Greek and Latin Root Words

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1 Word "Cells" Greek and Latin Root Words List #1 act do action, actor, react, transact aero air aerobics, aerodynamics, aerate alt high altimeter, altitude, alto ambul andr/anthr walk/go man ambulance, ambulatory, preamble anthropology, philander, polyandry anim life/spirit animate, animal, inanimate aqua water aquarium, aquatic, aquamarine art skill artisan, artist, artifact, artificial ast star asterisk, astronaut, astrology aud belli biblio bio hear war book life audience, auditorium, audio, audible belligerent, bellicose, rebellion bibliography, Bible, bibliophile biology, autobiography, biochemistry cap head captain, capital, decapitate cardi chron heart time cardiac, cardiology, cardiogram chronological, chronograph, synchronize crat rule democrat, aristocrat, autocratic cred believe credit, incredible, credence cycl circle/ring/wheel bicycle, cyclone, encyclopedia dem people democracy, epidemic, demographics

2 List #2 dic speak dictionary, dictate, predict doc teach doctrine, document, doctor duc lead conduct, educate, aquaduct fac/fic flect/flex make/do bend factory, manufacture, sufficient reflex, reflection, flexible, deflect form shape uniform, transform, reform frag/fract break fracture, fragment, fraction gen birth/race/family generation, genealogy, genocide geo earth geography, geology, geometry gram/graph write telegram, photograph, grammar, biography hydra water hydraulics, dehydrate, hydrant jud/jus law judge, justice, justify, judicial lab work labor, collaborate, laboratory loc place locate, location, allocate log word dialogue, prologue, apology luc/lum light illuminate, lucid, translucent man hand manual, manuscript, manufacture mand order command, demand, mandate mania madness maniac, pyromania, maniacal meter measure thermometer, centimeter, metrics

3 List #3 miss/mit send mission, transmit, missile, admit mort death mortuary, mortal, mortician nat born native, nation, innate onym ortho path ped/pod phon photo name straight feeling/suffer foot sound light synonym, anonymous, pseudonym orthodontist, orthodox, orthopedist sympathy, pathetic, empathetic pedal, pedestrian, tripod, podium telephone, symphony, microphone photograph, telephoto, photosynthesis pop people population, populate, popular port carry transport, portable, import psych pul/pel ques mind force ask/seek psychology, psycho, psychopath compel, compulsion, pellet, impel question, request, quest, inquest rupt break erupt, interrupt, rupture scop see microscope, telescope, scope scrib/script write scribe, inscription, prescribe sect cut dissect, section, intersection sim like simulation, simultaneous, simile sol alone solo, solitary, soliloquy

4 List #4 spec see spectator, spectacle, inspection struct build construct, structure, instruction, destruct term end terminate, terminal, term terr land terrain, terrestrial, territory therm heat thermos, thermometer, thermal tract pull extract, traction, attractive urb city urban, suburbs, urbane vac empty vacation, vacate, evacuate, vacuum vict conquer victory, conviction, victim vid/vis see video, visual, evidence, vista voc voice/call vocal, vocation, invocation uni one uniform, unicycle, universe bi/di two bisect, bicycle, bilateral, diverse, dihydrogen tri three tripod, triangle, triathlon quad poly multi auto four many many self quadruple, quadruped, quadrilateral polynomial, polygamy, polygon multitude, multitalented, multiply autograph, automobile, autocratic ology study of biology, geology, graphology ist one who practices biologist, geologist, dramatist

5 List #5 trans across transmit, transfer, transport pre post before after pretest, prediction, premonition posttest, postoperative, preposterous tele far away telephone, telescope, teleport re again/back revise, restore, remit, remind ex out exit, expel, extract co sub super de ify/ize micro with under above down/away to make small collaborate, coauthor, coeducational submarine, substandard, substitute supervise, superintendent, superb destroy, destructive, descend, detract magnify, magnetize, justify, traumatize microscope, microorganism, micrometer cide kill suicide, homicide, genocide cis cut incision, excise, scissors mal bene nom/nym viv/vit un/im/in mis bad good name life not wrong malicious, malignant, maladapted benefit, benediction, benevolent binomial, anonymous, nomenclature vivid, vivacious, vitamin, vitality unmoved, insensitive, immobile mispronounce, mistake, misfortune