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a/n not, without Gree

k

abyss - without bottom; achromatic - without coo

a on !atin afre - on fre; ashore - on the shore; aside - on th

a, ab"s rom, away, o# !atin abduct - carry away by orce; abnorma - away r

$resent; a%ersion - the act o turnin away rom;

a/c/d to, toward, near !atin

accelerate - to increase the speed of; accessile - easily entere

acro to$, heiht, ti$,

beinnin

Gree

k acroat - a "high walker"; acronym - a word formed from the

act do !atin acti%ity - somethin that a $erson does; react - to

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communication between two or more thins

aer/o air Greek

aerate - to et air reach somethin; aeria - reatin

agr/i/o armin !atin

Gree

k

aricuture - manaement o the and, aribusine

reatin to the manaement o and

alg/o $ain !atin neuraia - $ain caused by a ner%e; anaesic - a

achin or the amiiar

ambi, amphi both, on both

sides, around

!atin ambidextrous - abe to use both hands e)uay; a

ambi%aence - con*ictin or o$$osite eeins tow

ambul wak, mo%e !atin ambe - to wak in a sow, reaxed way; ambuant

%ehice that mo%es a $atient

ami/o o%e !atin amiabe - riendy, $easant, o%abe; amity - rien

romantic o%e

ana u$, back, aainst,

aain, throuhout

Gree

k

anaysis - a cose examination o somethin; ana

when cut u$ or anaysis; anachronism - not bein

andr/o man, mae Gree

k

androynous - bein both mae and emae; andr

towards men

anim ie, s$irit !atin anima - a i%in oranism; animate - to make ai%

ann/enn year !atin anni%ersary - a date obser%ed once a year; annua

years

ante beore, in ront !atin antecede - to come beore somethin in time; an

room beore the main room

anth/o *ower Gree

k

chrysanthemum and amaranth - names o *ower

antho(oan - ha $ant, ha anima, ike anemone

anthrop/o human Gree

k

anthro$ooy - the study o mankind; anthro$om

thins; $hianthro$y - the o%e to mankind ex$re

anti aainst, o$$osite

o

Gree

k

antibody - a substance that destroys micro-oran

antisocia - o$$osin socia norm


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apo, apho away, o#,

se$arate

Gree

k

a$horism - a short ex$ression o a enera truth;

a$ostro$he - a sma dash used in $ace o an om

aqu/a water !atin a)uarium - a water container or fsh; a)uatic- re

arbor tree !atin arborist - someone workin with trees; arbor - a s

many trees

arch/i chie, most

im$ortant, rue

Gree

k

archbisho$ - the hihest rankin bisho$; archene

who rues a rou$; monarch - a kin or )ueen

arch/a/i $rimiti%e, ancient Gree

k

archaeooy - the study o ancient cutures; archa

coection o historica materias

arthr/o /oint !atin

Gree

k

arthrosco$e - a too to see inside a /oint; arthritis

in%ertebrates with /ointed es, ike s$iders, crust

art ski !atin artiact - ob/ect made by a $erson0s ski; artisan

creates skiuy

astro,

aster

star, stars, outer

s$ace

!atin astronaut - a $erson tra%ein to the stars; astron

- a star-sha$ed sin used as a reerence too

aud/i/io hear !atin audibe - oud enouh to be heard; audience - $e

reatin to sound and %ision

auto se, same, one Gree

k

autocrat - a $erson who o%erns with absoute $o

automatic - mo%in by itse

ai/a bird !atin a%iary - a are encosure or birds; a%iatrix - a em

desinin or o$eratin aircrat

bar/o $ressure, weiht Gree

k

baric - $ertainin to $ressure, es$' o the atmos$

a bar; baryon - hea%y eementary $artice

bell/i war !atin beicose - warike; beierent - hostie, ready to f

bene ood, we !atin beneactor - $erson who i%es money to a cause

bene%oent - showin kindness or oodwi

bi/n two, twice, once

in e%ery two

!atin biannua - ha$$enin twice a year; binocuars - o

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bibli/o book Gree

k

bibiora$hy - a ist o books used as sources; bib

- a $erson who o%es books

bio ie, i%in matter Gree

k

biora$hy- a ie story written by another $erson;

surace inhabited by i%in thins

blast/o ce, $rimiti%e,

immature ce

Gree

k

bastua - an eary stae o embryonic de%eo$me

tissue; bastoderm - the ayer surroundin the ins

burs $ouch, $urse !atin bursar- an administrati%e o2cer in chare o und

monastery; disburse- to ex$end es$eciay rom a

calc stone !atin cacite; cacium- the *ame o acetyene as ene

water; cacifcation- im$renation with cacareou

cand owin,

iridescent

!atin candid- ree rom bias, $re/udice, or maice; cand

incandescent- white, owin, or uminous with in

capt, cept,

ceie

take, hod !atin interce$t - to sto$ or interru$t;

