You are on page 1of 2

Root Meaning Example Root Meaning Example

belli War Rebellion tact Touch Contact


biblio Book Bibliography tempor Time Contemporary
bio Life Biology tract Pull, Draw out Attractive
cosm Order Microcosm vene Assemble, Meet Convene
cycl Circle Cyclone vent Come, Go Advent
dic Two Dichotomy vers Turn Reverse
dict Word Dictate vert Turn Convert
duc Carry, Lead Conducive voc Voice, Call Vocal
duct Carry, Lead Conduct vok Voice, Call Revoke
fac Do, Make Facsimile volu Turn, Roll Convoluted
fact Do, Make Manufacture volve Turn, Roll Involve
fect Do, Make Perfect Prefix Meaning Example
form Shape Uniform ante Before Anterior
fort Strong Fortify anti Against, Not in favor Anticipate
geo Earth Geography auto Self Autonomous
gram Write Telegram bi Two Bisect
graph Write Autograph circum Circle, Around Circumvent
homo Same Homophone co With, Together Coherent
log Speech, Study of Dialog col With, Together Collect
logy Speech, Study of Analogy corn With, Together Complex
man Hand Manage con With, Together Condense
manu Hand Manual de Down, Reverse Decline
mater Mother, home Maternity dis No, Not Disregard
matri Mother, home Matriarch e Out, From Emit
medi Middle Mediocre ex Out, From Export
miss Send Dismiss im No, Not Improper
mit Send Submit in Not Inactive
multi Many Multiply inter between, Among Interact
nom Name Nominate it No, Not Irrelevant
nym Name Synonym micro Small, Tiny Microscopic
pater Father Paternal mis Wrong, Bad, Not Mistake
pathy Feeling, Suffering Sympathy mono One Monotone
patri Father Patriarch non Not Nonsense
ped Foot Pedal post After Postpone
port Carry Transport pre Before Preconception
scend Climb Ascend prim First Primary
scrib Write Scribble pro For, in favor of Promote
script Written, Language Postscript re Again Recover
secut Follow Consecutive sub Under Submit
sent Feel Consent sup Under Supposition
sequ Follow Subsequently trans Across, Over Transmit
tri Three Triple Verb Suffixes
ultra Excessive Ultrasonic ade Action or process Persuade
un No, Not Undeniable ate To make Accentuate
uni One Unique en To make Broaden
Adjective Suffix ish Action or process Flourish
able Capable of Affordable
ant Tendency to Dominant Noun Suffixes
alive Tendency to Innovative ary Place Library
ent Tendency to Persistent ation Process Population
etic Relating to Sympathetic cule Small Minuscule
ful Full of Harmful dom State of being Wisdom
ible Capable Discernible er One who does Teacher
ical Relating to Identical hood State of being Manhood
less Without Harmless ist One who does Geologist
ous Full of Famous ly like, similar to Manly
ry Occupation Ministry ment State of being Contentment
some Tendency to Bothersome ness State of being Happiness
y A quality of being Arbitrary ous Full of Enormous
Adverb Suffixes ry Occupation Dentistry
ly The way Predictably ship State of being Citizenship
ways The way Sideways
wise The way Otherwise

You might also like