Greek and Latin Roots, Grades 3–5: Florida's B.E.S.T. Roots: hetero

This vocabulary list features words derived from the Greek heteros meaning "other" and "different."
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  1. heterodox
    characterized by departure from accepted standards
  2. heterogeneity
    the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind
  3. heterogeneous
    consisting of elements not of the same kind or nature
  4. heteronym
    a word spelled like another word with a different meaning and pronunciation
  5. heterotroph
    an organism that cannot make its own food supply
  6. heterotrophic
    nourished by organic compounds (such as plants or animals)
  7. heterozygous
    having dissimilar alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci
Created on Thu May 02 22:48:33 EDT 2024 (updated Thu Aug 08 09:27:55 EDT 2024)

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