percei#e - to take notice of something; capti#ating - taking ho

cardi/o heart Gree

k

cardiac - reatin to the heart; cardioenic - resu

doctor

carn/i *esh, meat !atin carni%orous - *esh-eatin; carna - $ertainin to t

cata down, aainst

com$etey,

intensi%e,

accordin to

Gree

k

catacysm - a *ood or other disaster, catao - a c

worst, a substantia disaster

caust,

caut

to burn !atin

Gree

kcauteri$e - to urn with a hot instrument; caustic - capale of

especially y fire

cede,

ceed,

cess

o, yied !atin

exceed - to go eyond the limits; recede - to go ack; accessi

celer ast !atin acceerate - to increase the s$eed o; deceerate


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cent/i hundred,

hundredth

!atin centennia- the +th anni%ersary; centimeter - +

centr/o/i center Gree

k

eocentric - se-centered; eccentric - not ha%in

centriua - mo%in outward rom a center

cephal/o head Gree

k

ence$haitis - in*ammation o the brain; ce$haic

mousks ike octo$us and s)uid who ha%e tentac

cerebr/o brain !atin cerebra - $ertainin to the brain; cerebrate - to u

brain and the s$ina cord

cert sure !atin ascertain- to fnd out somethin with certainty; c

that somethin is true

chrom/o

chromat/o,

chros

coor, $iment Gree

k

achromatic - without coor; chromium - a bue-wh

study o coor

chron/o time Gree

k

chronic - astin or a on time; chronooica - a

ha$$enin at the same time

chr!s/o od, yeow Gree

k

chrysanthemum and heichrysum - oden"yeow

cide, cise cut, ki !atin homicide - murder; incisor - a shar$ tooth or cuttinsects

circum,

circle

around, about !atin circumna%iate - to sai around; circumscribe - to

claim, clam shout, s$eak out !atin camor - to shout and make noise; excaim - to cr

somethin announced o2ciay in $ubic

clar cear !atin carifcation - an ex$anation; cariy - to make so

ceary

clud, clus cose !atin concusion - the end or ast $art; excusion - shut

to isoate

cline ean !atin incination - a eanin toward; incine - a surace t

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co with, toether,

/oint

!atin coauthor - writer who coaborates with another a

emaes toether; cohousin - $annin your nei

col toether, /ointy !atin 3oaborate - to work toether; coision - smashi

e%erday interaction

com toether,

common

!atin commemorate - to memori(e toether; com$osit

$arts; commune - i%in toether whie ownin th

cogn/i know !atin conition - $rocess o ac)uirin knowede; inco

- to disco%er that one knows

con with, /ointy !atin concur - to aree with someone; contem$orary -

a atherin o $eo$e with a common interest

contra/o aainst, o$$osite !atin contradict to arue aainst, 3ontra*ow, contrace

disareement

corp/o body !atin cor$oration - a com$any reconi(ed by aw as a s

$ertainin to the body

cosm/o uni%erse Gree

k

cosmonaut - a Russian astronaut; cosmos - the u

counter o$$osite,

contrary,o$$osin

counteract - to o$$ose the e#ects o an action; c

countero#ensi%e - attack aainst an attack

cranio sku Gree

k

craniooy - the study o sku characteristics; cra

to the sku

cred beie%e !atin credence - beie that somethin is true or %aid; c

incredibe - unbeie%abe

cruc cross !atin crucia-characteristic o or ha%in the orm o a c

embem; excruciatin- so intense as to cause re

cr!pto hidden, secret Gree

k

cry$tic - o hidden meanin; cry$tora$hy - scien

code

cumul mass, hea$ !atin accumuate - to ather or $ie u$; cumuati%e - r

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easy, im$rom$tu character

c!cl circe, rin Greek

bicyce - a %ehice with two whees; cyce - a se)ucircin winds

de reduce, away,

down, remo%e

!atin deceerate - to sow down, reduce s$eed; dethron

bus

dec/a,

deka

ten Gree

k

decade - + years; decathon - athetic contest th

$artici$ant com$etes; 4ecember - ormery the +

deci one tenth !atin deciiter - a tenth o a iter; decimate - reduce dra

%oume unit be

dem/o $eo$e Gree

k

democracy - o%ernment o the $eo$e; demora

amon $eo$e in a reion

demi ha, ess than !atin demitasse - a sma cu$ o co#ee; demimonde - s

dendr/o/i tree Gree

k

$hiodendron - a cimbin $ant that rows on tre

studyin rowth rins in trees; dendriorm - in the

dent, dont tooth !atin denta - reatin to teeth; dentist - a doctor or th

derm/a skin Gree

k

dermatooist - a doctor or the skin; $achyderm

ee$hant, rhinoceros.; dermatitis - in*ammation

di/plo two, twice Gree

k

dichromatic - dis$ayin two coors; di$oma - a c

diemma - a situation that re)uires a choice betw

di/s a$art, away,

not, to the

o$$osite

!atin diression - a de$arture rom the main issue, sub

to cut a$art $iece by $iece'

dia throuh,

between,

a$art, across

Gree

k

diabetes - disease characteri(ed by excessi%e thi

understandin a condition by oin throuh a de

between two $eo$e'

