reading and writing section

grammar

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fac

to do/make (factory, factual)

fort

strengrh (fortitude, fortress)

mater

mother (matrilineal)

pater

father (paternity)

mis/miso

hate (misanthropic)

nym

name (antonym, synonym)

en, em

cause to, made of (empower, envision, golden)

ion, tion

act or process

kenisis

movement

chromo

color

helio

sun (heliotrope: sun feeding)

ortho

straight (orthodox)

ject

throw (conjecture, eject)

ecto

outside

intra

within

re, red

back again, together

tele

far

lat

side

ab

away (absent, abstract, abort) indicates movement in a direction away from, or separation from something.

cious, uous,

the quality of being full of or characterized by. (Vivacious, spacious)

acu

sharp (acupuncture, acute, acupressure)

agri

farming (agriculture, agrarian)

alb

the quality of being white or pale (albino, alabaster, albumin)

amb

both (ambidextrous, ambivert, ambitious, ambiguous) relating to two sides or aspects

ambul

movement/walk (ambulance, amble, ambulate)

amic

friendly (dynamic, amicably, amicable)

ana

up, back, against, indicates a reversal, a return, an upward movement, or a process of breaking down or analyzing.(anabasis, anathema, anatomy)

anti/ant

against (antithesis, antibiotics, antagonist)

arche/archi

primitive or origin (archeology, archaic, archive)

auto

self (automatic, autocrat, autonomy, autopilot)

ante

before (antebellum, antechamber)

bel

war, fighting ( rebellion, antebellum, bellicose)

bene

good (beneficial, benefit, benefactor, benevolent)

bi

two, (bicycle, biceps, bisexual, bipedal)

cata

down, against, or completely. often indicates a downward movement, a complete or intensive action catalyst, catastrophe, catalouge)

cess/cede/ced

withdraw, leave, go (cecede, recession, exceed)

cieve

take

cent

hundred (centipede, centimeter)

cerebr

brain (cerebral, cerebrate)

cert

to be sure, (certain, certify, ascertain)

chron

time

cide

kill/murder (homocide, suicide)

clar

clear (clarify, declare)

clud/clus

close (conclusion, seclude, conclude)

clin

lean (incline, recline)

co

with, together, joint

cog

know (cognition, incognito)

con

with, together, common (connection, conclude, concur)

contra

against

corp

body (corporation, corpse)

cred

believe

crypt

hidden, secret (cryptic, crypto)

cumul

mass/heap, (cumulate, accumulate)

dem

people

di

twice, two (different)

dia

across/through (diaphragm, diagram, diaspora)

domin

master (dominate)

don

give (pardon, donor, donate)

dorm

sleep (dormant, dormir in spanish)

dur

long lasting, (durable, duration)

dyn

power, energy (dynamite, dynamic)

eu

good (euphoria, euphemism)

fer

carry, bring (transfer, ferry)

fid

trust (confidence, fidelity)

flect

bend (deflect, flexible, reflect)

fore

previous (before, forehand, foreboding)

fusc

dark (Fusco, obfuscation)

ger

old (geriatrics)

homo

same (homosexual)

hypo

under (hypothermia, hypotension)

idio

preculiar, distinct, (idiot, idiom,

infra

beneath (infrastructure, inferior)

inter

between (interlinked)

ir

not (irrational, irreversible)

iso

equal (isotope, isosceles

lab

work

lat

broad, wide (latitude)

laud

praise (applaud, laudably)

lex/loq

word, law (dyslexia, lexicon, loquacious, eloquent)

luc

light (lucid, translucent)

macro

lagre/great (macroeconomics, macroscopic)

melan

dark (melanin, melancholy, melodrama, melanoma)

meta

change (metamorphosis)

min

small (miniature, minute)

mis

wrong (mistake, misinterpret, misinformation)

miss

send (amiss, mission, submissive)

nat

born (innate, natural,

neg

no (negate, negative)

neo/nov

new (neocolonialism, novice, renovate)

ob/op

against/in the way (opposition, object, obstruct, oppose)

opt

best choose, desire (optimize, optimal,

pan

all

para

related, beside (paragraph, parasite, parallel, paramedic)

path

feeling (empathy, pathetic, pathogen, psychopath)

pel/pusle

push, drive (repulse, compel. compulsion,