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Latin and Greek Roots
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English
6th Grade
10/27/2011

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Term

-OLOGY

 

ANTHROPOLOGY

BIOLOGY

ZOOLOGY

Definition
STUDY OF------
Term

-ONYM

 

anonymous

synonymous

antonymous

Definition
NAME
Term

...IBLE,   .....ABLE

 

audible

 

 

Definition
ABLE TO BE.........ED
Term

A..., AB..., ABS...

 

abstain

avert

absent

 

Definition
AWAY FROM
Term

A...,  AN..., ANA....

 

anonymous

 

Definition
lacking, without
Term

ALT

 

 

alter

alternate

alternative

Definition

 

 

 

 

OTHER, ANOTHER

Term

ALT

 

ALTERNATIVE

ALTER

Definition
OTHER, ANOTHER
Term

AMBI

 

 

ambidextrous

ambiguous

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

BOTH

Term

ANTA..., ANTI....

 

antagonize

anti-slavery

antacid

Definition
AGAINST
Term

ANTHROP---

 

ANTHROPOLOGY

MISANTHROPE

Definition
MAN
Term

AUD

 

audible

auditorium

auditory

audio-visual

Definition
TO HEAR
Term

BENE

 

beneficial

benefactor

 

Definition
GOOD, WELL
Term

CAND

 

candid

candidate

incandescent light

Definition
WHITE
Term

CEDE, CESS

 

intercede

recess

proceed

 

Definition
TO GO
Term

CHRON

 

 

chronic

chronometer

chronological

chronicle

Definition

 

 

TIME

Term

CIS

 

scissors

incision

concise

precision

Definition
TO CUT
Term

COM, CO, CON

 

compatible

convention

companion

Definition
WITH, TOGETHER
Term

DE

 

defenestrate

descend

devour

Definition
TO EAT
Term

DEXTER

 

 

 

dexterity

ambidextrous

 

Definition

 

 

 

 

RIGHT HAND

 

Term

DEXTR....

 

DEXTERITY

AMBIDEXTROUS

Definition
SKILL
Term

DIS

 

distract

dismantle

disappear

Definition
APART,  AWAY
Term

DOMIN...

 

dominate

domain

dominion

Definition
TO RULE
Term

DORM

 

dormant

dormitory

Definition
TO SLEEP
Term

E..., EX....

 

evade

emerge

expelled

extract

 

Definition
OUT
Term

EXTRA-

 

extraneous

extracurricular

extraordinary

extravagant

Definition
MORE THAN,  OUTSIDE
Term

FALL

 

infallible

fallible

fallacy

 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

TO DECEIVE

Term

FELI

 

feline

 

Definition
CAT
Term

FLAT

 

deflate

inflate

flatulence

Definition
AIR
Term

FLEX

 

FLEXIBLE

REFLEX

Definition
TO BEND
Term

FLEX

 

flexible

Definition
TO BEND
Term

IN

 

inconspicuous

insane

Definition
NOT
Term

INTER-

 

intercede

interrupt

interstate highway

intermission

Definition
BETWEEN
Term

JAC,  JECT

 

EJECT

DEJECTED

REJECTION

 

Definition
TO THROW
Term

LITERA..

 

literal

literature

obliterate

Definition
LETTER
Term

MAL

 

malady

malicious

malevolent

MALFOY!

Definition
BAD
Term

MISS, MIT

 

 

emissary

emit

missionary

messenger

missile

transmit

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

 

TO SEND 

Term

MITT, MIS

 

INTERMITTENT

INTERMISSION

MISSION

TRANSMIT

Definition
TO SEND
Term

MOR, MORT

 

morbid

mortal

immortality

MORTITIA ADDAMS

 

Definition
DEATH
Term

NUMER

 

innumerable

numerous

numerical

Definition
NUMBER
Term

OB...

 

obstacle

obliterate

Definition
AGAINST
Term

OMNI

 

 

omnivorous

omniscient

omnipotent

Definition

 

 

 

 

ALL,  EVERYTHING

Term

PATI, PATH

 

compatible

apathy

sympathy

pathetic

Definition
FEELINGS
Term

PER

 

persistent

perennial

permeate

 

Definition
THROUGH, THOROUGHLY
Term

PETR

 

petrified

 

Definition
ROCK, STONE
Term

PHIL

 

Philadelphia

audiophile

crytoscopophilia

 

Definition
LOVE
Term

RE

 

 

recede

renew

rewrite

Definition
BACK, AGAIN
Term

RIS, RID

 

 

ridiculous

derisive

ridicule

Definition
TO LAUGH
Term

RUPT

 

rupture

interrupt

disrupt

Definition
TO BREAK
Term

SIST

 

persist

insist

resist

Definition
TO TAKE A STAND
Term

SPIC, SPEC

 

conspicuous

spectacle

spectator

Definition
TO LOOK
Term

TAIN, TIN, TEN

 

abstain

tenacious

retain

retention

Definition
TO HOLD, TO KEEP
Term

TEN, TIN, TAIN

 

RETAIN

ABSTAIN

TENACIOUS

DETENTION

Definition
TO HOLD,  TO KEEP
Term

TRACT

 

distract

retract

tractor

Definition
DRAW, DRAG
Term

UNDU, UNDA

 

inundation

undulating

Definition
WAVE
Term

UNI

 

universe

unibrow

unit

union

uniform

Definition
ONE
Term

VERT

 

avert

universe

diversion

 

Definition
TO TURN
Term

VERT, VERS

 

REVERSE

UNIVERSE

REVERT

AVERT

ADVERSE

Definition
TO TURN
Term

vor

 

 

omnivore

carnivore

herbivore

voracious

devour

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

TO EAT 

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