dict s$eak !atin contradict - to ex$ress the o$$osite o; $rediction

s$eak out oud or another $erson to write down'

domin master !atin dominate - to be the master o; domineerin - ex

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don/at i%e !atin donation - a contribution or it; donor - someone

ori%eness or an o#ense

duc/t ead !atin conduct - to ead musicians in $ayin music; edu

subtraction o an amount'

du/o two, twice !atin du$icate - make an identica co$y; duet - a music

duo - a $air normay thouht o as bein toethe

dur harden, to ast,

astin

!atin durabe - ha%in the )uaity o astin; duration -

abe to ast'

d!n/a/am $ower, enery,

strenth

Gree

k

dynamo - a enerator o enery; dynamic - ha%in

ex$osi%e'

d!s abnorma, bad Gree

k

dys$e$sia - abnorma diestion; dysto$ia - an im

im$airment o the abiity to hande words'

e" out, away !atin eo)uent - s$eakin beautiuy and orceuy; em

sent on a mission; e/ect - throw out orceuy'

ego se !atin

Gree

k

eoistic - se-centered; ater eo - a hiher as$ec

$reoccu$ation with onese'

em, en into, co%er with,cause

em$athy - intention to ee ike another $erson; earer'

endo within, inside Gree

k

endotherm - a creature that can kee$ its inside te

to ands that secrete directy into the bood or y

one0s can, tribe etc'

enn/i, anni years !atin bicentennia - o or reatin to an ae or $eriod o

or $eriod o + years; $erennia -astin throuh

en, in inside, inwards !atin en%ision - to $icture in the mind; encose - ock in

ep/i on, u$on, o%er,

amon, at, ater,

to, outside

Gree

k

e$idemic - the ra$id s$read o somethin neati%

$ay; e$icenter - the center o an earth)uake'

equ/i e)ua, e)uay !atin e)uidistant - an e)ua distance rom two $oints; e

tem$er; e)uation - a statement o e)uaity'


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erg/o work Gree

k

eronomics - study o the workin en%ironment;

eneretics - science that ooks at enery and its

esth/aesth eein, sensation,

beauty

!atin esthetician - someone who beautifes; aesthetic -

the sensation o bodiy mo%ement'

ethno race, $eo$e Gree

k

ethnic - $ertainin to a defned rou$ o $eo$e; e

$eo$e; ethnooy - the science o $eo$e and rac

eu ood, we Gree

k

eu$hemism - re$acin an o#ensi%e word with an

$easant sound; eu$horia - eein o we-bein'

ex rom, out, !atin exca%ate - to di out; exhae - to breathe out; ext

extra, extro outside, beyond !atin extraordinary - beyond ordinary; extraterrestria -

$erson'

#ac/t make, do !atin artiact - an ob/ect made by a $erson; actory - a

$erson who does wron'

#er bear, brin, carry !atin coner - to brin an honor to someone; erry - a b

to another $ace'

fd aith !atin confde - $ace trust in someone, fdeity - aithu

$ect bend !atin de*ect - to bend course because o hittin somet

or $itch; *exibe - easiy bendin'

$or/a,

$eur

*ower !atin *orist - someone workin with *owers; *ora - *o

or area

#or com$etey used

to intensiy

the meanin o a

word.

orsaken or oreited - com$etey ost; ori%en -

#ore in ront o,$re%ious, earier

orebear - ancestor; orebode - to i%e an ad%anc$re%iew o e%ents to be'

#orm sha$e !atin conormity- corres$ondence in orm, manner, or

ormed; reormatory- intended or reormation

#ract, #rag break !atin racture - a break; raie - easy to break; rame


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whoe;

#ug *ee, run away,esca$e

!atin uiti%e - a $erson who is runnin away; reue - seekin $rotection

#unct $erorm, work !atin deunct - no oner workin or ai%e; unction - to

to ai to work correcty'

#us $our !atin conusion - bein *ooded with too much inormat

by heatin; inuse - to $ut into'

gastr/o stomach Gree

k

astric - $ertainin to the stomach; astronomy -

astritis - in*ammation o the stomach'

gen/o/e/

genesis

birth, $roduction,

ormation, kind

Gree

k

eneaoy - the study o the history o a amiy;

the same time; enetic -reatin to heredity enco

geo earth, soi, oba Gree

k

eora$hy - study o the earth0s surace; eooy

- soi based aricuture'

ger od ae Gree

k

eriatrics - medicine $ertainin to the edery; e

the science o ain'

giga a biion Gree

k

iabyte - unit o com$uter storae s$ace; iah

iawatt unit o eectric $ower one biion watts.

gon ane !atin

Gree

k

decaon - a $oyon with + anes; diaona - a

a eometrica fure with 8 anes'

gram etter, written Gree

k

diaram - a sim$e drawin; rammar - rues o h

messae sent by teera$h'

gran rain !atin ranary- a storehouse or re$ository or rain es$

mixture o roed oats and other inredients; ran

graph/! writin, recordin,written

Greek

Gra$hooy - the study o handwritins; autora$a machine notin strenth and duration o earth)

grat $easin !atin ratiy - to $ease someone; rateu - eein tha

g!n/o/e woman, emae Gree

k

ynecooy - the science o emae re$roducti%e

resembin a woman'


