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Root Words
Root Words, Suffixes, and Prefixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ambi | both |
| aqua | water |
| aud | to hear |
| bene | good |
| cent | one hundred |
| circum | around |
| contra/counter | against |
| dict | to say |
| duc/duct | to lead |
| fac | to do; to make |
| form | shape |
| fort | strength |
| fract | to break |
| ject | throw |
| jud | judge |
| mal | bad |
| mater | mother |
| mit | to send |
| mort | death |
| multi | many |
| pater | father |
| port | to carry |
| rupt | to break |
| scrib/scribe | to write |
| sect/sec | to cut |
| sent | to feel; to send |
| spect | to look |
| struct | to build |
| vid/vis | to see |
| voc | voice; to call |
| anthropo | man; human; humanity |
| auto | self |
| bio | life |
| chron | time |
| dyna | power |
| dys | bad; hard; unlucky |
| gram | thing written |
| graph | writing |
| hetero | different |
| homo | same |
| hydr | water |
| hypo | below; beneath |
| logy | study of |
| meter/metr | measure |
| micro | small |
| mis/miso | hate |
| mono | one |
| morph | form; shape |
| nym | name |
| phil | love |
| phobia | fear |
| phon | sound |
| photo/phos | light |
| pseudo | FALSE |
| psycho | soul; spirit |
| scope | viewing instrument |
| techno | art; science; skill |
| tele | far off |
| therm | heat |
| anti- | against |
| de- | opposite |
| dis- | not; opposite of |
| en-, em- | cause to |
| fore- | before; front of |
| in-, im- | in |
| in-, im-, il-, ir- | not |
| inter- | between; among |
| mid- | middle |
| mis- | wrongly |
| non- | not |
| over- | over; too much |
| pre- | before |
| re- | again |
| semi- | half; partly; not fully |
| sub- | under |
| super- | above; beyond |
| trans- | across |
| un- | not; opposite of |
| under- | under; too little |
| -able, -ible | is; can be |
| -al, -ial | having characteristics of |
| -ed | in the past; past tense verbs; adjectives |
| -en | made of |
| -er, -or | one who; person connected with |
| -er | more |
| -est | the most |
| -ful | full of |
| -ic | having characteristics of |
| -ing | happening now; verb forms; present participles |
| -ion, -tion, -ation, -tion | act; process |
| -ity, -ty | state of |
| -ive, -ative, -itive | adjective form of noun |
| -less | without |
| -ly | how something is |
| -ment | state of being; act of |
| -ness | state of; condition of |
| -ous, -eous, -ious | having qualities of |
| -s, -es | more than one |
| -y | characterized by |