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Word Roots pg. 11&12
Word Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes
Term | Definition |
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des- | from, away, down, apart, not |
in- | in, into, not |
re- | back, again |
cant | song |
-ation | an action or process |
-cle | small |
-trice | feminine |
incantation | the chanting of supposedly magic words |
recant | : to withdraw something previously said |
cantillation | the action of unaccompanied chanting in free rhythm |
canticle | a hymn derived from the Bible; literally a “little” song |
cantatrice | female professional singer |
descant | high melody above the main melody |
dimorphic: | occurring or existing in two different forms |
cephalic | of, or relating to the head |
morphology | the study of the form and structure of organisms |
metamorphosis | a complete change of character, appearance, condition, etc. |
amorphous | without definite form; shapeless |
encephalitis | inflammation of the brain |
cephalothorax | fused head and thorax of an arachnid or higher crustacean |
a- | away, from; not, witout |
di- | two |
en- | in, tinto |
meta- | beyond, change |
cephal- | head,brain |
morph- | frozen |
thorax- | chest |
-ic | like, related to |
-itis | inflammation |
-ology | study of, science |
-osis | condition |
-ous | having the quality of |