Root, Prefix or

Meaning
Suffix
a, ac, ad, af, ag, to, toward, near, in
al, an, ap, as, at addition to, by
a-, an-

not, without

ab, abs
-able, -ible
acer, acid, acri
act, ag
acu

away from, off

Adjective: worth, ability
bitter, sour, sharp
do, act, drive
sharp

-acy, -cy

Noun: state or quality

-ade
aer, aero

act, product, sweet drink

air, atmosphere, aviation

ag, agi, ig, act

do, move, go

-age
agri, agro
-al
-al, -ial, -ical
alb, albo
ali, allo, alter
alt
am, ami, amor
ambi
ambul
-an
ana, ano
-ance, -ence
-ancy, -ency
andr, andro
ang
anim
ann, annu, enni
-ant, -ent
-ant, -ent, -ient
ante

Examples
aside, accompany, adjust, aggression, allocate,
annihilate, affix, associate, attend, adverb
apolitical, atheist, anarchy, anonymous, apathy,
aphasia, anemia
absolve, abrupt, absent
solvable, incredible
acerbic, acidity, acrid, acrimony
active, react, agent, active, agitate
acute, acupuncture, accurate
privacy, infancy, adequacy, intimacy,
supremacy
blockade, lemonade
aerial, aerosol, aerodrome
agent, agenda, agitate, navigate, ambiguous,
action

Noun: activity, or result of

courage, suffrage, shrinkage, tonnage
action
pertaining to fields or soil agriculture, agroindustry
Noun: action, result of
referral, disavowal, disposal, festival
action
Adjective: quality, relation structural, territorial, categorical
white, without pigment
albino, albite
other
alias, alibi, alien, alloy, alter, alter ego, altruism
high, deep
altimeter, altitude
love, like, liking
amorous, amiable, amicable, enamoured
both
ambidextrous
to walk
ambulatory, amble, ambulance, somnambulist
Noun: person
artisan, guardian, historian, magician
up, back, again, anew
anode, anagram, anagenetic
Noun: action, state, quality resistance, independence, extravagance,
or process
fraudulence
Noun: state, quality or
vacancy, agency, truancy, latency
capacity
male, characteristics of
androcentric, android
men
angular
angle
mind, life, spirit, anger
animal, animate, animosity
yearly
annual, annual, annuity, anniversary, perrenial
Noun: an agent, something
disinfectant, dependent, fragrant
that performs the action
Adjective: kind of agent,
important, dependent, convenient
indication
anterior, anteroom, antebellum, antedate,
before
antecedent antediluvian

anthrop

man

anti, ant

against, opposite

anti, antico

old
away from, detached,
formed
water
Adjective: resembling,
related to

apo, ap, aph

aqu
-ar, -ary

anthropology, misanthrope, philanthropy

antisocial, antiseptic, antithesis, antibody,
antinomies, antifreeze, antipathy
antique, antiquated, antiquity
apology, apocalypse, aphagia
aqueous
spectacular, unitary

archangel, architect, archaic, monarchy,

matriarchy, patriarchy, Archeozoic era
-ard, -art
Noun: characterized
braggart, drunkard, wizard
aster, astr
star
aster, asterisk, asteroid, astronomy, astronaut
-ate
Noun: state, office, fuction candidate, electorate, delegate
-ate
Verb: cause to be
graduate, ameliorate, amputate, colligate
-ate
Adjective: kind of state
inviolate
Noun: action, resulting
-ation
specialization, aggravation, alternation
state
auc, aug, aut
to originate, to increase
augment , author, augment, auction
aud, audi, aur,
audience, audio, audible, auditorium,
to hear, listen
aus
audiovisual, audition, auricular, ausculate
aug, auc
increase
augur, augment, auction
automobile, automatic, automotive, autograph,
aut, auto
self
autonomous, autoimmune
bar
weight, pressure
barometer
on, around, over, about,
be
excessively, make, cause, berate, bedeck, bespeak, belittle, beleaguer
name, affect
belli
war
rebellion, belligerent, casus belli, bellicose
benefactor, beneficial, benevolent, benediction,
bene
good, well, gentle
beneficiary, benefit
bi, bine
two
biped, bifurcate, biweekly, bivalve, biannual
bibl, bibli, biblio book
bibliophile, bibliography, Bible
biography, biology, biometricsm biome,
bio, bi
life
biosphere
brev
short
abbreviate, brevity, brief
cad, cap, cas,
receive, deceive, capable, capacious, captive,
ceiv, cept, capt, to take, to seize, to hold
accident, capture, occasion, concept, intercept,
cid, cip
forceps, except, reciprocate
cad, cas
to fall
cadaver, cadence, cascade
-cade
procession
motorcade
calor
heat
calorie, caloric, calorimeter
capit, capt
head
decapitate, capital, captain, caption
carn
flesh
carnivorous, incarnate, reincarnation, carnal
cat, cata, cath
down, with
catalogue, category, catheter
caus, caut
burn, heat
caustic, cauldron, cauterize
arch

