Vocabulary

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Unit 1

Root	Language of origin	Meaning	Example
bi(o)	Greek	life	biology
log(y)	Greek	study of, reason, word	logical
phot(o)	Greek	light	photograph
therm(o)	Greek	heat	thermometer
gno	Greek	to know	agnostic
(a)esth	Greek	to feel, to perceive	aesthetic
macr(o)	Greek	large	macroeconomics
micr(o)	Greek	small	microscope
scop	Greek	to see, to look at	stethoscope
morph	Greek	shape, form	metamorphosis
poly	Greek	many	polygraph
olig	Greek	few	oligarchy
phob(ia)	Greek	fear, fear of	hydrophobia
graph	Greek	to write	seismograph
op(s/t)	Greek	to see, vision	optical
hyper	Greek	over, above, excessive	hyperbole
hypo	Greek	under, beneath, below	hypothermia
amphi	Greek	both, double	amphitheatre
vit(a)	Latin	life	vitality
omni	Latin	everything, all	omniscient
aqu(a)	Latin	water	aquarium
terra	Latin	earth	terrarium
frug/fruct	Latin	fruit	fructose
con(i)	Latin	cone	conifer
mel(l)	Latin	honey	mellifluous
fer	Latin	to carry, carrier	conference
multi	Latin	many	multipurpose
magn(i)	Latin	large	magnitude
parv(o)	Latin	small	parvovirus
vidi/visi	Latin	to see	visible
port(o/a)	Latin	to bring, to carry	transport
able/ible	Latin	able, capable	ability
mobl/mobil	Latin	to move	automobile
pos(t)/posit	Latin	to put, to place	position
super	Latin	over, above excessive	supercede
ambi	Latin	both, double	ambiguous
trans	Latin	across	translucent

Root	Language of origin	Meaning	Example
hypn(o)	Greek	sleep	hypnosis
cine/kine	Greek	movement	kinetic
dynam	Greek	power	dynamic
erg	Greek	energy	ergonomic
the	Greek	to put, to place	thesis
meter/metry	Greek	measurement	geometry
path(o)	Greek	feeling, disease	pathology
hydr(o)	Greek	water	hydrant
neur(o)	Greek	nerve	neurosis
top(o)	Greek	place, location	topology
spher(e)	Greek	sphere, globe	hemisphere
trop	Greek	to turn	thermotropism
cata	Greek	against, very, down	catastrophe
dia	Greek	through, across	diagonal
tele	Greek	far, from afar	telepathy
phon	Greek	sound, voice, speech	phonics
meta	Greek	with, beyond, after	metastasize
syn/sym	Greek	together, with	synthesize
a/an	Greek	not, without	asexual
anti	Greek	against, opposed to	antitoxin
somn(i)	Latin	sleep	insomnia
scrib/script	Latin	to write, written	prescribe
sens/sent	Latin	to feel, to perceive	sentient
corp	Latin	body	corporeal
spir	Latin	breath, to breathe	respirator
spect	Latin	to look	inspect
labi(a)	Latin	lips	labial
dent	Latin	tooth	dentist
loc	Latin	place	location
mar	Latin	ocean	marine
cal(or)	Latin	heat	calorie
fac(t)/fec(t)	Latin	to make	factory
tend(e/o)	Latin	to stretch	extend
vert/vers	Latin	to turn	invert
a/ab	Latin	down from, away from	abduct
e/ex	Latin	out of, outside, former	expel
inter	Latin	between	international
intra	Latin	within	intramural
de	Latin	down from, out of	deduce
circu(m)	Latin	around	circumscribe
ad*	Latin	to, towards	advance
sub*	Latin	beneath, below, under	substitute
con/com*	Latin	with	concur
in*	Latin	into, inside, on	include
in*	Latin	not, without	include
ob*	Latin	against, facing	obtuse

