Root
|
Meaning
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Examples
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ab-
|
to move away
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abstract, abstain, aversion
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acer, acri-
|
bitter
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acrid, acrimony, exacerbate
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anti-
|
against
|
antibacterial, antidote, antithesis, antisocial
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art
|
skill
|
artifact, artisan, artful, articulate, artificial
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ast(er)-
|
star
|
asteroid, astronomy, astronaut
|
aqu-
|
water
|
aquarium, aquatic, aqualung
|
auto-
|
self
|
automatic, automate, autobiography
|
audi-
|
hear
|
audible, audience, auditorium
|
bene-
|
good
|
benefit, benign, benefactor
|
biblio-
|
book
|
bibliography, bibliophile
|
bio-
|
life
|
biography, biology, biodegradable, biosphere
|
cata
|
down, against
|
catastrophe, catalog, category, catalyst
|
centr
|
center
|
concentrate, central, egocentric, eccentric
|
cert-
|
sure, true
|
certain, certificate, disconcerted
|
chrome-
|
color
|
monochromatic, phytochrome
|
chrono-
|
time
|
chronic, synchronize, chronicle
|
clar-
|
clear
|
clarify, declare
|
clud, clus
|
close
|
conclude, exclusion, seclude
|
co-
|
with, together
|
cooperate, coauthor, coexist, coincidence
|
com-
|
together, common
|
community, communication, compare, committee
|
con-
|
with, jointly
|
connect, contemporary, consensus, consequence, convince
|
contra-
|
against, opposite
|
contradict, contrary, controversy, contrast
|
dem-
|
people
|
democracy, demographic, epidemic
|
dia-
|
between, across
|
dialogue, diagnosis, diagram, diameter, dialect
|
doc-
|
teach
|
document, docile, doctrine
|
don-
|
give
|
donation, donor, pardon
|
dyna-
|
power
|
dynasty, dynamic, dynamite
|
extra, extro-
|
outside, beyond
|
extraordinary, extraterrestrial, extrovert
|
fug
|
flee, escape
|
fugitive, refugee
|
gen-
(genus)
|
birth, origin, formation
|
generation, genealogy, gene, genius, general, genre, genuine, indigenous
|
geo-
|
earth
|
geography, geology, geometry
|
gno-
|
to know
|
agnostic, acknowledge
|
graph-
|
write
|
autograph, graphic, demographic
|
grad, gress
|
step
|
progress, aggressive, grade, graduate, ingredient
|
hab-
|
to have
|
ability, exhibit, inhabit
|
hetero-
|
different, other
|
heterogeneous, heterosexual
|
hydr-
|
water
|
dehydrate, hydrant, hydropower
|
hyper
|
excessive
|
hyperbole, hyperreal, hypersensitive
|
imag-
|
likeness
|
image, imagine
|
inter-
|
between, among, jointly
|
international, interact, interview, interesting, interrupt
|
-ject
|
throw
|
project, reject, object
|
jur-
|
law
|
jury, justice, justify
|
lab
|
work
|
collaborate, elaborate, labor
|
log, logue-
|
thought
|
logic, apologize, analogy
|
logos-
|
word, study
|
astrology, biology, logistics
|
mal-
|
bad, ill, wrong
|
malcontent, malaria, malicious
|
-mand
|
to order
|
command, demand, mandate
|
manu-
|
hand
|
manual, manicure, manipulate
|
max-
|
greatest
|
maximum, maximize
|
narc-
|
sleep
|
narcotic, narcolepsy
|
path-
|
feel
|
empathy, pathetic, apathy
|
phil-
|
love
|
philosophy, bibliophile, philanthropy
|
phon-
|
sound
|
microphone, phonograph, telephone
|
pre-
|
earlier, before, in front of
|
prepare, predict, predestine
|
prot-
|
primitive, first, chief
|
prototype, protocol, proton
|
sci-
|
know
|
science, conscious, prescience
|
self-
|
of, for, or by itself
|
self-discipline, self-respect, selfish
|
sens-
|
to feel
|
sensitive, sentient, resent
|
soph-
|
wise
|
philosophy, sophisticated, sophism
|
tele-
|
far
|
telescope, telepathy, television
|
terr-
|
earth
|
terrain, territory, extraterrestrial
|
vid, vis-
|
to see
|
video, vivid, invisible
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