chief, first, rule

cause, cuse, cus

ceas, ced, cede,
ceed, cess
cent
centr, centri
chrom

cause, motive
to go, to yield, move, go,
surrender
hundred
center
color

corp

body

cort
cosm
cour, cur, curr,
curs
crat, cracy
cre, cresc, cret,
crease
crea

correct
universe, world

because, excuse, accusation

succeed, proceed, precede, recede, secession,
exceed, succession
centennial, century, centipede
eccentricity, centrifugal, concentric, eccentric
chrome, chromosome, polychrome, chromatic
chronology, chronic, chronicle chronometer,
anachronism, synchronize
fratricide, homicide, incision, incision,
circumcision, scissors
circumnavigate, circumflex, circumstance,
circumcision, circumference, circumorbital,
circumlocution, circumvent, circumscribe,
circulatory
incite, citation, cite
civic, civil, civilian, civilization
exclamation, clamor, proclamation,
reclamation, acclaim
decline, aclinic, inclination
include, exclude, clause, claustrophobia,
enclose, exclusive, reclusive, conclude
cohesiveness, cognate, collaborate, convene,
commitment, compress, contemporary,
converge, compact, confluence, convenient,
concatenate, conjoin, combine, correct
recognize, cognizant, diagnose, agnostic,
incognito, prognosis
complete, compel, conscious, condense,
confess, confirm
contradict, counteract, contravene, contrary,
counterspy, contrapuntal
cordial, concord, discord, courage, encourage
corporation, corporal punishment, corpse,
corpulent, corpus luteum
escort, cortage
cosmos, microcosm, cosmopolitan, cosmonaut

chron

time

cide, cis, cise

to kill, to cut, cut down

circum

around

cit
civ

call, start
citizen

clam, claim

cry out

clin

lean, bend

clud, clus claus

to close, shut

run, course

occur, excursion, discourse, courier, course

rule

autocrat, aristocrat, theocracy, technocracy

grow

create, crescent, accretion, increase

create

cred

believe

creature, recreation, creation

creed, credo, credence, credit, credulous,
incredulous, incredible

co, cog, col, coll,

with, together
con, com, cor
cogn, gnos

to know

com, con

fully

contr, contra,
counter
cord, cor, cardi

cresc, cret,
crease, cru
crit

against, opposite
heart

rise, grow

crescendo, concrete, increase, decrease, accrue

separate, choose

critical, criterion, hypocrite

cur, curs

run

cura
cycl, cyclo

care
wheel, circle, circular
from, down, away, to do
the opposite, reverse,
against

dedec, deca

ten, ten times

dec, dign
dei, div

suitable
God
people, populace,
population
tooth

dem, demo
dent, dont
derm
di-, dydia
dic, dict, dit
dis, dif
dit
doc, doct
domin
don
dorm
dox
-drome
duc, duct
dura
dynam
dyseececo-

current, concurrent, concur, incur, recur, occur,

courier, precursor, cursive
curator, curative, manicure
Cyclops, unicycle, bicycle, cyclone, cyclic
detach, deploy, derange, decrease, deodorize,
devoid, deflate, degenerate
decimal, decade, decalogue, decimate,
decathlon
decent decorate dignity
divinity, divine, deity, divination, deify
democracy, demography, demagogue, epidemic

