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Weekly Word ListsWeekly Word Lists

Week 1a, an, in = Without

ant, anti, contra,contro = against, oppositebio, vit = life

(o)logy = study or science ofpsych(o) = mind, spirit

phil, philo, phile, = to love, lover ofact = to do, driven to do

hyper, super, sur = over, abovehypo, sub = under, below

mono, uni = one

Week 2poly = manyauto = self

graph, gram, scrib = to writetele = from afar

vis = to seeandr(o), anthrop = male, mankind

patr, pater = fathermatr, mater = mother

ped = childdem(o) = people

Week 3ion, tion, ism, y = act of / state of

arthr = jointbronch(o) = windpipecardi(o), cor = heart

cephal, cap = head, brainmanu = hand

pod(o), ped = footopt(o) = eye, sight

corp = bodyhem = blood

Week 4

bi, di, du = twotri = three

tetra, quadr = fourpenta, quint = five

dec = tenhecto, cent = hundredkilo, mill = thousand

semi, hemi = half, partcycl, orb, sphere = round, circle

prim(o), proto = first

Week 5

(k)Chrono, temp = timeaqua, hydr(o) = water

astr(o), stell = stargeo, terr = earth, land

cosm(o) = universeheli(o) = sunnaut= to sail

phon(o) = soundphobia = fear of

ible, able = able to be

Week 6

macro = bigmicro, mini = small, little

serpent = snakecan = dogfel = cat

pisc = fishequ = horse

foli = leafzoo = animal

entom = insect

Week 7bene, bon = good

bibli(o), libre = bookco, com, con, syn, sym = with, together

meter = to measurefore, pre = before

frac, frag = to breakderm(a) = skintherm(o) = heatport = to carrytrans = across

Week 8

re = back, againjet, ject = to throwmorph = change

ium = chemical elementmob, mot, mov = to move

dict, log = to speak, speechphoto, lum = light

meso = middlemiss, mitt = to send

neo, nov = new

Week 9(k)chrom(o) = color

flam, pyro, igni = firescop, spec, spic = to look

dis = not, reverse of, apart, awayflu = to flow

flect, flex = to bendcircum, peri = around

pseudo = falsegen = family/racestruct = to build

Week 10mal = bad

vor = to eatviv = to live

ambul = walkuse, uti = to use

vac, void = to be emptytox = poison

urb = cityaero = atmosphere, air, aviation

cit, civ = citizen

Week 11non, un, in = not

retro = back, backwardalter = change

intra = inward, withindis, diff = not, opposite of

ex = out, awayendo = within, inside, inner

inter = between, amongjoin, junct = to join

post = after

Week 12

lev = to lift, raisemech = machine

meg(a) = large, powerfulnoct = nightideo = ideapan = all

juv = youngvert, rota = to turn

sol = alonetechn = art, craft, skill