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GRE roots, prefixes, suffixes

Terms

undefined, object
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-ette, -illo

little

  • dinette
  • peccadillo 
-ify, -efy, -ize, -ate

to make

  • beautify
  • immunize
  • duplicate 
-ist

a person

  • biologist 
-ity
turns a word into a noun
-ous

very full of

  • joyous 
a-, an-

not or without

  • amoral
  • anerobic 
ambu

walk, move

  • ambulatory (to walk or move about) 
andro
man
ante-

before

  • ante meridian (am) 
anthro
human or mankind
bellu, belli

war, fight

  • belligerent
  • antebellum (created before...) 
caco-, ne-, mal-

bad

  • cacophony
  • negetive
  • malicious 
cred

trust or belief

  • incredible 
de

down from, away from (to put down)

  • descend
  • depart 
eu-, ben-, bon-

good

  • eulogy
  • beneficial
  • bon voyage 
ex

out of, away from

  • exit
  • extricate 
gnos

knowledge

  • prognosis 
greg

group, herd

  • congregation
  • segregate 
gyn
woman
im-, in-

not

  • immappropriate
  • impossible 
log, loq, loc, lix

speech or talk

  • dialogue
  • loquacious
  • elocation (proper speech)
  • prolix 
luc, lum, lus

light, clear

  • elucidate (to make clear)
  • luminous
  • lustrous (sleek, glossy) 
meta

beyond, after

  • metamorphosis 
mut

change

  • mutant 
pac

peace, calm

  • pacifier 
path

feeling

  • pathetic 
plac

peace, calm

  • placate
  • implacable 
post-

after

  • post meridian 
pro

big, much

  • profuse 
pug

war, fight

  • pugnacious
  • pugalist 
scien

knowledge

  • scientist 
som, sop

sleep

  • sominex
  • soporific
son, phon

sound

  • sonic
  • phonics 

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