dental, denture, orthodontist, periodontal

hypodermic, dermatology, epidermis,
skin, covering
taxidermy
two, twice, double
divide, diverge, diglycerides
diameter, diagonal, dialogue dialect, dialectic,
through, across, between
diagnosis, diachronic
dictation, dictionary, dictate, dictator,
say, speak
Dictaphone, edict, predict, verdict, contradict,
benediction
dismiss, differ, disallow, disperse, dissuade,
not, opposite of, reverse,
divide, disconnect, disproportion, disrespect,
separate, deprive of, away
distemper, disarray
give
credit, audit
docile, doctor, doctrine, document, dogma,
teach, prove
indoctrinate
master, that which is under
dominate, dominion, predominant, domain
control
give
donate, condone
sleep
dormant, dormitory
thought, opinion, praise
orthodox, heterodox, paradox, doxology
run, step
syndrome, aerodrome, velodrome
produce, abduct, product, transducer, viaduct,
to lead, pull
aqueduct, induct, deduct, reduce, induce
hard, lasting
durable, duration, endure
power
dynamo, dynamic, dynamite, hydrodynamics
bad, abnormal, difficult,
dysfunctional, dyslexia, dyspathy
impaired, unfavorable
not, missing, out, fully,
away, computer network emit, embed, eternal,ether, erase, email, e-tailer
related
out of, outside
echo, eclipse, eclectic, ecesis, ecstasy, exzema
household, environment,
ecology, economize, ecospheres,
relating to ecology or
ecomanagement
economy

ecto-ed

outside, external
ectomorph, ectoderm, ectoplasm
Verb: past tense
dressed, faded, patted, closed, introduced
Adjective: having the
-ed
winged, moneyed, dogged, tiered
quality or characteristics of
-en
Verb: to cause to become lengthen, moisten, sharpen
-en
Adjective: material
golden, woolen, silken
put into, make, provide
en-, emenamor, embolden, enslave, empower, entangle
with, surround with
Noun: action or process, reference, emergency, dependence, eminence,
-ence, -ency
quality or state
latency
endorse, endocardial, endergonic, endoskeleton,
endinside, within
endoscope, endogenous
upon, close to, over, after,
epiepicenter, epicarp, epilogue, epigone, epidiorite
altered
equidistant, equilateral, equilibrium, equinox,
equiequal
equation, equator
-er, -ier
Adjective: comparative
better, brighter, sooner, hotter, happier
Noun: person or thing that flyer, reporter, player, member, fryer, collector,
-er, -or
does something
concentrator
-er, -or
Verb: action
ponder, dishonor, clamor
energy, erg, allergy, ergometer, ergograph,
erg
work, effect
ergophobia
collective qualities, art,
-ery
practice, trade, collection, snobbery, bakery, geenery, gallery, slavery
state, condition
Noun: plural of most
nouns ending in -ch, -s,
-es, -ies
passes, glasses, ladies, heroes
-sh, -o and -z and some in
-f and -y
Verb: third person singular
present indicative of verbs
-es, -ies
blesses, hushes, fizzes, defies
that end in -ch, -s, -sh, and some in -y
-ess
female
actress, goddess, poetess
Adjective or Adverb:
-est, -iest
latest, strongest, luckiest, lyingest
superlative
ev-, ettime, age
medieval, eternal
out of, away from, lacking, exit, exhale, exclusive, exceed, explosion, exexformer
mayor
exter-, extra-,
external, extrinsic, extraordinary, extrapolate,
outside of, beyond
extroextraneous, extrovert
fa, fess
speak
fable, fabulous, fame, famous, confess, profess
fac, fact, fec,
difficult, fashion, feasible, feature, factory, fact,
do, make
fect, fic, fas, fea
effect, manufacture, amplification, confection
fall, fals
deceive
fallacy, falsify, fallacious
femto
quadrillionth
femtosecond
fer
bear, carry
ferry, coniferous, fertile, defer, infer, refer,

transfer
fic, feign, fain,
fit, feat
fid

shape, make, fashion

fiction, faint, feign

belief, faith

confide, diffident, fidelity

confidante, fidelity, confident, infidelity,
infidel, federal, confederacy, semper fi
figurem, effigy, figure, figment
filigree, filament, filter, filet, filibuster
final, finite, finish, confine, fine, refine, define,
finale
fix, fixation, fixture, affix, prefix, suffix
flex, reflex, flexible, flexor, inflexibility,
reflect, deflect,circumflex
affliction, conflict, inflict
influence, fluid, flue, flush, fluently, fluctuate,
reflux, influx

fid, fide, feder

faith, trust

fig
fila, fili

shape, form
thread

fin

end, ended, finished

fix

repair, attach

flex, flect

bend

flict
flu, fluc, fluv,
flux

strike
flow

for, fore

Adverb: in a manner of,

marked by
before

forc, fort

strength, strong

form

shape, resemble

fract, frag, frai

break

fuge

flee
Noun: an amount or
quanity that fills
Adjective: having, giving,
marked by
pour
make, form into
marriage
stomach
kind

