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Latin and Greek Prefixes
Latin and Greek Prefixes for GRE
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08/12/2010
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Term
A, an
 Definition
without or not
(anarchy)
Term
ab, abs, a
 Definition
away from, apart
(abduct)
Term
ad
 Definition
towards

(aduct)
Term
agere
 Definition
act
(agenda)
Term
amphi, ambi
 Definition
round or both sides
(ambidextrous)
Term
ante
 Definition
before
(antebellum)
Term
anthro
 Definition
man
(anthropology)
Term
anti
 Definition
against
(antipathy)
Term
aqua
 Definition
water
Term
archaios
 Definition
ancient
(archaeology)
Term
archos
 Definition
leader, chief, first
(oligarchy)
Term
audio
 Definition
hear
Term
auto
 Definition
self
(autobiography)
Term
bi
 Definition
two
Term
bene
 Definition
great
Term
bible
 Definition
book
Term
bio
 Definition
life
(biology)
Term
cide
 Definition
kill
(homocide)
Term
circum
 Definition
around
(circumnavigate)
Term
constitutus
 Definition
stand
(constitution)
Term
corpus
 Definition
body
Term
cracy
 Definition
rule
(democracy)
Term
credo
 Definition
belief
Term
demos
 Definition
people
(democracy)
Term
di
 Definition
two
Term
dia
 Definition
across
(diagonal)
Term
dis
 Definition
apart
(distend)
Term
dominus
 Definition
lord
(dominion)
Term
dynasthai
 Definition
be able
(dynamo)
Term
ego
 Definition
i, self
Term
epi
 Definition
upon
(epi-cardium)
Term
ex
 Definition
out
(exterior)
Term
federis
 Definition
league
(confederation)
Term
frater
 Definition
brother
(fraternity)
Term
geo
 Definition
earth
(geography)
Term
graph
 Definition
write or record
(biography)
Term
hetero
 Definition
same
Term
homo
 Definition
same
Term
idem
 Definition
same
Term
ideo
 Definition
idea
Term
idios
 Definition
one's own
(idiosyncrasy)
Term
in
 Definition
in
Term
in, im
 Definition
without
Term
inter
 Definition
between
(interstitial)
Term
legis (lex)
 Definition
law
Term
lexis
 Definition
words
Term
liber
 Definition
free or book
(library)
Term
locus
 Definition
local
Term
macro
 Definition
large
(macro economics)
Term
mania
 Definition
obsession
Term
meter
 Definition
measure
Term
micro
 Definition
small
Term
mittere, mitto
 Definition
to send
(mission)
Term
mono
 Definition
one
Term
mortis
 Definition
death
Term
nomen
 Definition
name
Term
olig
 Definition
few
(oligarchy)
Term
pater
 Definition
father
(patricide)
Term
ped
 Definition
foot
Term
peri
 Definition
around
(pericardium)
Term
philo
 Definition
love
(bibliophile)
Term
polein
 Definition
sell
(monopoly)
Term
post
 Definition
after
Term
pre
 Definition
before
Term
pro
 Definition
before, in favor of
Term
psyche
 Definition
self, soul
Term
publicus
 Definition
people
Term
riparia
 Definition
river
Term
scope
 Definition
examine
Term
solus
 Definition
alone
(solo)
Term
subter
 Definition
under
(subterfuge)
Term
sin
 Definition
together
(synchronize)
Term
tele
 Definition
distance
(telegraph)
Term
trans
 Definition
across
(transatlantic)
Term
utilis
 Definition
useful
Term
vide, visibil, vis
 Definition
see
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