Auxo

[ awk-soh ]

/ ˈɔk soʊ /

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one of the Graces worshiped at Athens.

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In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

auxo-

a combining form meaning “growth,” “increase,” used in the formation of compound words: auxochrome.

Also especially before a vowel, aux-.

<Greek aúx(ein) to grow, increase (variant of auxánein) + -o-

auxo-

Increase:auxotroph.