-fold

-ful
-ful
fuse
-fy
gam
gastr, gastro
gen

fourfold
forecast, fortune, foresee
effort, fort, forte, fortifiable, fortify, forte,
fortitude
form, format, conform, formulate, perform,
formal, formula
fracture, infraction, fragile, fraction, refract,
frail
subterfuge, refuge, centrifuge
mouthful
fanciful

confuse, transfuse
falsify, dandify
bigamy, monogamy, polygamy
gastric, gastronomic, gastritis, gastropod
generous
genesis, genetics, eugenics, genealogy,
gen
birth, race, produce
generate, genetic, antigen, pathogen
geo
earth
geometry, geography, geocentric, geology
germ
vital part
germination, germ, germane
gest
carry, bear
congest, gestation
giga
billion
gigabyte, gigaflop
gin
careful
gingerly
gloss, glot
tongue
glossary, polyglot, epiglottis
glu, glo
lump, bond, glue
glue, agglutinate, conglomerate
gor
to gather, to bring together category, categorize
grad, gress, gree to gather, to bring together, grade, degree, progress, gradual, graduate,

step, go
graph, gram, graf write, written, draw
grat
grav
greg
hale, heal
helio
hema, hemo

pleasing
heavy, weighty
herd
make whole, sound
sun
blood

her, here, hes

stick

hetero

other, different

hex, ses, sex

six

homo

same

hum, human
hydr, hydra,
hydro

earth, ground, man

hyper

over, above

hypn
-ia

in, im

sleep
Noun: names, diseases
Noun: related to, one that
is
Noun: art of healing
Adjective: quality, relation
Noun: related to the arts
and sciences
Noun: act
Verb: cause
fire
Adjective: having the
qualities of
into, on, near, towards

in, im, il, ir

not

infra

-ing
-ing

beneath
Noun: material made for,
activity, result of an
activity
Verb: present participle
Adjective: activity

inter

between, among

-ian, an
-iatry
-ic
-ic, ics
-ice
-ify
ignis
-ile

-ing

water

egress
graph, graphic, autograph, photography,
graphite, telegram, polygraph, grammar,
biography, lithograph, graphic
congratulate, gratuity, grateful, ingrate
grave, gravity, aggravate, gravitate
gregarious, congregation, segregate, gregarian
inhale, exhale, heal, healthy, healthiness
heliograph, heliotrope, heliocentric
hemorrhage, hemoglobin, hemophilia, hemostat
adhere, cohere, cohesion, inherent, hereditary,
hesitate
heterodox, heterogeneous, heterosexual,
heterodyne
hexagon, hexameter, sestet, sextuplets
homogenize, homosexual, homonym,
homophone
humus, exhume, humane
dehydrate, hydrant, hydraulic, hydraulics,
hydrogen, hydrophobia
hyperactive, hypertensive, hyperbolic,
hypersensitive, hyperventilate, hyperkinetic
hypnosis, hypnotherapy
phobia
pedestrian, human
psychiatry
generic
arithmetic, economics
malice
specify
ignite, igneous, ignition
projectile
instead, import
illegible, irresolute, inaction, inviolate,
innocuous, intractable, innocent, impregnable,
impossible, imposter
infrared, infrastructure
flooring, swimming, building
depicting
cohering
international, intercept, interject, intermission,
internal, intermittent,

within, during, between

layers, underneath
intro
into, within, inward
-ion
Noun: condition or action
Adjective: having the
-ish
character of
Noun: doctrine, belief,
-ism
action or conduct
-ist
Noun: person or member
-ite
Noun: state or quality
-ity, ty
Noun: state or quality
-ive
Noun: condition
Adjective: having the
-ive, -ative, -itive
quality of
-ize
Verb: cause
intra

