Latin & Greek Stems and Prefixes

Directions: Read each set of words and guess the meaning of the bolded prefix.

Instrucciones: Lee cada grupo de palabras e intenta adivinar el significado del prefijo en negrita.

Instruções: Leia cada grupo de palavras e tente adivinhar o significado do prefixo em negrito.

지시 사항 : 각 단어 그룹을 읽고 굵게 표시된 접두사의 의미를 추측해 보세요.

Інструкції: Прочитайте кожну групу слів і спробуйте вгадати значення виділеного жирним префікса.

1. benefit, beneficial, benevolent, benefactor
   
   bene- good, well
   
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2. hyperactive, hypersensitive, hyperlink, hyperventilate
   
   hyper- over, too much
   
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3. neonatal, neoclassical, Neolithic, neon
   
   neo- new
   
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4. surface, surpass, surcharge, surreal
   
   sur- over, beyond
   
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5. repay, rebuild, recover, return
   
   re- (review) back, again
   
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6. connect, combine, contact, compress
   
   com-, con- (review) together, with
   
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Directions: Read each pair of sentences and guess the meaning of the bolded root.

Instrucciones: Lee cada par de oraciones e intenta adivinar el significado de la raíz en negrita.

Instruções: Leia cada par de frases e tente adivinhar o significado do radical em negrito.

지시 사항 : 각 문장 쌍을 읽고 굵게 표시된 어근의 의미를 추측해 보세요.

Інструкції: Прочитайте кожну пару речень і спробуйте вгадати значення виділеного жирним кореня.

1. The coach said the final game was mostly psychological — it was all in the players' minds.
   Some people believe a psychic can read other people's minds.
   psych: mind, soul
   
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2. Audiophiles love high-quality sound and spend a lot of money on speakers.
   Philadelphia is nicknamed "the City of Brotherly Love."
   phil/phile: love
   
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3. She has a phobia of snakes and screams whenever she sees one.
   Claustrophobia is the fear of small, closed spaces like elevators.
   phobia: fear
   
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4. Doctors use a respirator to help patients breathe.
   The spirometer measured how much air he could breathe out in one breath.
   spir: breathe
   
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5. The colors in the painting were incredibly vivid and full of life.
   Vitamins are nutrients that are essential for staying healthy and full of life.
   viv/vit: life, live
   
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6. Ancient Athens was a polis, a Greek city-state with its own government.
   A cosmopolitan city like New York has people from all over the world.
   polis/polit: city
   
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7. Use the map app to locate the nearest subway station.
   The local restaurant is just around the corner from our place.
   loc: place
   
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Directions: Use this chart to check your answers and see more example words for each prefix and stem.

Instrucciones: Usa esta tabla para comprobar tus respuestas y ver más palabras de ejemplo para cada prefijo y raíz.

Instruções: Use esta tabela para conferir suas respostas e ver mais palavras de exemplo para cada prefixo e radical.

지시 사항 : 이 차트를 사용하여 답을 확인하고 각 접두사와 어근의 더 많은 예시 단어를 확인하세요.

Інструкції: Використовуйте цю таблицю, щоб перевірити свої відповіді та переглянути більше прикладів слів для кожного префікса й кореня.

Prefixes

Prefix		Meaning	Example Words
bene-		good, well	benefit, beneficial, benevolent
hyper-		over, too much	hyperactive, hypersensitive, hyperlink
neo-		new	neonatal, neoclassical, Neolithic
sur-		over, beyond	survive, surface, surpass
re- (review)		back, again	revive, relocate, return
com-, con- (review)		together, with	conspire, connect, combine

Stems

Stem		Meaning	Example Words
psych		mind, soul	psychology, psychiatrist, psychic
phil, phile		love	philosophy, audiophile, Philadelphia
phobia		fear	claustrophobia, arachnophobia, acrophobia
spir		breathe	inspire, respiration, spirit
viv, vit		life, live	vivid, revive, vitamin
polis, polit		city	metropolis, cosmopolitan, acropolis
loc		place	local, locate, relocate

Directions: Click a meaning tile, then click the empty box it belongs in. Each item checks itself automatically once both boxes are filled. Click a filled box to remove it.

Instrucciones: Haz clic en una ficha de significado y luego en la casilla vacía a la que pertenece. Cada elemento se revisa automáticamente una vez que ambas casillas están completas. Haz clic en una casilla completada para eliminarla.

Instruções: Clique em uma ficha de significado e depois na caixa vazia a que ela pertence. Cada item é verificado automaticamente assim que as duas caixas forem preenchidas. Clique em uma caixa preenchida para removê-la.

지시 사항 : 의미 타일을 클릭한 다음, 해당 타일이 속한 빈 상자를 클릭하세요. 두 상자가 모두 채워지면 자동으로 확인됩니다. 채워진 상자를 클릭하면 제거할 수 있습니다.

Інструкції: Натисніть на плитку значення, а потім на порожнє поле, до якого вона належить. Кожен елемент перевіряється автоматично, щойно обидва поля заповнено. Натисніть на заповнене поле, щоб видалити його.

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Directions: Choose the best meaning for each bold word.

