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Greek Roots Prefixes Suffixes
Common greek roots, prefixes, and suffixes
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10th Grade
01/26/2006
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anthrop
 Definition
human
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chron
 Definition
time
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dem
 Definition
people
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morph
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form
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path
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feeling, suffering
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pedo, ped
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child, children
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phil, philo
 Definition
having a strong affinity or love for
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phon
 Definition
sound
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a, an
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without
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anti, ant
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opposite; opposing
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auto
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self, same
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bio, bi
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life, living organism; biology, biological
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geo
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Earth; geography
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hyper
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excessive, excessively
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micro
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small
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mono
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one, single, alone
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neo
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new, recent
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pan
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all
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thermo, therm
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heat
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ism
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forms nouns and means "the act, state, or theory of"
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ist
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forms agent nouns from verbs ending in ize or nouns ending in ism and is used like er
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ize
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forms verbs from nouns and adjectives
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gram
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something written or drawn, a record
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graph
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something written or drawn; an instrument for writing, drawing, or recording
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logue, log
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speech, discourse; to speak
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logy
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discourse, expression; science, theory, study
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meter, metry
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measuring device; measure
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oid
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forms adjectives and nouns and means "like, resembling" or "shape, form"
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phile
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one that loves or has a strong affinity for; loving
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phobe, phobia
 Definition
one that fears a specified thing; an intense fear of a specified thing
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phone
 Definition
sound; device that receives or emits sound; speaker of a language
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