Root, Prefix or

Meaning Examples
Suffix

a, ac, ad, af, ag, to, toward, near, in aside, accompany, adjust, aggression, allocate, annihilate,
al, an, ap, as, at addition to, by affix, associate, attend, adverb

apolitical, atheist, anarchy, anonymous, apathy, aphasia,

a-, an- not, without
anemia
ab, abs away from, off absolve, abrupt, absent
Adjective: worth,
-able, -ible solvable, incredible
ability

acer, acid, acri bitter, sour, sharp acerbic, acidity, acrid, acrimony

act, ag do, act, drive active, react, agent, active, agitate

acu sharp acute, acupuncture, accurate
Noun: state or
-acy, -cy privacy, infancy, adequacy, intimacy, supremacy
quality
act, product, sweet
-ade blockade, lemonade
drink
air, atmosphere,
aer, aero aerial, aerosol, aerodrome
aviation
ag, agi, ig, act do, move, go agent, agenda, agitate, navigate, ambiguous, action
Noun: activity, or
-age courage, suffrage, shrinkage, tonnage
result of action
pertaining to fields
agri, agro agriculture, agroindustry
or soil
Noun: action,
-al referral, disavowal, disposal, festival
result of action
Adjective: quality,
-al, -ial, -ical structural, territorial, categorical
relation
white, without
alb, albo albino, albite
pigment
ali, allo, alter other alias, alibi, alien, alloy, alter, alter ego, altruism
alt high, deep altimeter, altitude
am, ami, amor love, like, liking amorous, amiable, amicable, enamoured
ambi both ambidextrous
ambul to walk ambulatory, amble, ambulance, somnambulist
-an Noun: person artisan, guardian, historian, magician
up, back, again,
ana, ano anode, anagram, anagenetic
anew
Noun: action,
-ance, -ence state, quality or resistance, independence, extravagance, fraudulence
process

Noun: state, quality

-ancy, -ency vacancy, agency, truancy, latency
or capacity

male,
andr, andro characteristics of androcentric, android
men
ang angular angle
mind, life, spirit,
anim animal, animate, animosity
anger

ann, annu, enni yearly annual, annual, annuity, anniversary, perrenial

 Noun: an agent,
-ant, -ent something that disinfectant, dependent, fragrant
performs the action

Adjective: kind of
-ant, -ent, -ient important, dependent, convenient
agent, indication
anterior, anteroom, antebellum, antedate, antecedent
ante before
antediluvian
anthrop man anthropology, misanthrope, philanthropy
antisocial, antiseptic, antithesis, antibody, antinomies,
anti, ant against, opposite
antifreeze, antipathy
anti, antico old antique, antiquated, antiquity

away from,
apo, ap, aph apology, apocalypse, aphagia
detached, formed

aqu water aqueous

Adjective:
-ar, -ary resembling, related spectacular, unitary
to
archangel, architect, archaic, monarchy, matriarchy,
arch chief, first, rule
patriarchy, Archeozoic era
Noun:
-ard, -art braggart, drunkard, wizard
characterized
aster, astr star aster, asterisk, asteroid, astronomy, astronaut
Noun: state, office,
-ate candidate, electorate, delegate
fuction

-ate Verb: cause to be graduate, ameliorate, amputate, colligate

Adjective: kind of
-ate inviolate
state
Noun: action,
-ation specialization, aggravation, alternation
resulting state
to originate, to
auc, aug, aut augment , author, augment, auction
increase
aud, audi, aur, audience, audio, audible, auditorium, audiovisual, audition,
to hear, listen
aus 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, excessively,
be berate, bedeck, bespeak, belittle, beleaguer
make, cause,
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

bio, bi life biography, biology, biometricsm biome, biosphere

brev short abbreviate, brevity, brief
cad, cap, cas, receive, deceive, capable, capacious, captive, accident,
to take, to seize, to
ceiv, cept, capt, capture, occasion, concept, intercept, forceps, except,
hold
cid, cip 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

