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Morpheme Set 1
English Vocabulary Elements
101
Language - English
Undergraduate 1
10/04/2009

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Cards

Term

 

 

-ance

Definition

 

 

 

noun

Term

 

 

 

-ant

Definition

 

 

 

N, A

Term

 

 

 

-ary

Definition

 

 

 

adjective, noun

Term

 

 

 

-ate

Definition

 

 

 

N, A, V

Term

 

 

 

-ence

Definition

 

 

 

N

Term

 

 

 

-ent

Definition

 

 

 

A, N

Term

 

 

 

-ic

Definition

 

 

A, N

Term

 

 

-ity

Definition

 

 

N

Term

 

 

-ize

Definition

 

 

V

Term

 

 

-oid

Definition

 

 

'resembling', A, N

Term

 

 

-ory

Definition

 

 

A, N

Term

 

 

-ous

Definition

 

 

A

Term

 

 

-sis

Definition

 

 

N

Term

 

 

 

-tion/-ion

Definition

 

 

N

Term

 

 

-tive/-ive

Definition

 

 

A, N

Term

 

 

-y

Definition

 

 

 

N

Term

 

 

ab-

Definition

 

 

from, away

Term

 

 

ad-

Definition

 

 

to, toward

Term

 

 

an-

Definition

 

 

not, without

Term

 

 

ana-

Definition

 

 

up, again, back

Term

 

 

ante

Definition

 

 

before

Term

 

 

anthrop

Definition

 

 

human (opposed to animal)

Term

 

 

apo-

Definition

 

 

away from, off

Term

 

 

bi-

Definition

 

 

life

Term

 

 

can

Definition

 

 

dog

Term

 

 

cata

Definition

 

 

down, backwards

Term

 

 

chrom

Definition

 

 

color

Term

 

 

chron

Definition

 

 

time

Term

 

 

con-

Definition

 

 

with

Term

 

 

contra-

Definition

 

 

against, facing

Term

 

 

corp

Definition

 

 

body, flesh

Term

 

 

cosm

Definition

 

 

universe, order, adorn

Term

 

 

de-

Definition

 

 

reverse, from

Term

 

 

dia-

Definition

 

 

through

Term

 

 

duc

Definition

 

 

lead, draw, pull

Term

 

 

dys-

Definition

 

 

bad

Term

 

 

ec-

Definition

 

out

Term

 

 

ecto-

Definition

 

 

outside

 

 

Term

 

 

en-

Definition

 

 

in

Term

 

 

endo-

Definition

 

 

inside

Term

 

 

epi-

Definition

 

 

on, over

Term

 

 

eu-

Definition

 

 

good

Term

 

 

ex-

Definition

 

 

out

Term

 

 

extra-

Definition

 

 

outside

Term

 

 

gam

Definition

 

 

marry, unite

 

('marry for' people; 'unite' for plants, cells, etc)

Term

 

 

greg

Definition

 

 

social group

Term

 

 

hetero

Definition

 

 

other

Term

 

 

hom

Definition

 

 

human

Term

 

 

homo-

Definition

 

 

same

Term

 

 

hypo-

Definition

 

 

under

Term

 

 

iatr

Definition

 

 

to treat (a disease), heal

Term

 

 

idi

Definition

 

 

personal

Term

 

 

in-

Definition

 

in, into

 

or

 

not

Term

 

 

infra-

Definition

 

 

below

Term

 

 

inter-

Definition

 

 

between

Term

 

 

intra-

Definition

 

 

within

Term

 

 

iso-

Definition

 

 

equal

Term

 

 

leg

Definition

 

 

law, deputize

Term

 

 

log

Definition

 

 

study, speak

Term

 

 

macr

Definition

 

 

large

Term

 

 

meso-

Definition

 

 

middle

Term

 

 

meta-

Definition

 

 

beyond

Term

 

 

micr

Definition

 

 

small

Term

 

 

mis

Definition

 

 

hate

Term

 

 

morph

Definition

 

 

form

Term

 

 

nom

Definition

 

law, system

 

(also a system of laws about a body of knowledge)

Term

 

 

nov

Definition

 

 

new

Term

 

 

ob-

Definition

 

 

toward, against

Term

 

 

omn

Definition

 

 

all

Term

 

 

par

Definition

 

 

give birth to

Term

 

 

para-

Definition

 

 

beside

Term

 

 

path

Definition

 

 

feel, illness

Term

 

 

per-

Definition

 

 

through, thorough

Term

 

 

peri-

Definition

 

 

around, near

Term

 

 

petr

Definition

 

 

rock

Term

 

 

phil

Definition

 

 

liking

Term

 

 

phon

Definition

 

 

sound

Term

 

 

pol

Definition

 

 

community

Term

 

 

post-

Definition

 

 

after, behind

Term

 

 

pot

Definition

 

 

able, powerful

Term

 

 

pre-

Definition

 

before

 

(indicates, 'before' in time or space)

Term

 

 

pro-

Definition

 

 

forward, for

 

(has sense of 'forward, to the front')

Term

 

 

pseud

Definition

 

 

false

Term

 

 

psych

Definition

 

 

mind

Term

 

 

pyr

Definition

 

 

fire

Term

 

 

re-

Definition

 

 

again, back

Term

 

 

sci

Definition

 

 

know

Term

 

 

se-

Definition

 

 

apart

Term

 

 

sec

Definition

 

 

cut

Term

 

 

somn

Definition

 

 

sleep

Term

 

 

sub-

Definition

 

 

under

Term

 

 

super-

Definition

 

 

above

Term

 

 

syn-

Definition

 

 

with

Term

 

 

the

Definition

 

 

god

Term

 

 

top

Definition

 

 

place (a location)

Term

 

 

trans-

Definition

 

 

across

Term

 

 

ven

Definition

 

 

come, bring

Term

 

 

ver

Definition

 

 

true

Term

 

 

xen

Definition

 

 

foreign

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