Word Elements from Chapter XVI

Identify the correct meaning for each word element, or vice versa. Then click "Proceed" to check your answer. Click "Proceed" again to move to the next entry. If you know an entry so well that you would like it removed from the stack for the remainder of your study session, perform a term-ectomy and proceed to the next one. All cards are returned to the stack and randomized upon each visit to this page.

amphi-	both, around
anti-, ant-	against, opposite
apo-	from, off, away
dys-	bad, disordered, difficult
ec-, ex-	out, out of
ecto-, exo-	outside, external
eso-	inside, internal
eu-	well, good, normal
hyper-	over, excessive, more than normal
peri-	around, near
pro-	before, in front of, forward
pros-	toward, in addition to, fronting
acou-, acu-	to hear
bal-, ball-, bol-, ble-	to throw, to put
bar-	weight, pressure
bary-	heavy
bi-	life
card-, cardi-	heart
chondr-	cartilage, granule
crani-	cranium
cri-	to separate
crin-	to secrete
cyt-	cell
eme-, emet-	to vomit
gam-	marriage
gen-, gene-, gon-	to be produced
gon-	seed
hidro-	sweat
morph-	form, shape
neur-	nerve, tendon
pep-,peps-, pept-	to digest
pha-	to say
plex-	stroke, blow
pleg-	paralysis
pseud-	false
rhythm-	rhythm
sep-	rotten
than-, thana-, thanat-	death
therm-	heat
the-	to put, to place
top-	place
trop-, trep-	to turn (toward)