cause, cuse, cus cause, motive because, excuse, accusation

to go, to yield,
ceas, ced, cede, succeed, proceed, precede, recede, secession, exceed,
move, go,
ceed, cess succession
surrender
cent hundred centennial, century, centipede
centr, centri center eccentricity, centrifugal, concentric, eccentric
chrom color chrome, chromosome, polychrome, chromatic
chronology, chronic, chronicle chronometer, anachronism,
chron time
synchronize
to kill, to cut, cut fratricide, homicide, incision, incision, circumcision,
cide, cis, cise
down scissors
circumnavigate, circumflex, circumstance, circumcision,
circum around circumference, circumorbital, circumlocution, circumvent,
circumscribe, circulatory
cit call, start incite, citation, cite
civ citizen civic, civil, civilian, civilization

clam, claim cry out exclamation, clamor, proclamation, reclamation, acclaim

clin lean, bend decline, aclinic, inclination

include, exclude, clause, claustrophobia, enclose,
clud, clus claus to close, shut
exclusive, reclusive, conclude
cohesiveness, cognate, collaborate, convene,
co, cog, col, coll, commitment, compress, contemporary, converge,
with, together
con, com, cor compact, confluence, convenient, concatenate, conjoin,
combine, correct
recognize, cognizant, diagnose, agnostic, incognito,
cogn, gnos to know
prognosis

com, con fully complete, compel, conscious, condense, confess, confirm

contr, contra, contradict, counteract, contravene, contrary, counterspy,

against, opposite
counter contrapuntal
cord, cor, cardi heart cordial, concord, discord, courage, encourage
corporation, corporal punishment, corpse, corpulent,
corp body
corpus luteum
cort correct escort, cortage
cosm universe, world cosmos, microcosm, cosmopolitan, cosmonaut
cour, cur, curr,
run, course occur, excursion, discourse, courier, course
curs
crat, cracy rule autocrat, aristocrat, theocracy, technocracy
cre, cresc, cret,
grow create, crescent, accretion, increase
crease
crea create creature, recreation, creation
creed, credo, credence, credit, credulous, incredulous,
cred believe
incredible
cresc, cret,
rise, grow crescendo, concrete, increase, decrease, accrue
crease, cru

crit separate, choose critical, criterion, hypocrite

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

cur, curs run
precursor, cursive
cura care curator, curative, manicure
wheel, circle,
cycl, cyclo Cyclops, unicycle, bicycle, cyclone, cyclic
circular

from, down, away,

detach, deploy, derange, decrease, deodorize, devoid,
de- to do the opposite,
deflate, degenerate
reverse, against

dec, deca ten, ten times decimal, decade, decalogue, decimate, decathlon
dec, dign suitable decent decorate dignity
dei, div God divinity, divine, deity, divination, deify

people, populace,
dem, demo democracy, demography, demagogue, epidemic
population

dent, dont tooth dental, denture, orthodontist, periodontal

derm skin, covering hypodermic, dermatology, epidermis, taxidermy

di-, dy- two, twice, double divide, diverge, diglycerides

through, across, diameter, diagonal, dialogue dialect, dialectic, diagnosis,

dia
between diachronic
dictation, dictionary, dictate, dictator, Dictaphone, edict,
dic, dict, dit say, speak
predict, verdict, contradict, benediction

not, opposite of,

dismiss, differ, disallow, disperse, dissuade, divide,
dis, dif reverse, separate,
disconnect, disproportion, disrespect, distemper, disarray
deprive of, away

dit give credit, audit

doc, doct teach, prove docile, doctor, doctrine, document, dogma, indoctrinate

master, that which

domin dominate, dominion, predominant, domain
is under control

don give donate, condone

dorm sleep dormant, dormitory
thought, opinion,
dox orthodox, heterodox, paradox, doxology
praise
-drome run, step syndrome, aerodrome, velodrome
produce, abduct, product, transducer, viaduct, aqueduct,
duc, duct to lead, pull
induct, deduct, reduce, induce
dura hard, lasting durable, duration, endure
dynam power dynamo, dynamic, dynamite, hydrodynamics

bad, abnormal,
dys- difficult, impaired, dysfunctional, dyslexia, dyspathy
unfavorable
 not, missing, out,
fully, away,
e- emit, embed, eternal,ether, erase, email, e-tailer
computer network
related
ec- out of, outside echo, eclipse, eclectic, ecesis, ecstasy, exzema

household,
environment,
eco- ecology, economize, ecospheres, ecomanagement
relating to ecology
or economy

ecto- outside, external ectomorph, ectoderm, ectoplasm

-ed Verb: past tense dressed, faded, patted, closed, introduced
Adjective: having
-ed the quality or winged, moneyed, dogged, tiered
characteristics of
Verb: to cause to
-en lengthen, moisten, sharpen
become

