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Greek and Latin Roots

 
Week 1:
ad/ac- to or toward
aqua- water
astro/aster- star
audi- to listen

Week 2: 
auto- self
bi- two
biblio-book
bio-life

Week 3: 
cent(um)- 1/1000th or one hundred
con/com/col/co/cor- with or together
dent/don- tooth
dis- down; away; not

Week 4: 
e/ex- out or from
graph/gram- write
heli- the sun; radiate
hydra/hydro- water

Week 5: 
in/im- in or not
ject/jectus/jac- throw, push, force
kilo- 1/1000th or 1000
loc- place

Week 6: 
log/logy/logue- speech; study; reasoning
milli- 1/1000th or 1000
meter/metre- to measure
mini- small; least

Week 7:
mitto/missi- to send
mono- one
micro- small
op/ob- against

Week 8:
port- to carry
post- after
ped/pod- foot
pro- forward; for

Week 9:
pre- before
post/posit/pon/pound- put or place
phon(e)- sound
quad/quart- 1/4 or four

Week 10:
re- back; again
sub/sup- under
sist- to stand
sonus- sound

*Week 11:
spec/spic/spect- to look
- spectator, conspicuous

scope- view
-telescope, periscope

scrib- to write
-scribble, inscribe

tele- from a distance
-television

trans- across
- transfer, transport


Week 12:
tri- three
-tripod, triangle, triplet

terra- land
-territory, terrain

uni/uno/unus- one
-unanimous, unicycle

vac- empty
-vacant, evacuate

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