All 80 greek roots

All 80 of the Greek roots are here. Each slide contain the root, the definition, a visual, and words that use the root.

1. Greek/Latin Roots The key to vocabulary

2. Process 1. Greek root 2. meaning 3. words that use it 4. make vocab cards (Study strategies) 5. quiz after 40

3. anthrop - man anthropology, misanthrope, philanthropy

4. arch – chief, first, rule archangel, archaic, monarchy, matriarchy, patriarchy

5. aud – hear, listen audiology, auditorium, audio, audition

6. carn - flesh carnivorous, incarnate, reincarnation, carnal

7. chrom - color chrome, chromosome, polychrome, chromatic

8. chron - time chronology, chronometer, synchronize

9. cide/cise – cut down, kill homicide, germicide, incision, scissors

10. Crat/cracy - rule autocrat, aristocrat, theocracy, technocracy

11. dict – say, speak dictation, dictionary, predict, verdict, contradict

12. endo - within endorse, endocardial , endoskeleton

13. graph, gram - write graphic, autograph, photography, telegram

14. hetero - different heterogeneous, heterodox, heterosexual

15. ject - throw inject, deject, project, eject, interject

16. log, logo, ology – word, study, speech prologue, dialogue, zoology, catalog

17. magn - great magnify, magnificent, magnitude

18. man - hand manual, manage, manipulate, emancipate

19. migra - wander migrate, emigrate, immigrate

20. morph - form amorphous, metamorphosis, morphology

21. omni – all, every omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, omnivorous

22. ortho – straight, correct orthodox, orthodontist, unorthodox 20 – stop here

23. path – feeling, suffering sympathy, antipathy, apathy, telepathy

24. ped , pod - foot pedestrian, centipede, tripod, podiatry, pedal

25. phil - love philosophy, philharmonic, bibliophile

26. poli - city metropolis, police, megalopolis

27. poly - many polytheistic, polyandrous, polygon

28. t rans- across, beyond, in a different state t ranslate, transatlantic, transport

29. s yn - in union, acting together s ynonym , synchronize, symmetry

30. s ub- below, lower rank, nearly s ubmarine, subsoil, sub-tropical

31. s emi- half, partly s emicircle, semiconscious, semi-annual

32. p ro- before, in favor of p rologue, proponent, propulsion

33. ob , of - blocking, concealing, against o bstruct, offend, oppose

34. i ntra- inside, within i ntramural, intravenous, intracellular

35. i nter- between, among i nteract, interchange, interdependent

36. i nfra- below i nfrastructure, infrared, infraclass

37. hypo- under h ypodermic, hypothermia, hypoallergenic

38. h yper- beyond, more than normal h yperactive, hypersonic, hypercritical

39. h emi- half hemisphere

40. c ontra- against contraceptive, contraband, contradict

41. a nti- opposing a ntiwar, antibiotic, anticlimax

42. a nte- before antecedent, antebellum, antechamber 40 stop here

43. a g , agi , act- do,move , go a ction, agitate, agent

44. a lt – high, deep altitude, altimeter

45. a ster, astr - star a sterisk, asteroid, astronomy, astronaut

46. cap, cip , cept - take c apable, intercept, capture, forceps

47. caus , caut – burn, heat c austic, cauldron, cauterize

48. c lam, claim – cry out e xclamation, acclaim, clamor

49. c red - believe c reed, credit, incredible, credence

50. d orm - sleep d ormant, dormitory

51. d uc , duct - lead i nduce, produce, reduce

52. d ura – hard, lasting durab l e, duration, endure

53. e qui - equal equinox, equilibrium, equality

54. f ac , fact, fic , fect – do, make m anufacture, factory, amplification

55. f er – bear, carry f erry, fertile, refer

56. f in - end f inal, finish, confine, define

57. f lex - bend f lexible, inflexible

58. f ort - strong f ortress, fortify, fortitude

59. f ract , frag - break f racture, fragile, fraction

60. g am - marriage b igamy, polygamy, monogamy

61. g rad – step, go g rade, graduate, gradient

62. h ere, hes - stick a dhere, cohesion, inherent Stop here 60

63. u ltra – beyond, extreme u ltrasonic, ultraviolet

64. u nder – beneath, below, lower in rank u nderdeveloped, undercarriage

65. u n – not, reversal u nplug, unreal, unmanned

66. s ent, sens - feel s entiment, sensory, sensation

67. p eri - around p erimeter, periodontal, pericardial

68. p ost - after postpone, postmortem, posthumous

69. v or – eat greedily v oraciously, carnivore, omnivore

70. p rim - first p rimary, primitive, primal

71. r upt - break r upture, erupt, disrupt

72. s ol, salv – safe, healthy s olution, salvage, salutation

73. s ed , sess , sid - sit s ediment, session, reside, president

74. s equ , secu , sue - follow s equence, second, pursue

75. s ist , sta , stit - stand a ssist, persist, substitute

76. s ol - alone s oliloquy, solitaire, solitude

77. s olv , solu - loosen s olvent, absolve, soluble

78. s tring, strict – draw tight r estrict, constrict, stringent

79. t en, tain - hold t enacious, contain, detention

80. t heo , the – God, god t heology, monotheism, atheist

81. t herm - heat t hermometer, thermos, hypothermia

82. t om- cut a ppendectomy, anatomy, dichotomy Stop here - 80