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gress,

grad/e/i

to ste$, to o !atin diression - a de$arture rom the main issue, sub

onward; radua - ste$ by ste$'

hect/o, hecat hundred Gree

k

hectoiter - + iters; hectare - metric unit e)ua

hectometer - + meters'

helic/o s$ira, circuar Gree

k

heico$ter - an aircrat with hori(onta rotatin wi

tuba'

heli/o sun Gree

k

heiotro$ism - mo%ement or rowth in reatin to

messae with the he$ o suniht; heianthus -

hemi ha, $artia Gree

k

hemicyce - a semicircuar structure; hemis$here

$oetry'

hem/o/a bood !atin

Gree

k

hemorrhae - cottin o the bood; hemorrhoids

bood $artice'

hepa i%er !atin he$atitis - in*ammation o the i%er; he$atoma - a

damain to the i%er'

hept/a se%en Gree

k

he$taon - a sha$e with se%en anes and se%en

9d estament; he$tameter - a ine o %erse cons

herbi rass, $ant !atin herbicide - any chemica used to ki unwanted $reatin to $ants'

hetero di#erent, other Gree

k

heteroeneous - made u$ o unreated $arts; het

di#erent meanins; heterodox - not conormin t

hex/a six Gree

k

hexaon - a sha$e with six anes"sides; hexame

six es'

histo tissue Gree

k

histooy - study o the microsco$ic structure o t

constitution o ces and tissues'

homo,

homeo

ike, aike, same !atin

Gree

k

homoeneous - o the same nature or kind; homo

that is based on treatin 5same with same5

h!dr/o i)uid, water Gree

k

hydrate - to add water to; hydro$hobia - intense

i)uid nutrient soution; hydrauic - o$erated by o


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h!gr/o moisture,

humidity

Gree

k

hyrometer - too used to measure humidity; hy

atmos$heric humidity'

h!per too much, o%er,

excessi%e, beyond

!atin

Gree

k

hy$eracti%e - %ery restess; hy$ercritica - too crit

h!p/o under Gree

k

hy$oycemia - an abnormay ow e%e o suar

body tem$erature; hy$othesis - a theory that is u

is true'

iatr/o medica care Gree

k

eriatrics - medica care o the edery; $ediatricia

medica care or eet'

icon/o imae !atin

Gree

k

icon - an oten reiious. imae, in modern usae

iconooy - science o symbos and icons; iconoc

and traditiona beies'

idio $ecuiar,

$ersona, distinct

Gree

k

idiomatic - Pecuiar to a $articuar anuae; idios

ty$ica or a $articuar $erson; idiot - someone wh

il, in in, into !atin iuminate - to i%e iht to; inno%ation - a new ide

examinin or re%iewin'

ig, il, im,

in, ir

not, without !atin iea - not ea; im$ossibe - not $ossibe; ina$$

res$onsibe'

imag ikeness !atin imae - a ikeness o someone; imainati%e - abe

orm a $icture or ikeness in the mind'

in#ra beneath, beow !atin inrastructure - underyin ramework o a system

inter between, amon,

/ointy

!atin internationa - in%o%in two or more countries; in

interce$t - to sto$ or interru$t the course o'

intra,

intro

within, inside !atin intrastate - existin in one state; intra%enous - in

kee$s within him"herse'

ir not !atin irredeemabe - not redeemabe; irreormabe - no

iso e)ua isobar - a ine on a ma$ connectin $oints o e)u

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%ect throw !atin e/ect - to throw someone"somethin out; inter/ec

to cast or throw somethin'

%ud aw !atin /udment - a decision o a court o aw; /udicia -

/udiciary - a system o courts o aw'

%unct /oin !atin con/unction - a word that /oins $arts o sentences

$ace where two thins /oin'

%uen youn !atin /u%enie - youthu or chidish; re/u%enate - to brin

kilo thousand Gree

k

kiobyte - +, bytes; kiometer - +, meter; k

kine/t

/mat

motion, di%ision Gree

k

kinetics - study o the orce o motion; $sychokin

with your mind; cinematora$hy - motion $icture

lab work !atin coaborate - to work with a $erson; eaborate - to

o hard work'

lact/o mik !atin actate - to i%e mik, nurse; actose - the suar c

later side !atin biatera - o or in%o%in two sides; uniatera - a#

leuk/o,leuc/o white, cooress Greek eukemia - abnorma increase o white bood cesce; eucine - a white, crystaine amino acid'

lex word, aw, readin Gree

k

exicooy - the study and history o words; aexia

authori(ed by the o2cia rues or aws'

liber ree !atin iberate - to set ree; ibertine - a $erson with a r

lingu anuae, tonue !atin inuist - one who studies anuaes; mutiinua

inuine - on, *at 5tonue-sha$ed5 $asta'

lip/o at Gree

k

i$osuction - the mechanica remo%a o at reser%

down at; i$oid - resembin at'

lite, ite,

lith/o

minera, rock,

ossi

Gree

k

a$atite - a rou$ o common mineras; ranite - a

uni)ue stone'

loc $ace !atin disocate - to $ut somethin out o its usua $ace

$ace'


