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a-, an-
without
calidi-
hot
ab-
away from
cap-
take, hold
acri-
sharp
cata-
down, across, under
ad-
to, toward, near
ceno-
new
alieni-
another’s
centi-
100
allo-
other, different
chron-
time
ambi-
both
circuli-
round
ana-
up, against
circum-
around
ante-
before, in front of
co-
together
anthrop-
human
con-
with
ant-, anti-
against, opposite,
opposing
contra-
against
-crat, -cracy
power, rule
apo-
away from
cred-
believe
aqua-
water
cryo-
cold
archeo-
old
crypto-
hidden
aster-, astro-
star
cyclo-
round
aud-
hear, listen to
de-
away, off
auto-
self, same
deca-
10
bary-
heavy
dem-
people
bene-
good
derm-
skin
bi-, bis-
twice, double
dexio, dextri-
right
biblio-
book
di-
two, twice, double
bio-, bi-
life, living organism
dia-
through
boni-
good
dict-
to say
brachy-
short
dis-
not, not, any
brevi-
brief
dis-
apart, removed
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dodeca-
12
gyro-
round
duc-
to lead, take
hemi-
half
dulci-
sweet
hepta-
7
dys-
hard, difficult, bad
hetero-
different
ex- (Latin)
out of
hex-, hexa-
6
ex- (Greek)
out of
holo-
entirely
ecto-
outside
homo-
alike, same
en-
in
humidi-
wet
endo-
within
hydr-, hydro-
water, liquid
ennea-
9
epi-
on, upon
hyper-
excessive, over,
above
equi-
equal
eu-
easy, good, well
hypo-
below, under,
bottom
exo-
outside, outward
identi-
same
extra-
outside, in addition
to
idio-
one’s own
in-
in, into, on
fac-
make, do
in-
not, beyond belief
fort-
strong
infra-
below
gam-
united
inter-
between, among
gen-
race, birth, type
intro-
within
geo-
earth, geography
intus-
within
gylcol-
sweet
-ism
-gram, -graph
written, record,
drawn
the study or theory
of
iso-
equal
gravi-
heavy
-ist
person
-gress
to walk
-ject
to throw
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lati-
wide
novi-
new
lepto-
thin
octo-
8
-logue, -log
speech, to speak
-oid
like, resembling
-logy
expression, study
oligo-
few
longi-
long
opistho-
behind
macro-
large
oxy-
sharp
magni-
big
pachy-
thick
man-, manu-
hand
paleo-
old
mal-
bad
palin-
again
medio-
middle
pan-
all
mega-
big
para-
alongside of, beside
meso-
middle
path-
feeling, suffering
met-, miss-
send, sent
ped-, pod-
foot
meta-
with, after, beyond
-ped(e), -pod
foot
-meter, -metry
measuring device,
measure
pedo-, ped-
child, children
pend-
to hang
micro-
small, little
penta-
5
milli-
1000
per-
through, complete
min-
small, little
peri-
around, near
mis-, mit-
wrongly, incorrect
-phile
loves, lover of
miso-
hatred
philo-, phil-
strong love for
molli-
soft
-phobe, -phobia
fear of a thing
mono-
one, single
phon-
sound
morph-
form
-phone
sound
multi-
many
picro-
bitter
neo-
new, recent
poly-
many
non-
not
port-
to carry
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post-
after, behind
sub-
under, below
pre-
in front of, before
struct-
build, form
pro-
in front of, before
super-, supra-
above, upper
proso-
onward, in front
syn-
with
proto-
front
tele-
far
psych-
mind
tenu-
thin
pseudo-
false
tetra-
4
quadrati-
square
therm-
heat
quadric-
4
thermo-
hot
re-
again, back,
backward
tract-
to pull, drag
trans-
across, through
retro-
backward
tri-
3
scaio-
left
ultra-
beyond
sclero-
hard
uni-
1
-scope
sight
vacuo-
empty
scrib-, script-
to write
validi-
strong
semi-
½
vario-
different
seni-
old
vert-
to turn
sesqui-
1½
via-, vis-
see
sicci-
dry
voc-
call
simili-
alike
xero-
dry
spec(t)-
look
zo-
animal
steno-
narrow
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