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| a/n | not, without | Greek | abyss - without bottom; achromatic - without color; anhydrous - without water |
| a | on | Latin | afire - on fire; ashore - on the shore; aside - on the side |
| a, ab/s | from, abroad, off | Latin | housebreak - comport away by force; abnormal - abroad from normal, not normal; absent - abroad, not present; aversion - the act of turning away from; abbreviate: to shorten. |
| a/c/d | to, toward, well-nigh | Latin | accelerate - to increase the speed of; accessible - easily entered, approached, or obtained; admittance - allowing into; |
| acro | top, height, tip, beginning | Greek | acrobat - a "high walker"; acronym - a give-and-take formed from the commencement (capital) letters of a discussion; acrophobia - fright of tiptop |
| human action | practise | Latin | activity - something that a person does; react - to do something in response; interaction - advice between two or more things |
| aer/o | air | Greek | aerate - to let air reach something; aerial - relating to the air; aerospace - the air space |
| agr/i/o | farming | Latin Greek | agriculture - direction of the country, agribusiness - making money by utilizing land; agrarian - relating to the management of country |
| alg/o | pain | Latin | neuralgia - pain acquired by a nervus; analgesic - a drug that makes ane pain free; nostalgia - aching for the familiar |
| ambi, amphi | both, on both sides, around | Latin | ambidextrous - able to use both hands equally; cryptic - having more than than one meaning; ambiguity - conflicting or opposite feelings toward a person or thing |
| ambul | walk, move | Latin | amble - to walk in a ho-hum, relaxed mode; ambulant - walking or moving around; ambulance - a vehicle that moves a patient |
| ami/o | love | Latin | amiable - friendly, pleasant, lovable; amity - friendly and peaceful relations; amorous - showing romantic love |
| ana | upwards, back, confronting, again, throughout | Greek | analysis - a close examination of something; anatomy - the structure of something as visible when cutting upwardly for analysis; anachronism - non beingness in the right identify in fourth dimension |
| andr/o | man, male | Greek | androgynous - beingness both male person and female person; android - resembling a homo; misandry - hatred towards men |
| anim | life, spirit | Latin | animal - a living organism; breathing - to make alive; self-possession - of balanced spirit |
| ann/enn | yr | Latin | anniversary - a engagement observed once a year; annual - happening once a year; millennium - 1,000 years |
| ante | before, in front | Latin | antecede - to come up before something in time; antemeridian - earlier noon; anteroom- a small room earlier the main room |
| anth/o | flower | Greek | chrysanthemum and amaranth - names of flowers; anthology - a drove of treasured writings; anthozoan - half institute, half animate being, like anemones and corals. |
| anthrop/o | human | Greek | anthropology - the report of mankind; anthropomorphism - giving human form to not-human things; philanthropy - the honey to mankind (expressed through skilful deeds) |
| anti | confronting, contrary of | Greek | antibody - a substance that destroys micro-organisms; clarified - preventing infection; antisocial - opposing social norm |
| apo, apho | away, off, separate | Greek | aphorism - a curt expression of a full general truth; apology - an explicit expression of regret, apostrophe - a small dash used in place of an omitted alphabetic character |
| aqu/a | water | Latin | aquarium - a h2o container for fish; aquatic- relating to water; aqueduct - a pipeline for water |
| arbor | tree | Latin | arborist - someone working with copse; arbor - a shady area formed by trees; arborous - having many copse |
| arch/i | primary, most important, rule | Greek | archbishop - the highest ranking bishop; archenemy - chief or worst enemy; matriarch - a female who rules a grouping; monarch - a king or queen |
| curvation/a/i | archaic, ancient | Greek | archæology - the written report of ancient cultures; primitive - belonging to an earlier period; archive - a collection of historical materials |
| arthr/o | joint | Latin Greek | arthroscope - a tool to run across inside a joint; arthritis - inflammation of a articulation; arthropod - invertebrates with jointed legs, like spiders, crustaceans, insects |
| fine art | skill | Latin | artifact - object made by a person's skill; artisan - a person skilled in a arts and crafts; artist - a person who creates skillfully |
| astro, aster | star, stars, outer infinite | Greek | astronaut - a person traveling to the stars; astronomer - someone who studies the stars; asterisk - a star-shaped sign used every bit a reference tool |
| aud/i/io | hear | Latin | audible - loud enough to be heard; audition - people who listen to a program; audiovisual - relating to sound and vision |
| auto | self, same, one | Greek | autocrat - a person who governs with accented power; shorthand - a person'southward own signature; automatic - moving by itself |
| avi/a | bird | Latin | aviary - a large enclosure for birds; aviatrix - a female plane pilot; aviation - the fine art of designing or operating aircraft |
| bar/o | pressure level, weight | Greek | baric - pertaining to pressure level, esp. of the atmosphere; milliard - metric unit, equal to 1/1000th of a bar; baryon - heavy uncomplicated particle |
| bell/i | state of war | Latin | bellicose - warlike; argumentative - hostile, set to fight; rebel - person who opposes and fights |
| bene | skillful, well | Latin | distributor - person who gives money to a crusade; beneficial - producing a good effect; benevolent - showing kindness or goodwill |
| bi/n | 2, twice, once in every two | Latin | biannual - happening twice a year; binoculars - optical device with ii lenses; bilateral - of or involving two sides |
| bibli/o | book | Greek | bibliography - a list of books used every bit sources; bibliomania - an farthermost love of books; bibliophile - a person who loves books |
| bio | life, living matter | Greek | biography- a life story written by another person; biology - the scientific discipline of life; biosphere - Earth's surface inhabited by living things |
| blast/o | cell, primitive, immature jail cell | Greek | blastula - an early stage of embryonic development; fibroblast - a cell that forms connective tissue; blastoderm - the layer surrounding the inside of an egg |
| burs | pouch, purse | Latin | bursar- an authoritative officeholder in accuse of funds; bursary- the treasury of a college or monastery; disburse- to expend especially from a public fund |
| calc | stone | Latin | calcite; calcium- the flame of acetylene gas generated by reaction of calcium carbide with water; calcification- impregnation with calcareous matter |
| cand | glowing, iridescent | Latin | candid- gratis from bias, prejudice, or malice; candle- something that gives low-cal; incandescent- white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat |
| capt, cept, ceive | take, hold | Latin | intercept - to stop or interrupt; perceive - to take notice of something; captivating - taking hold of |
| cardi/o | heart | Greek | cardiac - relating to the center; cardiogenic - resulting from heart disease; cardiologist - a eye doctor |
| carn/i | flesh, meat | Latin | cannibal - flesh-eating; carnal - pertaining to the torso or mankind; incarnate - given actual form |
| cata | downwards, confronting completely, intensive, according to | Greek | calamity - a alluvion or other disaster, catalog - a complete list; catastrophe - turning for the worst, a substantial disaster |
