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8th Grade
08/24/2014

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Term
Act
Definition
Do
(Action, actor, react, transact, enact)
Term
Aero
Definition
Air
(Aerobics, aerodynamics, aeronautics)
Term
Agr
Definition
Field
(Agriculture, agrarian, agribusiness)
Term
Alter
Definition
Other
(Alternate, altercation, alter ego)
Term
Anim
Definition
Life, spirit
(Animate, animosity, animal, inanimate)
Term
Ann, enn
Definition
Year
(Annual, anniversary, millennium, biennial)
Term
Aqua
Definition
Water
(Aquarium, aquatics, aquifier, auqamarine)
Term
Ast
Definition
Star
(Astronaut, astronomy, disaster, asterisk, asteroid)
Term
Aud
Definition
Hear
(Audience, auditorium, audible, audition, audiovisual)
Term
Biblio
Definition
Book
(Bibliography, Bible, bibliophile)
Term
Bio
Definition
Life
(Biology, biography, biopsy, biosphere)
Term
Card, cord
Definition
Heart
(Cardiac, cardiology, cardiograph, cardiovascular)
Term
Chron
Definition
Time
(Chronology, synchronize, chronological, chronic)
Term
Claim, clam
Definition
Shout
(Proclaim, exclaim, acclaim, clamor, exclamation)
Term
Cogn
Definition
Know
(Recognize, incognito, cognizant)
Term
Corp
Definition
Body
(Corporation, corpse, corps)
Term
Cosm
Definition
Universe
(Cosmonaut, cosmos, cosmopolitan, microcosm)
Term
Cred
Definition
Believe
(Credit, discredit, incredible, credential, credulous)
Term
Cycl
Definition
Circle, ring
(Bicycle, cyclone, cycle, encyclopedia, recycle)
Term
Dic
Definition
Speak
(Dictate, predict, contradict, verdict, diction)
Term
Doc
Definition
Teach
(Doctrine, document, doctor, docile, indoctrinate)
Term
Don, donat
Definition
Give
(Donation, donor, pardon, donate)
Term
Duc
Definition
Lead
(Duct, conduct, educate, induct, aqueduct)
Term
Fac, fic
Definition
Make, do
(Factory, manufacture, benefactor, facsimile, beneficial)
Term
Flect, flex
Definition
Bend
(Reflect, deflect, inflection, genuflect, flexible, reflex)
Term
Form
Definition
Shape
(Uniform, transform, reform, formal, form)
Term
Gen
Definition
Birth, race
(Generation, generate, genocide, progeny, genealogy)
Term
Geo
Definition
Earth
(Geography, geometry, geology, geophysics)
Term
Gram
Definition
Letter, written
(Telegram, diagram, grammar, monogram)
Term
Graph
Definition
Write
(Photograph, phonograph, autograph, biography, graphite)
Term
Homo, hom
Definition
Man
(Homicide,homage, Homo sapiens)
Term
Junct
Definition
Join
(Juncture, conjunction, injunction)
Term
Jud, jur, jus
Definition
Law
(Judge, judicial, jury, jurisdiction, justice, justify)
Term
Lab
Definition
Work
(Labor, laboratory, collaborate, elaborate)
Term
Liber
Definition
Free
(Liberty, liberal, liberate)
Term
Loc
Definition
Place
(Location, locate, allocate, dislocate)
Term
Man
Definition
Hand
(Manual, manufacture, manuscript, manipulate)
Term
Mar
Definition
Sea
(Marine, submarine, mariner, maritime
Term
Mater, matr
Definition
Mother
(Maternal, maternity, matrimony, matron)
Term
Meter
Definition
Measure
(Thermometer, centimeter, diameter, barometer)
Term
Migr
Definition
change, move
(immigrate, migrate, migratory)
Term
Miss, mit
Definition
send
(mission, submit, admit, transmit, dismiss, missile)
Term
Mob, mot, mov
Definition
move
(amorphous, metamorphoses, anthropomorphic)
Term
Mort
Definition
death
(mortuary, mortician, immortal, mortify)
Term
Nat
Definition
born
(natal, national, innate, nativity)
Term
Ordin, ord
Definition
row, rank
(ordinary, extraordinary, ordinance, order)
Term
ortho
Definition
straight, right
(orthodontist, orthodox, orthopedist)
Term
Pater, patr
Definition
father
(paternal, patricide, patriarch, paternity)
Term
Path
Definition
disease, feel
(pathology, sympathy, empathy)
Term
Ped (Greek)
Definition
child
(pediatrician, pedagogy, encyclopedia)
Term
Ped (Latin)
Definition
foot
(pedestrian, biped, pedestal)
Term
phil
Definition
love
(philosophy, philanthropist, philharmonic)
Term
phon
Definition
sound
(phonics, symphony, telephone)
Term
Photo
Definition
light
(telephoto, photograph, photosynthesis)
Term
pod
Definition
foot
(tripod, podiatrist, podium)
Term
port
Definition
carry
(portable, transport, import, export)
Term
psych
Definition
mind, soul
(psychology, psyche, psychopath, psychiatrist)
Term
ques, quer, quis
Definition
ask, seek
(query, request, inquisition, inquest)
Term
rad
Definition
ray, spoke
(radius, radiation, radiology)
Term
rect
Definition
straight
(rectangle, erect, rectify, direction, correct)
Term
rupt
Definition
break
(erupt, rupture, interrupt, bankrupt, abrupt)
Term
san
Definition
health
(sanitation, sane, insanity, sanitarium)
Term
saur
Definition
lizard
(dinosaur, brontosaurus, stegosaurus)
Term
sci
Definition
know
(science, conscience, conscious, omniscient)
Term
scop
Definition
see
(telescope, microscope)
Term
scribe, script
Definition
write
(transcript, describe, scripture)
Term
sign
Definition
mark
(signature, signal, insignia)
Term
spec
Definition
see
