Word Roots: Exta and Anthrop

The Latin prefix "extra" means...

• inside

• without

• outside

• in between

Turned “outside” of oneself; someone who loves to socialize.

• extrovert

• extracurricular

• extraordinary

• extravagant

Being “outside” the five senses

• extraterrestrial

• extracurricular

• extrasensory

• extravagant

Being from “outside” the planet Earth

• extraneous

• extracurricular

• extraterrestrial

• extrasensory

Information that is not necessary to something, hence “outside” of what is needed

• extraneous

• extraordinary

• extravagant

• extrasensory

“Outside” the general curriculum of a school

• extraterrestrial

• extracurricular

• extroverts

• extrasensory

The Greek root "anthrop" means...

• love

• human

• study of

• language

The study of “humans”

• anthropologist

• anthropocentric

• anthropomorphic

• anthropology

One who loves “humans”

• anthropologist

• philanthropist

• anthropomorphic

• anthropoidea

A hater of "humans"

• misanthrope

• philanthropist

• lycanthrope

• anthropocentric