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pre, suff and root
prefixes suffixs and root words for the asvab word knowledge portion
Term | Definition |
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a- | no, not |
ab- or abs- | away, from |
anti- | against |
bi- | two |
circum- | around |
com- or con- | with, together |
contra- or counter- | against |
de- | away from |
deca- | ten |
extra- | outside, beyond |
fore- | in front of |
geo- | earth |
hyper- | above, over |
il- | not |
mal- or male- | evil, bad |
multi- | many |
ob- | blocking |
omni- | all |
out- | external |
que-, quer-, or ques- | ask |
re- | back, again |
semi- | half |
super- | over, more |
tele- | far |
trans- | across |
un- | not |
-able or -ible | capable of |
-age | act of |
-al | relating to |
-ance or -ence | instance of action |
-ation | action, process |
-en | made from |
-ful | full of |
-ic | relating to, like |
-ical | possessing a quality of |
-ion | result of, act of |
-ish | resembling |
-ism | condition or manner |
-ist | one who or that which does |
-ity | quality of or state of |
-less | not having |
-let | small one |
-ly | like |
-ment | act or process of |
-ness | possessing a quality |
-or , -er | one who does a thing |
-ous | state of |
anthro or anthrop | relating to humans |
bibl | relating to books |
brev | short |
ced or ceed | go, yield |
chrom | color |
cogn | know |
corp | body |
dict | speak |
domin | rule |
flu or fluc | flow |
form | shape |
fract or frag | break |
graph | writing |
junct | join |
liber | free |
lum or lumen | light |
oper | work |
path or pathy | suffer, feeling |
port | carry |
press | squeeze |
scrib or script | write |
sens or sent | feel |
tract | pull |
voc or vok | call |