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- `dek`: to take, accept (e.g. decorate)
- `dent`: a hollow area in the surface of something (e.g. dental)
- From Latin `dint`
- `di`: day; to shine (e.g. `diet` = `di` + `et` (eat), diary, meridian,
meridional, antemeridian, postmeridian)
- From Latin `dies` a day.
- `dic`: to show (e.g. dedicate, indicate)
- Cognate with Latin `dicere` "to show;"
- from PIE root `*deik`- "to show," also "pronounce solemnly"
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- `fore`: former, earlier (e.g. forearm, forehand, foresee, foretaste)
- `form`: shape, look, etc. (e.g. transform, formula)
- It comes from Latin `formare`
- `freq`: to cram together; common, usual; happening at short intervals, often
recurring (e.g. frequent, frequency, infrequency)
- `gage`: pledge, have responsibility for (e.g. engage)
- `gene`: give birth, beget; race, kind; native, natural (e.g. general,
generation, genuine, antigen, pathogen, parthenogenesis)
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- Before vowels an-, word-forming element
- `andeno`: gland-like (e.g. andenoma, andenovirus)
- `andro`: man, male, masculine (e.g. androcentric)
- `ant`: in front of, forehead, before (e.g. antedate, anteroom, anticipate, antique)
- `ant`: in front of, forehead, before (e.g. antedate, anteroom, anticipate,
antique, antemeridian)
- `anthropo`: like or concerning human beings (e.g. anthropocentric)
- `anti`: opposed to or against something (e.g. anti-virus, antibiotic,
antipathetic, anti-cheating, antilogy)
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- `main`: main (e.g. main)
- `magn`: big
- `matri`: of or relating to women, mother (e.g. matrimony, matrilocal)
- `merid`: the same as `mid` (e.g. meridian)
- `meta`: beyond or at a higher level; relating to a change of state or
position; (e.g. metaphysical, metabolism, metastatic)
- `micro`: extremely small (e.g. microphone, microwave)
- `mid`: middle (e.g. middle)
- `mini`: less; subordinate; small (e.g. minimum, minister, minutia)
- `mis`: badly, wrongly (e.g. mistake, misinform, misunderstand)
- `mono`: single, alone (e.g. monolith)
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against (e.g. paramedic, parastatal, paralegal, paraeducator, paranormal,
parachute, paramount)
- From Greek `para-`, before vowels, par-, word-forming element.
- `per`: through; throughout; thoroughly; entirely, utterly; very (e.g. perfect,
perform, persist, permit, persevere)
- `per`: forward; through; throughout; thoroughly; entirely, utterly; very
(e.g. perfect, perform, persist, permit, persevere, pertain)
- `peri`: round about (e.g. periphery)
- `pedo`: boy, child; foot (e.g. pedology, pedophile, pedometer)
- `pseudo`: false, lying; falsely; deceived (e.g. pseudologue)
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- `plat`: small place (e.g. platform)
- `poly`: multiple, many, entire (e.g. polytechnic, polycyclic, polyglot)
- `por`: the same as `pro` (e.g. portray, portrait)
- `post`: later than, after (e.g. postmeridian)
- `pre`: before, ahead (e.g. preformed, prefigure)
- From Latin `prae-`, before, ahead
- `pro`: forward, before, forth (e.g. promote, prostitute, produce, profess,
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