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-a plural

-ar relating to

-be life

-i plural

a- not

ab away

abjure renounce

abrogate annul

acr sharp

acro high

acronym initials-name

acrophobia fear of heights

act to do

ad to

aden gland

adherent supporter

advocate speak for

aer air

ag to do

agog leader

agoraphobia fear of openness

aib white

algia pain

alt high

alter other

alumni graduates

amat love

ambul walk

amorphous shapeless

amour-propre self-love

amphi both

an- without

analgesic painkiller

anarchist one against government

andro man

androgynous masculine and feminine

android robot

Anglo English

anim mind

animadversion criticism

ann year

anomaly abnormality

ante before

antediluvian from before the (Noah's) Flood!

antho flower

anthology literary collection

anthropo man

anthropoid manlike

anthropomorphic man-shaped

anti against

apo away or up

apotheosis raising to god status

apt fit

aqua water

archy government

ard always

arthro joint

ase enzyme

astr star

ate cause

atmo vapor

atom vapor

audi hear

audiophile stereo buff

aur gold

austro south

auto self

baro pressure

bas low

bath deep

bell war

bellicose warlike

belligerent warring

bene good

benediction blessing

benefactor helper

bi two

biblio book

bilateral two-sided

bio life

blasto embryo

boa vivant an indulger in luxury

bon good

bonafide good faith

bonhomie good-naturedness

bootless useless

brachio arm

brachy short

branchio gills

brev short

caco bad

cacophony bad noise

cad fall

calli beautiful

calor heat

cam flesh

cant sing

cap take

capit head

captious fault-finding

cardio heart

cardiovascular of the heart and vessels

carnage butchery

casus belli cause for war

cata down

caust burn

caustic burning

cede go

cent one hundred

centri center

cephalo head

chior green

chiro hand

chiromancy palm reading

chrom color

chron time

chronic lasting

chronicle a history

ci hair

cide kill

circum around

circumlocution talking in circles

circumscribed limited

circumspect cautious

circumvent get around

cise cut

clam cry out

cle small

co together

cogn know

cognizant aware

cognomen nickname

cognoscenti those who know

collateral side by side

colloquy conversation

commensurate of like measure

comport behave

con together

condescend lower oneself

condign worthy

confluence a flowing together

congenital at birth

contra against

convivial jovial or festive

cor heart

corn together

coron crown

corp body

corpulent full-bodied

cosmo world or universe

cosmology study of universe

counter against

cracy government

cranio skull

cred believe

credible believable

crypt hidden

cryptic having hidden meaning

cryptologist code breaker

culp blame

cumu heaped

cur care for

curr run

curs run

cyan blue

cyclo circle

cyt cell

dactylo finger

de down

dec ten

decadent downfallen

deduction reasoning down from principles

delineate to to outline

demagogue corrupt politician

demi half

demo people

dendr tree

depose topple from power

derm skin

dextro right or clockwise

di two

dia across

diaphanous semitransparent

diatribe abusive criticism

dicho in two parts

dichotomy two-part division

dict say

diction word choice

diffident shy

digit finger

dign worthy

diplo double

dis away

disconsolate inconsolable

discursive rambling

disingenuous insincere

disputatious argumentative

dissonant inharmonious

dom rule

dorm sleep

dors back

dox opinion

duct lead

dud close

dyna power

dys bad

eccentricity oddness

eco house

ecto outer

ef out

effusion outpouring

ego I

egocentric self-centered

egomania self-obsession

egregious blatant

elucidate explain

emia blood

emissary messenger

emollient softener

endo within

enter intestine

entomology insect zoology

enumerate to list

epi on

epigram witty comment

epiphany revelation

equi equal

equivocate to hedge

erg work

err wander

erythro red

ess female

ethno race or culture

ethnocentrism racial or cultural prejudice

eu good

eulogy words of praise

euphemism pleasant name

euphony beautiful sound

euphoria joy

ex out

excoriate to verbally flog

