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Roots can help a person learn vocabulary more easily and efficiently than
ever before. With an enhanced vocabulary a person is more able to
understand literature.
Greek roots and prefixes are derived from Greek.
They've been found to be helpful in allowing a person to expand their
knowledge of words since much of the English language is based on other
languages.
All you need to do is study the common roots and prefixes in the table
below.
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Yes, it's that easy!
Remember to pace yourself... don't expect to learn everything in one day. Don't forget! There is also a Latin Section!
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Study the table below, just as you did with the
Latin Roots and Prefixes.
In less than a week, you should be a pro.
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Example:
dehydrate
Greek Root: hydr Root meaning: water Word's definition: to remove water from |
| a, an : not, without | geo, gee : earth | peri : around |
| anthropo : man | gram, graph : write | phil : love |
| anti : against | hydr : water | phob : fear |
| aster, astro : star | hyper : over | phon : sound |
| auto : self | hypo : under | poly : many |
| baro : pressure | log : speech | pseudo : false |
| biblio : book | logy : science, study | psycho : mind |
| bio : life | meter : measure | scope : see |
| chrom : color | micro : small | soph : wisdom |
| chron : time | mis : hate | syn, sym : together |
| cosmo : world | mono : one | tele : at a distance |
| cracy : government | onym : name | theo : God |
| dem : people | pan : all | therm : heat |
| eu : good, well | path : feeling |
