| A | B |
|---|
| phil- | love |
| philanthropist | lover of mankind |
| philanthropy | love of humanity |
| philogyny | love of women |
| philology | love of language and literature |
| anglophile | lover of the Enlish |
| bibliophile | lover of books |
| mis- | hate |
| misandry | hatred of males |
| misanthrope | hater of humanity |
| misanthropy | hatred of humanity |
| misogamy | hatred of marriage |
| misogyny | hatred of women |
| misoneism | hatred of anything new |
| abiogenesis | spontanious generation (the illogical theory of the life springing from non-living |
| biogenesis | normal reporduction |
| biometry | calculation of the probable life span of humans |
| biopsy | examination of a piece of tissue from a living body |
| biota | the living plants and animals of a region |
| microbe | very minute living organism |
| symbrosis | the process of two disimilar organisms living together in a nutually helpful association |
| endo- | within, inside |
| exo- | without, outside |
| endocrine | secreting internally |
| exocrine | secreting externally |
| endogamy | marriage within a certain group |
| exogamy | marriage outside a certain group |
| endosmosis | osmosis inward |
| exosmosis | osmosis outward |
| endocarditis | inflammation of the living of the heart |
| esoteric | difficult to understand |
| exotic | strange or foreign |
| geo- | earth |
| geometric | measured from the earth's center |
| geomorphic | pertaining to the shape of the earth |
| geopobotics | study of governmental polotics as affected by geography |
| geotropism | response to the earth's gravity |
| archy- | rule |
| anarchy | total absence of rule or government |
| hierarchy | body of rulers grouped in rank |
| matriarchy | family structure in which the mother rules |
| patriarchy | family structure in which the father rules |
| monarchy | government with one distinct ruler |
| oligarchy | a few people rule |
| amorphous | without a definite shape |
| anthropomorphic | giving human shape to creatures not human |
| metamorphosis | change in form |
| morphology | study of the form and structure of living things |
| monomorphic | having only one shape |
| cide- | kill |
| fratricide | killing of a brother |
| genocide | deliberate extermination of a race or culture |
| matricide | killing of one's mother |
| pataricide | killing of one's father |
| sororicide | killing of one's sister |
| herbicide | killing of pesky plantlife |
| insecticide | killing of insects |
| rupt- | to break |
| disrupt | to break apart |
| rupture | a break in something |
