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Greek Stems
Pg. 21 - 23 (Lesson 5)
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Undergraduate 1
02/09/2012
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agog-
 Definition
lead
ex: pedagogue
Term
alg(e)-
 Definition
grieve, feel pain
ex: nostalgic
Term
arch-
 Definition
be first, rule
ex: anarchy
Term
ba-/be-
 Definition
go
ex: begin
Term
ball-/ble-/bol-
 Definition
throw
ex: bolas
Term
bap-
 Definition
dip
ex: baptism
Term
bio-
 Definition
live
ex: biology
Term
cine-
 Definition
move
ex: cinema
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clin-
 Definition
slope
ex: incline
Term
clys-
 Definition
wash
ex: clysmic
Term
crac-/crat-
 Definition
be strong, rule
ex: autocracy
Term
crin-/cri(t)-
 Definition
judge, separate
ex: critique
Term
do-
 Definition
give
ex: donation
Term
dra-
 Definition
act
ex: drama
Term
(o)ede-
 Definition
swell
ex: oedema
Term
(a)esthe-
 Definition
feel
ex: aesthetic
Term
gam(e)-
 Definition
marry
ex: polygamy
Term
gen(e)-
 Definition
be born
ex: genetics
Term
gno-
 Definition
know
ex: prognosis, agnostic
Term
graph-
 Definition
write
ex: graphic
Term
here-
 Definition
choose
ex: heresy
Term
lab-/lep-
 Definition
take
ex: leprechaun (takes gold!)
Term
lec-/leg-/log-
 Definition
gather, choose, read, speak
ex: lecture
Term
ly-
 Definition
loose, untie
ex: lysol (loosens dirt off of surfaces?)
Term
math-
 Definition
learn
ex: mathematics
Term
met-
 Definition
measure
ex: meter
Term
mne-
 Definition
remember
ex: amnesia
Term
pau-
 Definition
stop, cease
ex: pause
Term
pep-
 Definition
digest, cook
ex: dyspepsia
Term
pha-/phem-
 Definition
say
ex: euphemism
Term
phag-
 Definition
eat
ex: hippophagy
Term
pher-/phor-
 Definition
carry
ex: phoresis
Term
phra-
 Definition
speak
ex: phrase
Term
phy-
 Definition
grow
ex: phytoplankton
Term
plas-
 Definition
mould, shape
ex: plastic
Term
po(i)e-
 Definition
make
ex: poiesis
Term
pse-
 Definition
scour
ex: psellism
Term
psor-
 Definition
itch
ex: psoriasis
Term
pto-
 Definition
fall
ex: ptosis
Term
schi-/schiz-
 Definition
split
ex: schizophrenic
Term
scop-/scep-
 Definition
look at
ex: telescope
Term
sep-
 Definition
make putrid
ex: septic
Term
spas-
 Definition
jerk
ex: spastic
Term
stal-/stl-/stol-
 Definition
send
ex: stalk?
Term
stig-
 Definition
mark, puncture, spot
ex: stigma
Term
strop(h)-/strep(h)-
 Definition
turn, twist
ex: apostrophe
Term
the-
 Definition
put
ex: thesis
Term
thea-
 Definition
view
ex: theater
Term
tom-/tm-
 Definition
cut
ex: anatomy
Term
trib-
 Definition
rub
ex: attribute
Term
trop-/trep-
 Definition
turn, swerve, change
Term
troph-
 Definition
nourish
Term
zo-
 Definition
be alive
Term
zyg-
 Definition
join, yoke
ex: zygote
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