Root Words acou
Meaning hear, sound
act
go, do
ag
do, act
ann, enn
year
anthro
man, human being
apt, ept
fit
aqua, aqui
water
arch
rule, leader, chief
aud
hear
auto
same, self
bell
war
bio
life
calor
heat
cap, capit
head
cap
seize
carn
body, flesh
caust
burn
ced, cess
go, separate, withdraw
ceed, cede
go, yield
cent
one hundred
cep, cept
take, receive
chron
time
cid, cis
cut
clam, claim
cry out
clud, clus cor, cour, cord, card corp
shut
crac, cracy
rule, power
creat
create
cred
believe
curr, curs
run, course
cus, cuse, cause
cause, motive
cycl
circle
dai, dia
day
dem, demo
people
dic
say, declare
doc
teach
dom
rule, power
dorm
sleep
duc
lead
dyna, dynamo
power
fect, fic, fac
make
feder, fid
faith, trust
heart body
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Root Words fin
Meaning end
flam
fire
flex, flect
bend
flu
flow
form
shape, form
fort, forc
strong
frag, fract
break, shatter
fum
smoke
gen
birth, origin
gen
kind of
geo
land, earth
gni, gno
learn
grad, gress
move forward, step
graph, gram
write, writing
grat
please, pleasing
grav
heavy
greg
group, crowd
hab
live
habit, hibit
have, hold
hosp, host
guest, host
hum
man
hydr
water
hypno
sleep
ign
fire
intellect, intellig
power to know
ject
throw
jour
day
jud, jur, jus
law, justice
junct
join
labor
work
lav
wash
leg
law, justice
lev
light
liber, liver
free
lit, liter, letter
letter
loc
place
loc, log, loqu
speak, talk
luc, lum
light
magn, magni
great
man
hand
mar, mer
sea
mater, matri
mother
maxi
large, great
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Root Words mem
Meaning remember
mens
measure
meter
measure
micro
small
migr
wander
mill
thousand
min
small
miss, mit
send
mob, mot, mov
move
monstr
show
mori, mort
death
nat
birth
noct
night
nov
new
nunci, nounc
warn, declare
oper
work
ora
speak
orb
circle
pac
peace
part
part
pater, patr
father
ped, pod
foot
ped
child
pel, pulse
move or drive
pend
hang, weigh
phil
love
phon
sound
photo
light
pict
paint
pli, ply, plex
fold
pop
people
port
bring, carry
pos
place
pot
power
prim
first
punct
point
pyro
fire
quer, ques
ask
quir, quis
ask
rect
straight
ridi, risi
laught
rog
ask, seek
rot
turn, wheel
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Root Words sacr, sant
Meaning holy
sat
enough
sci
know
scrib, scrip
write, writing
scrut
see, look
sect
cut
sens
think, perceive, feel
simil, simul
like
sist
stand
somn, sopor
sleep
son
sound
soph
wise, wisdom
spec, spic, scop
see, look
sphere
sphere
spond, spons
answer, pledge
sta, stab, stat
stand
stru, struct
build
sume, sumpt
take, receive
tact, tang
touch
tag, tig
touch
techni
skill
temper
temperature
tempto
time
ten, tin, tain
hold
tend, tens, tent
stretch
term
end
terr
land,earth
test
bear witness
text
weave
the, theo
god
therm
heat
tort, tors
twist
tract
pull, draw
trib
pay, bestow
trui, tut
teach
vac
empty
vali, valu
strength, worth
ven, vent
come
ver
truth
vers, vert
turn, wheel
vinc, vict
conquer
vis, vid
see, look
vit, viv
life
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Root Words voc, vok
Meaning speak, voice, call
volcan, vul
burn
volu, volv
turn around
vor
eat
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Prefixes a-, an-
Meaning not
ab-, abs-
away, from
ad-
to, toward
ambi-, amphi-
both
ant-, anti-
against
ante-
before
apo-
away, from
arch-
first
bene-
good, well
bi-
two
bon-
good
cata-
down, away from
cent-
hundred
cir-, circum-
around
co-, col-
with, together
com-, con-
with, together
contra-, counter-
against
de-
down, away from
dec-, deci-, deca-
ten
demi-
half
dia-
through, across
du-
two
e-, ec-, ef-, ex-
out of, outside
en-, em-
in, into, with
epi-
on, beside, among
equi-
equal
eu-
good
extra-, exter-
outside, excessive
for-
against, away
fore-
before, toward
hemi-
half
heter-
different
hexa-
six
holo-
whole
hom-, homo-
same
hyp-, hypo-
under
hyper-
above, over, more
il-, ir-
not
im-, in-
in, into
inter-
between, among
intra-, intro-
in, into
kilo-
thousand
mal-, male-
bad
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Prefixes medi-
Meaning middle
medi-
half, between
mega-
large, great
meta-
change, after, beyond
mill-
thousand
mono-
one
multi-
many
neo-
new
non-
not
non-, nov-
nine
ob-
against, facing
oct-, octo-
eight
of-
against
omni-
all
ortho-
straight, right
pan-
all
para-
beside, beyond
penta-
five
per-
through, across
peri-
around, surrounding
plu-
more
poly-
many
post-
after, behind
pre-
before, behind
pro-
before, forward
proto-
first
quad-, quar-
four
quint-
five
re-
back, again
retro-
backwards
sat-
enough
se-
back, again
semi-
half
sept-, septem-
seven
sex-
six
sub-
below, under
sur-, super-, supr-
above, over, more
sym-, syn-
with, together
tele-
far, distance
trans-
across, over
tri-
three
ulti-
last
ultra-
excessive
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Prefixes un-
Meaning not
uni-
one
well-
good
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Suffixes -able, -ible
Meaning able, can do
-ac
like
-acy
condition
-age
state of
-al
like, pertaining to
-an
related to
-ance, -ancy
state of
-ant
one who
-ar
one who
-archy
government
-ary
one who
-ary
related to, quality
-ary
place where
-ate
to make
-cracy
government
-cule
very small
-en
quality of
-en
to make
-ence, -ency
state of
-ent
one who
-er
one who
-ery
place where
-ery
practice, occupation
-ery
related to, quality
-fic
causing
-ful
full of
-fy, -ify
to make
-hood
state of
-ia
condition
-ible
able, can do
-ic
like, pertaining to
-ical
like, pertaining to
-il, -ile
capable of being, like
-ine
like, pertaining to
-ish
like, resembling
-ism
act of
-ist
one who
-ity
state of
-ive
like, pertaining to
-ize
to make
-less
without
-like
like
-ling
small
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Suffixes -ly
Meaning like, resembling
-ment
quality of, state of
-ness
state of
-oid
like, resembling
-ology
study of
-or
one who
-ory
place where
-ory
related to, quality
-ose, -ous
full of, excessive
-ous
like, pertaining to
-ry
act of, state of
-sis
result of
-some
like, resembling
-tion
act of, state of
-tude
condition
-ure
condition
-y
inclined to
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