DI
 Definition
Greek: two, double
Term
DIA
 Definition
Greek: across, between, through
Term
DIC or DICT
 Definition
Latin: say, speak, pronounce
Term
DIF or DIS
 Definition
Latin: apart, away, not
Term
DON
 Definition
Latin: give
Term
DOC or DOCT
 Definition
Latin: teach or prove
Term
DOG or DOX
 Definition
Greek: opinion, belief, praise
Term
DOM or DOMIN
 Definition
Latin: master, lord
Term
DORM
 Definition
Latin: sleep
Term
DROM or DROME
 Definition
Greek: run, step, arena
Term
DUC or DUCT
 Definition
Latin: lead or pull
Term
DUPL
 Definition
Latin: double, two
Term
DUR
 Definition
Latin: lasting, hard
Term
DYN or DYNAM
 Definition
Greek: power, energy
Term
DYS
 Definition
Greek: bad, impaired, abnormal
Term
E or EX
 Definition
Latin: intensive prefix; apart, above, away, beyond, from, out
Term
ECTO
 Definition
Greek: outside, external
Term
EGO
 Definition
Latin: I, self
Term
ENDO
 Definition
Greek: within, inside
Term
EPI
 Definition
Greek: upon, over, near
Term
EQU
 Definition
Latin: equal
Term
ERG
 Definition
Greek: work
Term
ERR
 Definition
Latin: wander, mistake
Term
ETH or ETHOS
 Definition
Greek: character
Term
EU
 Definition
Greek: good, well
Term
EXTRA or EXTRO
 Definition
Latin: besides, beyond, outside of, more
Term
FAC, FIC, or FEC
 Definition
Latin: do, make
Term
FALL or FALS
 Definition
Latin: deceptive, false, erroneous
Term
FED
 Definition
Latin: league, pact
Term
FER
 Definition
Latin: bear, carry
Term
FID
 Definition
Latin: faith, trust
Term
FIN
 Definition
Latin: end
Term
FLECT or FLEX
 Definition
Latin: bend
Term
FLU, FLUCT, or FLUX
 Definition
Latin: flow
Term
FORT
 Definition
Latin: brave, strong, chance
Term
FRAC or FRAG
 Definition
Latin: break
Term
FRAT
 Definition
Latin: brother
Term
FUNC
 Definition
Latin: perform, discharge
Term
GAM
 Definition
Greek: marriage
Term
GEN
 Definition
Latin: birth, class, descent, race, generate
Term
GEO
 Definition
Greek: earth
Term
GLOSS or GLOT
 Definition
Latin: language, tongue
Term
GRAD or GRESS
 Definition
Latin: step
Term
GRAPH or GRAM
 Definition
Greek: write, draw, record
Term
GRAT
 Definition
Latin: pleasing
Term
GRAV or GRIEV
 Definition
Latin: serious, heavy, harmful
Term
GREG
 Definition
Latin: flock, herd
Term
GYN
 Definition
Greek: woman
Term
HELIO
 Definition
Greek: sun
Term
HEMO
 Definition
Greek: blood
Term
HERB
 Definition
Latin: vegetation
Term
HETERO
 Definition
Greek: different, mixed, unlike
Term
HOMO
 Definition
Greek: same, alike
Term
HOM, HOMO, HUMAN
 Definition
Latin: man, humanity
Term
HYDR, HYDRA, HYDRO
 Definition
Greek: water
Term
HYPER
 Definition
Greek: above, excessive, over
Term
HYPO
 Definition
Greek: beneath, lower, under
Term
IG, IL, IM, IN, IR
 Definition
Latin: causative prefix; in, on, upon, not
Term
IN
 Definition
Latin: intensive prefix; in, on, upon, not
Term
INTER
 Definition
Latin: among, between, within, mutual
Term
INTRA or INTRO
 Definition
Latin: into, inward, within
Term
JAC, JACT, JECT
 Definition
Latin: throw, fling
Term
JUR, JUS, JUD
 Definition
Latin: swear, law, judge, just
Term
LECT, LEG, LIG
 Definition
Latin: read, choose
Term
LEG
 Definition
Latin: law
Term
LEV
 Definition
Latin: light
Term
LEX
 Definition
Greek: word
Term
LIBER
 Definition
Latin: free
Term
LIBRAR or LIBR
 Definition
Latin: book
Term
LITER
 Definition
Latin: letter
Term
LOC, LOG, LOQU
 Definition
Latin: word, speak, talk
Term
LUC, LUM, LUS
 Definition
