Prefix/suffix/root words
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• Word: acou
• Meaning: hear
• Example: acoustic guitar
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• Word: agri
• Meaning: soil
• Example: agriculture
http://www.agricultureinformation.com/mag/
2006/11/announce-a-new-policy-for-microenterprises-in-agriculture/
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• Word: anti
• Meaning: against
• Example: antiwar
http://www.sinisterspace.com/group/antiwar/photo/view/peace-sign/
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• Word: aqua
• Meaning: water
• Example: aquarium
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• Word: atmo
• Meaning: air vapor
• Example: atmosphere
http://www.greendiary.com/entry/breathableatmosphere-discovered-long-ago/
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• Word: audi
• Meaning: hear
• Example: audible - audience
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• Word: bi
• Meaning: two
• Example: bicycle
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• Word: bio
• Meaning: life
• Example: biology
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• Word: cardio
• Meaning: heart
• Example: cardiovascular
http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heartsurgery-blog/2007/08/23/diagram-of-cardiacconduction-system/
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• Word: centi
• Meaning: hundredth
• Example: centimeter
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• Word: chem
• Meaning: chemicals
• Example: chemistry
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• Word: chloro
• Meaning: green
• Example: chlorophyll
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• Word: circa/circum
• Meaning: around
• Example: circumpolar
circumference
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• Word: crani
• Meaning: skull
• Example: cranium
http://www.skullarama.com/product/HomoErectus-Cranium-0248
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• Word: deci
• Meaning: tenth
• Example: decimeter
www.chem.wisc.edu/deptfilesgenchem/sstuto
rial/Text2/Tx21/Prefix/Prefix2.htm
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• Word: derm
• Meaning: skin
• Example: dermatologist
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gist.html
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• Word: endo
• Meaning: inside
• Example: endoskeleton
endocytosis
http://www.loyarburok.com/thesystem/judging-the-judges-the-system/speedygone-justice/attachment/skeleton/
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• Word: exo
• Meaning: outside
• Example: exoskeleton
exocytosis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautilus
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• Word: gastro
• Meaning: stomach
• Example: gastrointestinal
http://www.3dhealthcare.org/body_files/diges
tive_files/liver.gif
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• Word: geo
• Meaning: earth
• Example: geology
Azurite
http://www.geevor.com/index.php?object=32
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• Word: hecto
• Meaning: hundred
• Example: hectometer
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• Word: hem/hemo
• Meaning: blood
• Example: hemoglobin
hemorrhage
hemophiliac
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• Word: hemi
• Meaning: half
• Example: hemisphere
http://visual.merriamwebster.com/images/earth/geograph
y/cartography/hemispheres.jpg
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• Word: hetero
• Meaning: different
• Example: heterozygous
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• Word: homo
• Meaning: same
• Example: homozygous
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UM-EIE/s1600/thing1_and_thing2.gif
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• Word: hydro
• Meaning: water
• Example: hydrosphere
hydroplane
http://sos.noaa.gov/docs/earth_system.html
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• Word: iso
• Meaning: equal
• Example: isobar
http://kissthejoyasitflies.wordpress.com/2009/
11/19/mosquito-net-fire/
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• Word: kilo
• Meaning: thousand
• Example: kilogram
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• Word: macro
• Meaning: large
• Example: macroscopic (can be seen with
naked eye)
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• Word: micro
• Meaning: small
• Example: microscopic
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• Word: milli
• Meaning: thousandth
• Example: millimeter
http://www.dimensionsguide.com/how-big-isa-millimeter/
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• Word: mono
• Meaning: one
• Example: monochromatic
monologue
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o_lgl.jpg
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• Word: morph
• Meaning: shape
• Example: metamorphosis
http://aggiehorticulture.tamu.edu/g
alveston/beneficials_intr
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• Word: multi
• Meaning: many
• Example: multitude
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• Word: neuro
• Meaning: nerve
• Example: neurology
http://www.uthscsa.edu/neurology/
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• Word: ologist
• Meaning: one who studies
• Example: biologist
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• Word: ology
• Meaning: study of
• Example: geology
http://howto-study.com/tag/how-to-become-a-geologist/
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• Word: onomy
• Meaning: law
• Example: astronomy
http://www.venturacollege.edu/de
partments/academic/astronomy.sh
tml
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• Word: oste
• Meaning: bone
• Example: osteoporosis
http://gulfofmexicooilspillblog.files.wordpress.
com/2011/02/osteoporosis1.jpg
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• Word: paleo
• Meaning: old
• Example: paleontology
trilobite
http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/org/calgary/rese
arch/paleontology_e.php
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• Word: ped
• Meaning: foot
• Example: pedal
centipede
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• Word: photo
• Meaning: light
• Example: photosynthesis
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ife-light/
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• Word: post
• Meaning: after
• Example: postgame
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• Word: pre
• Meaning: before
• Example: pregame
https://chatt.hdsb.ca/~BrockJ/2005Present/pregamewarmup2007.html
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• Word: pseudo
• Meaning: false
• Example: pseudoscience
pseudonym
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• Word: psych
• Meaning: mind
• Example: psychology
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ody-and-Mind-Psychology-Rorshach.gif
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• Word: scribe/script
• Meaning: write
• Example: transcribe
manuscript
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• Word: sol
• Meaning: sun
• Example: solar
http://stu.westga.edu/~dowens/3401/plan1/pl
an1.html
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• Word: sphere
• Meaning: round
• Example: atmosphere
http://www.tecnozono.com/english/
earth's_atmosphere.htm
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• Word: spir
• Meaning: breath
• Example: respiration
http://karianna11.wordpress.com/2010/09/05
/breathing-system/
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• Word: strat
• Meaning: layers
• Example: stratified
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• Word: therm
• Meaning: temperature
• Example: thermometer
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ther
mometer_-_by_Don.jpg
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• Word: toxico
• Meaning: poison
• Example: toxicology
http://eduoptimists.blogspot.com/2011/03/pic
k-your-poison.html
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• Word: uni
• Meaning: one
• Example: unicycle
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• Word: zoo
• Meaning: animals
• Example: zoology
http://news.change.org/stories/ind
ependence-day-at-the-zoo-oh-theirony