Greek and Latin Roots List A - C
self
What auto?
opinion, teaching
What is -dog- or -dox-?
speech, word, reasoning
What is -log- or -logue- ?
city, state
What is -poli-, -polis-, or -polit- ?
What two roots make up the word demographic? BONUS!!!!! What do the roots mean?
What are demo = people and graph = write?
demographic: the statistical characteristics of human populations (such as age or income) used especially to identify markets
life
What is bio?
race, kind, origin, birth
What is -gen-?
break down
What is -lys- or -lyt- ?
watch, look at
What is -scop- or -scope-
Give the two roots that make up the noun which means "a person who travels beyond the earth's atmosphere".
What are -astro- and -naut- ?
time
What is -chron- or -chrono-?
know
What is -gnos-?
measure
What is -metr- or -meter- ?
far off, distant, end
What is -tele- ?
The written history of a person's life contains these root words.
What are a -bio- and -graphy-?
universe, order
What is -cosm- or -cosmo-?
What is the root for dogmatic?
What is -dog-?
form, shape
What is -morph- ?
put or place
What is -the- ?
What two roots make up the word for an optical instrument that makes distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer?
What are -tele- and -scope- ?
What is the root for disaster?
What is -aster-?
What does dogmatic mean?
What is characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts?
What is the Greek root found in electrolyte?
What is -lyt-?
Nancy Pelosi and Paul Ryan are at opposite ends of this spectrum.
What is political?
You should use these to set apart a prepositional phrase in a sentence pattern. But first, name the root word.
What is -the-? parentheses