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Root Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pre | Before |
| Pro | For, Forward |
| Re | Again |
| Sub | Under |
| -able, -ible | Able to |
| -er, -or | Doer |
| -ism | Practice Of |
| -ist | One Who is occupied With |
| -less | Lacking |
| -aqua | Water |
| cred | believe |
| duc, duct | To lead, pull |
| Dic, Dict | Say, Speak |
| Ambi, Amb | On both Sides |
| Ad- | To, Toward |
| In-, En- | In, Into |
| Ex | Out, Outside from |
| Un- | Not |
| Dis-, dys- | Bad, ill, sick |
| -ship | Skill Of |
| -fy | Make, Form into |
| -ness | State of, quality of |
| -logue | Word, discourse, speech |
| -Tude | State of, condition |
| Trans | Across |
| Mater, matr | mother |
| Pater, patr | Father |
| Ped | Foot |
| Dorm, Dormi | Sleep |
| Com, con, co | With, together |
| Stell | Star |
| Locu, loc, luci | Place, area, location |
| Mal, Male | Bad, ill, evil |
| mis- | Wrong |
| -ity | Quality, state |
| -rupt | break, tear, rend |
| non | not |
| -itis | Inflammation, burning sensation |
| -ment | condition, result |
| Eu | Good, well |
| mort | Death |
| brev | Short |
| Derm | Skin, covering |
| Manu | By Hand |
| Un, Uni | One |
| Bi | Two |
| Tri | Three |
| Quad | Four |
| Sequ, Secu | Follow |
| Par | Beside |
| Prot, proto | first |
| Circum | Around, all around |
| Demi, Hemi, semi | Half, Half-sized, Partial |
| Mono | One |
| Extra, Extro | Outside of, beyond |
| Intra, intro | Within, during, between layers, underneath |
| Inter | Between, among |
| Gen | Birth, Race, produce OR Kind |
| Geo | Earth |
| Dec, Deca, Dek | Ten |
| Chron | Time |
| Chrom | Color |
| Plic | Fold |
| Liber | Free |
| Agri-, agrio- | Pertaining to fields or soil |
| Amat, amor, am | Love, like, liking |
| Meter, metro | Measure |
| Pan | All |
| Log, ology | Word, study, say, speech, reason |
| Fix | Repair, Attach |
| Jur, just | Right, righteous |
| Ocu | Eye |
| Tele | Distance, far, from afar |
| Flagr | Burn |
| Frag, frang, fract | Break |
| Tempo, tempor | Time |
| Act, Ag | Do, act |
| Bas | Low |
| Cap, Capt | take, seize |
| ced, cess | to go, yield, |
| equ | Equal, even |
| Sci, science | Know, knowledge |
| Son, sono, sona | Sound |
| Sens, senso, sensi | feel, think |
| Ult, ultra | beyond, extreme |
| sect, seg | Cut |
| Vis | see |
| mega | Million |
| scrib, script | Write |
| De | Of, from |
| Di, dif, dis | Away, opposite |
| Epi | Upon |
| Ex | Out of |
| heter, hetero | other, different |
| hom, homo | same, like |
| maniac, mania | madness, crazy |
| orth, otho | right, straight |
| fac, fact | to make, do |
| fer | bear, carry |
| astr, aster, astra | star |
| mitt, miss | Send |
| a, ab, abs | away, off |
| a, ad, ac, af, an | To, toward |
| pon | place, put |
| kilo | thousand |
| luc, lux, lucis | light |
| neo, ne | new, young |
| tract | Drag, pull |
| spir, spirat | breathe |
| spec, spect | see, look |
| sto, stat, sisto | stand, cause to stand |
| tact | touch |
| tend, tent, tens | stretch, hold |
| bene | good, well |
| mov, mot, mob | move |
| sol | alone |
| cen, cent | hundred |
| phil, philo | love |
| phon, phono | sound |
| phot, photo | light |
| pyr, pyro | fire |
| techn, techno | art of, skill of |
| ject | throw, hurl |
| cant, chant | sing |
| fen | strike, ward off |
| cosm | world, universe |
| cycle | wheel, circle |
| nov | new, young |
| onym | name |
| pseudo | false, untrue |
| sed, sess, sid | sit, settle |
| theo, the | God, god |
| therm, thermo | heat, warm |
| tox, toxi, toxico | poison |
| xen, xeno | foreign |
| dyna, dynamo, dino | power, energy |
| ven, vent | come |
| ver, vir | truth |
| bio | life, living matter |
| aud | hear |
| omni | all |
| per | through, throughout |
| poly | many, more |
| post | after, behind |
| dem, demo | people |
| gram, graph | written |
| anti, ant | against, oppose |
| aut, auto | self, same |
| -crat, -cracy | Rule |