Latin And Greek Word Elements

Front 1

-dict-

(Latin root)

Back 1

to say

examples: contradict, dictate, diction, edict, predict

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-duc-

(Latin root)

Back 2

to lead, bring, take

examples: deduce, produce, reduce

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-gress-

(Latin root)

Back 3

to walk

examples: digress, progress, transgress

Front 4

-ject-

(Latin root)

Back 4

to throw

examples: eject, inject, interject, project, reject, subject

Front 5

-pel-

(Latin root)

Back 5

to drive

examples: compel, dispel, impel, repel

Front 6

-pend-

(Latin root)

Back 6

to hang

examples: append, depend, impend, pendant, pendulum

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-port-

(Latin root)

Back 7

to carry

examples: comport, deport, export, import, report, support

Front 8

-scrib-, -script-

(Latin root)

Back 8

to write

examples: describe, description, prescribe, prescription, subscribe, subscription, transcribe, transcription

Front 9

-tract-

(Latin root)

Back 9

to pull, drag, draw

examples: attract, contract, detract, extract, protract, retract, traction

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-vert-

(Latin root)

Back 10

to turn

examples: convert, divert, invert, revert

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co-

(Latin prefix)

Back 11

together

examples: coauthor, coedit, coheir

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de-

(Latin prefix)

Back 12

away, off; generally indicates reversal or removal in English

examples: deactivate, debone, defrost, decompress, deplane

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dis-

(Latin prefix)

Back 13

not, not any

examples: disbelief, discomfort, discredit, disrepair, disrespect

Front 14

inter-

(Latin prefix)

Back 14

between, among

examples: disbelief, discomfort, discredit, disrepair, disrespect

Front 15

inter-

(Latin prefix)

Back 15

between, among

examples: international, interfaith, intertwine, intercellular, interject

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non-

(Latin prefix)

Back 16

not

examples: nonessential, nonmetallic, nonresident, nonviolence, nonskid, nonstop

Front 17

post-

(Latin prefix)

Back 17

after

examples: postdate, postwar, postnasal, postnatal

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pre-

(Latin prefix)

Back 18

before

examples: preconceive, preexist, premeditate, predispose, prepossess, prepay

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re-

(Latin prefix)

Back 19

again; back, backward

examples: rearrange, rebuild, recall, remake, rerun, rewrite

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sub-

(Latin prefix)

Back 20

under

examples: submarine, subsoil, subway, subhuman, substandard

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trans-

(Latin prefix)

Back 21

across, beyond, through

examples: transatlantic, transpolar

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-able, -ible

(Latin suffix)

Back 22

forms adjectives and means “capable or worthy of”

examples: likable, flexible

Front 23

-ation

(Latin suffix)

Back 23

forms nouns from verbs

examples: creation, civilization, automation, speculation, information

Front 24

-fy, -ify

(Latin suffix)

Back 24

forms verbs and means “to make or cause to become”

examples: purify, acidify, humidify

Front 25

-ment

(Latin suffix)

Back 25

forms nouns from verbs

examples: entertainment, amazement, statement, banishment

Front 26

-ty, -ity

(Latin suffix)

Back 26

forms nouns from adjectives

examples: subtlety, certainty, cruelty, frailty, loyalty, royalty; eccentricity, electricity, peculiarity, similarity, technicality

Front 27

-anthrop-

(Greek root)

Back 27

human

examples: misanthrope, philanthropy, anthropomorphic

Front 28

-chron-

(Greek root)

Back 28

time

examples: anachronism, chronic, chronicle, synchronize, chronometer

Front 29

-dem-

(Greek root)

Back 29

people

examples: democracy, demography, demagogue, endemic, pandemic

Front 30

-morph-

(Greek root)

Back 30

form

examples: amorphous, metamorphic, morphology

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-path-

(Greek root)

Back 31

feeling, suffering

examples: empathy, sympathy, apathy, apathetic, psychopathic

Front 32

-pedo-, -ped-

(Greek root)

Back 32

child, children

examples: pediatrician, pedagogue

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-philo-, -phil-

(Greek root)

Back 33

having a strong affinity or love for

examples: philanthropy, philharmonic, philosophy

Front 34

-phon-

(Greek root)

Back 34

sound

examples: polyphonic, cacophony, phonetics

Front 35

a-, an-

(Greek prefix)

Back 35

without

examples: achromatic, amoral, atypical, anaerobic

Front 36

anti-, ant-

(Greek prefix)

Back 36

opposite; opposing

examples: anticrime, antipollution, antacid

Front 37

auto-

(Greek prefix)

Back 37

self, same

examples: autobiography, automatic, autopilot

Front 38

bio-, bi-

(Greek prefix)

Back 38

life, living organism

examples: biology, biophysics, biotechnology, biopsy

Front 39

geo-

(Greek prefix)

Back 39

Earth; geography

examples: geography, geomagnetism, geophysics, geopolitics

Front 40

hyper-

(Greek prefix)

Back 40

excessive, excessively

examples: hyperactive, hypercritical, hypersensitive

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micro-

(Greek prefix)

Back 41

small

examples: microcosm, micronucleus, microscope

Front 42

mono-

(Greek prefix)

Back 42

one, single, alone

examples: monochrome, monosyllable, monoxide

Front 43

neo-

(Greek prefix)

Back 43

new, recent

examples: neonatal, neophyte, neoconservatism, neofascism, neodymium

Front 44

pan-

(Greek prefix)

Back 44

all

examples: panorama, panchromatic, pandemic, pantheism

Front 45

thermo-, therm-

(Greek prefix)

Back 45

heat

examples: thermal, thermometer, thermostat

Front 46

-ism

(Greek suffix)

Back 46

forms nouns and means “the act, state, or theory of”

examples: criticism, optimism, capitalism

Front 47

-ist


(Greek suffix)

Back 47

forms agent nouns from verbs ending in -ize or nouns ending in -ism and is used like -er

examples: conformist, copyist, cyclist

Front 48

-ize

(Greek suffix)

Back 48

forms verbs from nouns and adjectives

examples: formalize, jeopardize, legalize, modernize, emphasize, hospitalize, industrialize, computerize

Front 49

-gram

(Greek suffix)

Back 49

something written or drawn, a record

examples: cardiogram, telegram

Front 50

-graph


(Greek suffix)

Back 50

something written or drawn; an instrument for writing, drawing, or recording

examples: monograph, phonograph, seismograph

Front 51

-logue, -log


(Greek suffix)

Back 51

speech, discourse; to speak

examples: monologue, dialogue, travelogue

Front 52

-logy


(Greek suffix)

Back 52

discourse, expression; science, theory, study

examples: phraseology, biology, dermatology

Front 53

-meter, -metry


(Greek suffix)

Back 53

measuring device; measure

examples: spectrometer, geometry, kilometer, parameter, perimeter

Front 54

-oid


(Greek suffix)

Back 54

forms adjectives and nouns and means “like, resembling” or “shape, form”

examples: humanoid, spheroid, trapezoid

Front 55

-phile


(Greek suffix)

Back 55

one that loves or has a strong affinity for; loving

examples: audiophile, Francophile

Front 56

-phobe, -phobia


(Greek suffix)

Back 56

one that fears a specified thing; an intense fear of a specified thing

examples: agoraphobe, agoraphobia, xenophobe, xenophobia

Front 57

-phone


(Greek suffix)

Back 57

sound; device that receives or emits sound; speaker of a language

examples: homophone, geophone, telephone, Francophone