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This copy has been updated since it was distributed in class.
the bold underlined words were corrected in class 1/8/14
the bold words were corrected in class 12/20/13
GREEK ROOTS FINAL STUDY GUIDE – FPLA
THE FOLLOWING PREFIXES, SUFFIXES, AND ROOTS AND WORDS WILL BE ON THE FINAL
EXAM.
PREFIXES ARE INDICATED BY A HYPHEN PRECEDING
SUFFIXES ARE INDICATED BY A HYPHEN FOLLOWING
THE PREFIXES, SUFFIXES, AND ROOTS ARE IN ORDER OF THE LESSONS.
BECAUSE SOME WERE IN MORE THAN ONE LESSON, THE WORDS ARE LISTED BY
ALPHABETICAL GROUPS (A’s, B’s, C’s). They may not be in the correct alphabetical order
within the letter group.
ON THE TEST THEY WILL NOT BE IN THE SAME ORDER.
1. a-, an2. anti3. auto4. dia5. dys6. ec-, ex-, ecto7. en-, em-, endo8. hetero9. holo10. hyp-, hypo11. hyper12. iso13. neo14. olig15. pachy16. pan-, panto17. par-, para18. peri19. poly- (prefix)
20. pseudo21. tele22. –algia
23. –cracy
24. –itis
25. –machy
26. –mania
27. –orama
28. -poly (suffix)
29. –phobia
30. –log, -ology
31. proto32. meso-
33. hemi34. hexa35. hepta36. hect- hecato37. dem
38. anthrop
39. gyn, gynec
40. helio
41. theo
42. phon
43. chrom, chromat
44. chron
45. therm
46. hydr
47. phot, phos
48. bibl, biblio
49. arch
50. erg, urg
51. phag
52. phil
53. miso
54. ethn
55. eth
56. plut
57. aristo
58. meter, metr
59. gon
60. morph
61. klin, clin
62. path
63. psych
64. phys
65. necro
66. derm, dermat
67. cephal
68. pod
69. osteo
70. dactyl
71. cardi
72. glos, glot
73. hem, hemat, -em
74. neur
75. mnem, mnes
76. gastro
77. mim
78. caut, caust
79. schiz, schis
80. tax, tact
81. soph
82. cycl
83. petr
84. lith, lite
85. pyr
86. taph
87. tox, toxic
88. aer
89. astr
90. paed, ped
91. etym
92. trop
93. troph
94. zo
95. entom
96. ichthy
97. phyt
98. phyll
99. hipp
100. anth
WORDS
1. amnesia
2. anachronism
3. anarchy
4. antipathy
5. aphyllous
6. apathy
7. autonomy
8. anthropophagi
9. anathema
10. astronomy
11. aeronautics
12. amorphous
13. atrophy
14. asymmetrical
15. bibliopole
16. cacophony
17. catastrophe
18. chronological
19. cardialgia
20. carditis
21. cauterize
22. chiropodist
23. clinometer
24. diameter
25. dystrophy
26. democracy
27. dermatitis
28. diorama
29. dipsomania
30. dactylogram
31. eccentric
32. ecstasy
33. epigram
34. epidermis
35. encephalitis
36. megalomania
37. epitaph
38. etymology
39. entomology
40. euthanasia
41. entomophagous
42. gastronomy
43. genealogy
44. gynophobia
45. holocaust
46. hypochondria
47. hypodermic
48. hypertension
49. hematology
50. hemisphere
51. hemiplegia
52. hexahedron
53. heptarchy
54. heliolatry
55. heliocentric
56. hippodrome
57. ichthyophagous
58. logomachy
59. logorrhea
60. monopoly
61. misanthrope
62. misogyny
63. monochromatic
64. mesoderm
65. mnemonics
66. monolith
67. neophyte
68. neuralgia
69. arthritis
70. necropsy
71. oligarchy
72. oligopoly
73. ossify
74. ornithology
75. paradox
76. pantomime
77. pandemic
78. pyrotechnics
79. pachyderm
80. pachydactl
81. periphery
82. periscope
83. phonics
84. polygon
85. pseudonym
86. polyglot
87. panacea
88. prototype
89. pyromania
90. pedagogue
91. pediatrics
92. pantophagous
93. philanthropy
94. plutocracy
95. petroglyph
96. phytophagous
97. podiatry
98. physiognomy
99. toxemia
100.
zoolatry