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Root Words Final for Honors English 1 - Rudolph + Rogers

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aero

air, mist, wind

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aesth

feeling, sensation, perception

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3

anthro(po)

man, mankind

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4

anti(-)

opposed to (used as a prefix)

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5

arch

old

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6

astro

star, star shaped, pertaining to outer space

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7

auto

self

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8

bi

two, twice, double, twofold (used as a prefix)

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9

biblio

book

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10

bio

life

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11

cardio

heart, pertaining to the heart

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12

chromato, chromo

color

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13

chrono

time

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14

cosm

world

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15

crat

govern, rule, strength, power

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16

deca

ten

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17

demo

people, the people

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18

derm(o)

skin

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19

dyna

power, strength

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20

dys

bad, harsh, wrong; ill (used as a prefix)

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21

eco

house, home, dwelling; also used as environment

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22

endo

within, inside, into, in, on, inner (used as a prefix)

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23

eu

good, well, normal, happy, pleasing (used as a prefix)

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24

ex

out of, outside, away from

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25

geo

earth, world

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26

glot, glos

tongue, language, speech

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27

gno

knowledge

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28

graph(o)

to scratch, write, record, draw

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29

gyn(o)

woman, female

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30

hemi

half

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31

hetero

different, other, unlike (used as a prefix)

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32

homo

same, equal, like, similar, common

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33

hydro

water

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34

hyper

above, over, excessive

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35

path(o)

feeling, suffering, disease

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36

ped(o)

child

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37

peri

around, about, near, enclosing (used as a prefix)

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38

pha/phan/phen

to show; visible

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39

phil(o)

love, fondness for, attraction to

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40

phobia

fear, terror

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41

phono

sound

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42

photo

light

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43

pod, ped

foot, feet

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44

post

after

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45

poly

many, much

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46

pre

before

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47

semi

half

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48

soph

wise

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49

tele

distance

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50

thermo

heat

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51

tom(y)

cut

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52

tract

pull, drag

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53

vers, vert

turn

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54

xeno

foreign, alien, stranger

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55

naut, naus

sailor, ship, navigation

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56

neo

new

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mis

hate

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58

morph(o)

shape

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59

logu/loqu

to speak

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60

macro

large

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