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lingu

tongue

bilingual, linguistic

mot

move

motion, motor

nav

ship

navy, navigate

und

wave

undulation, inundate

flect

bend

reflect, inflection

coron

crown

corona, coronation

aur

gold

Aurora, Aura

liter

letter

literature, literacy

rat

think

rational, ratio

sis

condition

sclerosis, mitosis

par

equal

on par, compare

mens

measure

immense, dimension

mony

condition

acrimony, ceremony

quin

five

quintet, quintillion

socio

society

sociopath, socialism

ovi

egg

ovary, ovisac

phasia

speech

aphasia, dysphasia

pter

wing

helicopter, pterodactyl

phen

appearance

phenotype, phenomenon

hist

tissue

histology, histolysis

glott

tongue

polyglot, glossectomy

phan

appearance

phantom, sycophant

peri

near or around

perimeter, periodical

pot

drink

potion, potable

via

road

via, trivia

atmo

vapor

atmosphere, atmospheric

cardio

heart

cardiac, cardiology

cosmo

world or universe

cosmopolitan, cosmos

counter

against

counterargument, counterproductive

cranio

skull

craniotomy, cranium

cyclo

circle

cycle, recycle

gno

know

diagnosis, prognosis

oss

bone

ossify, ossicle

xylo

wood

xylophone, xylem

monger

seller

fishmonger, warmonger

sept

seven

September, septillion

xeno

stranger

xenophobia, xenon

vas

vessel

vascular, vase

fore

front

forehead, forefront

ish

like

greenish, reddish

less

without

pointless, hopeless

baro

pressure

barometer, barogram

ferro

iron

ferrous, ferronickel

quasi

somewhat

quasimodo, quasi-official

nesia

island

Micronesia, Polynesia

lepsy

attack

epilepsy, narcolepsy

let

little

droplet, aglet

nano

billionth

nanosecond, nanogram

pico

trillionth

picogram, picosecond

ideo

idea

ideology, ideal

ven

come

venue, advent

ichthy

fish

ichthyologist, ichthyoid

pulse

drive

impulse, repulse

calor

heat

calorie, caloric

sol

sun

solar, solstice

strat

layer

stratosphere, stratigraphy

nuc

center

nucleus, nucleotide

sat

enough

satisfy, saturate

protero

early

Proterozoic, proterandrous

mont

mountain

Piedmont, Montana

kilo

thousand

kilometer, kilogram

myria

many

myriad, myriapod

tachy

quick

tachometer, tachycardia

fiss

split

fission, fissile

cumu

heaped

cumulate, cumulative

meteor

high

meteorite, meteoric

hibern

winter

hibernate, hibernal

di

two

diatomic, dilemma

bath

deep

bathos, bathymetry

cirr

hair

cirrus, cirriped

grav

heavy

gravity, grave

solv

loosen

solvent, dissolve

ophthal

eye

ophthalmologist, ophthalmic

oma

tumor

melanoma, hematoma

rub

red

ruby, rubric