-en Adjective: material golden, woolen, silken

put into, make,

en-, em- provide with, enamor, embolden, enslave, empower, entangle
surround with
Noun: action or
-ence, -ency process, quality or reference, emergency, dependence, eminence, latency
state
endorse, endocardial, endergonic, endoskeleton,
end- inside, within
endoscope, endogenous

upon, close to,

epi- epicenter, epicarp, epilogue, epigone, epidiorite
over, after, altered

equidistant, equilateral, equilibrium, equinox, equation,

equi- equal
equator
Adjective:
-er, -ier better, brighter, sooner, hotter, happier
comparative
Noun: person or
flyer, reporter, player, member, fryer, collector,
-er, -or thing that does
concentrator
something
-er, -or Verb: action ponder, dishonor, clamor

erg work, effect energy, erg, allergy, ergometer, ergograph, ergophobia

collective qualities,
art, practice, trade,
-ery snobbery, bakery, geenery, gallery, slavery
collection, state,
condition

Noun: plural of
most nouns ending
-es, -ies in -ch, -s, -sh, -o passes, glasses, ladies, heroes
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
-est, -iest latest, strongest, luckiest, lyingest
Adverb: superlative

ev-, et- time, age medieval, eternal

out of, away from,

ex- exit, exhale, exclusive, exceed, explosion, ex-mayor
lacking, former

exter-, extra-, external, extrinsic, extraordinary, extrapolate, extraneous,

outside of, beyond
extro- extrovert
fa, fess speak fable, fabulous, fame, famous, confess, profess
fac, fact, fec, difficult, fashion, feasible, feature, factory, fact, effect,
do, make
fect, fic, fas, fea 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, shape, make,
fiction, faint, feign
feat fashion
fid belief, faith confide, diffident, fidelity
confidante, fidelity, confident, infidelity, infidel, federal,
fid, fide, feder faith, trust
confederacy, semper fi
fig shape, form figurem, effigy, figure, figment
fila, fili thread filigree, filament, filter, filet, filibuster
end, ended,
fin final, finite, finish, confine, fine, refine, define, finale
finished
fix repair, attach fix, fixation, fixture, affix, prefix, suffix
flex, reflex, flexible, flexor, inflexibility, reflect,
flex, flect bend
deflect,circumflex
flict strike affliction, conflict, inflict

flu, fluc, fluv, flux flow influence, fluid, flue, flush, fluently, fluctuate, reflux, influx

Adverb: in a
-fold manner of, marked fourfold
by
for, fore before forecast, fortune, foresee
forc, fort strength, strong effort, fort, forte, fortifiable, fortify, forte, fortitude

form shape, resemble form, format, conform, formulate, perform, formal, formula

fract, frag, frai break fracture, infraction, fragile, fraction, refract, frail
fuge flee subterfuge, refuge, centrifuge

Noun: an amount
-ful mouthful
or quanity that fills

Adjective: having,
-ful fanciful
giving, marked by
fuse pour confuse, transfuse
-fy make, form into falsify, dandify
gam marriage bigamy, monogamy, polygamy
gastr, gastro stomach gastric, gastronomic, gastritis, gastropod
gen kind generous
birth, race, genesis, genetics, eugenics, genealogy, generate, genetic,
gen
produce 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
to gather, to bring
gor category, categorize
together

to gather, to bring
grad, gress, gree grade, degree, progress, gradual, graduate, egress
together, step, go

graph, graphic, autograph, photography, graphite,

graph, gram,
write, written, draw telegram, polygraph, grammar, biography, lithograph,
graf
graphic
grat pleasing congratulate, gratuity, grateful, ingrate
grav heavy, weighty grave, gravity, aggravate, gravitate
greg herd gregarious, congregation, segregate, gregarian
make whole,
hale, heal inhale, exhale, heal, healthy, healthiness
sound
helio sun heliograph, heliotrope, heliocentric
hema, hemo blood hemorrhage, hemoglobin, hemophilia, hemostat

