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GREEK
Roots of the English Language
Root Meaning Example
1. anthro man
2. geo earth
3. –ology study of
4. –ist one who
5. pre before
6. –ic pertaining to
7. morph form
8. phob fear
9. chron time
10. a, an without
11. phil to love
12. theo God
13. acro, alt high, extremity
14. meta to change
15. path feeling, suffering, disease
16. demo people
17. mal bad
18. bene good
19. vol to will, to give
20. spect to see
21. nat born
22. crat, cracy to rule
23. syn, sym with, together
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24. bio (not simply bi-) life
25. poly, multi many
26. mater mother
27. phon sound
28. gam marriage
29. polis city
30. gyn women
31. mis to hate, against
32. tele from afar
33. trans across
34. dyn power
35. mono, uni one
36. de down, away
37. val strong
38. omni all
39. log word, discourse
40. iso equal
41. endo inside
42. epi outside
43. neo new
44. viv to live
45. und wave
46.
turb to agitate47. sci, cogn to know
48. eu beautiful, good
49. contra, con, counter against
50. post after
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51. derm skin
52. belli war
53. dict to speak
54. sen old
55. stell star
56. copi abundance
57. mort death
58. chlor green
59. inter between
60. corp body
61. gest, ger to bear
62. –itis inflamation
63. tor twist
64. fin end, limit
65. hetero other
66. homo same
67. scrib to write
68. tax to arrange
69. rad ray
70. pac peace
71. peri around
72. port to carry
73.
morb disease74. cruc cross
75. barr board, obstruction
76. bibli book
77. heli sun
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78. struct to build
79. rupt to break
80. zeal fervor, enthusiasm
81. cide to kill
82. cart card, paper
83. bat to strike
84. agon struggle
85. –acity quality
86. cred to believe
87. dog, dox opinion, praise
88. dextr right hand
89. pro positive, in favor
90. ferv to boil, to bubble
91. cumul heap
92. dent tooth
93. doc to teach
94. ambi, amphi both, around
95. fid faith
96. sol alone
97. sib relative
98. plaud to strike
99. pact to agree, to fasten
100.
audi to hear101. soci companion
102. soph wise
103. mor stupid
104. lat wide
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105. crypt, krypt hidden
106. neur nerve
107. intro, intra inside
108. gon angle, corner
109. fug to flee
110. del to destroy
111. integr whole
112. pugn to fight
113. phyll leaf
114. vor to eat
115. solv, solu to free
116. vinc, vict to conquer
117. urb city
118. stern chest
119. rot wheel, to turn
120. milli thousand
121. sept seven
122. sat enough
123. mim to imitate
124. icon image
125. cent hundred
126. hyper over, above
127.
hypo under128. sect, sec to cut
129. prox near
130. –ism state of
131. prim, prin first
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132. pseud false
133. macro big
134. lith stone
135. du, bi two
136. leth death, forget
137. re again
138. nym name
139. nov new
140. priv single, separate
141. nub, nupt to marry
142. lucr money, profit
143. anti opposite of, opposed to
144. cumber to obstruct
145. hydr, aqua water
146. simil like
147. mut to change
148. err to wander
149. pict to paint
150. vil cheap
