| Quiz 1 | |
| a-, an- | no; lacking ;none |
| ab- | away from; out from |
| ac- | to; toward |
| ~aceus; ~aceous | of or pertaining to |
| acou- | hearing |
| acr-; acro- | extreme; peak |
| ad- | to; toward |
| adeno- | gland |
| agri- | field; soil |
| ~al | having character of |
| alb- | white |
| ~algia | pain |
| alto- | high |
| ameb- | change; alternation |
| amphibi- | leading a double life |
| ampho-; amb- | both |
| an- | not; without |
| ana- | up |
| andro- | masculine; man |
| anemo- | wind |
| angio- | vessel |
| ante- | before; ahead of time |
| antero- | front |
| antho- | flower |
| anti- | against |
| anthropo- | man |
| ap- | to; toward |
| aqu- | water |
| archaeo- | primitive; ancient |
| arthro- | joint |
| aster-; astr- | stars |
| ~ate | used in forming verbs from nouns |
| ~ation | used in forming nouns from verbs |
| atom- | vapor |
| audi- | hear |
| auto- | self |
| bactr- | stick; club |
| barb- | beard |
| baro- | weight |
| bath- | depth; height |
| bene- | well; good |
| bi- | two; twice; double |
| bio-; bi- | life; living |
| ~blast | sprout; germ |
| brachi- | having arms |
| branchi- | having fins |
| brev- | short |
| bronch- | windpipe |
| calor- | heat |
| carb- | coal; carbon |
| cardi- | heart |
| carn- | meat |
| carp- | fruit |
| carpal- | wrist |
| caud- | tail |
| Quiz 2 | |
| cell- | storeroom; chamber |
| ~cene | new; recent |
| centi- | hundreth |
| centr- | center |
| cephal- | head |
| cervic- | neck |
| chem- | reffering to chemistry |
| chlor- | green |
| chrom-; chrome- | color |
| chym- | juice |
| ~cide | killing |
| circum- | around; about |
| cirru- | hairlike curls |
| co- | with; together |
| cocc- | seed |
| coel- | hollow |
| coll- | glue |
| com- | with; together |
| con- | with; together |
| coni- | cone |
| contra- | against |
| corp- | body |
| cosmo- | world; order; form |
| cotyl- | cup |
| counter- | against |
| crypt- | hidden; covered |
| ~cule; ~culus | added to nouns to form diminutive |
| cucmul- | heaped |
| cuti- | skin |
| cyan- | dark blue |
| ~cycle; cyci- | ring; circle |
| cyst- | bladder; pouch |
| cyt-; ~cyte | cell; receptacle |
| dacty- | finger |
| deca- | ten |
| deci- | tenth |
| deliquesc- | become fluid |
| demi- | half |
| dendr- | tree |
| dent- | tooth |
| derm- | skin |
| di- | two; double |
| dia- | through; across |
| digit | finger; two |
| din- | terrible |
| dis- | apart, out |
| dorm- | sleep |
| dors- | back |
| du-; duo- | two |
| ~duct | lead |
| dynam- | power |
| dys- | ill; bad |
| ec- | out of; outside |
| echin- | spiny; prickly |
| eco- | house |
| QUIZ #3 | |
| ect- | outside; without |
| electro- | electric; electricity |
| en- | in; into |
| ~en | made of |
| encephal- | brain |
| end-; ent- | within; in |
| enter- | intestines |
| ~eous | nature of; like |
| epi- | on; above |
| ~err | wander; go astray |
| erythro- | red |
| ethno- | race; people |
| eu- | well; good |
| extra- | beyond; outside of |
| ex- | out of |
| ~fer | bear; carry; produce |
| ferro- | iron |
| fibr- | fiber; thread |
| ~fid; fis- | divided into; split |
| ~flect; ~flex | bend |
| flor- | flower |
| fluor- | flourine |
| foli- | leaf |
| fract- | break |
| galact-; galax- | milk; milky fluid |
| gastro- | stomach |
| geo- | land; earth |
| ~gen; ~gine | producer; former |
| ~gene; gene- | origin |
| ~gest | carry; produce |
| glob- | ball; round |
| glottis | mouth of windpipe |
| ~gon | angle; corner |
| ~gony | offspring; generation |
| ~grade | step; division |
| ~gram | writing; record |
| ~graphy; ~graph | writing; record |
| grav- | heavy |
| gross | thick |
| gymno- | naked |
| gyn- | female |
| gyr- | ring; circle; spiral |
| haem-; hem- | blood |
| hepat- | liver |
| herb- | grass |
| hetero- | different; other |
| hex- | six |
| hibern- | winter |
| QUIZ #4 | |
| hipp- | horse |
| hist- | tissue |
| holo- | entire; whole |
| homo- | man |
| homo- | same; alike |
| hort- | garden |
| hybrid- | mongrel |
| hydr- | water |
| hygr- | wet; moist |
| hypo- | beneath; under; less |
| hyper- | above; beyond; over |
| hypho- | weaving |
| hypno- | sleep |
| ~ic | added to nouns to form adjectives |
| ichthy- | fish |
| ign- | fire |
| im- | not |
| in- | to; toward; into |
| in- | not |
| ~ine | of or pertaining to |
| infro- | below; beneath |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within; inside |
| ~ion | go; come |
| ~ism | a state or condition |
| iso- | equal; same |
| ~it is | inflammation; disease |