| caust, caut | to burn | Latin Greek | cauterize - to burn with a hot instrument; caustic - capable of called-for or eating away; holocaust - total devastation, particularly by fire |
| sacrifice, ceed, cess | get, yield | Latin | exceed - to get beyond the limits; recede - to go back; accessible - easily entered, approached, or obtained; |
| celer | fast | Latin | accelerate - to increase the speed of; decelerate - to reduce the speed of |
| cent/i | hundred, hundredth | Latin | centennial- the 100th anniversary; centimeter - 1/100 of a meter; century - 100 years |
| centr/o/i | center | Greek | egocentric - self-centered; eccentric - not having a mutual center, not co-ordinate to norm; centrifugal - moving outward from a center |
| cephal/o | head | Greek | encephalitis - inflammation of the brain; cephalic - pertaining to the head; cephalopod - marine mollusks like octopus and squid who accept tentacles growing from their caput |
| cerebr/o | brain | Latin | cerebral - pertaining to the brain; cerebrate - to utilize the brain; cerebrospinal - pertaining to the encephalon and the spinal cord |
| cert | sure | Latin | ascertain- to find out something with certainty; sure - being absolutely sure; certify - to state that something is true |
| chrom/o chromat/o, chros | color, pigment | Greek | achromatic - without color; chromium - a blue-white metal chemical element, chromatics - the study of color |
| chron/o | time | Greek | chronic - lasting for a long fourth dimension; chronological - arranging events in time gild, synchronize - happening at the aforementioned time |
| chrys/o | gilt, yellow | Greek | chrysanthemum and helichrysum - gilded/yellowish flowers; chrysolite - a yellowish precious stone |
| cide, cise | cutting, kill | Latin | homicide - murder; incisor - a sharp tooth for cutting food; insecticide - a chemical used to kill insects |
| circum, circle | around, about | Latin | circumnavigate - to canvas around; delimit - to describe around; circumspect - looking effectually |
| claim, clam | shout, speak out | Latin | bedlam - to shout and make noise; exclaim - to cry out loudly and suddenly; declaration - something appear officially in public |
| clar | articulate | Latin | clarification - an caption; analyze - to make something clear; declare - to state something clearly |
| clud, clus | shut | Latin | decision - the end or final part; exclusion - shutting out, rejecting; beleaguer - to go along away from; to isolate |
| cline | lean | Latin | inclination - a leaning toward; incline - a surface that slopes or leans; recline - to lean back and relax |
| co | with, together, joint | Latin | coauthor - writer who collaborates with another author; coeducation - educating males and females together; cohousing - planning your neighborhood in an intentional neighborly manner |
| col | together, jointly | Latin | Collaborate - to piece of work together; collision - smashing together; vernacular - words formed past everday interaction |
| com | together, common | Latin | commemorate - to memorize together; limerick - an arrangement or putting together of parts; district - living together while owning things in common |
| cogn/i | know | Latin | knowledge - process of acquiring knowledge; incognito - disguised and then no one knows you; recognize - to discover that one knows |
| con | with, jointly | Latin | concur - to agree with someone; contemporary - of the same time flow every bit others; convention - a gathering of people with a common involvement |
| contra/o | against, opposite | Latin | contradict to argue against, Contraflow, contraception, contrary not in agreement, controversy disagreement |
| corp/o | body | Latin | corporation - a company recognized by law equally a single body; corpse - a expressionless torso; corporal - pertaining to the trunk |
| cosm/o | universe | Greek | cosmonaut - a Russian astronaut; cosmos - the universe; microcosm - a miniature universe |
| counter | opposite, opposite, opposing | | counteract - to oppose the effects of an activity; countermand - to cancel a previous society; counteroffensive - attack confronting an assault |
| cranio | skull | Greek | craniology - the study of skull characteristics; cranium - skull of vertebrates; cranial - pertaining to the skull |
| cred | believe | Latin | acceptance - belief that something is true or valid; credulous - believing things too hands, gullible; incredible - unbelievable |
| cruc | cross | Latin | crucial-characteristic of or having the class of a cross ; crucifix- the cross itself as a Christian emblem; excruciating- so intense as to cause nifty pain or anguish |
| crypto | hidden, secret | Greek | cryptic - of hidden significant; cryptography - science of secret codes; encrypt - encode into surreptitious lawmaking |
| cumul | mass, heap | Latin | accumulate - to gather or pile upward; cumulative - gradually edifice up |
| curr, curs | run | Latin | concurrent- running parallel; electric current- flowing easily and smoothly; cursive- having a flowing, easy, impromptu character |
| cycl | circle, ring | Greek | bicycle - a vehicle with two wheels; bicycle - a sequence that is repeated; cyclone - a tempest with circling winds |
| de | reduce, away, downwardly, remove | Latin | decelerate - to ho-hum down, reduce speed; dethrone - to remove from power; debug - to remove bugs |
| dec/a, deka | x | Greek | decade - 10 years; decathlon - athletic contest that includes x disciplines in which each participant competes; December - formerly the 10th month of the Roman calendar |
| deci | one tenth | Latin | deciliter - a tenth of a liter; decimate - reduce dramatically; decibel - one tenth of the sound volume unit bel |
| dem/o | people | Greek | democracy - government of the people; demographic - the written report of people; epidemic - spreading among people in a region |
| demi | half, less than | Latin | demitasse - a modest cup of java; demimonde - someone of piffling respected life style |
| dendr/o/i | tree | Greek | philodendron - a climbing plant that grows on trees; tree-ring dating - dating events by studying growth rings in trees; dendriform - in the shape of a tree |
| dent, dont | tooth | Latin | dental - relating to teeth; dentist - a medico for the teeth; dentures - a set of imitation teeth |
| derm/a | skin | Greek | dermatologist - a physician for the skin; pachyderm - a class of animals with very thick skin (elephant, rhinoceros); dermatitis - inflammation of the skin |
| di/plo | two, twice | Greek | dichromatic - displaying ii colors; diploma - a certificate, literally "a alphabetic character folded double"; dilemma - a situation that requires a choice betwixt 2 alternatives. |
| di/s | autonomously, away, not, to the opposite | Latin | digression - a difference from the master upshot, bailiwick; disappear - to move out of sight; dissect - to cut apart piece by piece. |
| dia | through, between, apart, beyond | Greek | diabetes - disease characterized by excessive thirst and discharge of urine; diagnosis - agreement a condition past going through a detailed review of symptoms; dialog - conversation betwixt two people. |
| dict | speak | Latin | contradict - to express the opposite of; prediction - a statement foretelling the future; dictate - to speak out loud for some other person to write downward. |
| domin | main | Latin | dominate - to be the master of; domineering - excessively decision-making; predominate - to accept more power than others |
| don/at | give | Latin | donation - a contribution or gift; donor - someone who gives something; pardon - to give forgiveness for an criminal offense |
| duc/t | lead | Latin | bear - to lead musicians in playing music; educate - to atomic number 82 to cognition; deduction - a subtraction of an amount. |
