This document provides a list of Greek and Latin roots along with their meanings and examples of words that use each root. It explains that learning Greek and Latin roots is key to understanding vocabulary and provides a process for doing so that involves making vocabulary cards, studying the roots and their meanings, creating example words, and taking quizzes. It then lists over 80 roots alphabetically with their definitions and 2-4 example words for each.

1. Greek/Latin Roots
The key to vocabulary

2. Process
1. Greek root
2. meaning
3. words that use it
4. make vocab
cards (Study
strategies)
5. quiz after 40

3. anthrop - man
anthropology, misanthrope, philanthropy

4. arch – chief, first,
rule
archangel, archaic, monarchy, matriarchy,
patriarchy

5. aud – hear, listen
audiology, auditorium, audio, audition

6. carn - flesh
carnivorous, incarnate, reincarnation,
carnal

7. chrom - color
chrome, chromosome, polychrome,
chromatic

8. chron - time
chronology, chronometer, synchronize

9. cide/cise – cut down,
kill
homicide, germicide, incision, scissors

10. Crat/cracy - rule
autocrat, aristocrat, theocracy, technocracy

11. dict – say, speak
dictation, dictionary, predict, verdict,
contradict

12. endo - within
endorse, endocardial, endoskeleton

13. graph, gram - write
graphic, autograph, photography, telegram

14. hetero - different
heterogeneous, heterodox, heterosexual

15. ject - throw
inject, deject, project, eject, interject

16. log, logo, ology –
word, study,
speech
prologue, dialogue, zoology, catalog

17. magn - great
magnify, magnificent, magnitude

18. man - hand
manual, manage, manipulate, emancipate

19. migra - wander
migrate, emigrate, immigrate

20. morph - form
amorphous, metamorphosis, morphology

21. omni – all, every
omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent,
omnivorous

22. ortho – straight,
correct
orthodox, orthodontist, unorthodox
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23. path – feeling,
suffering
sympathy, antipathy, apathy, telepathy

24. ped, pod - foot
pedestrian, centipede, tripod, podiatry,
pedal

25. phil - love
philosophy, philharmonic, bibliophile

26. poli - city
metropolis, police, megalopolis

27. poly - many
polytheistic, polyandrous, polygon

28. trans- across,
beyond, in a
different state
translate, transatlantic, transport

29. syn- in union,
acting together
synonym, synchronize, symmetry

30. sub- below, lower
rank, nearly
submarine, subsoil, sub-tropical

31. semi- half, partly
semicircle, semiconscious, semi-annual

32. pro- before, in
favor of
prologue, proponent, propulsion

33. ob, of - blocking,
concealing,
against
obstruct, offend, oppose

34. intra- inside, within
intramural, intravenous, intracellular

35. inter- between,
among
interact, interchange, interdependent

36. infra- below
infrastructure, infrared, infraclass

37. hypo- under
hypodermic, hypothermia, hypoallergenic

38. hyper- beyond,
more than normal
hyperactive, hypersonic, hypercritical

39. hemi- half
hemisphere

40. contra- against
contraceptive, contraband, contradict

41. anti- opposing
antiwar, antibiotic, anticlimax

42. ante- before
antecedent, antebellum, antechamber
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43. ag, agi, act-do,
move, go
action, agitate, agent

44. alt – high, deep
altitude, altimeter

45. aster, astr- star
asterisk, asteroid, astronomy, astronaut

46. cap, cip, cept -
take
capable, intercept, capture, forceps

47. caus, caut – burn,
heat
caustic, cauldron, cauterize

48. clam, claim – cry
out
exclamation, acclaim, clamor

49. cred - believe
creed, credit, incredible, credence

50. dorm - sleep
dormant, dormitory

51. duc, duct - lead
induce, produce, reduce

52. dura – hard,
lasting
durable, duration, endure

53. equi - equal
equinox, equilibrium, equality

54. fac, fact, fic, fect –
do, make
manufacture, factory, amplification

55. fer – bear, carry
ferry, fertile, refer

56. fin - end
final, finish, confine, define

57. flex - bend
flexible, inflexible

58. fort - strong
fortress, fortify, fortitude

59. fract, frag - break
fracture, fragile, fraction

60. gam - marriage
bigamy, polygamy, monogamy

61. grad – step, go
grade, graduate, gradient

62. here, hes - stick
adhere, cohesion, inherent
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63. ultra – beyond,
extreme
ultrasonic, ultraviolet

64. under – beneath,
below, lower in
rank
underdeveloped, undercarriage

65. un – not, reversal
unplug, unreal, unmanned

66. sent, sens - feel
sentiment, sensory, sensation

67. peri - around
perimeter, periodontal, pericardial

68. post - after
postpone, postmortem, posthumous

69. vor – eat greedily
voraciously, carnivore, omnivore

70. prim - first
primary, primitive, primal

71. rupt - break
rupture, erupt, disrupt

72. sol, salv – safe,
healthy
solution, salvage, salutation

73. sed, sess, sid - sit
sediment, session, reside, president

74. sequ, secu, sue -
follow
sequence, second, pursue

75. sist, sta, stit -
stand
assist, persist, substitute

76. sol - alone
soliloquy, solitaire, solitude

77. solv, solu - loosen
solvent, absolve, soluble

78. string, strict –
draw tight
restrict, constrict, stringent

79. ten, tain - hold
tenacious, contain, detention

80. theo, the – God,
god
theology, monotheism, atheist

81. therm - heat
thermometer, thermos, hypothermia

82. tom- cut
appendectomy, anatomy, dichotomy
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