Essential Greek and Latin Roots for Seventh Grade Students: min (small)

Learn these words derived from the Latin word minimus meaning "small, minute."
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  1. minion
    a servile or fawning dependent
  2. minimum wage
    the lowest salary that an employer is allowed to pay
  3. minimum
    the smallest possible quantity
  4. minimized
    reduced to the smallest possible size or amount or degree
  5. minimize
    make small or insignificant
  6. minimization
    the act of making something as small as possible
  7. minimalist
    a conservative advocating only minor reforms in government
  8. minimal
    the least possible
  9. miniature
    being on a very small scale
  10. diminish
    decrease in size, extent, or range
  11. diminishing
    becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so
  12. diminished
    made to seem smaller or less, especially in worth
Created on Tue Jun 17 17:01:16 EDT 2025

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