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log/o word, doctrine,

discourse

Gree

k

oic - correct reasonin; monooue - a on s$e

es$eciay between thins otherwise dissimiar'

loqu, locu s$eak !atin eo)uent - s$eakin beautiuy and orceuy ; o

$ubic s$eakin'

luc iht !atin eucidate - to ex$ain, to throw iht on; ucid - ea

aowin iht throuh'

lud, lus to $ay !atin $reude - introduction to the ma/or $erormance;

im$ression; deude - to misead, decei%e'

lumin iht !atin iuminate - to f with iht; umen - unit measuri

lun/a/i moon !atin unar - reatin to the moon; unarsca$e - the sur

mad by the moon.'

macro are, reat Gree

k

macroe%oution - are scae e%oution; macromo

study o the o%era orces o economy'

magn/a/i reat, are !atin maniy - make arer; manifcent - rand; man

or industry'

mal/e bad, i, wron !atin macontent - wron content; maaria - 5bad air5,

5bad air5 o the swam$s, but caused by the bite o

stron i wi'

man/i/u hand !atin maneu%er - to mo%e by hand; manua - done with

hand'

mand to order !atin command - an order or instruction; demand - a h

mania madness,

insanity,

excessi%e desire

Gree

k

bibiomania - a cra(y o%e o books; eomania - a

mar/i sea !atinmarina - a haror for pleasure oats; maritime - relating to the

sea water&

mater,

matr/i

mother !atin materna - reatin to motherhood; maternity - th

head o a househod'


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max reatest !atin maxima - the best or reatest $ossibe; maximi(e

reatest amount'

medi midde !atin medie%a - $ertainin to the idde


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mis/o bad, bady,

wron, wrony,

to hate

Gree

k

misbeha%e - to beha%e bady; mis$rint - an error

$erson or thin'

miss, mit send, et o !atin dismiss - to send someone away; missie - a wea$

out; admittance - entry'

mob mo%e !atin immobii(e - to sto$ rom mo%in; mobie - abe t

abe to mo%e'

mon/o one, sine, aone Gree

k

monochromat - ha%in one coor; monooue - a

beie in one od'

mot, mo mo%e !atin motion - the act o mo%in; moti%ate - to mo%e so

orward; remo%abe - abe to be taken or carried a

morph/o orm Gree

k

metamor$hosis - com$ete chane o orm; endo

$ain; amor$hous - without distinct sha$e or orm

mort death !atin immorta - i%in ore%er, unabe to die; morta - c

multi many, more than

one or two

!atin muticoored - ha%in many coors; mutimedia - u

many thins at once'

mut chane !atin immutabe - not chanin; mutant - an oranism

undero a chane'

m!/o musce !atin myocardium - the midde musce o the heart; my

- common $rotein in musce tissue'

narr te !atin narrate - to te a story; narrati%e - a story; narrat

nat born !atin innate - incuded since birth; nata - reatin to bi

na shi$ !atin circumna%iate - to sai around a $ace; na%a - re

shi$ throuh a $ace'

necr/o dead, death Gree

k

necro$hi - o%in death; necrosis - the death o t

o $ersons who ha%e recenty died'

neg no !atin neate - to say it didn0t ha$$en; neati%e - mean

neo new, recent neocassic - a re%i%a o cassic orm, neocooniai

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es$eciay the frst ew weeks'

nephr/o kidney Greek

ne$hritis - in*ammation o the kidneys; ne$hrotosine, excretory unit in the kidney'

neur/o ner%e Gree

k

neuraia - $ain aon a ner%e; neurooist - doct

disorder that usuay does not incude an im$aire

nom/in name !atin misnomer - an error in namin a $erson or thin;

not in reaity; nominate - to name or eection or

non no, not, without !atin nondescri$t - with no s$ecia characteristics; non

without sense'

not mark !atin notabe - marked as worthy o attention; notari(e

annotate - to add remarks'

noun,

nunc

decare !atin announce - to decare in $ubic; denounce - to $r

decare somethin ceary'

no new !atin inno%ate - to introduce a new way; no%ety - som

/ob; reno%ate - to make somethin ike new aain

numer number !atin enumerate - to name a number o items on a ist

numbers; numerous - a are number'

ob, op in the way,

aainst

!atin ob/ect - to be aainst somethin; obscure - hard t

or action aainst'

oct/a/o eiht Gree

k

octaon - a fure with 8 sides and 8 anes; octo

sea anima with 8 arms'

ocu eye !atin binocuars - ens de%ice or seein distances; mo

doctor'

od $ath, way Gree

k

diode - an eectron tube ha%in two eectrodes, a

instrument attached to a %ehice to measure the with an anode, a cathode, and a contro rid

