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Word Roots
Use these Latin and Greek word roots to figure out the meaning of unfamiliar words.
Root Meaning Example Root Meaning Example
agogos leading demagogue loquor to speak loquacious
alma soul alma mater magnus large magnitude
alter other alternative malus bad, evil malicious
ambulo to walk perambulator manus hand manuscript
anthropos mankind anthropology mater mother maternal
anti against antithesis monos one monotheism
auris ear auricular omnis all omniscient
bene good beneficent opus work opera
centrum center ethnocentric pan all pandemic
chronos time chronology pater father paternalistic
demos people democracy phone sound phonograph
dexter right hand dexterous polys many polyandry
dono to give donate post after posthumous
dorsum back dorsal psyche mind psychological
ego self egocentric retro backward retrospective
equus horse equine scriptus to write script
fides faith fidelity solus alone solitude
frater brother fraternal somnus sleep somnolence
gamos marriage polygamy soror sister sorority
geras old age geriatric summus highest summation
gnosis knowledge agnostic theo god theology
gyne woman misogynist verbum word verbose
homos the same homonym via road viaduct
hyper over hyperactive volo to wish volition
hypos under hypodermic vox voice vocal
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