| du/o | two, twice | Latin | indistinguishable - brand an identical re-create; duet - a musical limerick for two voices or instruments; duo - a pair ordinarily thought of as being together. |
| dur | harden, to terminal, lasting | Latin | durable - having the quality of lasting; duration - the length of time something lasts; enduring - able to final. |
| dyn/a/am | power, energy, strength | Greek | dynamo - a generator of energy; dynamic - having physical energy/power; dynamite - a powerful explosive. |
| dys | abnormal, bad | Greek | dyspepsia - abnormal digestion; dystopia - an imaginary place of full misery; dyslexia - damage of the ability to handle words. |
| eastward- | out, away | Latin | eloquent - speaking beautifully and forcefully; emissary - a representative of a country or group sent on a mission; eject - throw out forcefully. |
| ego | self | Latin Greek | egoistic - cocky-centered; alter ego - a higher attribute of oneself; egomania - excessive preoccupation with oneself. |
| em, en | into, cover with, cause | | empathy - intention to experience similar some other person; empower - put into ability; engorge - make larger. |
| endo | within, inside | Greek | endotherm - a beast that can continue its inside temperature fairly abiding; endocrine - relating to glands that secrete directly into the claret or lymph; endogamy - the custom to marry within one's association, tribe etc. |
| enn/i, anni | years | Latin | bicentennial - of or relating to an age or menstruation of 200 years; centennial - of or relating to an age or catamenia of 100 years; perennial -lasting through many years. |
| en, in | within, inwards | Latin | envision - to picture in the mind; enclose - lock within; inwards - towards the inside. |
| ep/i | on, upon, over, amid, at, after, to, outside | Greek | epidemic - the rapid spread of something negative; epilogue - a short spoken language delivered after a play; epicenter - the center of an earthquake. |
| equ/i | equal, every bit | Latin | equidistant - an equal distance from ii points; equanimity - calm temperament, evenness of atmosphere; equation - a argument of equality. |
| erg/o | piece of work | Greek | ergonomics - report of the working environs; free energy - the power to reach work; energetics - scientific discipline that looks at energy and its transformation. |
| esth/aesth | feeling, awareness, beauty | Latin | esthetician - someone who beautifies; aesthetic - pertaining to a sense of beauty; kinesthesia - the sensation of bodily movement. |
| ethno | race, people | Greek | indigenous - pertaining to a defined group of people; ethnocentric - focusing on the ethnicity of people; ethnology - the scientific discipline of people and races. |
| eu | adept, well | Greek | euphemism - replacing an offensive discussion with an inoffensive 1; euphonious - having a pleasant audio; euphoria - feeling of well-being. |
| ex | from, out, | Latin | excavate - to dig out; exhale - to breathe out; excerpt - to pull out. |
| extra, extro | exterior, beyond | Latin | boggling - beyond ordinary; extraterrestrial - outside the Earth; extrovert - an outgoing person. |
| fac/t | make, do | Latin | antiquity - an object made by a person; factory - a place where things are made; malefact - a person who does incorrect. |
| fer | acquit, bring, conduct | Latin | confer - to bring an laurels to someone; ferry - a boat that carries passengers; transfer - to move to another place. |
| fid | organized religion | Latin | confide - place trust in someone, fidelity - faithfulness; fiduciary - a trustee; |
| flect | bend | Latin | deflect - to bend grade because of hitting something; inflection - a angle in the voice's tone or pitch; flexible - easily angle. |
| flor/a, fleur | bloom | Latin | florist - someone working with flowers; floral - flowerlike; flora - the plant life of a detail time or area |
| for | completely (used to intensify the pregnant of a word) | | forsaken or forfeited - completely lost; forgiven - completely given (a release of debt). |
| fore | in front of, previous, earlier | | forebear - ancestor; forebode - to give an advance warning of something bad; forecast - a preview of events to be. |
| form | shape | Latin | conformity- correspondence in form, mode, or graphic symbol; formation- something that is formed; reformatory- intended for reformation |
| fract, frag | break | Latin | fracture - a pause; frail - easy to interruption; fragment or fraction - a part or element of a larger whole; |
| fug | flee, run away, escape | Latin | avoiding - a person who is running away; refuge - a sheltered place to abscond to; refugee - a person seeking protection |
| funct | perform, work | Latin | defunct - no longer working or alive; part - to work or perform a function normally; malfunction - to fail to piece of work correctly. |
| fus | pour | Latin | confusion - being flooded with too much information that is hard to brand sense of; fuse - to melt by heating; infuse - to put into. |
| gastr/o | breadbasket | Greek | gastric - pertaining to the stomach; gastronomy - serving the stomach past providing good food; gastritis - inflammation of the stomach. |
| gen/o/eastward/ genesis | nativity, product, formation, kind | Greek | genealogy - the report of the history of a family; generation - all the people born at approximately the aforementioned time; genetic -relating to heredity encoded in the genes. |
| geo | earth, soil, global | Greek | geography - report of the earth'south surface; geology - study of the structure of the world; geoponics - soil based agronomics. |
| ger | old age | Greek | geriatrics - medicine pertaining to the elderly; gerontocracy - the dominion of the elders; gerontology - the scientific discipline of crumbling. |
| giga | a billion | Greek | gigabyte - unit of computer storage space; gigahertz - unit of frequency (one billion Hz/sec); gigawatt unit of measurement of electrical ability (ane billion watts). |
| gon | angle | Latin Greek | decagon - a polygon with 10 angles; diagonal - a slanting line running beyond a space; octagon - a geometrical figure with eight angles. |
| gram | letter, written | Greek | diagram - a simple drawing; grammar - rules of how to write words in sentences; telegram - a bulletin sent by telegraph. |
| gran | grain | Latin | granary- a storehouse or repository for grain especially later information technology is threshed or husked; granola- a mixture of rolled oats and other ingredients; granule- a little grain (as of sugar) |
| graph/y | writing, recording, written | Greek | Graphology - the study of handwritings; autograph - written with one's own paw; seismograph - a machine noting forcefulness and elapsing of earthquakes. |
| grat | pleasing | Latin | appease - to delight someone; grateful - feeling thankful; gratuity - a tip, token of appreciation. |
| gyn/o/eastward | woman, female person | Greek | gynecology - the science of female reproductive health; gynephobia - fearfulness of women; gynecoid - resembling a woman. |
| gress, grad/east/i | to step, to get | Latin | digression - a deviation from the main issue, field of study, etc.; progress - move forrard or onward; gradual - step by step. |
| hect/o, hecat | hundred | Greek | hectoliter - 100 liters; hectare - metric unit equaling 100 ares or 10,000 foursquare meters; hectometer - 100 meters. |
| helic/o | spiral, circular | Greek | helicopter - an aircraft with horizontal rotating wing; helix - a spiral form; helicon - a circular tuba. |
| heli/o | sun | Greek | heliotropism - movement or growth in relating to the sun; heliograph - apparatus used to send bulletin with the help of sunlight; helianthus - genus of plants including sunflowers. |
| hemi | half, fractional | Greek | hemicycle - a semicircular structure; hemisphere - 1 half of the earth; hemistich - one-half a line of verse. |