odor sme, scent !atin deodorant - a substance that he$s $re%ent body

sme; odorierous- somethin that bears or di#us

omni a !atin omni$otent - with a the $ower; omniscient - kno


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op/t/s eye, %isua

condition, siht

Gree

k

o$tic - reatin to the eyes; o$tician - a $erson wh

a dead body'

opt best !atin o$tima - the best, the most desirabe; o$timi(e -

somethin coud be'

ortho straiht Gree

k

orthodontist - a dentist that straihtens teeth; or

ainment o the bones; orthora$hy - the correc

osteo bone Gree

k

osteoarthritis - in*ammation caused by deenera

uses amon others mani$uation o the skeeton

bones'

out oes beyond,

sur$asses,

exceeds

9utoin - bein o i%ey, sharin nature; outdoi

oer excessi%e 1ni

sh

o%erconfdent - more confdent than is a$$ro$riat

o%erexcited - ,more excited than one shoud be'

oxi/ox! shar$ Gree

k

oxymoron - combinin two ideas that shar$y con

pale/o ancient Gree

k

$aeontooy - study o ancient ossis; $aeora$

Paeoithic - $eriod o the =tone


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pel dri%e, orce !atin com$e - to orce someone to act; ex$e - to dri%e

pent/a f%e Greek

$entaon - sha$e ha%in > anes and > sides, $ea symboic fure in maic; $entathon - an athet

pept,

peps

diestion Gree

k

dys$e$sia - abnorma diestion; $e$tic - aidin d

per throuh,

throuhout

!atin $ermanent - astin throuhout a time; $ermeat

or a on time; $erennia - astin throuh many

peri around, encosin Gree

k

$eriodonta - $ertainin to bone and tissue aroun

center; $erimeter - the outer boundary o an area

phag/e to eat Gree

k

eso$haus - muscuar tube that carries ood to th

cannibaism; xyo$haous - eedin on wood'

phil/o o%e, riend Gree

k

$hianthro$ist - one who o%es humanity; $hioo

wisdom; bibio$hi - o%in books'

phon/o

/e/!

sound Gree

k

caco$hony - oud, un$easant sounds; micro$hon

$honetic - reatin to human s$eech sounds'

phot/o iht Gree

k

$hotoenic - caused by iht; $hotora$h - imae

smaest $ossibe unit o iht'

ph!ll/o ea Gree

k

choro$hy - a rou$ o reen $iments ound in

on a stem; $hyite - a rock that orms sheets, sim

ph!s nature, medicine,

the body

Gree

k

$hysica - reatin to the body; $hysician - a doct

ph!t/o/e $ant, to row Gree

k

e$i$hyte - a $ant rowin inde$endenty on the

rows ony in water; neo$hyte - a beinner, es$e

beie'

plas/t/m to orm,de%eo$ment,

ormin ces

Greek

$roto$asm - somethin that is the frst made or abe to be ormed, es$eciay when warm; $aster

a smooth soid co%erin or was'

plaud, plod,

plaus, plos

a$$ro%e, ca$ !atin a$$aud- to show a$$ro%a o es$eciay by ca$$

somethin as in%aid or baseess; $ausibe- worth


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pneum/o breathin, un,

air, s$irit

Gree

k

$neumonia - in*ammation o the uns; $neumat

breathin'

pod/e oot Gree

k

$odiatrist - a doctor or the eet; $odium - a sma

with ? es'

poli city Gree

k

metro$ois - a are city; $oice - $eo$e who wor

$oitics - actions o a o%ernment or $oitica $art

pol! many, more than

one

Gree

k

$oychrome - with many coors; $oyot - a $erso

with ? or more straiht sides'

pon $ace, $ut !atin o$$onent - a $erson who $aces him"herse aai

doin somethin'

pop $eo$e !atin $o$uar - a$$eain to a ot o $eo$e; $o$uation

$o$uist - a su$$orter o the rihts o $eo$e'

port carry !atin ex$ort - to carry oods out o a $ace to another;

who carries uae'

pos $ace, $ut !atin de$osit - to $ace or dro$ somethin; ex$ose to $

the $ace where someone is'

post ater, behind !atin $osthumous - ater someone0s death; $ost$one -

an aready com$eted document'

pre earier, beore, in

ront o

!atin $reambe - a $art in ront o a orma document; $

statement oretein the uture'

pro beore, in ront

o,

or, orward

Gree

k

!atin

$ronosis - a $rediction o what wi ha$$en; $ro

a $erson who oretes the uture'

prot/o $rimiti%e, frst,

chie

Gree

k

$rototy$e - the frst o a kind; $roton - on o the %

drat rom which a document is $re$ared'

pseud/o wron,ase Gree

k

$seudonym - a fctitious name; $seudoscience - t

nature; $seudo$renancy - a ase $renancy'

ps!ch/o mind, menta Gree

k

$syche - the human s$irit or sou; $sychic - reati

su$ernatura menta abiities; $sychooy - the st


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pugn/a,

pung

to fht !atin $unacious - ha%in a )uarresome or aressi%e

re%otin; $unent - $iercin'

pul ure com$usion - a %ery stron ure; ex$usion - to so

ure to do somethin'

purg cean !atin $ure - remo%e anythin undesirabe; $uratory

sous must cean themse%es o sin; ex$urate - r

$ubication'

put think !atin com$uter - an eectronic thinkin de%ice; dis$ute

in$ut - contribution o one0s thinkin'

p!r/o fre, heat Gree

k

$yrotechnics - the art o makin freworks; $yrom

tem$erature; $yretic - reatin to or $roducin e%

quad/r/ri our !atin )uadrant - o$en s$ace with buidins on @ sides;

