Greek and Latin #22 AP Lang

af-

to-; meaning "toward, to, against”

e- ec- ef

meaning "out"

en- im- in-

meaning "in, into"

re-

meaning "back again"

anthrop/o

meaning "mankind, man" (e.g., anthropology)

dont

meaning "teeth" (e.g., orthodontist)

eo paleo

meaning "dawn, early, ancient" (e.g., Eocene)

erg urg

meaning "work, power" (e.g., energy)

flu/c

meaning "flowing" (e.g., fluctuate)

gen

meaning "birth, produce, race" (e.g., genocide)

lith/o

meaning "stone" (e.g., lithography)

metall

meaning "metal, mine" (e.g., metallic)

meter

meaning "measure"

nom

meaning "law, order"

orth

meaning "straight, right"

ped

meaning "child"

pyr/o, pyret

meaning "fever, fire"

sphere

meaning "a ball"

-al -ic

meaning "like, related to"

-ation

meaning "result of an action or process"

-cene

meaning "new, recent"

-ence

meaning "state, quality, action"

-ent

meaning "doing/being something to someone"

-ia

meaning "condition"

-ics

meaning "science, system"

-ist

meaning "one who is or does; an advocate"

-us

meaning "thing which"

-y

meaning "state, quality"

scop

meaning “look, view”

Noun

Person, Place, or Thing
Kelly, The Mall, The Toy

Verb

A word that shows an action
Drive, Walk, Talk

Adjective

A word used to describe/modify a noun or pronoun
Broken, skinny, short

Adverb

A word used to describe a verb
Badly, Shortly, Quickly

Preposition

A word used to show a relationship between words. (Location, time, place)
in, at, on, of, to.

Conjunction

Words that connect phrases or clauses
And, for, nor, but, yet

Article

A word that indicates whether a noun is general or specific
The, A/an