exculpate to free from blame

exo out

exorbitant unreasonable

expatriate banish

expeditiously rapidly

extra beyond

fer carry

ferro iron

fic make

fid faith

fidelity faithfulness

fil thread

filigree lacy design

fin end

fiss split

flect bend

flu flow

foli leaf

fore front

form shape

fort strong

fract break

fractious unruly

frat brother

fug flee

fus pour

fy make

gamy marriage

gastro stomach

gen origin

geo earth

germ vital or related

germane related

gerontocracy government by the old

gest carry

glott tongue

glyc sweet

gno know

gon angle

grade step

gram writing

graph write

grat pleasing

gray heavy

greg group

gregarious sociable

gress step

gymno naked

gyn woman

gyro turn

hagiocracy government of saints

haplo single or simple

hedron sided object

helio sun

heliotropic sun-following

hema blood

hemi half

hemiplegia paralysis on one side

hemo blood

here stick

hetero different

hexa six

hibern winter

hippo horse

hist tissue

histology study of living tissue

holo whole

homo same

hum earth

hydro water

hyper over

hyperbole overstatement

hypo under

ichthy fish

ichthyologist fish scientist

ician specialist

ics art

ideo idea

idio peculiar

idiosyncrasy peculiarity

ign fire

il not

impending overhanging

improvident without foresight

impute attribute discredit

in in or not

in loco parentis in place of parents

inanimate lifeless

inc light

incisive sharp

incredulous not believing

induction factual reasoning

ine nature of

inexorable inescapable

infidel unbeliever

infra beneath

infraction breaking

ingenuous innocent and naive

inherent built-in

insurgence uprising

inter between

intercede mediate

interregnum time between rulers

intervene come between

intra within

intracranial within the skull

intractable stubborn

intransigence not compromising

intro into

introspective inward-looking

invective bitter denunciation

invidious causing envy

ire make

irn not

irrevocable beyond recall

ish like

ism doctrine

iso equal

isosceles having two equal sides

ist one who

itis inflammation

ium an element

jar swear

ject throw

joie de vivre joy of living

junct join

jus law

kilo thousand

kin motion

kleptomaniac pathological thief

labor work

lachry tear

lat side

leg read

lent full of

lepsy attack

less without

let little

leuko white

liber free

lign wood

lin line

lingu tongue

lite mineral or fossil

liter letter

lith rock

loco place

log word or reason

logy science

loqu talk

loquacious talkative

lum light

luminary enlightening person

luna moon

lys break down

macro large

magn great

magnanimous great-minded

magnate powerful person

magniloquence great eloquence

magnum opus great work

mal bad

malediction a curse

malevolence bad will

man hand

mania madness

mar sea

maul mother

medi middle

mega large

megalomania delusions of greatness

mel song

mela black

melancholy dark sadness

mem remember

mens measure

meso middle

meta change

metamorphosis change of shape

meteor high

meter measure

micro small

migr wander

mir wonder

mis bad

misanthropist a people-hater

miss send

mob move

mobocracy mob rule

moll soft

mollify make soft

monger seller

mono one

monomania obsession with one thing

mont mountain

mony condition

moribund dying

morph shape

mort death

mot move

mull thousandth

multi many

mund world

mundane worldly

muta change

mutable changeable

myo muscle

myria many

nano billionth

narco sleep

narcolepsy attacks of sleep

nat born

nay ship

necro death

neo new

neologism new word

neophyte beginner

nesia island

ness quality

neuro nerve

nib red

nihilism belief in nothing

nomy law

non not

nondescript of no category

nounce tell

nov new

nuc center

numer number

nym name

ob against

octa eight

octogenarian eighty-year-old

ocul eye

oid appearance

oligarchy government by a few

oligo few or small

oma tumor

omni all

omnifarious of all kinds

omniscient all-knowing

on egg

ophthal eye

opia sight

orb circle

ornith bird

ortho straight

oscu mouth

ose sugar

osis condition

oss bone

osteo bone

ous full of

ovi egg

pac peace

paleo old

