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Greek Suffixes Vocabulary
Common Greek suffixes used in English
20 words
All 20 Words
-ism
doctrine, belief, practice
“capitalism, optimism, criticism”
-ist
one who practices or believes
“artist, scientist, optimist”
-ize
to make, to become
“organize, realize, modernize”
-logy
study of, science
“biology, psychology, geology”
-phobia
fear of
“claustrophobia, arachnophobia, xenophobia”
-phile
lover of
“bibliophile, Anglophile, audiophile”
-scope
instrument for viewing
“microscope, telescope, stethoscope”
-graph
something written, instrument
“photograph, telegraph, autograph”
-meter
measuring device
“thermometer, barometer, speedometer”
-cracy
rule by, government
“democracy, aristocracy, bureaucracy”
-mania
obsession, madness
“pyromania, kleptomania, megalomania”
-pathy
feeling, suffering, disease
“sympathy, apathy, telepathy”
-nomy
law, system of laws
“astronomy, economy, taxonomy”
-morph
form, shape
“polymorph, anthropomorph, isomorph”
-oid
resembling, like
“asteroid, humanoid, paranoid”
-osis
condition, process
“hypnosis, neurosis, metamorphosis”
-ic, -tic
pertaining to
“comic, athletic, dramatic”
-archy
rule, government
“monarchy, anarchy, oligarchy”
-gon
angle
“pentagon, hexagon, polygon”
-hedron
base, face
“polyhedron, tetrahedron, octahedron”
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