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Reading 5th grade
for Map Testing
| Question | Answer | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| anthropo | man,human,humanity | anthropologist, philanthropy |
| auto | self | autobiography, automobile |
| bio | life | biology, biography |
| chron | time | chronological, chronic |
| dyna | power | dynamic, dynamite |
| dys | bad, hard, unlucky | dysfunctional, dyslexic |
| gram | thing written | epigram, telegram |
| graph | writing | graphic, phonograph |
| hetero | different | heteronym, heterogeneous |
| homo | same | homonym, homogenous |
| hydr | water | hydration, dehydrate |
| hyper | over; above; beyond | hyperactive, hyperbole |
| hypo | below; beneath | hypothermia, hypothetical |
| logy | study of | biology, psychology |
| meter/metr | measure | thermometer, perimeter |
| micro | small | microbe, microscope |
| mis/miso | hate | misanthrope, misogyny |
| mono | one | monologue, monotonous |
| morph | form; shape | morphology, morphing |
| nym | name | antonym, synonym |
| phil | love | philanthropist, philosophy |
| phobia | fear | claustrophobia, phobic |
| photo/phos | light | photograph, phosphorous |
| pseudo | false | pseudonym, pseudoscience |
| psycho | soul; spirit | psychology, psychic |
| scope | viewing instrument | microscope, telescope |
| techno | act; science; skill | technique, technological |
| tele | far off | television, telephone |
| therm | heat | thermal, thermometer |
| ambi | both | ambiguous, ambidextrous |
| aqua | water | aquarium, aquamarine |
| aud | to hear | audience, audition |
| bene | good | benefactor, benevolent |
| cent | one hundred | century, percent |
| circum | around | circumference, circumstance |
| contra/counter | against | contradict, encounter |
| dict | to say | dictation, dictator |
| duc/duct | to lead | conduct, induce |
| fac | to do; to make | factory, manufacture |
| form | shape | conform, reform |
| fort | strength | fortitude, fortress |
| fract | break | fracture, fraction |
| ject | throw | projection, rejection |
| jud | judge | judicial, prejudice |
| mal | bad | malevolent, malefactor |
| mater | mother | maternal, maternity |
| mit | to send | transmit, admit |
| mort | death | mortal, mortification |
| multi | many | multimedia, multiple |
| pater | father | paternal, paternity |
| port | to carry | portable, transportation |
| rupt | to break | bankrupt. disruption |
| scrib/script | to write | inscription. prescribe |
| sect/sec | to cut | bisect, section |
| sent | to feel; to sent | consent, resent |
| spect | to look | inspection, spectator |
| struct | to build | destruction, restructure |
| vid/vis | to see | televise, video |
| voc | voice; to call | vocalize, advocate |
| -able, -ible | is; can be | affordable, sensible |
| -al, -ial | having characteristics of | universal, facial |
| -ed | past tense; adjectives | the dog walked, the walked dog |
| -en | made of | golden |
| -er, -or | one who; person connected with | teacher, professor |
| -er | more | taller |
| -est | the most | tallest |
| -ful | full of | helpful |
| -ic | having characteristics of | poetic |
| -ing | verb forms; present participles | sleeping |
| -ion, -tion, -ation, -ition | act; process | submission, motion, Relation, edition |
| -ity, -ty | state of | activity, society |
| -ive, -ative, -itive | ajdective form of noun | active, courageous, gracious |
| -less | without | hopeless |
| -ly | how something is | lovely |
| -ment | state of being; act of | contentment |
| -ness | state of, condition of | openness |
| -ous, - eous, -ious | having qualities of | riotous, courageous, gracious |
| -s, -es | more than one | trains, trenches |
| -y | characterized by | gloomy |
| anti- | against | anticlimax |
| de- | opposite | devalue |
| dis- | not; opposite of | discover |
| en-, em- | cause to | enact, empower |
| fore- | before; front of | foreshadow, forearm |
| in-, im- | in | income, impulse |
| in-, im-, il-, ir- | not | indirect, immoral, illiterate, irreverent |
| inter- | between; among | interrupt |
| mid- | middle | midfield |
| mis- | wrongly | misspell |
| non- | not | nonviolent |
| over- | over; too much | overheat |
| pre- | before | preview |
| re- | again | rewrite |
| semi- | half; partly; not fully | semifinal |
| sub- | under | subway |
| super- | above; beyond | superhuman |
| trans- | across | transmit |
| un- | not; opposite of | unusual |
| under- | under; too little | underestimate |