Study Skills 94

J. Roth

LATIN and GREEK WORD CLUES

GROUP 1 Quiz Date: _______________________

Prefixes and Roots

WORD MEANING HELPFUL MEMORY AIDS AND EXAMPLES

ad to, toward _________________________________

anti against _________________________________

aud hear _________________________________

auto self _________________________________

bene well, good _________________________________

bi two _________________________________

bio life _________________________________

cept, capt take, seize _________________________________

cess, ced go, move _________________________________

circum around _________________________________

com with, together _________________________________

con with, together _________________________________

contra against _________________________________

cred believe _________________________________

de down, from _________________________________

derm skin _________________________________

dic, dict say, speak _________________________________

dis apart, away _________________________________

duc, duct take, lead _________________________________

equ equal _________________________________

ex out of _________________________________

extra more than _________________________________

gen birth, beginning _________________________________

geo earth _________________________________

LATIN and GREEK WORD CLUES

GROUP 2 Quiz Date: _______________________

More Prefixes and Roots

WORD MEANING HELPFUL MEMORY AIDS AND EXAMPLES

graph write _________________________________

gress go _________________________________

hetero different _________________________________

homo same, man _________________________________

hydr water _________________________________

hyper above _________________________________

hypo below _________________________________

il, ir not _________________________________

in, im into, within _________________________________

in, un not _________________________________

inter between, among _________________________________

intra within _________________________________

junct join _________________________________

mal bad _________________________________

meter measure _________________________________

mis wrong, badly _________________________________

mit, miss send _________________________________

mono one _________________________________

multi many _________________________________

path feeling, suffering _________________________________

phon sound _________________________________

poly many _________________________________

port carry _________________________________

post after _________________________________

pre before _________________________________

LATIN and GREEK WORD CLUES

GROUP 3 Quiz Date: _______________________

Even More Prefixes and Roots

WORD MEANING HELPFUL MEMORY AIDS AND EXAMPLES

pro before, in favor _________________________________

re back, again _________________________________

retro back _________________________________

scop, spec to look, to see _________________________________

sub under _________________________________

super above _________________________________

tele far _________________________________

therm heat _________________________________

tract draw, pull _________________________________

trans over, across _________________________________

tri three _________________________________

uni one _________________________________

Suffixes

-able, -ible able to, able to be _________________________________

-er, -or one who, that which _________________________________

-ful full of _________________________________

-ion, -tion the act of _________________________________

-ism belief in _________________________________

-itis inflammation _________________________________

-ize to make _________________________________

-less without _________________________________

-logy the study of _________________________________

-mania madness for _________________________________

-ment the state of _________________________________

-ness the condition of _________________________________

-phobia fear of _________________________________

end of list

More Helpful information

Helpful pairs (these are already on the list)

multi and poly many

uni and mono one

Helpful Opposites (these are already on the list)

bene and mal good and bad

hypo and hyper below and above

sub and super below and above

mono and poly one and many

uni and multi one and many

pre and post before and after

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