| kilo- | thousand |
| lachry- | tear |
| lact- | milk |
| lat- | side; flank |
| ~less | without |
| leuc- | white; bright; light |
| lign- | wood |
| lin- | line |
| lingu- | tongue |
| liqu- | become fluid; liquid |
| lip- | fat |
| lith; ~lite | stone; petrifying |
| loc- | place |
| ~logy | study |
| ~lysis; ~lyte | dissolve; decompose |
| ~lyst | dissolve; decompose |
| macr- | large |
| mal- | bad; evil |
| malle- | hammer |
| mamm- | breast |
| marg- | border; edge |
| mast- | breast |
| med- | middle |
| meg- | great; million |
| mela-; melan- | black; dark |
| mes- | middle; half; intermediate |
| met-; meta- | between; along; after |
| meteor- | lofty; high; in air |
| ~meter; ~metry | way of measuring; instrument for measuring |
| metro- | uterus |
| QUIZ #5 | |
| micro- | small |
| milli- | thousandth |
| mis- | wrong; incorrect |
| mito- | thread; filament |
| mole- | mass |
| mono- | one; single |
| mont- | mountain |
| mort- | death |
| mov-; mot- | move |
| morph- | shape; form |
| multi- | many |
| mycel- | theadlike |
| mycet- | fungus |
| myria- | many |
| moll- | soft |
| nas- | nose |
| nemat- | thread |
| neo- | new; recent |
| nephro- | kidney |
| ~ner- | moist; liquid |
| neur-; nerv- | nerve; tendon |
| noct-; nox- | night |
| ~node | knot |
| ~nomy; -nome | distribute; arrange; law |
| non- | not |
| not- | back |
| nuc- | center |
| ob- | against |
| ocul- | eye |
| oct- | eight |
| odont- | tooth |
| ~oid | like in form or shape |
| olf- | smell |
| omni- | all |
| oo- | egg |
| opthal- | eye |
| opt-; opsy | eye; vision |
| orb- | circle; round; right |
| orth- | straight; correct; right |
| oscu- | mouth of windpipe |
| oste- | bone |
| ~ous | full of; abounding in |
| ov- | egg |
| oxy- | sharp; acid; oxygen |
| pachy- | thick |
| paleo- | old; ancient |
| palm- | broad; flat |
| pan- | all |
| par- | beside; near; equal; bring forth |
| path-; ~pathy | disease; suffering |
| ~ped | foot |
| pent- | five |
| QUIZ #6 | |
| per- | through |
| permea- | pass; go |
| phag- | eat |
| pheno- | show |
| phil- | living; fond of |
| phon-; ~phone | sound |
| ~phore | bearer |
| photo- | light |
| phyc- | seaweed; algae |
| ~phyll | leaf |
| physi- | nature; natural; qualities |
| ~phte; phyt- | plant |
| plan- | roaming; wandering |
| plasm-; ~plast | form; formed into |
| pleur- | rib; lung |
| pneumo- | lungs; air |
| ~pod | foot |
| poly- | many; several |
| por- | opening |
| port- | carry |
| post- | after; behind |
| pom- | fruit |
| pre- | before; ahead of time |
| pro- | forward; favoring |
| procto- | rectum; anus |
| proto- | first; primary |
| pseud- | false; deceptive |
| pter- | having wings or fins |
| pulmo- | lungs |
| puls- | drive; push |
| pyr- | heat; fire |
| quadr- | four; four-fold |
| quin- | five |
| radi- | ray, spoke of a wheel; energy in rays |
| re- | again; back |
| rect- | correct; right |
| ren- | kidney |
| ret- | net; made like a net |
| rhin- | nose |
| rhiz- | root |
| rubr- | red |
| saccharo- | sugar |
| sapr- | rotten |
| saur- | lizard |
| scler- | hard |
| sci- | know |
| scope | look; observe |
| ~scribe; script | write |
| semi- | half; partly |
| QUIZ #7 | |
| sept- | partition; seven |
| septic- | putrefaction; infection |
| sex- | six |
| ~sis | condition; state |
| sol- | sun |
| solv- | loosen; free |
| somn- | sleep |
| son- | sound |
| spec-; spic- | look at |
| sperm- | seed |
| spher- | ball |
| ~spire | breathe |
| spore | seed |
| stat- | standing; placed |
| stell- | stars |
| stern- | breast; chest |
| stom-; ~stome | mouth |
| strat- | layer |
| stereo- | solid; three dimensions |
| strict- | drawn tight |
| styl- | pillar |
| sub- | under; below |
| super- | over; above; on top |
| sur- | over; above; on top |
| sym-; syn- | together |
| tachy- | quick; swift |
| tarso- | ankle |
| tax- | arrangement |
| tele- | far off; at a distance |
| terr- | earth |
| tetr- | four |
| thall- | young shoot |
| therm- | heat |
| ~tom | cut; slice |
| toxico- | poison |
| top- | place |
| trans- | across |
| tri- | three |
| trich- | hair |
| troph- | one who feeds; well fed |
| trop- | turning; changing |
| ~ule | diminutive |
| ultra- | beyond; outside of |
| ur- | urine |
| vas- | vessel |
| vect- | carry |
| ven-; vent- | come |
| ventr- | belly |
| vice- | in place of |
| vig- | strong |
| vit-; viv- | life |
| volv- | roll; wander |
| vor- | devour; eat |
| xanthin- | yellow |
| zo-; ~zoa | animal |
| zyg- | yolk |
| zym- | yeast |