her, here, hes stick adhere, cohere, cohesion, inherent, hereditary, hesitate

hetero other, different heterodox, heterogeneous, heterosexual, heterodyne

hex, ses, sex six hexagon, hexameter, sestet, sextuplets

homo same homogenize, homosexual, homonym, homophone

hum, human earth, ground, man humus, exhume, humane

hydr, hydra, dehydrate, hydrant, hydraulic, hydraulics, hydrogen,

water
hydro hydrophobia
hyperactive, hypertensive, hyperbolic, hypersensitive,
hyper over, above
hyperventilate, hyperkinetic
hypn sleep hypnosis, hypnotherapy
Noun: names,
-ia phobia
diseases
Noun: related to,
-ian, an pedestrian, human
one that is
Noun: art of
-iatry psychiatry
healing
Adjective: quality,
-ic generic
relation
 Noun: related to
-ic, ics the arts and arithmetic, economics
sciences
-ice Noun: act malice
-ify Verb: cause specify
ignis fire ignite, igneous, ignition
Adjective: having
-ile projectile
the qualities of
into, on, near,
in, im instead, import
towards

illegible, irresolute, inaction, inviolate, innocuous,

in, im, il, ir not
intractable, innocent, impregnable, impossible, imposter

infra beneath infrared, infrastructure

Noun: material
-ing made for, activity, flooring, swimming, building
result of an activity

Verb: present
-ing depicting
participle
-ing Adjective: activity cohering
international, intercept, interject, intermission, internal,
inter between, among
intermittent,
within, during,
intra between layers, intramural, intranet, intranatal
underneath

intro into, within, inward interoffice, introvert, introspection, introduce

Noun: condition or
-ion abduction
action
Adjective: having
-ish newish
the character of
Noun: doctrine,
-ism belief, action or formalism
conduct
Noun: person or
-ist podiatrist
member
Noun: state or
-ite graphite
quality
Noun: state or
-ity, ty lucidity, novelty
quality
-ive Noun: condition native
Adjective: having
-ive, -ative, -itive festive, cooperative, sensitive
the quality of
-ize Verb: cause fantasize
reject, eject, project, trajectory, interject, dejected, inject,
jac, ject throw
ejaculate, adjacent
adjoining, enjoin, juncture, conjunction, injunction,
join, junct join
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
 choose, gather,
lect, leg, lig collect, legible, eligible
select, read
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,
log, logo, ology speech, reason, catalog, prologue, dialogue, zoology, logo
study
loqu, locut talk, speak eloquent, loquacious, colloquial, circumlocution
luc, lum, lun, lus,
light translucent, luminary, luster, luna, illuminate, illustrate
lust
lude play prelude
Adverb: in the
-ly fluently
manner of
macr-, macer lean emaciated, meager
magnify, magnificent, magnanimous, magnate, magnitude,
magn great
magnum

main strength, foremost mainstream, mainsail, domain, remain

malformation, maladjusted, dismal, malady,

mal bad, badly
malcontent,malfunction, malfeasance, maleficent

manual, manage, manufacture, manacle, manicure,

man, manu hand, make, do
manifest, maneuver, emancipate, management

mand command mandatory, remand, mandate

mania madness mania, maniac, kleptomania, pyromania
mar, mari, mer sea, pool marine, marsh, maritime, mermaid
matri mother matrimony, maternal, matriarchate, matron

half, middle,
medi mediate, medieval, Mediterranean, mediocre, medium
between, halfway