| hem/o/a | claret | Latin Greek | hemorrhage - clotting of the blood; hemorrhoids - swelling of the blood vessels; hemoglobin - blood-red blood particle. |
| hepa | liver | Latin | hepatitis - inflammation of the liver; hepatoma - a tumor of the liver; hepatotoxic - toxic and damaging to the liver. |
| hept/a | seven | Greek | heptagon - a shape with seven angles and seven sides; Heptateuch - the first seven books of the Old Attestation; heptameter - a line of verse consisting of seven metrical anxiety. |
| herbi | grass, institute | Latin | herbicide - any chemical used to kill unwanted plants, etc.; herbivorous - plant-eating; herbal - relating to plants. |
| hetero | different, other | Greek | heterogeneous - made up of unrelated parts; heteronyms - words with same spelling but different meanings; heterodox - not befitting to traditional beliefs. |
| hex/a | six | Greek | hexagon - a shape with vi angles/sides; hexameter - a verse measured in 6; hexapod - having half-dozen legs. |
| histo | tissue | Greek | histology - study of the microscopic construction of tissues; histochemistry - written report of the chemical constitution of cells and tissues. |
| homo, homeo | like, alike, aforementioned | Latin Greek | homogeneous - of the same nature or kind; homonym - sounding akin; homeopath - a therapy that is based on treating "aforementioned with same" |
| hydr/o | liquid, h2o | Greek | hydrate - to add h2o to; hydrophobia - intense fear of water; hydroponics - growing plants in liquid nutrient solution; hydraulic - operated past strength created past a liquid. |
| hygr/o | moisture, humidity | Greek | hygrometer - tool used to measure humidity; hygrograph - instrument for recording variations in atmospheric humidity. |
| hyper | too much, over, excessive, beyond | Latin Greek | hyperactive - very restless; hypercritical - too critical; hypertension - in a higher place normal force per unit area. |
| hyp/o | under | Greek | hypoglycemia - an abnormally low level of sugar in the claret; hypothermia - abnormally low trunk temperature; hypothesis - a theory that is unproven but used under the assumption that information technology is true. |
| iatr/o | medical care | Greek | geriatrics - medical care of the elderly; pediatrician - a doctor who treats children; podiatry - medical care for feet. |
| icon/o | image | Latin Greek | icon - an (often religious) image, in mod usage a simplified graphic of high symbolic content; iconology - science of symbols and icons; iconoclast - someone who destroys religious images and traditional behavior. |
| idio | peculiar, personal, distinct | Greek | idiomatic - Peculiar to a particular linguistic communication; idiosyncracy - a physical or mental characteristic typical or a item person; idiot - someone who is distinctly foolish or stupid. |
| il, in | in, into | Latin | illuminate - to requite light to; innovation - a new idea, method, or device; inspection - the act of examining or reviewing. |
| ig, il, im, in, ir | not, without | Latin | illegal - not legal; impossible - not possible; inappropriate - non appropriate; irresponsible - non responsible. |
| imag | likeness | Latin | image - a likeness of someone; imaginative - able to recall upwards new ideas or images; imagine - to form a picture or likeness in the mind. |
| infra | beneath, below | Latin | infrastructure - underlying framework of a system; infrared - beneath the regular calorie-free spectrum. |
| inter | betwixt, among, jointly | Latin | international - involving two or more countries; intersection - place where roads come together; intercept - to finish or interrupt the course of. |
| intra, intro | within, inside | Latin | intrastate - existing in i state; intravenous - inside or into a vein; introvert - shy person who keeps within him/herself. |
| ir | not | Latin | irredeemable - not redeemable; irreformable - not reformable; irrational - not rational. |
| iso | equal | | isobar - a line on a map connecting points of equal barometric pressure; isometric - having equality of measure; isothermal - having equal or constant temperature. |
| ject | throw | Latin | eject - to throw someone/something out; interject - to throw a remark into a discussion; project - to bandage or throw something. |
| jud | law | Latin | judgment - a decision of a courtroom of police force; judicial - having to practise with judges or courts of police force; judiciary - a system of courts of law. |
| junct | join | Latin | conjunction - a give-and-take that joins parts of sentences; disjunction - a disconnection; junction - a place where two things join. |
| juven | young | Latin | juvenile - youthful or childish; rejuvenate - to bring back to youthful forcefulness or advent. |
| kilo | grand | Greek | kilobyte - 1,000 bytes; kilometer - ane,000 meter; kilograms - 1,000 grams. |
| kine/t /mat | motion, sectionalization | Greek | kinetics - written report of the force of motion; psychokinesis or telekinesis - the ability to motion objects with your mind; cinematography - motility picture making. |
| lab | work | Latin | collaborate - to piece of work with a person; elaborate - to work out the details; laborious - requiring a lot of hard work. |
| lact/o | milk | Latin | lactate - to requite milk, nurse; lactose - the sugar contained in milk; lactic acid. |
| after | side | Latin | bilateral - of or involving two sides; unilateral - affecting i side of something. |
| leuk/o, leuc/o | white, colorless | Greek | leukemia - abnormal increase of white blood cells in the blood; leukocyte - a mature white blood cell; leucine - a white, crystalline amino acid. |
| lex | word, law, reading | Greek | lexicology - the report and history of words; alexia -loss of the ability to read; illegal - not authorized by the official rules or laws. |
| liber | free | Latin | liberate - to prepare costless; libertine - a person with a free, wild lifestyle; liberty - freedom. |
| lingu | language, tongue | Latin | linguist - one who studies languages; multilingual - able to communicate in multiple languages; linguine - long, flat "tongue-shaped" pasta. |
| lip/o | fat | Greek | liposuction - the mechanical removal of fat reserves in the tissue; lipase - enzyme that breaks down fat; lipoid - resembling fat. |
| lite, ite, lith/o | mineral, stone, fossil | Greek | apatite - a group of common minerals; granite - a hard, granular stone; monolith - a remarkable, unique stone. |
| loc | place | Latin | dislocate - to put something out of its usual place; location - a place; relocate - to move to a new place. |
| log/o | word, doctrine, discourse | Greek | logic - right reasoning; monologue - a long speech by 1 speaker;analogy - similarity, specially between things otherwise dissimilar. |
| loqu, locu | speak | Latin | eloquent - speaking beautifully and forcefully ; loquacious - very talkative; elocution - art of public speaking. |
| luc | light | Latin | elucidate - to explain, to throw light on; lucid - hands understood, giving off light; translucent - allowing light through. |
| lud, lus | to play | Latin | prelude - introduction to the major operation; illusion - misleading optical image or impression; delude - to mislead, deceive. |
| lumin | light | Latin | illuminate - to make full with lite; lumen - unit measuring light. |
| lun/a/i | moon | Latin | lunar - relating to the moon; lunarscape - the surface of the moon; lunatic - insane (as if driven mad by the moon). |
| macro | large, cracking | Greek | macroevolution - large scale evolution; macromolecule - a large molecule; macroeconomics - study of the overall forces of economy. |
| magn/a/i | bully, big | Latin | magnify - brand larger; magnificent - k; magnate - a powerful person, specially in business or industry. |
