A 10Th Grade Review Of Greek Roots/prefixes

Front 1

phil

Back 1

love

Front 2

mis, miso

Back 2

hate

Front 3

dys

Back 3

bad, ill, difficult

Front 4

phobia

Back 4

fear

Front 5

eu

Back 5

good

Front 6

macro

Back 6

large

Front 7

micro

Back 7

small

Front 8

a, an

Back 8

not, without

Front 9

mon, mono

Back 9

one

Front 10

poly

Back 10

many

Front 11

bio

Back 11

life

Front 12

log (ology)

Back 12

study of

Front 13

tom (tomy)

Back 13

cut

Front 14

pod, ped

Back 14

foot

Front 15

hypo

Back 15

under, beneath, less than

Front 16

hyper

Back 16

above, over, beyond

Front 17

homo

Back 17

same

Front 18

hetero

Back 18

different

Front 19

endo

Back 19

in

Front 20

exo

Back 20

out

Front 21

archy

Back 21

rule

Front 22

geo

Back 22

earth

Front 23

peri

Back 23

around

Front 24

auto

Back 24

self

Front 25

dem, demo

Back 25

people

Front 26

pan, panto

Back 26

all, complete

Front 27

chron, chrono

Back 27

time

Front 28

mania

Back 28

craze, madness, insane, impulse

Front 29

ped

Back 29

child

Front 30

ortho

Back 30

straight, correct

Front 31

ortho

Back 31

straight, correct

Front 32

metr, meter

Back 32

measure

Front 33

ant, anti

Back 33

opposite, against

Front 34

derm

Back 34

skin

Front 35

therm

Back 35

heat

Front 36

astr, aster, astro

Back 36

star

Front 37

gram, graph

Back 37

letter, writing

Front 38

ante

Back 38

prior, before

Front 39

bi

Back 39

two, happening twice

Front 40

circum

Back 40

circle, around

Front 41

con (col, com, cor)

Back 41

with, together

Front 42

contra

Back 42

against

Front 43

de

Back 43

remove, opposite of, or reduce

Front 44

e, ex

Back 44

missing out from

Front 45

extra

Back 45

outside, beyond

Front 46

in, il, im, ir

Back 46

not

Front 47

in, il, im, ir (2)

Back 47

in, within, toward

Front 48

inter

Back 48

in the midst, between, among

Front 49

intra

Back 49

within, during

Front 50

ob

Back 50

inversely

Front 51

post

Back 51

following

Front 52

pro

Back 52

substituting for, supporting

Front 53

pre

Back 53

prior to, before

Front 54

re

Back 54

again, anew

Front 55

semi

Back 55

half, to some extent

Front 56

sub

Back 56

underneath, below

Front 57

super

Back 57

over and above, higher in quantity

Front 58

trans

Back 58

on or to the other side of

Front 59

ultra

Back 59

beyond what is ordinary

Front 60

plot

Back 60

series of events that make up a story

Front 61

generalization

Back 61

assumption based on stereotype

Front 62

inference

Back 62

intelligent guess

Front 63

static character

Back 63

remain unchanging throughout story

Front 64

dynamic character

Back 64

undergo change as a result of the story's action

Front 65

tone

Back 65

attitude a writer takes toward a subject, a character, or the reader

Front 66

allegory

Back 66

story read on literal and symbolic levels

Front 67

allusion

Back 67

reference to a statement, person, place, or thing known from literature

Front 68

dramatic irony

Back 68

when readers know what's in store for character but he doesn't

Front 69

situational irony

Back 69

described as an occurence that's not just as surprising

Front 70

point of view

Back 70

vantage point from which the author tells story

Front 71

style

Back 71

way writers use language to express themselves and their ideas

Front 72

atmosphere (mood)

Back 72

feeling of gloom or cheer that the story evokes