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Greek and Latin Roots
Prefixes and Suffixes and their meanings.
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9th Grade
09/29/2009
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Term
ate
 Definition
office of, to act up
Term
ence
 Definition
state, condition of
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ent
 Definition
that has, person who
Term
ion/tion/ation
 Definition
action, state
Term
ment
 Definition
result of, act of
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able
 Definition
capable of, able to
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ise/ize
 Definition
cause, to become like
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ic
 Definition
pertaining to, like
Term
ous
 Definition
full of, having characteristics of
Term
ive
 Definition
tending to, the quality of
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ism
 Definition
beleif in, practice of
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-serve-
 Definition
save, keep
Term
-phone-
 Definition
sound, voice
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-gen-
 Definition
family (of the same) kind
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-soph-
 Definition
wise
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-sens-/-sent-
 Definition
to feel
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-ceive-/-cept-
 Definition
to take hold, to grasp
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-ten-/-tain-
 Definition
to hold
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-archae-/-arch-
 Definition
ancient, primitive, old
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-dict-
 Definition
to say or speak
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-plic-/-plex-
 Definition
to fold
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-opt-
 Definition
eye
Term
-onym-/-nym-
 Definition
name
Term
-junct-
 Definition
to join
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-biblio-/-bibl-
 Definition
book
Term
-terr-
 Definition
earth
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-voc-/-vok-
 Definition
voice, call
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-ethn-
 Definition
nation
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-geo-
 Definition
Earth
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-migr-
 Definition
move, travel
Term
-gno-/-kno-
 Definition
to know
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Anti-/ant-
 Definition
against, opposite, reverse
Term
Ante-
 Definition
before
Term
Co-/con-/com-
 Definition
together
Term
auto-
 Definition
self
Term
Ex-/e-/ec-
 Definition
out, beyond, away
Term
intro-
 Definition
into, within
Term
De-
 Definition
opposite of,away
Term
Re-
 Definition
back, again
Term
Dis-/dif-
 Definition
opposite
Term
Sym-/syn-/syl-
 Definition
together
Term
Kilo-
 Definition
1000
Term
Pre-
 Definition
before
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Non-/ne-
 Definition
not, opposite of
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Quad-/quart-
 Definition
four, fourth
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Tele-
 Definition
far off, to a distance
Term
Psuedo-
 Definition
false
Term
Micro-
 Definition
small
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Proto-
 Definition
first, original
Term
Hier-
 Definition
holy, sacred
Term
Dia-
 Definition
by, of, through
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