| mal/east | bad, ill, wrong | Latin | malcontent - incorrect content; malaria - "bad air", infectious illness idea to originate from the "bad air" of the swamps, just acquired past the seize with teeth of an infected mosquito; malicious - showing strong ill will. |
| man/i/u | mitt | Latin | maneuver - to move by hand; manual - done with the hands; manuscript - a book written past manus. |
| mand | to lodge | Latin | command - an gild or instruction; demand - a hard-to-ignore order; mandate - an official order. |
| mania | madness, insanity, excessive desire | Greek | bibliomania - a crazy beloved of books; egomania - a mad love of oneself; maniac an insane person. |
| mar/i | sea | Latin | marina - a harbor for pleasance boats; maritime - relating to the sea; submarine - an undersea boat; aquamarine - color of sea water. |
| mater, matr/i | mother | Latin | maternal - relating to motherhood; maternity - the state of being a mother; matriarch - a woman head of a household. |
| max | greatest | Latin | maximal - the best or greatest possible; maximize - to make as bully equally possible; maximum - the greatest amount. |
| medi | eye | Latin | medieval - pertaining to the Heart Ages; medium - in the middle; mediocre - only of medium (inferior) quality. |
| mega | nifty, large, million | Greek | megalopolis - an area with many nearby cities; megaphone - a device that projects a loud vox; megastructure - huge building or other structure. |
| melan/o | black | Greek | melancholy - a state of dark emotions; melanoma - malignant dark tumor of the skin; melodrama - a dark, pathetic drama. |
| memor/i | remember | Latin | commemorate - to honor the memory of, as by a ceremony; memorial - related to remembering a person or consequence; retention: an power to retain knowledge or an individual'south stock of retained noesis. |
| merge, mers | dip, dive | Latin | immerge or immerse - to put or dip something into a liquid; submerge to dip something completely into wate.r |
| meso | middle | Latin Greek | Mesoamerica - Center America; meson - elementary particle with a mass between an electron and a proton. |
| meta | change, after, across, betwixt | Greek | metaphysics - study of nature and reality; metamorphosis - a complete modify of grade; metastasis - the transmission of disease to other parts of the body. |
| meter, metr/y | measure | Greek | audiometer- an musical instrument that measures hearing acuteness; chronometer- an instrument that measures fourth dimension; metric - measured. |
| micro | very pocket-size, short, minute | Greek | microbe - a very small living affair; microchip - a tiny wafer with an integrated excursion; microscope - a device to run across very small things. |
| mid | heart | Latin Greek | midriff - the surface area between the chest and the waist; midterm - centre of a term in schoolhouse; midway - halfway between. |
| migr | motility | Latin | immigrant - a person who moves to a new country to settle; migrant - person who moves from place to place; migration - the procedure of moving. |
| milli | onethousandth | Latin | millimeter - one thousandth of a meter; millibar - one thousandth of a bar; milliliter - i thousandth of a liter. |
| min/i | small, less | Latin | mini - something that is very small; minuscule - extremely tiny; minutiae - very small or picayune details. |
| mis/o | bad, badly, wrong, wrongly, to hate | Greek | misbehave - to behave badly; misprint - an error in printing; misnomer - an error in naming a person or thing. |
| miss, mit | ship, let go | Latin | dismiss - to send someone abroad; missile - a weapon sent into the air; emit - to send something out; admittance - entry. |
| mob | move | Latin | immobilize - to terminate from moving; mobile - able to move freely; mobility - the quality of being able to motility. |
| monday/o | one, single, alone | Greek | monochromat - having one color; monologue - a speech spoken by one person; monotheism - belief in 1 god. |
| mot, mov | motility | Latin | motion - the act of moving; motivate - to move someone to activity; promote to motility someone forrad; removable - able to be taken or carried away. |
| morph/o | form | Greek | metamorphosis - complete change of form; endorphins - chemical in the brain able to transform pain; amorphous - without distinct shape or form. |
| mort | death | Latin | immortal - living forever, unable to dice; mortal - sure to die; mortician - an undertaker. |
| multi | many, more than than one or two | Latin | multicolored - having many colors; multimedia - using a range of media; multitasking - doing many things at once. |
| mut | change | Latin | immutable - not irresolute; mutant - an organism that has undergone change; mutate - to undergo a change. |
| my/o | muscle | Latin | myocardium - the heart muscle of the heart; myasthenia - muscle fatigue or weakness; myosin - common protein in muscle tissue. |
| narr | tell | Latin | narrate - to tell a story; narrative - a story; narrator - a person who tells a story. |
| nat | born | Latin | innate - included since birth; natal - relating to nativity; natural - gotten at birth, not afterward. |
| nav | send | Latin | circumnavigate - to sail around a place; naval - relating to a navy or warships; navigate - to sail a ship through a place. |
| necr/o | expressionless, decease | Greek | necrophil - loving expiry; necrosis - the decease of tissue due to disease or injury; necrology - a listing of persons who accept recently died. |
| neg | no | Latin | negate - to say it didn't happen; negative - meaning "no"; renege - to become back on a promise. |
| neo | new, recent | | neoclassic - a revival of archetype form, neocolonialism - the indirect ("new") economical and political control of a region past a more powerful foreign power; neonatal - a newborn child, specially the start few weeks. |
| nephr/o | kidney | Greek | nephritis - inflammation of the kidneys; nephrotomy - surgical incision of a kidney; nephron - a single, excretory unit of measurement in the kidney. |
| neur/o | nerve | Greek | neuralgia - hurting along a nerve; neurologist - doc specializing in the nerves; neurotic - mental disorder that usually does not include an impaired perception of reality. |
| nom/in | name | Latin | misnomer - an error in naming a person or thing; nominal - being something in name only but not in reality; nominate - to name for ballot or appointment, to designate. |
| non | no, non, without | Latin | nondescript - with no special characteristics; nonfiction - true, real, not made-up; nonsense - without sense. |
| not | mark | Latin | notable - marked equally worthy of attention; notarize - to certify a signature on a legal certificate; annotate - to add remarks. |
| noun, nunc | declare | Latin | announce - to declare in public; denounce - to proclaim harsh criticism; enunciate - to speak or declare something clearly. |
| nov | new | Latin | innovate - to innovate a new way; novelty - something new; novice - a person who is new at a job; renovate - to brand something like new once again. |
| numer | number | Latin | enumerate - to name a number of items on a list; numerology - the study of magical uses of numbers; numerous - a large number. |
| ob, op | in the manner, against | Latin | object - to be confronting something; obscure - hard to understand; opposition - the act of resistance or action against. |
| oct/a/o | eight | Greek | octagon - a effigy with eight sides and eight angles; octogenarian - person in his or her 80s; octopus - ocean fauna with 8 arms. |
| ocu | eye | Latin | binoculars - lens device for seeing distances; monocula - relating to one center; oculist - an middle doctor. |