(inspect, suspect, respect, spectator, spectacle)
Term
struct
Definition
build
(construct, Destruction, instruct)
Term
tact
Definition
touch
(tactile, intact, contact)
Term
therm
Definition
heat
(thermal, thermometer, thermostat)
Term
tract
Definition
pull, drag
(subtract, attract, traction, extract, tractor)
Term
trib
Definition
give
(contribute, tribute, attribute)
Term
urb
Definition
city
(urban, suburban, suburb, urbane)
Term
vac
Definition
empty
(vacant, vacation, vacuum, vacate, evacuate)
Term
vid, vis
Definition
see
(video, visual, visible, evidence)
Term
voc
Definition
voice
(vocal, advocate, evocation)
Term
void
Definition
empty
(avoid, devoid, unavoidable, void)
Term
vol
Definition
wish, will
(volunteer, violation, benevolent)
Term
volv
Definition
turn
(revolve, involve, evolve, revolution)
Term
aesthet, esthete
Definition
sense, perception
(aesthetic, anesthesia)
Term
alt
Definition
high
(altitude, alto)
Term
ambul, am
Definition
walk, go
(ambulance, amble, preamble)
Term
amo, ami
Definition
love
(amiable, amorous, amateur)
Term
ang
Definition
bend
(angle, triangle, angular)
Term
anthr
Definition
man
(anthropology, philanthropist, misanthrope)
Term
arch
Definition
leader, ruler
(monarch, archbishop, matriarch)
Term
archi, arch
Definition
primitive, original
(archaeology, archaic, archive, archetype)
Term
belli
Definition
war
(rebellion, bellicose, belligerent, antebellum)
Term
brev
Definition
short
(abbreviation, brevity)
Term
cad, cas
Definition
fall
(cadence, cadaver, decadence, cascade)
Term
cam
Definition
field
(camp, campus, encamp, campaign)
Term
cand
Definition
shine, white
(candle, incandescent, candid, candidate)
Term
cap
Definition
head
(captain, captain, decapitate)
Term
cede, ceed, cess
Definition
go, yield
(concede, proceed, exceed, succeed, cessation, concession, access)
Term
ceive, cept
Definition
take, receive
(receive, reception, accept, conception, intercept)
Term
anti-
Definition
against
(antiwar, antifreeze, antisocial)
Term
dis-
Definition
not, opposite
(disagree, disarm, discontinue)
Term
ex-
Definition
former
(ex-athlete,, ex-student, ex-president)
Term
im-, in-
Definition
not
(impossible, immobilized, immature, imbalance)
Term
inter-
Definition
among, between
(Internet, international, intermission)
Term
intra-
Definition
within
(intramural, intravenous, intramuscular)
Term
micro-
Definition
small, short
(microscope, microphone, microwave)
Term
mis-
Definition
wrong, not
(misbehave, miscount)
Term
multi-
Definition
many, much
(multiply, multicolored, multimillionaire)
Term
non-
Definition
not
(nonviolent, nonsense, nonfiction, nonstop)
Term
over-
Definition
too much
(overdose, overdue, overactive)
Term
post-
Definition
after
(postpone, postdate, postscript)
Term
pre-
Definition
before
(precaution, prenatal, prefix)
Term
pro-
(like pro-union)
Definition
in favor of
(pro-American, pro-education, pro-union)
Term
pro-
(like proceed)
Definition
forward
(proceed, project, progress, prognosis, prophet)
Term
re-
Definition
again
(redo, reappear, rewrite)
Term
sub-
Definition
under, below
(subzero, subordinate, submarine)
Term
super-
Definition
above, beyond
(superior, supervise, supernatural)
Term
tele-
Definition
distant
(telephone, television, telepathy)
Term
trans-
Definition
across
(transport, transatlantic, translate)
Term
un-
Definition
not
(uncertain, unbeaten, unhappy)
Term
under-
Definition
below, less than
(undercover, underpaid, underage)
Term
after-
Definition
after
(aftershock, afterwards, aftershock)
Term
ambi-, amphi-
Definition
both, around
(ambidextrous, ambiguous, ambivalent)
Term
auto-
Definition
self
(autobiography, automobile, automatic)
Term
be-
Definition
make
(bewitch, befriend, beguile, bejewel)
Term
bene-
Definition
good
(benefit, benediction, beneficial)
Term
bi-, bin-
Definition
two
(bicycle, biannual, bimonthly, binocular)
Term
cent-, centi-
Definition
hundred, hundredth
(century, centimeter, centennial)
Term
circu-
Definition
around
(circumspect, circulate, circus, circumstance)
Term
co-
Definition
together
(collaborate, coordinate, coincide, cooperate)
Term
com-, con-
Definition
with
(commune, combat, combine, compare, concert, concur, concede)
Term
contra-
Definition
against, opposite
(contrary, contrast, contraband, contraception)
Term
counter-
Definition
against, opposite
(counterproposal, counteroffensive, counteract)
Term
de-
(like descend)
Definition
down, away
(descend, deduct, decrease, degrade, depart)
Term
de-
(like defuse)
Definition
not, opposite
(deactivate, defuse, deform)
Term
dec-
Definition
ten
(December, decathlon, decade)
Term
deci-
Definition
tenth
(decimal, decimate, decibel, decimeter)
Term
di-
Definition
two, double
(diploma, dichotomy, dilemma)
Term
dia-
Definition
through, across
(dialogue, dialect, diameter, diagnose, diagonal)
Term
du-, duo-
Definition
two
(duo, duet, duplex, duplicate)
Term
re-
Definition
back
(reflect, rebate, retract, recall)
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