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Word Parts

Common Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes

TermDefinition
act (root) Examples: activate, enact, activity to do, drive
alt (root) Example: exalt, altitude high
aqua (root) Ex: aquarium, aquamarine water
astro (root) Ex: astrology star
aud (root) Ex: audio, auditorium to hear
biblio (root) Ex: Bible, bibliography book
bio (root) Ex: biology, biography life
cede (root) Ex: recede, precede to go
cent (root) Ex: centarian, centimeter one hundred
chrono (root) Ex: chronological, chronic time
cred (root) Ex: credit, credentials to believe or trust
circ (root) Ex: circular, circumstance, circulation around
dem (root) Ex: democracy, epidemic people
dent tooth
dic to say; to speak
dur hard, lasting
fin end, limit
gen race, family, kind
geo earth
graph to write, draw or record
gram to write, draw or record
hab to have, to hold; to dwell
hydro water
hypo under, below
jur law, right, judgment
jus law, right, judgment
judic law, right, judgment
leg law
loc place
logo idea, word, reason, speech
meter measure
morph form
mono one
mob to move
noc night
peri around
ped foot
petr rock
phon sound
photo light
port carry
sci to know
scope to see
scrib to write
spec to see, look at, behold
temp time
therm heat
tract to pull, draw
volve roll
ab- (prefix) Ex: absent, abstain from; away from
ad- (prefix) Ex: advantage, adjective to; toward; addition to
aero- air
ante- before
anti- against; opposite; reverse
ap- to; nearness to
auto- self
bene- good
bi- two
circum- around
co- together
com- together
contra- against
de- opposite of; away from; undo
dis- opposite
ex- out; beyond; away from; former
extra- outside; beyond; besides
fore- before
hyper- more than normal; too much
il- not
im- into
in- not
inter- among; between
intra- within
mal- wrong; bad
mis- wrong; bad; no; not
non- not; opposite of
ob- against
per- through
post- after
pre- before
pro- before; for; in support of
re- back; again
retro- backward
semi- half; partly
sub- under; beneath
super- over
sur- over; above
trans- across; over
ultra- extremely
un- not
-able / -ible (suffixes) Ex: knowable, credible able to be : MAKES ADJECTIVES
-ance (suffix) Ex: appearance, brilliance) An act, process or state: MAKES NOUNS
-ant / -ent Ex: deodorant, student, consultant one who / thing that
-ary Ex: dictionary, missionary, cautionary of; like; relating to
-ate Ex: hydrate, fortunate, primate characteristic of; to become
-dom Ex: kingdom, freedom, wisdom state or quality of: MAKES NOUNS
-ence / -ance Ex: brilliance, convenience, exuberance act or state of being: MAKES NOUNS
-er / -or Ex: actor, photographer, reader one who
-ful Ex: restful, beautiful full of: MAKES ADJECTIVES
-ic Ex: comedic, acidic relating to; characteristic of: MAKES ADJECTIVES
-ify Ex: purify, intensify, horrify to make; to cause to be: MAKES VERBS
-ion act, condition, or result of
-ish of or belong to; characterized by
-ism act, practice or result of
-ity condition or state of being
-ive of; relating to; belonging to
-ize make; cause to be; subject to
-less without
-logy study or theory of
-ly like; characteristic of; resembling
-ment state or quality of being
-ment product or thing
-ness state or quality of being
-ous having; full of; characterized by
-ship state or quality of being
-some like; tending to be
-y characterized by
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