megaphone, megaton, megaflop, megalomaniac,

mega great, million
megabyte, megalopolis

mem recall, remember memo, commemoration, memento, memoir, memorable

ment mind mental, mention

Noun: condition or
-ment document
result
meso middle mesomorph, mesoamerica, mesosphere
metaphor, metamorphosis, metabolism, metahistorical,
meta beyond, change
metainformation
meter measure meter, voltammeter, barometer, thermometer
admeasure,
metr metrics, asymmetric, parametric, telemetry
apportion
microscope, microfilm, microcard, microwave, micrometer,
micro small, millionth
microvolt
migra wander migrate, emigrant, immigrate
mill, kilo thousand millennium, kilobyte, kiloton
milli thousandth millisecond, milligram, millivolt
min little, small minute, minor, minuscule
misconduct, misinform, misinterpret, mispronounce,
mis wrong, bad, badly
misnomer, mistake, misogynist
emit, remit, submit, admit, commit, permit, transmit, omit,
mit, miss send
intermittent, mission, missile
mob, mov, mot move motion, remove, mobile, motor
mon warn, remind monument, admonition, monitor, premonition
monopoly, monotype, monologue, mononucleosis,
mono one
monorail, monotheist,
mor, mort mortal, death mortal, immortal, mortality, mortician, mortuary
amorphous, dimorphic, metamorphosis, morphology,
morph shape, form
polymorphic, morpheme, amorphous
multifold, multilingual, multiped, multiply, multitude,
multi many, much
multipurpose, multinational
nano billionth nanosecond, nanobucks
nasc, nat, gnant,
to be born nascent, native, pregnant, naive
nai
to be from, to
nat, nasc innate, natal, native, renaissance
spring forth

neo new Neolithic, nuveau riche, neologism, neophyte, neonate

Noun: state,
-ness kindness
condition, quality
neur nerve neuritis, neuropathic, neurologist, neural, 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
toward, against, in
ob, oc, of, op oppose, occur, offer, obtain
the way
oct eight octopus, octagon, octogenarian, octave
oligo few, little Oligocene, oligosaccharide, oligotrophic, oligarchy
omni all, every omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, omnivorous
onym name anonymous, pseudonym, antonym, synonym
oper work operate, cooperate, opus
Noun: condition or
-or valor, honor, humor, minor
activity
ortho straight, correct orthodox, orthodontist, orthopedic, unorthodox
Noun: place for,
-ory territory, rectory
serves for
 Adjective: having
-ous, -eous, -
the quality of, adventurous, courageous, verbose, fractious
ose, -ious
relating to
over excessive, above overwork, overall, overwork
pac peace pacifist, pacify, pacific ocean

arrange,
pair, pare repair, impair, compare, prepare
assemblage, two

paleo old Paleozoic, Paleolithic, paleomagnetism, paleopsychology

Pan-American, pan-African, panacea, pandemonium

pan all
(place of all the demons),
paradox, paraprofessional, paramedic, paraphrase,
para beside
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, podiatry,
ped, pod foot
antipode, podium
pedo child orthopedic, pedagogue, pediatrics
compel, dispel, expel, repel, propel, pulse, impulse,
pel, puls drive, push, urge
pulsate, compulsory, expulsion, repulsive
pend, pens, pendant, pendulum, suspend, appendage, pensive,
hang, weigh
pond append

per through, intensive persecute, permit, perspire, perforate, persuade

peri around periscope, perimeter, perigee, periodontal

phage eat macrophage, bacteriophage
phan, phas,
phen, fan, phant, show, make visible phantom, fantasy
fant
phe speak blaspheme, cipher, phenomenon, philosopher
phil love philosopher, philanthropy, philharmonic, bibliophile
phlegma inflammation phlegm, phlegmatic
phobia, claustrophobia, acrophobia, aquaphobia,
phobia, phobos fear
ergophobia, homophobia
telephone, phonics, phonograph, phonetic, homophone,
phon sound
microphone, symphony, euphonious
photograph, photoelectric, photogenic, photosynthesis,
phot, photo light
photon
pico trillionth picofarad, picocurie, picovolt

pict paint, show, draw picture, depict

plac, plais please placid, placebo, placate, complacent

pli, ply fold reply, implicate, ply
plore cry out, wail implore, exploration, deploring
plu, plur, plus more plural, pluralist, plus
pneuma,
breath pneumatic, pneumonia,
pneumon
pod foot, feet podiatry, tripod
metropolis, police, politics, Indianapolis, megalopolis,
poli city
acropolis
poly many polytheist, polygon, polygamy, polymorphous

postpone, component, opponent, proponent, expose,

pon, pos, pound place, put
impose, deposit, posture, position, expound, impound

pop people population, populous, popular

porter, portable, transport, report, export, import, support,
port carry
transportation
portion part, share portion, proportion
post after, behind postpone, postdate
pot power potential, potentate, impotent
pre, pur before precede

