Question | Answer |
an- | prefix: without, opposite to |
ab- | prefix:from |
ad- | prefix: to or toward |
ante- | prefix: before |
anti- | prefix: against, opposite |
auto- | prefix: self |
bi- | prefix: two |
circum- | prefix: around |
de- | prefix: away from |
dia- | prefix: through or across |
dis- | prefix: away from, not |
en- | prefix : to put into |
ex- | prefix: former |
extra- | prefix: outside or beyond |
hyper- | prefix: over, more |
il- or ir- | prefix: not or without |
in- or im- | prefix: in or to |
inter- | prefix: between |
intra- | prefix: within |
macro- | prefix: big |
mal- | prefix: bad or wrong |
micro- | prefix: small |
mono- | prefix: one |
multi- | prefix: many |
non- | prefix: without, not |
peri- | prefix: around |
post- | prefix: after |
pre- | prefix: before |
semi- or hemi- | prefix: half |
sub- | prefix: under |
syn: | prefix: same |
trans- | prefix: across |
tri- | prefix: three |
un- | prefix: not |
uni- | prefix: one, together |
-able | suffix: able to be |
-acy | suffix: state or quality |
-al | suffix: act or process of |
-an or -ain | suffix: relating to or belonging to |
-ance or -ence | suffix: state or quality of |
-ant | suffix: a person who |
-arian | suffix: a person who |
-ate | suffix: to have or be characterized by |
-cide | suffix: the act of killing |
-cracy | suffix: rule of government, power |
-dom | suffix: place or state of being |
-dox | suffix: belief |
-en | suffix: to become, smarten, enlighten |
-er or -or | suffix: the one who |
-ese | suffix: relating to a place |
-esque | suffix: in the style of |
-fy and -ify | suffix: (making the word a verb) |
-full | suffix: to make full of |
-gam or -gamy | suffix: the marriage or unity of |
-gon -gonic | suffix: angle |
-hood | suffix: state, condition, or quality |
-ile | suffix: relating to or capable of |
-ious or -ous | suffix: characterized by |
-ish | suffix: having the quality of |
-ism | suffix: doctrine or belief |
-ist | suffix: one who |
-ity or -ty | suffix: the quality of |
-ive | suffix: having the nature of |
-ize | suffix: become |
-ment | suffix: the condition of |
-ness | suffix: the state of being |
-phile | suffix: one who loves |
-phobia | suffix: unnatural fear of |
-ship | suffix: position held |
-sion of -tion | suffix: the state of being |
annu or enni | root: year |
anthrop | root: man |
ast | root: star |
audi | root: to hear |
auto | root: self |
bene | root: good |
bio | root: life |
chrono | root: time |
civ | root: citizen |
cred or creed | root: believe |
dem or demo | root: people |
dict | root: to say |
duct | root: to lead or make |
gen | root: to give birth to |
geo | root: the earth |
graph | root: write |
jur or jus | root: law |
log or logue | root: thought or word |
luce | root: light |
manu- | root: hand |
mand or mend | root: to order |
min | root: small, little |
mis or mit | root: to send |
nov | root: new |
omni | root: all |
pan | root: all |
patr or pater | root: father |
path | root: to feel |
phil | root: love |
phon | root: sound |
photo | root: light |
poli | root: of the city |
port | root: to carry |
qui(t) | root: to rest or stop |
scrib or script | root: to write |
sens or sent | root: to feel |
sol | root: sun |
tele | root: far off |
terr | root: earth |
tract | root: to draw or drag |
vac | root: empty |
vid or vis | root: to see |
vit | root: vital, life |
zo | root: life |
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