| od | path, way | Greek | diode - an electron tube having two electrodes, a cathode and an anode; odometer - an musical instrument attached to a vehicle to measure the distance traversed; triode - an electron tube with an anode, a cathode, and a control filigree |
| odor | smell, scent | Latin | deodorant - a substance that helps preclude body aroma; malodorous - having a terribly bad smell; odoriferous- something that bears or diffuses a scent |
| omni | all | Latin | omnipotent - with all the power; omniscient - knowing all things; omnivorous eating all foods. |
| op/t/south | eye, visual status, sight | Greek | optic - relating to the eyes; optician - a person who fits eyeglasses; dissection - the examination of a expressionless body. |
| opt | all-time | Latin | optimal - the best, the most desirable; optimize - to make the best of; optimum - the all-time something could exist. |
| ortho | directly | Greek | orthodontist - a dentist that straightens teeth; orthopedic - a md concerned with the proper alignment of the bones; orthography - the correct way of writing. |
| osteo | os | Greek | osteoarthritis - inflammation caused by degeneration of the joints; osteopathy - therapy that uses amidst others manipulation of the skeleton to restore health; osteology - the study of bones. |
| out | goes beyond, surpasses, exceeds | | Approachable - being of lively, sharing nature; outdoing - doing meliorate than; outdoor - outside. |
| over | excessive | English | overconfident - more confident than is advisable; overstock - more supplies than is desirable; overexcited - ,more excited than one should be. |
| oxi/oxy | precipitous | Greek | oxymoron - combining two ideas that sharply contradict each other; oxidize - corrode a surface. |
| pale/o | aboriginal | Greek | paleontology - study of ancient fossils; paleography - the study of aboriginal forms of writing; Paleolithic - period of the Stone Age. |
| pan | all, whatsoever, everyone | Greek | panacea - a cure for all diseases or problems; panorama - an all-around view; pantheism - the worship of all gods; pandemic - affecting all. |
| para | beside, beyond, abnormal, assistant | Greek | parasite - an organism that lives on and off another living beingness; parallel - alongside and always an equal distance apart; paragraph - a portion of a writtenn document that presents a distinct thought. |
| para | protection from | | parachute - protection from falling; parasol - an umbrella used to protect from the lord's day; |
| pater, patr/i | father | Latin Greek | paternal - relating to fathers; paternity - fatherhood; patriarch - a human who rules a group. |
| path | feeling, emotion | | contempt - a feeling of slap-up dislike; apathy - a lack of feeling or involvement; empathy - ability to empathize another's feelings. |
| ped/i/e | foot, feet | Latin | pedal - a lever pushed by the pes; pedestrian - one who walks; pedicure - cosmetic handling of anxiety and toes. |
| pel | drive, force | Latin | compel - to strength someone to deed; miscarry - to drive someone out of a place; repel - to strength back. |
| pent/a | five | Greek | pentagon - shape having five angles and 5 sides, pentagram - a five-pointed star formerly used as a symbolic figure in magic; pentathlon - an able-bodied contest that includes five events. |
| pept, peps | digestion | Greek | dyspepsia - abnormal digestion; peptic - aiding digestion; pepsin - a digestive enzyme. |
| per | through, throughout | Latin | permanent - lasting throughout all time; permeate - to spread throughout; persist - to proceed for a long time; perennial - lasting through many years. |
| peri | around, enclosing | Greek | periodontal - pertaining to bone and tissue around a tooth; peripheral - lying outside of the middle; perimeter - the outer boundary of an expanse. |
| phag/e | to eat | Greek | esophagus - muscular tube that carries food to the breadbasket; anthropophagy or sarcophagy - cannibalism; xylophagous - feeding on wood. |
| phil/o | love, friend | Greek | philanthropist - one who loves humanity; philology - the honey of words; philosophy - the dearest of wisdom; bibliophil - loving books. |
| phon/o /e/y | audio | Greek | cacophony - loud, unpleasant sounds; microphone - a device that records and amplifies audio; phonetic - relating to man speech communication sounds. |
| phot/o | light | Greek | photogenic - acquired by light; photograph - prototype made on low-cal-sensitive motion-picture show; photon - the smallest possible unit of light. |
| phyll/o | leaf | Greek | chlorophyll - a grouping of light-green pigments found in leaves; phyllotaxis - the organisation of leaves on a stem; phyllite - a stone that forms sheets, like to slate. |
| phys | nature, medicine, the body | Greek | physical - relating to the torso; physician - a doctor; physique - nature and shape of one'southward body. |
| phyt/o/e | plant, to abound | Greek | epiphyte - a plant growing independently on the surface of another; hydrophyte - a plant that grows only in h2o; neophyte - a beginner, especially a person recently converted to a new belief. |
| plas/t/m | to form, development, forming cells | Greek | protoplasm - something that is the outset made or formed, also the living portion of a jail cell; plastic - able to be formed, especially when warm; plaster - a mixture of lime, sand and h2o that forms a polish solid covering for walls. |
| plaud, plod, plaus, plos | approve, handclapping | Latin | applaud- to show approval of especially by clapping the hands; explosion- an human action of exposing something as invalid or baseless; plausible- worthy of being applauded |
| pneum/o | breathing, lung, air, spirit | Greek | pneumonia - inflammation of the lungs; pneumatic - using the strength of air; dyspnea - difficulty animate. |
| pod/due east | foot | Greek | podiatrist - a doctor for the feet; podium - a small platform to stand on; tripod - a stand or frame with 3 legs. |
| poli | city | Greek | metropolis - a big city; constabulary - people who piece of work for the regime to maintain club in a city; politics - actions of a regime or political political party. |
| poly | many, more than one | Greek | polychrome - with many colors; polyglot - a person fluent in many languages; polygon - shape with three or more than direct sides. |
| pon | place, put | Latin | opponent - a person who places him/herself against an activity, idea, etc.; postpone - to put off doing something. |
| pop | people | Latin | popular - appealing to a lot of people; population - all of the people who live in a particular surface area; populist - a supporter of the rights of people. |
| port | carry | Latin | export - to carry goods out of a identify to another; portable - able to be carried; porter - a person who carries baggage. |
| pos | identify, put | Latin | deposit - to place or drop something; betrayal to identify out into the open for all to run into; position - the place where someone is. |
| post | after, behind | Latin | posthumous - after someone'southward death; postpone - to filibuster something; postscript - an improver to an already completed document. |
| pre | earlier, before, in front of | Latin | preamble - a part in front of a formal document; gear up - to get ready in advance; prediction - a statement foretelling the future. |
| pro | earlier, in front of, for, forrard | Greek Latin | prognosis - a prediction of what will happen; prologue - a passage earlier the main part; prophet - a person who foretells the future. |
| prot/o | primitive, first, chief | Greek | epitome - the commencement of a kind; proton - on of the very bones parts of an atom; protocol - a first typhoon from which a document is prepared. |
| pseud/o | wrong,false | Greek | pseudonym - a fictitious name; pseudoscience - theories presumed without proof of a scientific nature; pseudopregnancy - a faux pregnancy. |