pan all

pandemonium demonic clamor

panegyric elaborate eulogy

par equal

para beside

paradigm model

parl speak

pater father

path feeling

patho disease

pathogen disease-causer

pathological diseased

ped foot or child

pedagogue teacher

pellucid crystal clear

pen near or around

pend hang

penta five

per through

perfidious . treacherous

perihelion orbit point nearest sun

perspicacity insight

perspicuous brilliantly clear

petr rock

petroglyph rock carving

phag eat

phan appearance

phasia speech

phen appearance

philanthropy love of mankind

phile love

phobia fear

phon sound

phor carry

phos light

photo light

phyll leaf

phylo kind

phyte plant

pico trillionth

pithec ape

plasm form

plasto molded

platitude flat trite remark

platy flat

pleo more

plu more

plutocracy government of wealthy

pneumo lung

pod foot

polis city

poly many

polychrome many-colored

polyglot multi-linguist

polyphonic multi-melodic

pond weight

ponderous weighty

pop people

port carry

pos put

post after

posthumous after death

pot drink

potent power

pre before

preclude prevent in advance

precursor forerunner

preponderance bulk

prescience foreknowledge

prestidigitation sleight of hand

prim first

primate monkeys, apes, and humans

primeval of the first ages

pro forward

prognosis medical forecast

prolific productive

protero early

proto first

prototype first model

pseudo false

psych soul

pter wing

pugn fight

pugnacious combative

pulse drive

punct point

punctilious precise in conduct

pusillanimous small-minded

put think

pyro fire

quadr four

quasi somewhat

quin five

radi ray

rat think

re again

recant retract

rect right

rectify correct

rectilinear right-angled

refractory stubborn

reg rule

renovate restore

resurgence uprising

retribution revenge

retro backward

retrograde backward

revoke cancel

rhiz root

rhodo rose

rid laugh

rogat ask

rubicund red

rupt break

Russophobe one who fears Russia

sacro holy

sacrosanct sacred

sanct holy

sanctimonious affectedly holy

sanction authorize

sangui blood

sanguinary bloody

sapro rotten

sat enough

saturnine gloomy and remote

saur lizard

schism division

schizo divide

sci know

scope look

scrib write

se apart

sect cut

sed sit

sedentary sitting

semi half

sen old

sens feel

sept seven

sequ follow

sess sit

sine without

sine qua non essential element

sinecure easy lucrative job

sis condition

socio society

sol alone (lesson 11) or sun (lesson 19)

soliloquy speech to oneself

solv loosen

som. body

somn sleep

somnambulist sleepwalker

somniferous bringing sleep

son sound

sonorous full-sounding

soph wisdom

soror sister

spec look

specious false

spir breathe

spor seed

sta stop

status quo present state

stell star

stereo solid

strat layer

string bind

stringent binding

strupt build

sub under

subordinate lower

subterfuge evasive dodge

super over

supercilious scornful

superfluous unnecessary

supersede replace

sur over

surfeit excess

surg rise

syn together

syndrome complex of symptoms.

synl together

synopsis summary

synthesis combination

tachy quick

tact touch

tang touch

tangible touchable

taxis arrangement

tele far

tempor time

temporize delay

terr land

terra firma solid ground

tetra four

theo god

thermo heat

tion act or state

tomy cut

topo place

tort twist

tortuous twisting

tox poison

tract pull

tractable docile

trans across

transpose switch

tri three

trib pay

trich hair

troph nourishment

tropo turn

tude state of

ultima last

ultra beyond

un not

und wave

unequivocal direct

uni one

unilateral one-sided

urb city

urbane sophisticated

vac empty

val worth

vas vessel

vect carry

ventri belly

ver true

veracity truthfulness

verisimilitude similarity to truth

vermi worm

vert turn

vest clothes

via road

viable able to live

vice in place of

vid look

vita life

viv life

vivacious lively

voc voice

vociferous loudly-voiced

vol will

volv roll

xeno stranger

xenophobia fear of foreigners

xylo wood

yen come

yore eating

zo animal

zygo yoke

zym ferment

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