Vocabulary: Roots, Prefixes & Suffixes
ROOTS
Beginning Letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
Roots
act
alter
ama, ami, amic
ann, enni
anthro
aqua, aque
astr
aud, audi
bell, belli
bene
biblio
bio
bol
brev
cad, cas, cid
cap
ced, ceed, ces
cent
chron
cis, cid
clu, clo
cogn
corp
cracy, crat
cred
culp
dec
dem, demo
dict
dom
domin
duc, duct
dur
enni
equ, equi
exter, extr
fac
fer
fess
fid, fide
fin
Meaning
do
other
love
year
human, man
water
star
hear
war
good/well
book
life
throw
short
fall
take, seize, hold
yield, go
hundred
time
cut, kill
to close
know
body or collection
rule, ruler
believe
guilt
ten
people
speak, say
house
master
lead
hard, lasting
year
equal
outward
make, do, easy, face
carry
to acknowledge
faith, trust
end
Vocabulary: Roots, Prefixes & Suffixes
G
H
I
J
L
M
flec, flex
flu, fluc, fluv
form
fort, forc
frag, fract
frat
fund, found
bend
flowing
shape
strong
break
brotherly
the bottom
gam
gen
geo
grad, gress
graph, gram
marriage
to produce, kind
earth
step
writing
hydro, hydr
water
int
iso
within
equal, identical
ject
jud, jur, just
throw
right, law
labor
lect, leg
liber
litera
loc, loco
log, logo
work
read, choose, gather
free
letter
place
word, reason
magn
manu, man
mand, mend
mar
matr, mater, matri
mech
medi
mem
mend
ment
merg
metr, meter
micro
min
miss, mitt
large, great
hand
order, command
sea
mother
contrive, make
half, middle
remember
mistake
mind
dive or sink
measure
small
small
send
Vocabulary: Roots, Prefixes & Suffixes
N
O
P
Q
R
S
mob, mot, mov
mon
mor, mort
mun
move
warn
death
gift, office
nat
neg
nom
not
nov
nym, onym
born
no, deny
name
to mark, know
new
word, name
onym
ord
ori
word, name
rank, order
begin
pac
pat, pass
patr, pater, patri
path, pathy
ped, pod
pel, puls
pend, pens, pond
phon, phono
phys
ple
pli
pop, pub
port
pos
psych
peace
bear
father
feeling, suffering
foot
push, drive
hang, weigh
sound, voice
related to the body, nature
full, plenty
fold
people
carry
put, set
mind, mental
ques
ask, seek
rupt
break
scend, scent,
sci
scop, scope
scrib, script
sect
sens, sent
seq, sec
climb
know
see
write
cut
feel, be aware
follow
Vocabulary: Roots, Prefixes & Suffixes
T
V
simi, semb
simul
sist
solv
son
spec, spect
spir
spon
sta, stit
stru, struct
sum
like
same time
to stand, make up
loosen, solve
sound
see, look, a kind
breathe
promise, answer for
stand
build
to take up, cost
tac, teg
tech
tele
temp
term
terr
therm
thes, thesis
tract
touch
art or skill
distance
time, temper
end, limit
earth, land
heat
something set down
pull, draw
vac, vacu
val
ven, vent
ver, veri
vers, vert
vestig
vi, via
vid, vis
vit, viv
voc
vol
empty
strong
come, go
true
turn
to track
way
see
life
voice, call
to roll, to wish
Vocabulary: Roots, Prefixes & Suffixes
PREFIXES
Beginning Letter
A
B
C
D
E
H
I
M
O
Prefix
a-, anabadanteantiapoauto-
Meaning
not, without, out
away, from
to, toward
before
against
from, away from
self
bene-
good
bi-
two, twice
circumcomcon-, cocontra-
around
with, together
with, together
against
dedi-, diadis-, dys-
down, away
through, across
apart, not
eemenepiex-
out of, from
in
in, to cause to be
upon
out of, from
hyper-
above
hypo-
under
ilimininterintrairmal-, malemismonoobover-
not
not, into
not, into, on
between
within
not
bad, evil
bad, wrong
one, single
against
above, much
Vocabulary: Roots, Prefixes & Suffixes
P
R
S
T
U
panparaperperipolypostprepropseudoreretro-
all, every
beside, like
through
around
many
after
before
for, before
false
again, back
back
sesubsur-, supersyn-, sym-, syltrans-
away from, aside
under
over, above
with, together
across
ununderuni-
not, reverse
below, beneath
one, single
Vocabulary: Roots, Prefixes & Suffixes
SUFFIXES
Beginning Letter
A
C
D
E
I
L
M
Suffix
-able
-age
-al
-ance, -ancy
-arium
-ary
-ate
-ation
-cracy
-crat
-cy
-dom
Meaning
able, tending to
act of, state of, result of
relating to
action, process, state of
place of
relating to, person, thing
make, cause, person who
state of, process
rule, government
member or supporter
action, function, state of being
quality, state
-ed
-ence, -ency
-ent
indicates past tense
action, quality, state of
one that performs an action;
doing, behaving or existing in a
certain way
person doing, higher degree
act, state
fit, can be
having to do with
condition, state, quality
state of being
to make
pertaining to
of, belonging to, related to;
made of, like
act, result, state of
state of, the belief in
one who, that which
state of, quality
causing, making
make
study of, speaking
like in manner; expressing regular
occurence
act of, state of, result
-er
-ia
-ible
-ic, -ical
-ice
-id
-ify, -ize
-ile
-ine
-ion
-ism
-ist
-ity
-ive
-ize, -ise
-logy
-ly
-ment
Vocabulary: Roots, Prefixes & Suffixes
Beginning Letter
O
S
T
U
Y
Suffix
-or
-orium
-ory
-otic
-ous
-s
-sion
-sis
-tic
-tion
-tude
-ty
-ular
-ure
-y
Meaning
one who, that which
place of
relating to; place
of, relating to, characterized by
full of, having
indicates plural
act, result, state of
act, state, condition of
having to do with
act, result, state of
state of, condition
state of, quality
relating to
act, process, being; body for an
activity
state of being, consist of