@-ooted anima'

quart ourth !atin )uarter - one ourth; )uart - a ourth o a aon; )

in%o%in @ %oices or instruments'

quin/t f%e, fth !atin )uintett - a com$osition or > %oices or instrumen

ancient $hioso$hy that there was a fth eement

f%eod'

radic,

radix

root !atin eradicate - $u out at the roots; radica - undame

%iew; radish - an edibe root o the mustard amiy

radio radiation, ray radioacti%e - emittin radiation; radiooist - som

ram/i branch !atin ramifcation - the resutin conse)uence o a dec

a branchike $art'

re aain, back,

backward

!atin rebound -to s$rin back aain; rewind - to wind s

reconi(e: to identiy someone or somethin see

reg uide, rue !atin reent - a $erson who rues on beha o a kin or

reuate - to a$$y a rue'

retro backward, back !atin retroacti%e - reatin to somethin in the $ast; ret

retros$ect - the rememberin o $ast e%ents'


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rhin/o nose Gree

k

rhinoceros - a s$ecies o animas with a bi horn

rhino%irus - %iruses that are causin the common

rhod/o red Gree

k

rhododendron - a *ower with red"$ink *owers; rh

soution; rhodo$sin - a $ur$e $iment in the retin

rid auh !atin deride - to make un o someone; ridicue - to ma

auhter'

rrh/ea

/oea/ag

*ow, dischare !atin

Gree

k

diarrhea - abnormay excessi%e bow mo%ement;

in*ammation o a mucous membrane, es$eciay

rub red !atin ruby - dee$ red coor and a $recious stone o the

reddish $iment in bie'

rupt break, burst !atin bankru$t - unabe to $ay because you0re 5broke5;

e%ent, to disturb; ru$ture - a break in somethin'

san heath !atin sane - mentay heathy; sanitary - reatin to cea

$ubic heath and ceaniness'

scend cimb, o !atin ascend - to cimb u$ward; crescendo - a cimbin

cimb down'

sci know !atin conscience - sense o knowin riht rom wron; omniscient - knowin e%erythin'

scler/o hard Gree

k

arterioscerosis - hardenin o the arteria was; m

tissue o the brain and s$ina cord to harden; sce

scop/e/! see, examine,

obser%e

Gree

k

microsco$e - a de%ice used to see tiny thins; $e

teesco$e - a de%ice used to see o%er a distance'

scrib,

script

write, written !atin inscribe - to write etters or words on a surace; s

describe - to re$resent with words or $ictures'

se a$art !atin secede - to ormay break away rom; secude - t

o another'

sect cut !atin dissect - to cut a$art $iece by $iece; intersection

other; bisect - to cut into two e)ua $arts'


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sed, sid, sess sit !atin reside- be stationed; sediment- the matter that s

actua or constructi%e sittin o a body

sel# o, or, or by itse se-disci$ine - the abiity to disci$ine yourse; s

concerned ony with your own interests'

semi ha, $artia !atin semiannua - e%ery ha year; semicirce - ha a c

semiannua - e%ery ha o a year'

sept/i se%en !atin =e$tember - this used to be the se%enth month in

musicians; se$tuaenarian - a $erson in his"her s

ser sa%e, kee$ !atin conser%e - to sa%e or kee$ somethin sae; $rese

ke$t or a $erson'

sex six !atin sextet or sextette - a com$osition or rou$ o six

his"her sixties'

sol aone !atin desoate - oney, disma, oomy; soitary - done

by one $erson aone'

sol sun !atin soar - in%o%in the sun; $araso - umbrea $rote

one is ex$osed to sun iht'

somn/& see$ !atin insomnia - inabiity to a asee$; somnio)uy - ta

son sound !atin consonant - a s$eech sound; sonorous - $roducin

sound; unison - as one %oice'

soph wise Gree

k

$hioso$her - a wise $erson; so$histicated - wise

but miseadin arument'

spec/t,

spic

see, ook !atin circums$ect - cautious, ookin a around; retros

s$ectator - a $erson who sees an e%ent'

sphere ba Gree

k

bios$here - the whoe round surace o the earth;

ike a ba'

spir breathe !atin ins$ire - to stimuate or animate; trans$ire - to i%

or a membrane; s$irit - in%isibe ie orce'

sta stand !atin stabe - standin steady and frm; stanant - stan

standsti, fxed'


