Roots - Numbers
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"bi" as in "bicycle" or "billingual" and "di" as in "dilemma" means the number...

two

100

"aud" as in "audible" or "audio" means....

to hear

"audible" = able to be heard

100

"bio" as in "biology" means...

life

100

"geo" as in "geography" or "geologist" AND "terra" as in "terrarium" mean...

earth; land

100

"auto" as in "autobiography" or "autograph" means...

self

200

"tri" as in "triple" and "tricycle" means the number...

three

200

"vis" as in "visual" or "visible" AND "spect" as in "spectacles" or "spectator" mean...

to see

"visible" = able to be seen

"spectator" = a person who spectates (watches/sees)

200

"astro" as in "astrology" means...

stars

200

"logy" as in "biology", "sociology", "geology", "psychology" means...

the science of

200

"bene" as in "beneficial" and "benefit" means

good; well 

300

"uni" as in "universe" and "mon"/"mono" as in "monotheism",  "monopolize" or "monarchy" means the number...

one; single

300

"manu" as in "manual" means

by hand

300

"cred" as in "credible" or "credit" means...

believe

300

"scrib", "script", and "graph" all mean...

Ex: scribble, transcribe, autograph

write

300

"chron" as in "chronological" means...

time

400

"quad" as in "quadrant" ...or the motorized biked known as a "quad" means the number...

four

400

"port" as in "portable" means...

carry

400

"fin" as in "finished" or "final" means...

end

400

"aqu" as in "aquatics" and "hydr" as in "hydrate" mean...

water

400

"luc" as in "translucent" means...

another form of this root is "lumin" as in "illuminate"...

light

500

"dec" as in "decade" means the number...


ten

"decade" = a period of 10 years


500

"leg" as in "legislative" or "legal" means...

law

500

"struct" as in "construction" or  "construct" means...

build

500

"tract" as in "tractor" or "traction" means...

drag; pull

500

"omni" as in "omnivore" and "omniscient" means

all

Ex: omnivore = animals that eat all food (both plants and other animals)

omniscient = all-knowing; an omniscient 3rd person narrator knows everything, even what characters do not know


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