intramural, intranet, intranatal

interoffice, introvert, introspection, introduce
abduction
newish
formalism
podiatrist
graphite
lucidity, novelty
native
festive, cooperative, sensitive

fantasize
reject, eject, project, trajectory, interject,
jac, ject
throw
dejected, inject, ejaculate, adjacent
adjoining, enjoin, juncture, conjunction,
join, junct
join
injunction, conjunction
judice
judge
prejudice
jug, junct, just to join
junction, adjust, conjugal
juven
young
juvenile, rejuvenate
labor
work
laborious, belabor
lau, lav, lot, lut wash
launder, lavatory, lotion, ablution, dilute
lect, leg, lig
choose, gather, select, read collect, legible, eligible
leg
law
legal, legislate, legislature, legitimize
Adjective: without,
-less
motiveless
missing
levi
light
alleviate, levitate, levity
lex, leag, leg
law
legal, college, league
liber, liver
free
liberty, liberal, liberalize, deliverance
lide
strike
collide, nuclide
liter
letters
literary, literature, literal, alliteration, obliterate
loc, loco
place, area
location, locally, locality, allocate, locomotion
word, study, say, speech,
log, logo, ology
catalog, prologue, dialogue, zoology, logo
reason, study
eloquent, loquacious, colloquial,
loqu, locut
talk, speak
circumlocution
luc, lum, lun, lus,
translucent, luminary, luster, luna, illuminate,
light
lust
illustrate
lude
play
prelude
-ly
Adverb: in the manner of fluently
macr-, macer
lean
emaciated, meager
magnify, magnificent, magnanimous, magnate,
magn
great
magnitude, magnum
main
strength, foremost
mainstream, mainsail, domain, remain

mal

bad, badly

man, manu

hand, make, do

mand
mania
mar, mari, mer
matri

command
madness
sea, pool
mother
half, middle, between,
halfway

medi
mega

great, million

mem

recall, remember

ment
-ment
meso

mind
Noun: condition or result
middle

meta

beyond, change

meter
metr

measure
admeasure, apportion

micro

small, millionth

migra
mill, kilo
milli
min

wander
thousand
thousandth
little, small

mis

wrong, bad, badly

mit, miss

send

mob, mov, mot

mon

move
warn, remind

mono

one

mor, mort

mortal, death

morph

shape, form

multi

many, much

nano
billionth
nasc, nat, gnant,
to be born
nai

malformation, maladjusted, dismal, malady,

malcontent,malfunction, malfeasance,
maleficent
manual, manage, manufacture, manacle,
manicure, manifest, maneuver, emancipate,
management
mandatory, remand, mandate
mania, maniac, kleptomania, pyromania
marine, marsh, maritime, mermaid
matrimony, maternal, matriarchate, matron
mediate, medieval, Mediterranean, mediocre,
medium
megaphone, megaton, megaflop,
megalomaniac, megabyte, megalopolis
memo, commemoration, memento, memoir,
memorable
mental, mention
document
mesomorph, mesoamerica, mesosphere
metaphor, metamorphosis, metabolism,
metahistorical, metainformation
meter, voltammeter, barometer, thermometer
metrics, asymmetric, parametric, telemetry
microscope, microfilm, microcard, microwave,
micrometer, microvolt
migrate, emigrant, immigrate
millennium, kilobyte, kiloton
millisecond, milligram, millivolt
minute, minor, minuscule
misconduct, misinform, misinterpret,
mispronounce, misnomer, mistake, misogynist
emit, remit, submit, admit, commit, permit,
transmit, omit, intermittent, mission, missile
motion, remove, mobile, motor
monument, admonition, monitor, premonition
monopoly, monotype, monologue,
mononucleosis, monorail, monotheist,
mortal, immortal, mortality, mortician,
mortuary
amorphous, dimorphic, metamorphosis,
morphology, polymorphic, morpheme,
amorphous
multifold, multilingual, multiped, multiply,
multitude, multipurpose, multinational
nanosecond, nanobucks
nascent, native, pregnant, naive