| psych/o | heed, mental | Greek | psyche - the homo spirit or soul; psychic - relating to the homo mind or someone who has supernatural mental abilities; psychology - the study of the mind. |
| pugn/a, pung | to fight | Latin | pugnacious - having a quarrelsome or ambitious nature; repugnant - distasteful, offensive or revolting; pungent - piercing. |
| pul | urge | | compulsion - a very strong urge; expulsion - to someone out; impulsive - having a spontaneous urge to do something. |
| purg | make clean | Latin | purge - remove anything undesirable; purgatory - according to Roman Catholics a place where souls must clean themselves of sin; expurgate - remove objectionable passages from a publication. |
| put | think | Latin | reckoner - an electronic thinking device; dispute - to disagree with what another person thinks; input - contribution of one's thinking. |
| pyr/o | fire, heat | Greek | pyrotechnics - the art of making fireworks; pyrometer - a thermometer for measuring loftier temperature; pyretic - relating to or producing fever. |
| quad/r/ri | four | Latin | quadrant - open space with buildings on 4 sides; quadrennium - flow of 4 years; quadruped - a 4-footed animal. |
| quart | fourth | Latin | quarter - 1 fourth; quart - a fourth of a gallon; quartet - a musical composition or grouping involving 4 voices or instruments. |
| quin/t | five, fifth | Latin | quintett - a composition for 5 voices or instruments; quintessence - pure essence, based on the ancient philosophy that there was a 5th element that was present in all things; quintuple - fivefold. |
| radic, radix | root | Latin | eradicate - pull out at the roots; radical - key, looking at things from a drastic point of view; radish - an edible root of the mustard family. |
| radio | radiation, ray | | radioactive - emitting radiation; radiologist - someone diagnosing or treating via radiation. |
| ram/i | branch | Latin | ramification - the resulting consequence of a decision; ramify - to spread or branch out; ramus - a branchlike part. |
| re | again, back, astern | Latin | rebound -to jump back again; rewind - to wind something backward; reaction: a response; recognize: to identify someone or something seen before. |
| reg | guide, dominion | Latin | regent - a person who rules on behalf of a male monarch or queen; regime - a government that rules; regulate - to apply a rule. |
| retro | backward, back | Latin | retroactive - relating to something in the past; retrogress - to become back to an earlier condition; retrospect - the remembering of past events. |
| rhin/o | nose | Greek | rhino - a species of animals with a big horn on the snout; rhinoplasty - surgery of the nose; rhinovirus - viruses that are causing the mutual common cold. |
| rhod/o | ruddy | Greek | rhododendron - a flower with red/pink flowers; rhodium - an element which produces a red solution; rhodopsin - a purple pigment in the retina that is needed for vision. |
| rid | laugh | Latin | deride - to make fun of someone; ridicule - to make fun or mock; ridiculous - silly, causing laughter. |
| rrh/ea /oea/ag | flow, discharge | Latin Greek | diarrhea - abnormally excessive basin motility; hemorrhage - heavy blood menses; catarrh - inflammation of a mucous membrane, specially the nose and pharynx. |
| rub | ruddy | Latin | reddish - deep ruddy color and a precious stone of the same color; rubella - measles; bilirubin - crimson paint in bile. |
| rupt | interruption, flare-up | Latin | bankrupt - unable to pay because you lot're "broke"; interrupt - to break into a chat or effect, to disturb; rupture - a break in something. |
| san | wellness | Latin | sane - mentally salubrious; germ-free - relating to cleanliness and wellness; sanitation - maintenance of public health and cleanliness. |
| scend | climb, get | Latin | ascend - to climb upward; crescendo - a climbing up of the volume of music; descend - to go or climb downwardly. |
| sci | know | Latin | conscience - sense of knowing correct from incorrect; conscious - knowing what is happening; omniscient - knowing everything. |
| scler/o | hard | Greek | arteriosclerosis - hardening of the arterial walls; multiple sclerosis - illness which causes the tissue of the brain and spinal cord to harden; sclerometer - musical instrument for measuring hardness. |
| scop/eastward/y | run across, examine, observe | Greek | microscope - a device used to see tiny things; periscope - a seeing musical instrument on a submarine; telescope - a device used to see over a distance. |
| scrib, script | write, written | Latin | inscribe - to write letters or words on a surface; scribe - a person who writes out documents; describe - to represent with words or pictures. |
| se | apart | Latin | secede - to formally break away from; seclude - to continue away from; serum - a liquid isolated out of some other. |
| sect | cut | Latin | dissect - to cutting apart piece by slice; intersection - the identify or point where two things cross each other; bisect - to cutting into 2 equal parts. |
| sed, sid, sess | sit | Latin | reside- be stationed; sediment- the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; session- an actual or effective sitting of a trunk |
| self | of, for, or by itself | | self-discipline - the ability to subject area yourself; self-respect - respect for yourself; selfish concerned merely with your own interests. |
| semi | half, fractional | Latin | semiannual - every half year; semicircle - half a circle; semiconscious - partly conscious; semiannual - every half of a yr. |
| sept/i | seven | Latin | September - this used to be the 7th month in the Roman calendar; septet - a group of seven musicians; septuagenarian - a person in his/her seventies. |
| serv | relieve, keep | Latin | conserve - to save or go on something safety; preserve - to salve something; reservation - a place kept for a person. |
| sex | six | Latin | sextet or sextette - a limerick or group of six, sextuple - sixfold; sexagenarian - person in his/her sixties. |
| sol | alone | Latin | desolate - lonely, dismal, gloomy; alone - washed alone, by yourself; solo - a performance done past one person alone. |
| sol | sun | Latin | solar - involving the dominicus; parasol - umbrella protecting from the sun; conservatory - a room where one is exposed to dominicus low-cal. |
| somn/I | slumber | Latin | indisposition - disability to fall asleep; somniloquy - talking in your sleep; somnolent - feeling sleepy. |
| son | sound | Latin | consonant - a oral communication sound; sonorous - producing loud, full, rich sounds; supersonic - faster than audio; unison - as 1 voice. |
| soph | wise | Greek | philosopher - a wise person; sophisticated - wise about the ways of the world; sophism - a clever merely misleading argument. |
| spec/t, spic | see, look | Latin | circumspect - cautious, looking all around; retrospective - a looking back at past things; spectator - a person who sees an upshot. |
| sphere | ball | Greek | biosphere - the whole circular surface of the earth; hemisphere - one-half the earth spherically shaped like a ball. |
| spir | breathe | Latin | inspire - to stimulate or breathing; transpire - to give of vapor with waste product through the skin or a membrane; spirit - invisible life strength. |
| sta | stand up | Latin | stable - continuing steady and firm; stagnant - continuing still, not moving; stationary - at a standstill, fixed. |
| stell | star | Latin | constellation - a grouping of stars that forms a design; interstellar - between the stars; stellar - relating to stars. |
| struct | build | Latin | construct - to build; destruction - the act of destroying something that was built; structure - something built; infrastructure - underlying framework of a system. |
