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Unit 3 Greek and Latin Roots and Affixes
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11th Grade
10/20/2015
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Pre, pro
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for, before, foward, in front of
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pre-Columbian
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before Europeans arrived in the New Wolrd
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premonition
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a warning that comes before
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prescience
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knowledge of the future
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progressive
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moving foward
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project
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to throw before
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proscribe
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to forbid, to prohibit
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prescirbe
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to lay down a rule, to tell what to do
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contra, contro
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against
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contradict
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to speak against
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contravene
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to oppose;to disagree with
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contraceptive
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preventing conception
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contraband
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illegal good; against the law (ban)
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circa, circum
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in a circle, circular, around
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circa
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about the time of, around the time of (c. 1800)
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circus
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a show held in a circular areana
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circumvent
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to go around (rules), to cheat, to avoid
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amphi, ambi
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around, both, on both sides of
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amphibious
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living a double life
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ambiguous
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double meaning, hence unclear
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ambidextrous
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two right hands
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ambivalence
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simultaneous conflicting feelings
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ortho
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straight, true, correct
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orthopedist
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bone speacialist
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orthodox
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correct belief
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orthography
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spelling (straight writing)
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orthodontist
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tooth straightened
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co, com, con
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with
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conscript
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to draft against one's will (with writing)
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conspire
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to work secretly together (to breath together)
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compliant
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bending with; obeient
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coalesce
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to come together various parts (place with)
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cohabitate
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to live with
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syn, sym, syl
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with, together
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synonym
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words with the same meaning
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synthesis
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putting together various parts (place with)
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synoptic
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with the same eyes
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synoptic
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with the same eyes
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sympathy
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to feel with
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symptom
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falling together
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syllable
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sounds spoken together
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neo
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new
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neolithic
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newest stone age, the period of advantage
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neologism
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a newly created word, e.g. pwn'd
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neophyte
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a newbie, a recent convert
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neonatal
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having to do with newborns
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paleo
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old
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paleolithic
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the older stone age, the period of crude stone tools
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paleography
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the study of ancient handwriting
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paleozoology
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the study of ancient animals
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-ize, -ise
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to cause to make (verb ending)
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legalize
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to make leagal
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scrutinize
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to examine
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organize
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to bring order to
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minimize/maximize
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to make smaller/larger
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enfranchise
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to give the rights of citizenship, esp. voting
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-fy
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to cause, to make, (verb ending)
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liquefy
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to make liquid
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fortify
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to strengthen
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rectify
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to correct mistakes
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amplify
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to increase, to make bigger
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glorify
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to extol, to praise
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script
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writing
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scripture
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sacred writings
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circumscribe
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draw a circle around; to confine
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transcribe
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to transfer writing from here to there
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describe
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written down
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manuscript
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written by hand
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graph, gram
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writing
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phonograph
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sound writing; a record
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chronograph
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a fancy watch
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photograph
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light writing
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telegram
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writing from far away
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grammar
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the art of letters
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ped, pod
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foot
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podiatrist
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doctor specializing in problems of the foot
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piedmont
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the foothills
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impediment
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obstacle (something to trip over)
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pedal
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something you push with your foot
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pedestal
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the base of
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biped
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having two feet; centipede-having 100 feet
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pedestrain
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going by foot
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ped
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child, learning
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pedagouge
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a teacher
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pendent
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schoolmaster; overly precise about subject
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pediatrician
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doctor who specializes in children
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encyclopedia
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book of knowledge (circle of arts for the proper rearing of children)
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