nat, nasc

to be from, to spring forth innate, natal, native, renaissance

Neolithic, nuveau riche, neologism, neophyte,
neo
new
neonate
Noun: state, condition,
-ness
kindness
quality
neuritis, neuropathic, neurologist, neural,
neur
nerve
neurotic
nom
law, order
autonomy, astronomy, gastronomy, economy
nom, nym
name
nominate, synonym
nomen, nomin name
nomenclature, nominate, ignominious
non
nine
nonagon
non
not
nonferrous, nonsense, nonabrasive, nondescript
nov
new
novel, renovate, novice, nova, innovate
nox, noc
night
nocturnal, equinox, noctilucent
numer
number
numeral, numeration, enumerate, innumerable
numisma
coin
numismatics
ob, oc, of, op
toward, against, in the way oppose, occur, offer, obtain
oct
eight
octopus, octagon, octogenarian, octave
Oligocene, oligosaccharide, oligotrophic,
oligo
few, little
oligarchy
omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent,
omni
all, every
omnivorous
onym
name
anonymous, pseudonym, antonym, synonym
oper
work
operate, cooperate, opus
-or
Noun: condition or activity valor, honor, humor, minor
ortho
straight, correct
orthodox, orthodontist, orthopedic, unorthodox
-ory
Noun: place for, serves for territory, rectory
-ous, -eous, -ose, Adjective: having the
adventurous, courageous, verbose, fractious
-ious
quality of, relating to
over
excessive, above
overwork, overall, overwork
pac
peace
pacifist, pacify, pacific ocean
pair, pare
arrange, assemblage, two repair, impair, compare, prepare
Paleozoic, Paleolithic, paleomagnetism,
paleo
old
paleopsychology
Pan-American, pan-African, panacea,
pan
all
pandemonium (place of all the demons),
paradox, paraprofessional, paramedic,
para
beside
paraphrase, parachute
pat, pass, path
feel, suffer
patient, passion, sympathy, pathology
pater, patr
father
paternity, patriarch, patriot, patron, patronize
path, pathy
feeling, suffering
pathos, sympathy, antipathy, apathy, telepathy
pedal, impede, pedestrian, centipede, tripod,
ped, pod
foot
podiatry, antipode, podium
pedo
child
orthopedic, pedagogue, pediatrics
pel, puls
drive, push, urge
compel, dispel, expel, repel, propel, pulse,
impulse, pulsate, compulsory, expulsion,

pend, pens, pond hang, weigh

per
through, intensive
peri
around
phage
eat
phan, phas, phen,
show, make visible
fan, phant, fant
phe
speak

repulsive
pendant, pendulum, suspend, appendage,
pensive, append
persecute, permit, perspire, perforate, persuade
periscope, perimeter, perigee, periodontal
macrophage, bacteriophage
phantom, fantasy

phil

love

phlegma

inflammation

phobia, phobos

fear

phon

sound

phot, photo

light

pico
pict
plac, plais
pli, ply
plore
plu, plur, plus
pneuma,
pneumon
pod

trillionth
paint, show, draw
please
fold
cry out, wail
more

blaspheme, cipher, phenomenon, philosopher

philosopher, philanthropy, philharmonic,
bibliophile
phlegm, phlegmatic
phobia, claustrophobia, acrophobia,
aquaphobia, ergophobia, homophobia
telephone, phonics, phonograph, phonetic,
homophone, microphone, symphony,
euphonious
photograph, photoelectric, photogenic,
photosynthesis, photon
picofarad, picocurie, picovolt
picture, depict
placid, placebo, placate, complacent
reply, implicate, ply
implore, exploration, deploring
plural, pluralist, plus

breath

pneumatic, pneumonia,

foot, feet

poli

city

poly

many

podiatry, tripod
metropolis, police, politics, Indianapolis,
megalopolis, acropolis
polytheist, polygon, polygamy, polymorphous
postpone, component, opponent, proponent,
expose, impose, deposit, posture, position,
expound, impound
population, populous, popular
porter, portable, transport, report, export,
import, support, transportation
portion, proportion
postpone, postdate
potential, potentate, impotent
precede
apprehend, comprehend, comprehensive,
prehensile
primacy, prima donna, primitive, primary,
primal, primeval, prince, principal
propel

