| Term | Definition |
| astro | stars, heaven, space
(astronomy, asteroid) |
| aud | to hear
(audible, auditorium) |
| auto | self
(autobiography) |
| bene | good, well
(beneficial) |
| bio | life
(biology, biography) |
| chron | time
(chronological) |
| dict | to speak
(contradict, dictate) |
| fac | make, do
(manufacture, factory) |
| form | shape
(reform uniform) |
| geo | earth
(geography, geology) |
| gon | angle
(polygon, pentagon) |
| grad/gress | step
(gradual, progress) |
| graph | writing, printing
(telegraph) |
| ject | to throw
(inject, project) |
| junct | to join
(junction, conjunction) |
| loc | place
(location, local) |
| man/manu | hand
(manual, manuscript) |
| mega/manga | large, powerful
(megaphone, magnify) |
| meter | measure
(thermometer) |
| min | little/small
(miniature, minute) |
| mort | to die
(mortality) |
| opt | eye
(optical, optometrist) |
| ped/pod | foot
(pedal, pedestrian) |
| phon | sound
(microphone) |
| poli/polis | city government
(police, metropolitan) |
| mis/mit | send
(permit, submission) |
| port | to carry
(portable, transport) |
| pose | to put
(compose, position) |
| scope | instrument for viewing
(telescope) |
| scrib/script | to write
(script, scribble) |
| spect | to look/see
(inspector, spectacles) |
| struct | build/form
(structure, destruction) |
| tele | far off, distant
(telephone, telescope) |
| tract | to pull
(tractor, attract) |
| vac | empty
(vacant, evacuate) |
| vid | see
(video) |
| vis | see
(vision) |
