Greek and Latin Stems:

Greek and Latin Stems: • The keys to your vocabulary

Greek Root Word Stems • astro - star • bio - life • chrom - color • chrono - time • derm - skin • geo - earth • hydro - water • hypno - sleep • lith - stone • logue - word • logo - reason • micro - small

Latin Root Word Stems • flu- to flow • grad – degree • hom – man • jur - law • lev – to lift • medic – to heal • noc – night • nox – harm • ord – to put in order • ped – foot • rupt – to break • act – to do • anim – life • arm – weapon • art – craft • cent - one hundred • cess – to go • corp - body • circum – around • cred – to believe • equ – equal

inter – between • intra – within • intro - begin • mal – wrong • mis – bad • non - opposite • post - after • pre – before • semi - half • sub – under • super – over • un - not • extra - outside Prefixes • auto - self • bene - good • ante - before • anti - against • im – not • bi – two • con – together • de – undo • dis – opposite • tri – three • syn – together • sym - with

Suffixes • able - able to be • age - process • ant - one who • cle - small • dom - state of • er - one who • esque - like • ess - female • ful - full of • logy - study of

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