Root	Language of origin	Meaning	Example
pod/pus	Greek	foot	octopus
derm	Greek	skin	dermatology
phys	Greek	nature	physical
zoo	Greek	animal	zoology
arthr	Greek	joints	arthritis
botan(e)	Greek	plants, herbs	botany
sarc	Greek	flesh	sarcophagus
cyt(e)	Greek	cell	cytology
ethn(o)	Greek	nation, people, race	ethnic
gymn	Greek	naked	gymnast
proto	Greek	first	proton
sta(s/t)	Greek	to stand	static
plas(t)	Greek	to make, to form	plastic
tom(y)	Greek	to cut	anatomy
ana	Greek	up to, up from	anabolic
endo	Greek	inside	endoderm
exo	Greek	outside	exoskeleton
ec(s)	Greek	out of	ecstasy
en	Greek	within, into	endemic
spec(i)	Latin	type, species	species
gen(e)	Latin	family, clan, type	genetics
bacter	Latin	rod	bacteria
verb	Latin	word	verbal
cut(a)	Latin	skin	cuticle
scien(t)	Latin	to know	scientist
sapien(t)	Latin	to be wise	sapience
audi(t)	Latin	to hear	auditory
ora(t)	Latin	mouth	oral
natur(a)	Latin	nature, habit	nature
pend	Latin	to hang	suspend
flex/flect	Latin	to bend	inflect
re	Latin	again	renew
retro	Latin	backwards	retrograde

Root	Language of origin	Meaning	Example
tax(i/o)	Greek	ordering, arrangement	taxidermy
nom(y/ics)	Greek	law, method, practice	astronomy
psych	Greek	mind, soul	psychology
odon(t)	Greek	tooth	orthodontics
ot(o)	Greek	ear	otodus
(h)aem(o)	Greek	blood	haemoglobin
chrom(o)	Greek	color	chromatic
(o)ec	Greek	home, dwelling	economics
mast(o)	Greek	breast, teat	mastectomy
megal(o)	Greek	large, big	megalodon
aut(o)	Greek	oneself, one’s own	automatic
heter(o)	Greek	different, other	heterosexual
hom(o/eo)	Greek	same, like	homophone
all(o)	Greek	other	allele
mon(o)	Greek	one, single	monochrome
phil(o)	Greek	to love, to like	philosophy
phag(o)	Greek	to eat	phagocyte
troph(o)	Greek	to nourish, to feed	autotroph
eu	Greek	good, well	euphemism
dys	Greek	bad, disordered	dyslexia
form	Latin	shape, form	formation
speci(e)	Latin	appearance, form, quality	specific
gen(e)	Latin	clan, type, origin	genetics
mamm(o)	Latin	breast, teat	mammal
carn(i)	Latin	meat	carnal
herb(i)	Latin	plant	herbal
equ(i/a)	Latin	equal, same	equivalent
vor(a/e)	Latin	to eat	voracious
dic(t)	Latin	to speak, to say	diction
contr(o/a)	Latin	against, opposite	controversy
dis/di/dif	Latin	apart from, separately	divide
post	Latin	after	postscript

Root	Language of origin	Meaning	Example
leuk/c	Greek	white	leukemia
erythr(o)	Greek	red	erythrophobia
melan(o)	Greek	black	melanin
xanth(o)	Greek	yellow, gold	xanthosis
chrys(o)	Greek	gold	chrysalis
phoenic(o)	Greek	crimson, bright red	phoenix
rhod(o)	Greek	pink, rosy	rhododendron
glauc/k	Greek	grey, silver	glaucoma
chlor(o)	Greek	green	chlorophyll
actin	Greek	ray (like the sun)	actinost
onco	Greek	mass, bulk	oncologist
sem(a/o)	Greek	flag, banner	semaphore
lepid(o)	Greek	scale (as of a fish)	leprosy
cole(o)	Greek	sheath	coleoptile
theca	Greek	case	apothecary
hyb(o)	Greek	hump	Hybodus
dros(o)	Greek	dew, dewdrops	drosometer
platy	Greek	flat	platypus
brachy	Greek	short	brachyodont
acr(o)	Greek	high, tall	acropolis
tachy	Greek	fast	tachyon
brady	Greek	slow	bradylogia
ambly	Greek	dull	amblyacusia
carchar	Greek	sharp, jagged	carcharias
alb	Latin	white	albino
rub/ruf	Latin	red	rubella
nigr	Latin	black	nigrescent
cyan(o)	Latin	blue	cyanide
flav(o)	Latin	yellow	flavin
candid(o)	Latin	bright, white	candid
virid	Latin	green	viridian
purpur(eo)	Latin	purple	purpurescent
scut(a)	Latin	shield	scute
squam(a)	Latin	scale (as of a fish)	squamous
bulb	Latin	onion, onion-like	bulbous
set(a)	Latin	bristle	setaceous
flor(a)	Latin	flower	floral
fol(li)	Latin	leaf	foliage
stri(a)	Latin	groove, stripe	striated
rotund	Latin	round	rotunda
long	Latin	long	elongate
brev(i)	Latin	short	brevity
parv(o)	Latin	small	parvovirus
magn(i/o)	Latin	large	magnitude
alt(o)	Latin	tall, deep	altitude