pon, pos, pound place, put

pop

people

port

carry

portion
post
pot
pre, pur

part, share
after, behind
power
before

prehendere

seize, grasp

prin, prim, prime first

pro

for, foward

proto

first

psych

mind, soul

punct

point, dot

pute
quat, quad

think
four

quint, penta

five

quip
ship
quir, quis, quest,
seek, ask
quer
re
back, again
reg, recti

straighten

retro

backwards

ri, ridi, risi

rog, roga
rupt

laughter
ask
break

sacr, sanc, secr

sacred

salv, salu

safe, healthy

sanct

holy

sat, satis
enough
sci, scio, scientia know
scope

see, watch

scrib, script

write

se
sect, sec

apart, move away from

cut

sed, sess, sid

sit

semi

half, partial

sen, scen

old, grow old

sent, sens

feel, think

sept

seven

sequ, secu, sue

follow

serv

save, serve, keep

-ship

Noun: status, condition

prototype, protocol, protagonist, protozoan,

Proterozoic, protoindustrial
psyche, psychiatry, psychology, psychosis
punctual, punctuation, puncture, acupuncture,
punctuation
dispute, computer
quadrangle, quadruplets
quintet, quintuplets, pentagon, pentane,
pentameter
equip, equipment
query, inquire, exquisite, quest
report, realign, retract, revise, regain
regiment, regular, rectify, correct, direct,
rectangle
retrorocket, retrospect, retrogression,
retroactive
deride, ridicule, ridiculous, derision, risible
prerogative, interrogation, derogatory
rupture, interrupt, abrupt, disrupt, ruptible
sacred, sacrosanct, sanction, consecrate,
desecrate
salvation, salvage, salutation
sanctify, sanctuary, sanction, sanctimonious,
sacrosanct
satient, saturate, satisfy
science, conscious, omniscient, cognocienti
telescope, microscope, kaleidoscope, periscope,
stethoscope
scribe, scribble, inscribe, describe, subscribe,
prescribe, manuscript
secede
intersect, transect, dissect, secant, section
sediment, session, obsession, possess, preside,
president, reside, subside
semifinal, semiconscious, semiannual,
semimonthly, semicircle
senior, senator, senile, senescence, evanescent
sentiment, consent, resent, dissent, sentimental,
sense, sensation, sensitive, sensory, dissension
septet, septennial
sequence, consequence, sequel, subsequent,
prosecute, consecutive, second, ensue, pursue
servant, service, subservient, servitude,
preserve, conserve, reservation, deserve,
conservation, observe
relationship, friendship

sign, signi

sign, mark, seal

signal, signature, design, insignia, significant

similar, assimilate, simulate, simulacrum,
simil, simul
like, resembling
simultaneous
assist, insist, persist, circumstance, stamina,
sist, sta, stit
stand, withstand, make up
status, state, static, stable, stationary, substitute
soci
to join, companions
sociable, society
solo, soliloquy, solitaire, solitude, solitary,
sol, solus
alone
isolate
solvent, solve, absolve, resolve, soluble,
solv, solu, solut loosen, explain
solution, resolution, resolute, dissolute,
absolution
somn
sleep
insomnia, somnambulist
sophomore (wise fool), philosophy,
soph
wise
sophisticated
specimen, specific, spectator, spectacle, aspect,
spec, spect, spi,
speculate, inspect, respect, prospect,
look, see
spic
retrospective, introspective, expect,
conspicuous
sper
render favorable
prosper
sphere
ball, sphere
sphere, stratosphere, hemisphere, spheroid
spirit, conspire, inspire, aspire, expire, perspire,
spir
breath
respiration
stand, stant, stab,
stat, stan, sti, sta, stand
stature, establish, stance
st, stead
-ster
person
mobster, monster
strain, strict,
stringent, strict, restrict, constrict, restrain, boa
bind, pull, draw tight
string, stige
constrictor
stru, struct, stroy,
construe, structure, construct, instruct, obstruct,
build
stry
destruction, destroy, industry, ministry
sustain, survive, support, suffice, succeed,
sub, suc, suf,
under, below, from,
submerge, submarine, substandard, subnormal,
sup, sur, sus
secretly, instead of
subvert
sume, sump
take, use, waste
consume, assume, sump, presumption
superior, suprarenal, superscript, supernatural,
super, supra
over, above
superimpose, supercede
syn, sym
together, at the same time sympathy, synthesis, synchronous, syndicate
tact, tang, tag,
tactile, contact, intact, intangible, tangible,
touch
tig, ting
contagious, contiguous, contingent
tain, ten, tent, tin hold, keep, have
retain, continue, content, tenacious
tect, teg
cover
detect, protect, tegular, tegument
telephone, telegraph, telegram, telescope,
tele
distance, far, from afar
television, telephoto, telecast, telepathy,
telepathy
tempo, temporary, extemporaneously,
tem, tempo
time
contemporary, pro tem, temporal
ten, tin, tain
hold
tenacious, tenant, tenure, untenable, detention,

