Greek Verbs
This is the meaning of the Greek stem glyph- from the verb glyphein.
What is "carve"?
This is the number indicated by the Greek stem pent-.
What is five?
This is the meaning of the Greek prefix anti-.
What is "against, opposite"?
What is the meaning of the Greek adjectival suffix -ic?
What is "characteristic of"?
This is the meaning of the medical combining form -ectomy.
What is "an excision"?
This is the meaning of the Greek stem ball- (from the verb ballein)
What is "throw"?
This is the Greek stem which means "ten."
What is dec- / dek-?
This is the meaning of the Greek prefix en- (sometimes written em-).
What is "in / into"?
The Greek suffix -ize forms this part of speech.
What is a verb?
This Greek combining form indicates "a person who studies" something.
What is -logist?
This is the meaning of the stem skept- from the Greek verb skeptesthai.
What is "look carefully at"?
This is the number indicated by the Greek stem kil- from the word khilioi.
What is 1000?
This is the meaning of the Greek prefix peri- when used in a medical context.
This is a diminutival suffix in Greek.
What is -isk?
This is the meaning of the combining form -meter.
What is "an instrument for measuring"?
This is the meaning of the stems sta- and stat- from the Greek verb histanai.
What is "to stand" or "to set" ?
This is the meaning of the Greek stem hect- from the word hekaton.
What is 100?
This is the Greek prefix that means "after" or indicates a "change."
What is meta-?
This Greek suffix means "a person affected by" something.
What is -iac?
This is the meaning of the combining form -nomy.
What is "a system of laws governing" something?
This is the meaning of the stems pher- and phor- from the Greek verb pherein.
What is "to carry" or "to bear"?
This is the meaning of the Greek numeral hen-.
What is one?
This is the process that occurs when the prefix syn- is written as syn-, sym-, syl-, or sys-.
What is assimilation?
This Greek suffix, calqued into English, indicates "the study of" something.
What is -ics?
This combining form is used to denote a surgical knife.
What is -tome?