Latin: light
Term
LUD
 Definition
Latin: play, game
Term
MACRO
 Definition
Greek: large, long
Term
MAGN
 Definition
Latin: great
Term
MAL
 Definition
Latin: bad
Term
MAN
 Definition
Latin: hand
Term
MAND
 Definition
Latin: order
Term
MANIA
 Definition
Greek: obsession
Term
MAR or MARI
 Definition
Latin: sea
Term
MATER or MATR
 Definition
Latin: mother
Term
MEGA
 Definition
Greek: great, large
Term
META
 Definition
Greek: change, at a later time, beyond
Term
METER or METR
 Definition
Greek: measure
Term
MICRO
 Definition
Greek: small
Term
MIN
 Definition
Latin: small
Term
MIS
 Definition
Greek: hatred, bad, improper, wrong
Term
MISS or MIT
 Definition
Latin: move, send
Term
MOB, MOT, MOV
 Definition
Latin: move
Term
MONO
 Definition
Greek: one, single
Term
MON or MONIT
 Definition
Latin: warn
Term
MORI or MORT
 Definition
Latin: death
Term
MORPH
 Definition
Greek: form, shape
Term
MULTI
 Definition
Latin: many
Term
MUT
 Definition
Latin: change
Term
NAS or NAT
 Definition
Latin: birth, be from, spring forth
Term
NAV
 Definition
Latin: ship
Term
NEC, NIC, NOC, or NOX
 Definition
Latin: kill, death, harm
Term
NECRO
 Definition
Greek: dead, corpse
Term
NEG
 Definition
Latin: no
Term
NEO
 Definition
Greek: new, recent
Term
NEO
 Definition
Greek: new, recent
Term
NEUR
 Definition
Greek: nerve
Term
NEUT or NEUTR
 Definition
Latin: not either
Term
NOCT or NOX
 Definition
Latin: night
Term
NOM, NOMEN, or NYM
 Definition
Latin/Greek: name
Term
NON
 Definition
Latin: not
Term
NOV
 Definition
Latin: new
Term
NUM
 Definition
Latin: number
Term
OB, OC, OF, OP
 Definition
Latin: against
Term
OLIG
 Definition
Greek: few, little
Term
OMNI
 Definition
Latin: all, every
Term
OPER
 Definition
Latin: work
Term
OPTI or OPTO
 Definition
Latin: eye, vision
Term
ORTHO
 Definition
Latin: straight, correct
Term
OS, OSS, OST, OSTEO
 Definition
Latin, Greek: bone
Term
PAL or PALEO
 Definition
Greek: ancient
Term
PAC
 Definition
Latin: peace
Term
PAN
 Definition
Greek: all, every
Term
PAR
 Definition
Latin: equal
Term
PARA
 Definition
Greek: beyond, related, alongside
Term
PAS or PATH
 Definition
Greek: feeling, disease, suffering
Term
PATER or PATR
 Definition
Latin: father
Term
PED
 Definition
Greek: child
Term
PED or POD
 Definition
Greek: foot
Term
PEL or PULS
 Definition
Latin: drive, urge
Term
PER
 Definition
Latin: through, completely
Term
PERI
 Definition
Greek: around, near
Term
PET
 Definition
Latin: seek, request, assail
Term
PHIL
 Definition
Greek: love, fondness, preference
Term
PHOBOS
 Definition
Greek: fear
Term
PHON
 Definition
Greek: sound, voice
Term
PHOS or PHOT
 Definition
Greek: light
Term
PHYS or PHYSIO
 Definition
Greek: nature
Term
PICT
 Definition
Latin: paint
Term
PLAC
 Definition
Latin: please
Term
POLI
 Definition
Greek: city, state, citizen
Term
POLY
 Definition
Greek: many
Term
PON or POS
 Definition
Latin: put, place
Term
POPUL
 Definition
Latin: the people
Term
PORT
 Definition
Latin: carry, gate
Term
POST
 Definition
Latin: after, behind
Term
PRE
 Definition
Latin: before, earlier
Term
PREHEND or PREHENS
 Definition
Latin: seize, grasp
Term
PRIM
 Definition
Latin: before, first
Term
PRO
 Definition
Latin: in favor of
Term
PROTO
 Definition
Greek: first, earliest
Term
PSEUDO
 Definition
Greek: false
Term
PSYCH
 Definition
Greek: mind
Term
PUB
 Definition
Latin: the public
Term
PUNCT
 Definition
Latin: point, prick
Term
PUT or PUTAT
