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Jr. English Greek Roots
Greek/Latin Roots Weeks 1-4 (add-mega)
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08/29/2005

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Term
add/act
Definition
"to act"

EX: Action, Address
Term
Agri
Definition
"field"

EX: Agriculture, Agrarian
Term
ambul/ambl
Definition
"go" "walk"


EX: Ambulatory, Ambulance
Term
arch
Definition
"chief" or "ruler"

EX: Archangel, Architect
Term
anthr/art
Definition
"segment" "join"

EX: Artifact, Article
Term
aster/astr
Definition
"star"

EX: Asterisk, Astronomy
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aud
Definition
"hear"

EX: Audible, Audition
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auto
Definition
"self"

EX: Automatic, Autograph
Term
bell/belli
Definition
"war"

EX: Rebellion, Belligerent
Term
bene/beni
Definition
"good" "well"

EX: Benevolent, Benediction
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biblio
Definition
"book"

EX: Bibliophile, Bibliography
Term
bio
Definition
"life"

EX: Biography, Biopsy
Term
brev
Definition
"shorten"

EX: Brevity, Abbreviate
Term
cap
Definition
"head"

EX: Caption, Capable
Term
cent/centi
Definition
"hundred"

EX: Centipede, Centurion
Term
centr
Definition
"center"

EX: Concentric, Centrifuge
Term
chron
Definition
"time"

EX: Chronology, Synchronize
Term
cide
Definition
"kill"

EX: Homicide, Suicide
Term
clud, clus
Definition
"shut"

EX: Include, Recluse
Term
anthro
Definition
"man"

EX: Anthropologist, Philanthropy
Term
cog
Definition
"know"

EX: Cognition, Recognition
Term
cor
Definition
"heart"

EX: Cordial, Discourage
Term
cor,corp
Definition
"body"

EX: Corporation, Corpulent
Term
cosm
Definition
"universe, world"

EX: Cosmos, Cosmopolitan
Term
cred
Definition
"believe"

EX: Believe, Credence
Term
cris, crit
Definition
"judge, separate"

EX: Critical, Hypocrite
Term
cycl
Definition
"circle"

EX: Unicycle, Cyclone
Term
dem
Definition
"people"

EX: Democracy, Demographics
Term
derm
Definition
"skin"

EX: Dermatologist, Taxidermy
Term
geo
Definition
"earth"

EX: Geology, Geocentric
Term
gram
Definition
"something written"

EX: Telegram, Gramophone
Term
graph
Definition
"writing"

EX: Graphic, Autograph
Term
homo
Definition
"man"

EX: Homocide, Homosexual
Term
hydr
Definition
"water"

EX: Hydroelectric, Hydrophobia
Term
hypno
Definition
"sleep"

EX: Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy
Term
imi
Definition
"copy, imitate"

EX: Imitation, Imitative
Term
lith
Definition
"stone"

EX: Lithography, Monolith
Term
log, ology
Definition
"study or science of, expression"

EX: Biology, Anthropology
Term
luna
Definition
"moon"

EX: Lunatic, Luminescence
Term
mega
Definition
"great, large"

EX: Megalopolis, Megaphone
Term
nav
Definition
"ship"

EX: Navigate, Navy, Nautical
Term
oct
Definition
"eight"

EX: Octopus, Octagon
Term
onym, nya
Definition
"name"

EX: anonymous, pseudonym
Term
ortho
Definition
"straight", "corrct"

EX: Orthodontist, Orthopedic
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