prehendere seize, grasp apprehend, comprehend, comprehensive, prehensile

primacy, prima donna, primitive, primary, primal, primeval,

prin, prim, prime first
prince, principal
pro for, foward propel
prototype, protocol, protagonist, protozoan, Proterozoic,
proto first
protoindustrial
psych mind, soul psyche, psychiatry, psychology, psychosis

punct point, dot punctual, punctuation, puncture, acupuncture, punctuation

pute think dispute, computer

quat, quad four quadrangle, quadruplets
quint, penta five quintet, quintuplets, pentagon, pentane, pentameter
quip ship equip, equipment
quir, quis, quest,
seek, ask query, inquire, exquisite, quest
quer
re back, again report, realign, retract, revise, regain
reg, recti straighten regiment, regular, rectify, correct, direct, rectangle
retro backwards retrorocket, retrospect, retrogression, retroactive
ri, ridi, risi laughter deride, ridicule, ridiculous, derision, risible
rog, roga ask prerogative, interrogation, derogatory
rupt break rupture, interrupt, abrupt, disrupt, ruptible

sacr, sanc, secr sacred sacred, sacrosanct, sanction, consecrate, desecrate

salv, salu safe, healthy salvation, salvage, salutation

sanct holy sanctify, sanctuary, sanction, sanctimonious, sacrosanct

sat, satis enough satient, saturate, satisfy

sci, scio, scientia know science, conscious, omniscient, cognocienti

telescope, microscope, kaleidoscope, periscope,

scope see, watch
stethoscope
scribe, scribble, inscribe, describe, subscribe, prescribe,
scrib, script write
manuscript
apart, move away
se secede
from
sect, sec cut intersect, transect, dissect, secant, section
sediment, session, obsession, possess, preside,
sed, sess, sid sit
president, reside, subside
 semifinal, semiconscious, semiannual, semimonthly,
semi half, partial
semicircle
sen, scen old, grow old senior, senator, senile, senescence, evanescent
sentiment, consent, resent, dissent, sentimental, sense,
sent, sens feel, think
sensation, sensitive, sensory, dissension
sept seven septet, septennial
sequence, consequence, sequel, subsequent, prosecute,
sequ, secu, sue follow
consecutive, second, ensue, pursue

servant, service, subservient, servitude, preserve,

serv save, serve, keep
conserve, reservation, deserve, conservation, observe

Noun: status,
-ship relationship, friendship
condition
sign, signi sign, mark, seal signal, signature, design, insignia, significant

simil, simul like, resembling similar, assimilate, simulate, simulacrum, simultaneous

stand, withstand, assist, insist, persist, circumstance, stamina, status, state,

sist, sta, stit
make up static, stable, stationary, substitute
to join,
soci sociable, society
companions
sol, solus alone solo, soliloquy, solitaire, solitude, solitary, isolate
solvent, solve, absolve, resolve, soluble, solution,
solv, solu, solut loosen, explain
resolution, resolute, dissolute, absolution
somn sleep insomnia, somnambulist
soph wise sophomore (wise fool), philosophy, sophisticated
specimen, specific, spectator, spectacle, aspect,
spec, spect, spi,
look, see speculate, inspect, respect, prospect, retrospective,
spic
introspective, expect, conspicuous
sper render favorable prosper
sphere ball, sphere sphere, stratosphere, hemisphere, spheroid

spir breath spirit, conspire, inspire, aspire, expire, perspire, respiration

stand, stant,
stab, stat, stan, stand stature, establish, stance
sti, sta, st, stead

-ster person mobster, monster

strain, strict, bind, pull, draw
stringent, strict, restrict, constrict, restrain, boa constrictor
string, stige tight
stru, struct, construe, structure, construct, instruct, obstruct,
build
stroy, stry destruction, destroy, industry, ministry

sub, suc, suf, under, below, from, sustain, survive, support, suffice, succeed, submerge,
sup, sur, sus secretly, instead of submarine, substandard, subnormal, subvert

sume, sump take, use, waste consume, assume, sump, presumption

superior, suprarenal, superscript, supernatural,
super, supra over, above
superimpose, supercede
together, at the
syn, sym sympathy, synthesis, synchronous, syndicate
same time
tact, tang, tag, tactile, contact, intact, intangible, tangible, contagious,
touch
tig, ting contiguous, contingent