 Definition
Latin: think, calculate
Term
QUER, QUES, QUIR, QUIS
 Definition
Latin: ask, seek
Term
RE
 Definition
Latin: back again, repeat
Term
RECT
 Definition
Latin: straight
Term
RECT or REG or REGN
 Definition
Latin: rule, govern
Term
RETRO
 Definition
Latin: backward
Term
RID or RIS
 Definition
Latin: laugh
Term
ROG or ROGAT
 Definition
Latin: ask
Term
SACR or SANCT
 Definition
Latin: sacred, holy
Term
SCI
 Definition
Latin: know
Term
SCOP
 Definition
Greek: examine, observe, watch
Term
SCRIB or SCRIP
 Definition
Latin: write
Term
SE
 Definition
Latin: away, apart
Term
SEC, SECT, or SEGM
 Definition
Latin: cut
Term
SECU or SEQU
 Definition
Latin: follow
Term
SEMI
 Definition
Latin: half, partly
Term
SENS or SENT
 Definition
Latin: feel, be aware
Term
SOL
 Definition
Latin: sun
Term
SOLV or SOLU
 Definition
Latin: free, loosen, dissolve
Term
SOMN
 Definition
Latin: sleep
Term
SOPH
 Definition
Greek: wise, skillful, shrewd
Term
SPEC, SPECT or SPIC
 Definition
Latin: see, look at
Term
SPIR
 Definition
Latin: breath, energy, animation
Term
STAS or STAT
 Definition
Greek: stand, being in place, position
Term
STRICT or STRING
 Definition
Latin: tight, drawn together
Term
STRUCT
 Definition
Latin: build
Term
SUB, SUC, SUF, SUG, SUP, SUS
 Definition
Latin: below, under, less
Term
SUPER or SUR
 Definition
Latin: over, above
Term
SYL, SYM, SYN, or SYS
 Definition
Greek: together, with
Term
TACT or TANG
 Definition
Latin: touch
Term
TELE
 Definition
Greek: distance, far
Term
TEMPOR
 Definition
Latin: time
Term
TEN or TAIN
 Definition
Latin: hold
Term
TEND, TENS or TENT
 Definition
Latin: stretch, strive
Term
TERM
 Definition
Latin: end, limit
Term
TERR
 Definition
Latin: land, the earth
Term
TERTI
 Definition
Latin: third
Term
THE, THEI, THEO
 Definition
Greek: god
Term
THERAP
 Definition
Greek: attend, treat
Term
THERM or THERMO
 Definition
Greek: warm, hot
Term
TOM, TOME, TOMY
 Definition
Greek: cut, section
Term
TOP or TOPO
 Definition
Greek: place, region
Term
TORS, TORT, TORQU
 Definition
Latin: twist, turn
Term
TRACT
 Definition
Latin: drag, pull
Term
TRAN or TRANS
 Definition
Latin: across through
Term
TREM or TREMU
 Definition
Latin: tremble, shake
Term
TURB
 Definition
Greek: spinning, confusion, disturbance
Term
TYP or TYPE
 Definition
Greek: type
Term
ULTRA
 Definition
Latin: beyond, excessive, on the other side of
Term
UN
 Definition
Latin: intensive prefix; not, reverse, undo, remove
Term
UNI
 Definition
Latin: one
Term
URB
 Definition
Latin: city
Term
US or UT
 Definition
Latin: use, useful
Term
VAC, VACA, VACU
 Definition
Latin: empty
Term
VEH, VECT
 Definition
Latin: carry
Term
VEN or VENT
 Definition
Latin: come
Term
VER, VERAC, VERI
 Definition
Latin: true
Term
VERB
 Definition
Latin: word
Term
VERS or VERT
 Definition
Latin: turn, change
Term
VIA
 Definition
Latin: way, road
Term
VICT, VINC, VANQ
 Definition
Latin: conquor
Term
VID or VIS
 Definition
Latin: see, look
Term
VIR
 Definition
Latin: man
Term
VIT
 Definition
Latin: life
Term
VIV or VIVA
 Definition
Latin: alive, lively, animated
Term
VOC, VOKE
 Definition
Latin: call
Term
VOL or VOLI
 Definition
Latin: wish, choice
Term
VOLV or VOLU
 Definition
Latin: roll, turn
Term
VOR or VORAC
 Definition
Latin: devour, greedy
Term
XEN or XENO
 Definition
Greek: foreigner, stranger
Term
ZO or ZOO
 Definition
Greek: animal
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