Instrucciones: Elige el mejor significado para cada palabra en negrita.

Instruções: Escolha o melhor significado para cada palavra em negrito.

지시 사항 : 굵게 표시된 각 단어에 가장 알맞은 의미를 선택하세요.

Інструкції: Виберіть найкраще значення для кожного виділеного жирним слова.

1. Which picture shows respiration?
   
   
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2. A philanthropist is someone who ______.
   gives money or time to help other people
   studies ancient human bones
   hates being around other people
   collects rare stamps
   
   
3. My uncle is a bibliophile. His house is probably full of ______.
   plants
   cats
   books
   paintings
   
   
4. A hydrophobic jacket ______.
   soaks up water like a sponge
   pushes water away and stays dry
   must be washed every day
   is made for swimming
   
   
5. When criminals conspire, they ______.
   confess to the police
   argue about money
   escape from prison
   secretly plan something together
   
   
6. An aspiring actor is someone who ______.
   hopes and works to become an actor
   retired from acting long ago
   refuses to act on stage
   acts only in commercials
   
   
7. A vivacious host at a party is ______.
   quiet and shy
   tired and bored
   lively and full of energy
   angry and rude
   
   
8. The city plans to revitalize its old downtown area. The city wants to ______.
   tear it down completely
   bring new life and energy to it
   close it to visitors
   keep it exactly the same
   
   
9. A doctor says a patient's stomach pain is psychosomatic. This means the pain ______.
   is caused by bad food
   will go away by itself tomorrow
   is caused by a virus
   is caused or made worse by the mind, such as by stress
   
   
10. A megalopolis is ______.
    a very small village
    a large mountain range
    a huge city region made of several cities joined together
    a type of ancient temple
    
    
11. The word politics originally referred to ______.
    the affairs of a city and its citizens
    the rules of a sport
    the study of the stars
    the history of a family
    
    
12. If you dislocate your shoulder, the bone ______.
    breaks into two pieces
    is pushed out of its normal place
    grows too long
    becomes stronger
    
    
13. At the end of the ceremony, the priest gave a benediction. He ______.
    sang a sad song
    read a list of names
    spoke words of blessing and good wishes
    asked everyone to leave
    
    
14. A patient with hypertension has blood pressure that is ______.
    exactly normal
    too low
    changing every minute
    too high
    
    
15. The word "selfie" was once a neologism. A neologism is ______.
    a very old word that no one uses anymore
    a newly invented word
    a word borrowed from Greek
    a word with two meanings
    
    
16. After the event, the school had a surplus of chairs. The school had ______.
    more chairs than it needed
    not enough chairs
    only broken chairs
    exactly the right number of chairs
    
    
17. Which of these words contain the stem meaning "place" (loc)?
    allocate
    lock
    locale
    clock
    locomotion
    locust
    
    

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1. In Lesson 5, you learned mal-, "bad." Now you know bene-, "good." Many English words come in good/bad pairs: benefit / malfunction, benediction / malediction, benevolent / malevolent.
   What do you think malevolent means? Can you find any other good/bad pairs?
2. The word spirit comes from spir, "breathe."
   Why might people long ago have connected breath with a person's spirit or soul? What happens to a person's breath when they die?
3. In ancient Greek, the word psyche meant both "soul" and "butterfly."
   Why do you think a butterfly became a symbol of the soul or mind? (Hint: think back to metamorphosis in Lesson 5.)
4. Both police and politics come from Greek polis, "city."
   How are police officers and politicians connected to city life? Is that connection still true today?
5. Many phobias have Greek or Latin names: hydrophobia (water), claustrophobia (closed spaces), arachnophobia (spiders).
   Use stems from this course to invent a name for a new phobia. (Example: chronophobia = fear of time) What does your phobia mean?
6. Philadelphia comes from phil + adelphos, "brother": the City of Brotherly Love.
   If you could give your own city a Greek or Latin nickname using stems from this course, what would it be?

Directions: Play the audio clip and try to repeat what you hear. Click "Show" to see the text.

Instrucciones: Reproduce el clip de audio e intenta repetir lo que escuchas. Haga clic en "Show" para ver el texto.

Instruções: Reproduza o clipe de áudio e tente repetir o que você ouve. Clique em "Show" para ver o texto.

지시 사항 : 오디오 클립을 재생하고 들리는 내용을 반복해 보십시오. 텍스트를 보려면 "Show" 를 클릭하십시오.

Інструкції: Увімкніть аудіокліп і спробуйте повторити те, що чуєте. Натисніть "Show", щоб побачити текст.

She chose to study psychology because she wants to understand how people think.

In philosophy class, students discuss big questions like "What is a good life?"

My sister has arachnophobia, so I have to remove every spider from the house.

Her speech inspired the whole team to work harder.

Paramedics worked quickly to revive the unconscious swimmer.

A cactus can survive for months without any water.

Tokyo is a busy metropolis of more than 13 million people.

The company will relocate its main office to Busan next year.

Regular exercise has many health benefits.

The hyperactive puppy ran around the living room for hours.

The tiny baby was cared for in the hospital's neonatal unit.

After the accident, he visited a psychiatrist once a week.