tain, ten, tent, tin hold, keep, have retain, continue, content, tenacious

tect, teg cover detect, protect, tegular, tegument

 distance, far, from telephone, telegraph, telegram, telescope, television,
tele
afar telephoto, telecast, telepathy, telepathy
tempo, temporary, extemporaneously, contemporary, pro
tem, tempo time
tem, temporal
tenacious, tenant, tenure, untenable, detention, retentive,
ten, tin, tain hold content, pertinent, continent, obstinate, contain, abstain,
pertain, detain
tendency, extend, intend, contend, pretend, superintend,
tend, tent, tens stretch, strain
tender, extent, tension, pretense
tera trillion terabyte, teraflop
end, boundary,
term exterminate, terminal
limit
terr, terra earth terrain, terrarium, territory, terrestrial
test to bear witness testament, detest, testimony, attest, testify
the, theo God, a god monotheism, polytheism, atheism, theology
thermometer, theorem, thermal, thermos bottle,
therm heat
thermostat, hypothermia
thesis, thet place, put antithesis, hypothesis, synthesis, epithet
tire draw, pull attire, retire, entire
atom (not cutable), appendectomy, tonsillectomy,
tom cut
dichotomy, anatomy
torture, retort, extort, distort, contort, torsion, tortuous,
tor, tors, tort twist
torturous
tox poison toxic, intoxicate, antitoxin
tract, tra, trai, attract, tractor, traction, extract, retract, protract, detract,
drag, draw, pull
treat subtract, contract, intractable
across, beyond, transform, transoceanic, transmit, transportation,
trans
change transducer
tri three tripod, triangle, trinity, trilateral
trib pay, bestow tribute, contribute, attribute, retribution, tributary
tribute give contribute, distribute, tributary
turbo disturb turbulent, disturb, turbid, turmoil
type, prototype, typical, typography, typewriter, typology,
typ print
typify
ultima last ultimate, ultimatum
umber,
shadow umbra, penumbra, (take) umbrage, adumbrate
umbraticum
not, against,
un unceasing, unequal
opposite
uniform, unilateral, universal, unity, unanimous, unite,
uni one
unison, unicorn

Noun: act,
-ure condition, process, exposure, conjecture, measure
function

vac empty vacate, vacuum, evacuate, vacation, vacant, vacuous

vade go evade, invader
vale, vali, valu strength, worth equivalent, valiant, validity, evaluate, value, valor
veh, vect to carry vector, vehicle, convection, vehement
convene, intervene, venue, convenient, avenue,
ven, vent come circumvent, invent, convent, venture, event, advent,
prevent
ver, veri TRUE very, aver, verdict, verity, verify, verisimilitude
verb, verv word verify, veracity, verbalize, verve
convert, revert, advertise, versatile, vertigo, invert,
vert, vers turn, change reversion, extravert, introvert, diversion, introvert,
convertible, reverse, controversy
vi way viable, vibrate, vibrant

vic, vicis change, substitute vicarious, vicar, vicissitude

vict, vinc conquer victor, evict, convict, convince, invincible

video, evident, provide, providence, visible, revise,
vid, vis see
supervise, vista, visit, vision, review, indivisible
revive, survive, vivid, vivacious, vitality, vivisection, vital,
viv, vita, vivi alive, life
vitamins, revitalize
vocation, avocation, convocation, invocation, evoke,
voc, voke call
provoke, revoke, advocate, provocative, vocal
vol will malevolent, benevolent, volunteer, volition
volcan fire volcano, vulcanize, Vulcan

volv, volt, vol turn about, roll revolve, voluble, voluminous, convolution, revolt, evolution

vor eat greedily voracious, carnivorous, herbivorous, omnivorous, devour

Adverb: in a
-ward direction or homeward
manner
Adverb: in the
-wise manner of, with timewise, clockwise, bitwise
regard to
with against withhold, without, withdraw, forthwith
Noun: state,
-y condition, result of society, victory
an activity

Adjective: marked
-y hungry, angry, smeary, teary
by, having

zo animal zoo (zoological garden), zoology, zodiac, protozoan