| sub | under, lower than, inferior to | Latin | submarine - an underwater boat; submerge - to put underwater; substandard - inferior to accepted standards. |
| sum | highest | Latin | sum - the combined total of everything; summation - the full, highest amount; superlative the highest point or top. |
| super | higher in quality or quantity | Latin | Super basin - the concluding annual football game; superior - above boilerplate, ameliorate in quality; supersonic - faster than the speed of sound. |
| sy/chiliad /due north/l/s | together, with, same | Greek | symmetry -similarity in size, form or system; synergy - the combined effect; synchronize - to crusade to occur at the same time. |
| tact, tang | impact | Latin | contact - a state in which two things bear upon; tactile - relating to the sense of bear on; tangible - able to be touched; intact - with nothing missing. |
| taxation/o | arrangement | Greek | syntax - the systematic organization of words; taxonomy - the scientific discipline of classification; ataxia - loss of the ability to coordinate muscle action. |
| techno | technique, skill | Greek | technology - the practical application of knowledge; technocracy - dominion of engineering science; technologically - characterized by applied science. |
| tel/east/o | far, afar, consummate | Greek | phone - a device to talk to a distant person; telescope - a device to view distant objects; television - a device to receive pictures from afar; telecommuting - working remotely, bridging the distance via virtual devices. |
| temp/or | time | Latin | contemporary- existing at the same time; temporal - relating to fourth dimension; temporary - lasting for a limited time. |
| ten, tin can, tent | hold | Latin | continent- serving to restrain or limit; detention- the act or fact of detaining, tenacious- having parts or elements strongly adhering to each other |
| ter, trit | rub | Latin | attrition- the act of rubbing together or wearing down; detritus- a product of disintegration or wearing away; trite- used or occurring and then frequently as to take lost involvement, freshness, or force |
| term/ina | end, limit | Latin | determine - to observe something out at the end of an investigation; terminate - to end; exterminate - to destroy or get rid of completely. |
| terr/a/i | land, earth | Latin | extraterrestrial - existing outside the world; terrain - footing or land; territory - an area of state. |
| tetra | four | Latin | tetrapod - having 4 legs; tetrarchy - authorities by iv rulers; tetrose - a monosaccharide with iv carbon atoms. |
| the | put | Greek | bibliotheca- a listing or itemize of books; theme- a proffer for discussion or argument; thesis- a dissertation embodying results of original research and especially substantiating a specific view |
| the/o | god | Greek | monotheism - belief in one god; polytheism - worshiping more than than one god; theology - the written report of religion, god, etc. |
| therm/o | estrus | Greek | thermal - relating to rut; thermos - an insulated jar that keeps rut in; thermostat - a device that controls estrus. |
| tort | twist | Latin | contortion - a twisted shape or position; misconstrue - to alter the shape or condition of; retort - respond in a style that is supposed to change the effect of something previously said. |
| tox | toxicant | Latin | detoxification - the procedure of removing poisons; toxic - poisonous; toxicology - the study of poisons; intoxicated - influenced by drugs. |
| tract | pull, drag | Latin | attract - to pull objects nearer; distract - to elevate attention abroad from something; tractor - a motor vehicle that pulls things. |
| trans | across,across, through | Latin | transcontinental - across the continent; transfer - to move from one place to some other; transport - to carry something beyond a infinite. |
| tri | 3, in one case in every three, third | Greek Latin | triangle - a effigy with 3 sides and 3 angles; triathlon - an able-bodied contest with 3 events; tricycle - a 3-wheeI vehicle with pedals. |
| ultra | beyond, farthermost, more than | Latin | ultrahigh - extremely high; ultramodern - more modern than anything else; ultrasonic - sound waves beyond human hearing. |
| united nations | non,opposite of, defective | Latin | unabridged - not shortened; unfair - contrary of off-white; unfriendly - lacking friendliness. |
| uni | one, single | Latin | unicycle - a vehicle with one wheel; unilateral - decided by only one person or nation; unique - the merely one of its kind; unison - every bit one voice. |
| urb | metropolis | Latin | suburb - residential area on the edge of a metropolis; urban - relating to a city; urbanology - the report of urban center life. |
| vac | empty | Latin | evacuate - to empty a unsafe place; vacant - empty, not occupied; vacation - a time without work. |
| ven/t | come | Latin | circumvent - to go around or bypass restrictions; convention - a gathering or assembly of people with a common interest; arbitrate - to come between. |
| ver/I | truth | Latin | veracious - truthful, honest; veracity - the truth; verify - to make certain that something is true. |
| verb | discussion | Latin | verbalize - to put into words; adverb - a give-and-take relating to a verb; saying - a short saying that expresses a well-known truth. |
| vers, vert | plough | Latin | reverse - to turn effectually; introvert - being turned towards the inside; version - a variation of an original; controversy - a chat in which positions are turned against each other. |
| vice | acting in place of, adjacent in rank | Latin | vice-president - the person adjacent in rank to the president |
| vid | encounter | Latin | evident clearly seen |
| vince, vic | conquer | Latin | convince - to win someone over; invincible - not able to exist conquered; victory - the conquest of an enemy. |
| vis, vid | come across | Latin | vision - the ability to see; envision - to moving-picture show in the mind; evident - clearly visible. |
| viv/i vit | live, life | Latin | revival - the act of bringing back to life; vital - pertaining to alive; vivacious - high-spirited and total of life. |
| voc/i | voice, phone call | Latin | advocate - to speak in favor of; equivocate - to use misleading language that could be interpreted two different means; vocalize - to produce with your vocalism. |
| vol/i/u | wish, will | Latin | benevolent - showing practiced volition and kindness; will - the act of making a choice or determination, voluntary - resulting from your own free will. |
| vor, vour | swallow | Latin | carnivorous - meat-eating; voracious - desiring or eating food in great quantities; devour - to eat quickly. |
| xanth | yellow | Latin | xanthium- a genus of coarse and rough or spiny herbs; xanthochromia- yellowish discoloration (equally of the peel or cerebrospinal fluid); xanthogenic |
| xen/o | strange | Greek | xenophobic - agape of foreigners; xenogenesis - the creation of offspring that is completely different from either parent; xenophile - attracted to foreigners. |
| xer/o/I | dry out | Greek | xerophyte - a constitute that grows in dry out climate; xerography - a dry photocopying process; xeric - requiring small-scale amounts of moisture. |
| xyl | wood | Greek | xylocarp; xyloid- resembling woods; xylophone-an organ percussion stop of similar tone quality |
| zo/o | animal life | Greek | zoology - report of animals; zooid - resembling an brute; zooplankton - infinitesimal floating aquatic animals. |
| zyg/o | pair | Greek | zygote - a cell formed past the union of 2 gametes and the organism developing from that; zygomorphic - pertaining to organisms that can be divided into symmetrical halves forth one axis only. |
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