Vocabulary Stems Lists #1 - #15 Study Guide
-a plural
-ar relating to
-be life
-i plural
a- not
ab away
acr sharp
acro high
act to do
ad to
aden gland
aer air
ag to do
agog leader
alb white
alt high
alter other
amat love
ambul walk
amphi both
an- without
andro man
anim mind
ann year
ante before
anthropo man
anti against
apo away or up
apt fit
aqua water
archy government
ard always
arthro joint
ase enzyme
astr star
ate cause
audi hear
auto self
bas low
bell war
bene good
bi two
biblio book
bio life
blasto embryo
bon good
brachio arm
brev short
caco bad
cad fall
cant sing
cap take
capit head
carn flesh
cede go
cent one hundred
centri center
chlor green
chrom color
chron time
cide kill
circum around
cise cut
clam cry out
cle small
clud close
co together
cogn know
com together
con together
contra against
cor heart
corp body
cred believe
crypt hidden
culp blame
cur care for
curr run
curs run
cyan blue
cyt cell
dactylo finger
de down
dec ten
demi half
demo people
derm skin
dextro right or clockwise
dia across
dicho in two parts
dict say
dign worthy
diplo double
dis away
dom rule
dorm sleep
dors back
dox opinion
duct lead
dyna power
dys bad
eco house
ecto outer
ef out
ego I
emia blood
endo within
enter intestine
epi on
equi equal
erg work
erythro red
ess female
ethno race or culture
eu good
ex out
exo out
extra beyond
fer carry
fic make
fid faith
fil thread
fin end
fort strong
fract break
frat brother
fug flee
fus pour
fy make
gamy marriage
gastro stomach
gen origin
geo earth
germ vital or related
gest carry
glyc sweet
gon angle
gram writing
graph write
grat pleasing
greg group
gress step
gyn woman
gyro turn
haplo Single or simple
hedron sided object
helio sun
hema blood
hemo blood
hetero different
hexa six
hippo horse
holo whole
homo same
hum earth
hydro water
hyper over
hypo under
ician specialist
ics art
idio peculiar
il not
im not
in in or not
ine nature of
infra beneath
inter between
intra within
intro into
ism doctrine
iso equal
itis inflammation
ium an element
ject throw
junct join
jus law
kin motion
labor work
lat side
leg read
lent full of
leuko white
liber free
lite mineral or fossil
lith rock
loco place
log word or reason
logy science
luc light
lum light
luna moon
lys break down
macro large
magn great
mal bad
man hand
mar sea
matri mother
medi middle
mega large
mel song
mem remember
meso middle
meta change
meter measure
micro small
migr wander
mir wonder
mis bad
miss send
mob move
mono one
morph shape
mort death
muta change
myo muscle
nat born
necro death
neo new
ness quality
neuro nerve
nomy law
non not
nounce tell
nov new
numer number
nym name
octa eight
ocul eye
oid appearance
oligo few or small
omni all
opia sight
ornith bird
ortho straight
ose sugar
osis condition
osteo bone
ous full of
pac peace
paleo old
pan all
para beside
parl speak
pater father
path feeling
ped foot or child
pend hang
penta five
per through
petr rock
phag eat
phile love
phobia fear
phon sound
phor carry
phos light
photo light
phyll leaf
phylo kind
phyte plant
plasto molded
platy flat
pleo more
plu more
pod foot
polis city
poly many
pond weight
pop people
port carry
post after
potent power
pre before
prim first
pro forward
proto first
pseudo false
psych soul
pugn fight
punct point
put think
pyro fire
re again
rect right
reg rule
retro backward
rhiz root
rhodo rose
rid laugh
rogat ask
rupt break
sacro holy
sanct holy
sangui blood
sapro rotten
schizo divide
sci know
scope look
scrib write
se apart
sect cut
sed sit
semi half
sen old
sens feel
sequ follow
sess sit
sol alone
som body
son sound
soph wisdom
soror sister
spec look
spir breathe
spor seed
sta stop
stell star
string bind
struct build
sub under
super over
sur over
surg rise
sym together
syn together
tact touch
tang touch
taxis arrangement
tele far
tempor time
tetra four
theo god
thermo heat
tion act or state
tomy cut
topo place
tort twist
tox poison
tract pull
trans across
tri three
trib pay
trich hair
troph nourishment
tropo turn
tude state of
ultima last
ultra beyond
un not
uni one
urb city
vac empty
val worth
ventri belly
ver true
vert turn
vest clothes
vid look
vita life
viv life
voc voice
vol will
volv roll
vore eating
zo animal
zygo yoke
zym ferment
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