Greek and Latin Root Words for Vocabulary Building


Enhance your vocabulary by learning the meanings of commonly used Greek and Latin root words. This weekly word list includes Week 1: a, an, in- for "without," ant
- Uploaded on | 1 Views
-
gustavomoya
About Greek and Latin Root Words for Vocabulary Building
PowerPoint presentation about 'Greek and Latin Root Words for Vocabulary Building'. This presentation describes the topic on Enhance your vocabulary by learning the meanings of commonly used Greek and Latin root words. This weekly word list includes Week 1: a, an, in- for "without," ant. The key topics included in this slideshow are . Download this presentation absolutely free.
Presentation Transcript
Slide1Greek & Latin RootsWeekly Word Lists
Slide2Week 1a, an, in = Without ant, anti, contra,contro = against, opposite bio, vit = life (o)logy = study or science of psych(o) = mind, spirit phil, philo, phile, = to love, lover of act = to do, driven to do hyper, super, sur = over, above hypo, sub = under, below mono, uni = one
Slide3Week 2poly = many auto = self graph, gram, scrib = to write tele = from afar vis = to see andr(o), anthrop = male, mankind patr, pater = father matr, mater = mother ped = child dem(o) = people
Slide4Week 3ion, tion, ism, y = act of / state of arthr = joint bronch(o) = windpipe cardi(o), cor = heart cephal, cap = head, brain manu = hand pod(o), ped = foot opt(o) = eye, sight corp = body hem = blood
Slide5Week 4bi, di, du = two tri = three tetra, quadr = four penta, quint = five dec = ten hecto, cent = hundred kilo, mill = thousand semi, hemi = half, part cycl, orb, sphere = round, circle prim(o), proto = first
Slide6Week 5(k)Chrono, temp = time aqua, hydr(o) = water astr(o), stell = star geo, terr = earth, land cosm(o) = universe heli(o) = sun naut= to sail phon(o) = sound phobia = fear of ible, able = able to be