tend, tent, tens

stretch, strain

tera
term
terr, terra
test
the, theo

trillion
end, boundary, limit
earth
to bear witness
God, a god

therm

heat

thesis, thet
tire

place, put
draw, pull

tom

cut

tor, tors, tort

twist

tox
tract, tra, trai,
treat

poison

trans

across, beyond, change

tri

three

trib

pay, bestow

tribute
turbo

give
disturb

typ

print

ultima
umber,
umbraticum
un

last

retentive, content, pertinent, continent,

obstinate, contain, abstain, pertain, detain
tendency, extend, intend, contend, pretend,
superintend, tender, extent, tension, pretense
terabyte, teraflop
exterminate, terminal
terrain, terrarium, territory, terrestrial
testament, detest, testimony, attest, testify
monotheism, polytheism, atheism, theology
thermometer, theorem, thermal, thermos bottle,
thermostat, hypothermia
antithesis, hypothesis, synthesis, epithet
attire, retire, entire
atom (not cutable), appendectomy,
tonsillectomy, dichotomy, anatomy
torture, retort, extort, distort, contort, torsion,
tortuous, torturous
toxic, intoxicate, antitoxin
attract, tractor, traction, extract, retract,
protract, detract, subtract, contract, intractable
transform, transoceanic, transmit,
transportation, transducer
tripod, triangle, trinity, trilateral
tribute, contribute, attribute, retribution,
tributary
contribute, distribute, tributary
turbulent, disturb, turbid, turmoil
type, prototype, typical, typography, typewriter,
typology, typify
ultimate, ultimatum

shadow

umbra, penumbra, (take) umbrage, adumbrate

not, against, opposite

uni

one

unceasing, unequal
uniform, unilateral, universal, unity,
unanimous, unite, unison, unicorn

-ure

Noun: act, condition,

process, function

vac

empty

vade

go

vale, vali, valu

strength, worth

veh, vect

to carry

ven, vent

come

ver, veri

true

drag, draw, pull

exposure, conjecture, measure

vacate, vacuum, evacuate, vacation, vacant,
vacuous
evade, invader
equivalent, valiant, validity, evaluate, value,
valor
vector, vehicle, convection, vehement
convene, intervene, venue, convenient, avenue,
circumvent, invent, convent, venture, event,
advent, prevent
very, aver, verdict, verity, verify, verisimilitude

verb, verv

word

vert, vers

turn, change

vi
vic, vicis
vict, vinc

way
change, substitute
conquer

vid, vis

see

viv, vita, vivi

alive, life

voc, voke

call

vol
volcan

will
fire

volv, volt, vol

turn about, roll

vor

eat greedily

-ward
-wise
with
-y
-y
zo

Adverb: in a direction or
manner
Adverb: in the manner of,
with regard to
against
Noun: state, condition,
result of an activity
Adjective: marked by,
having
animal

verify, veracity, verbalize, verve

convert, revert, advertise, versatile, vertigo,
invert, reversion, extravert, introvert, diversion,
introvert, convertible, reverse, controversy
viable, vibrate, vibrant
vicarious, vicar, vicissitude
victor, evict, convict, convince, invincible
video, evident, provide, providence, visible,
revise, supervise, vista, visit, vision, review,
indivisible
revive, survive, vivid, vivacious, vitality,
vivisection, vital, vitamins, revitalize
vocation, avocation, convocation, invocation,
evoke, provoke, revoke, advocate, provocative,
vocal
malevolent, benevolent, volunteer, volition
volcano, vulcanize, Vulcan
revolve, voluble, voluminous, convolution,
revolt, evolution
voracious, carnivorous, herbivorous,
omnivorous, devour
homeward
timewise, clockwise, bitwise
withhold, without, withdraw, forthwith
society, victory
hungry, angry, smeary, teary
zoo (zoological garden), zoology, zodiac,
protozoan