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ASVAB Word Knowledge
Common Root Words, Preffixes, Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Act | do = transact, activate |
| Aero | air = aerobics, aerospace |
| Ambu | walk = ambulatory, perambulate |
| ann, enn | year = annual, perennial |
| anthrop | human = anthropology, philanthropy |
| aster | star = asterisk, astrology |
| audi | hear = audible, auditorium |
| bibli | book = bibliography, bibliophile |
| bio | life = biosphere, biography |
| brev | short = brevity, abbreviate |
| capit | head = decapitate, capital, captain |
| card, cord, cour | heart = cardiology, discord, courage |
| carn | flesh = carnivorous, carnage |
| cede | go = recede, precede |
| cent | hundred, hundredth = centipede, centimeter |
| chron | time = chronology, synchronize |
| cide | killing = suicide, homicide |
| cis | cut = precise, scissors |
| claim, clam | shout, cry out = exclaim, clamorous |
| cogn | know = cognition, recognize |
| cracy, crat | rule = autocratic, democracy, bureaucrat |
| culp | blame = culpable, exculpate |
| dem | people = democracy, demographics |
| dic, dict | speak = dictionary, predict |
| dorm | sleep = dormant, dormitory |
| fer | carry = transfer, refer |
| fuge | flee = refuge, centrifugal |
| geo | earth = geography, geologic |
| graph | to write = graphic, calligraphy |
| gram | something written or recorded = telegram, cardiogram |
| jac, ject | throw = ejaculate, trajectory |
| jur | law = jury, jurisprudence |
| labor | work = laboratory, collaborate |
| loc | place = location, collocation |
| log | discourse, speech = dialogue, travelogue |
| -logy | expression, science = dermatology, phraseology |
| luc | light = lucid, translucent |
| manu | hand = manuscript, manufacture |
| mill | thousand = millennium, millenarian |
| meter | measure = barometer, metric |
| morph | form = morphology, amorphous |
| mort | die = mortuary, mortal |
| omni | all = omnipresent, omnipotent |
| oper, op | work = opera, operate |
| path | feeling, suffering = empathy, pathetic |
| ped, pod | foot = pedal, podiatry, pedicure |
| phil | love = bibliophile, philanthropy |
| phob | fear = claustrophobic, hydrophobic |
| phon | sound = phonograph, stereophonic |
| photo | light = photographic, photosynthesize |
| phys | of nature = physical, physician |
| scrib | write = scribble, transcribe |
| stro, stru | build = destroy, construction |
| terr | earth, land = extraterrestrial, territory |
| therm | heat = thermometer, hypothermia |
| tor | twist = torsion, contort |
| vac | empty = evacuate, vacuous |
| verb | word = proverb, verbose |
| vert, vers | change = conversion, revert |
| vid, vis | see = video, television, visual |
| vol, volv | turn, roll = evolution, revolve |
| -able, -ible | capable or worthy of = likable, possible |
| -ful | full of = healthful, joyful |
| -fy, -ify | to make or cause = purify, glorify |
| -ish | like = impish, devilish |
| -ism | act of, sate of = capitalism, socialism |
| -ist | one who does = conformist, cyclist |
| -ize | make into = formalize, legalize |
| -ment | state of being = entertainment, amazement |
| -oid | like or resembling = humanoid, trapezoid, planetoids |
| -ty, -ity | state of being = purity, acidity |
| a-, an- | without = amoral, anaerobic, antisocial |
| ante- | before = antedate, antechamber |
| anti- | against = antipollution, antipathy |
| auto- | self = autobiography, autopilot |
| bene- | good or well = beneficial, benediction |
| bi- | two = bicycle, bipolar, bisexual |
| cen- | hundred = century, centennial |
| circum- | around = circumnavigate, circumvent, circumference |
| co-, com-, con- | together, with = coauthor, complete, congregate |
| contra-, counter- | against, oppisite = contradict, counterclockwise |
| de- | away from, down, undoing = descend, deactivate, decompose |
| dis- | not do, do the opposite = disagree, disarm, disengage |
| ex- | out of, away from = exhale, expropriate |
| extra- | beyond, outside of = extraordinary, extraterrestrial, extramural |
| hetero- | different = heterogeneous, heterodox |
| homo- | same = homogenized, homonym |
| hyper- | above, excessive = hyperboloid, hyperactive, hypertension |
| il-, in-, ir- | not = illegible, inaudible, irregular |
| inter- | between = intercontinental, interject |
| intra- | within = intramural, intranet |
| mal- | bad, or ill = maladjusted, malevolent |
| micro- | small = microbiology, microscope |
| milli- | thousandth = millisecond, millimeter |
| mis- | badly, wrongly = misbehave, misunderstood, misguided |
| mono- | one = monosyllable, monorail |
| neo- | new = neoclassical, neophyte |
| non- | not = nonessential, nonconformist |
| paleo- | old, ancient = paleontologist, paleontology |
| pan- | all, all over = pandemic, panorama |
| poly- | many = polygon, polynomial |
| post- | after, behind = postpone, postnasal |
| pre- | before = preview, premeditate, presumptuous |
| pro- | forward, in favor of = promote, pro-labor |
| re- | again, backward = rewrite, retract |
| retro- | backward = retrofit, retroactive |
| semi- | half = semiannual, semifinal |
| sub- | under, below = submarine, sub-cabinet |
| super- | above, over = supersede, supervise |
| sym- syn- | together with, at the same time = sympathetic, synchronize |
| tele- | from a distance = telecommute, telemetry, telephone, teleconference |
| trans- | across = transcontinental, transatlantic, transmit |
| un- | not = unannounced, unnoticed |
| uni- | one = unicycle, unify |
| -logue, -log | discourse = dialogue, |
| vert, verse | change = revert, reverse |
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