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stell star !atin consteation - a rou$ o stars that orms a $atte

reatin to stars'

struct buid !atin construct - to buid; destruction - the act o destr

somethin buit; inrastructure - underyin rame

sub under, ower

than,

inerior to

!atin submarine - an underwater boat; submere - to $

acce$ted standards'

sum hihest !atin sum - the combined tota o e%erythin; summat

hihest $oint or to$'

super hiher in )uaity

or )uantity

!atin =u$er bow - the fna annua ootba ame; su$e

su$ersonic - aster than the s$eed o sound'

s!/m

/n/l/s

toether, with,

same

Gree

k

symmetry -simiarity in si(e, orm or arranemen

to cause to occur at the same time'

tact, tang touch !atin contact - a state in which two thins touch; tacti

to be touched; intact - with nothin missin'

tax/o arranement Gree

k

syntax - the systematic arranement o words; ta

oss o the abiity to coordinate musce action'

techno techni)ue, ski Greek

technooy - the $ractica a$$ication o knowedtechnooicay - characteri(ed by technooy'

tel/e/o ar, distant,

com$ete

Gree

k

tee$hone - a de%ice to tak to a distant $erson; t

tee%ision - a de%ice to recei%e $ictures rom aar

the distance %ia %irtua de%ices'

temp/or time !atin contem$orary- existin at the same time; tem$or

imited time'

ten, tin, tent hod !atin continent- ser%in to restrain or imit; detention-

$arts or eements strony adherin to each othe

ter, trit rub !atin attrition- the act o rubbin toether or wearin

wearin away; trite- used or occurrin so oten a

term/ina end, imit !atin determine - to fnd somethin out at the end o a

- to destroy or et rid o com$etey'


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terr/a/i and, earth !atin extraterrestria - existin outside the earth; terra

tetra our !atin tetra$od - ha%in @ es; tetrarchy - o%ernment our carbon atoms'

the $ut Gree

k

bibiotheca- a ist or catao o books; theme- a $

dissertation embodyin resuts o oriina researc

the/o od Gree

k

monotheism - beie in one od; $oytheism - wor

o reiion, od, etc'

therm/o heat Gree

k

therma - reatin to heat; thermos - an insuated

that contros heat'

tort twist !atin contortion - a twisted sha$e or $osition; distort -

in a manner that is su$$osed to chane the e#ec

tox $oison !atin detoxifcation - the $rocess o remo%in $oisons;

$oisons; intoxicated - in*uenced by drus'

tract $u, dra !atin attract - to $u ob/ects nearer; distract - to dra a

motor %ehice that $us thins'

trans across,beyond,

throuh

!atin transcontinenta - across the continent; transer -

to carry somethin across a s$ace'

tri three, once in

e%ery three,

third

Gree

k

!atin

triane - a fure with ? sides and ? anes; triat

- a ?-wheeA %ehice with $edas'

ultra beyond, extreme,

more than

!atin utrahih - extremey hih; utramodern - more m

wa%es beyond human hearin'

un not,o$$osite o,

ackin

!atin unabrided - not shortened; unair - o$$osite o

uni one, sine !atin unicyce - a %ehice with one whee; uniatera - dthe ony one o its kind; unison - as one %oice'

urb city !atin suburb - residentia area on the ede o a city; ur

o city ie'

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work'

en/t come !atin circum%ent - to o around or by$ass restrictions; with a common interest; inter%ene - to come betw

er/& truth !atin %eracious - truthu, honest; %eracity - the truth; %

erb word !atin %erbai(e - to $ut into words; ad%erb - a word rea

ex$resses a we-known truth'

ers,

ert

turn !atin re%erse - to turn around; intro%ert - bein turned

oriina; contro%ersy - a con%ersation in which $o

ice actin in $ace o,next in rank !atin %ice-$resident - the $erson next in rank to the $re

id see !atin e%ident ceary seen

ince,

ic

con)uer !atin con%ince - to win someone o%er; in%incibe - not a

an enemy'

is, id see !atin %ision - the abiity to see; en%ision - to $icture in

i/i

it

i%e, ie !atin re%i%a - the act o brinin back to ie; %ita - $e

o ie'

oc/i %oice, ca !atin ad%ocate - to s$eak in a%or o; e)ui%ocate - to u

inter$reted two di#erent ways; %ocai(e - to $rod

ol/i/u wish, wi !atin bene%oent - showin ood wi and kindness; %o

%ountary - resutin rom your own ree wi'

or,

our

eat !atin carni%orous - meat-eatin; %oracious - desirin or

)uicky'

xanth yeow !atin xanthium- a enus o coarse and rouh or s$iny h

as o the skin or cerebros$ina *uid.; xanthoen

xen/o orein Gree

k

xeno$hobic - araid o oreiners; xenoenesis - t

di#erent rom either $arent; xeno$hie - attracted

xer/o/& dry Gree

k

xero$hyte - a $ant that rows in dry cimate; xer

re)uirin sma amounts o moisture'


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x!l wood Gree

k

xyocar$; xyoid- resembin wood; xyo$hone-an

'o/o anima ie Gree

k

(oooy - study o animas; (ooid - resembin an

animas'

'!g/o $air Gree

k

(yote - a ce ormed by the union o two amet

(yomor$hic - $ertainin to oranisms that can b

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