List of Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots

No.	Root	Meaning	Example Word	Word Meaning
1	aqua	water	aquarium	a place with water for fish
2	bio	life	biology	the study of life
3	tele	far	telephone	device to talk over long distance
4	graph	write	autograph	a person’s written name
5	geo	earth	geography	study of Earth
6	photo	light	photograph	picture made with light
7	port	carry	transport	to carry across
8	dict	speak, say	dictionary	book of spoken/written words
9	spec	see	spectacles	glasses to help you see
10	therm	heat	thermometer	tool to measure heat
11	meter	measure	centimeter	a small unit of measure
12	aud	hear	audio	something you can hear
13	struct	build	construct	to build something
14	vis	see	vision	the ability to see
15	form	shape	reform	to shape again
16	scrib	write	scribble	messy writing
17	cred	believe	credit	trust that payment will come
18	rupt	break	erupt	to break out
19	tract	pull, drag	tractor	a machine that pulls things
20	ject	throw	eject	to throw out
21	log	word, study	dialogue	talking between two people
22	phon	sound	phonics	learning sounds in words
23	chrono	time	chronological	arranged by time
24	cycle	circle	bicycle	two-wheeled vehicle
25	lumen	light	illuminate	to light up
26	bene	good	benefit	something good
27	mal	bad	malfunction	to not work properly
28	uni	one	unicorn	a creature with one horn
29	multi	many	multiply	to increase in number
30	cent	hundred	century	100 years
31	mill	thousand	millennium	1,000 years
32	hydro	water	hydrate	to add water
33	phon	sound	telephone	sound over distance
34	micro	small	microscope	tool to see small things
35	macro	large	macroorganism	large living thing
36	astro	star	astronaut	star traveler
37	nav	ship	navigate	guide a ship or path
38	fin	end	finish	to end something
39	temp	time	temporary	lasts for a short time
40	rupt	break	interrupt	to break in
41	ped	foot	pedal	foot lever
42	manu	hand	manual	done by hand
43	terra	earth	terrain	land surface
44	luna	moon	lunar	relating to the moon
45	sol	sun	solar	relating to the sun
46	cap	take, seize	capture	to take or grab
47	voc	call, voice	vocal	related to voice
48	fix	attach	affix	to stick on
49	carn	flesh	carnivore	meat-eating animal
50	dom	home	domestic	related to home
51	mem	remember	memory	something remembered
52	liber	free	liberty	freedom
53	mar	sea	marine	related to the sea
54	narr	tell	narrate	to tell a story
55	vent	come	invent	to come up with something new
56	mot	move	motion	the act of moving
57	ject	throw	reject	to throw out
58	circ	around	circle	a round shape
59	duc	lead	conduct	to lead or guide
60	tain	hold	contain	to hold something
61	vid	see	video	moving pictures
62	ann	year	annual	happens once a year
63	fract	break	fracture	a break or crack
64	mater	mother	maternal	relating to a mother
65	pater	father	paternal	relating to a father
66	libr	book	library	a place for books
67	path	feeling	empathy	feeling others’ emotions
68	scope	see	telescope	tool to see far
69	vid/vis	see	invisible	can’t be seen
70	centi	hundredth	centimeter	1/100 of a meter
71	semi	half	semicircle	half of a circle
72	sub	under	submarine	ship under the sea
73	super	above	superman	man with above-normal powers
74	inter	between	interact	to act between people
75	pre	before	preview	to see before
76	post	after	posttest	a test after learning
77	trans	across	transport	to move across
78	extra	beyond	extraordinary	beyond normal
79	anti	against	antibacterial	against bacteria
80	auto	self	autograph	a person’s own signature
81	mono	one	monologue	speech by one person
82	poly	many	polygon	shape with many sides
83	bi	two	bicycle	two-wheeled cycle
84	tri	three	triangle	three-sided shape
85	quad	four	quadrilateral	four-sided shape
86	quin	five	quintet	group of five
87	hemi	half	hemisphere	half of a sphere
88	circum	around	circumference	distance around a circle
89	mal	bad	malpractice	bad practice
90	bene	good	benevolent	showing kindness
91	loc	place	location	a place
92	sign	mark	signature	a signed name
93	nov	new	novel	something new
94	prim	first	primary	first or main
95	min	small	minimum	smallest amount
96	magn	great	magnificent	very great or impressive
97	labor	work	laboratory	place to work on experiments
98	memor	remember	commemorate	honor the memory of
99	tract	pull	attract	to pull toward
100	tact	touch	contact	to touch or connect

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