Lecture Notes on Root Words and Affixes

Flashcards for vocabulary building using Greek and Latin roots and affixes.

-archy

rule by

-arch

ruler

-cracy

rule by

-crat

one who supports rule

-graphy

process of writing

-graph

instrument that writes

-gram

something written

-logy

speech study

-logue

speech

-mania

madness

-metry

process of measuring

-meter

instrument that measures

aut-

self

tele-

far away

tom-

to cut

a, an-

not, without

anti-

against

apo-

from away

Nomy

law of ; science of

-pathy

feelings

-philia

love of

-phile

one who loves

-phobia

fear of

-phobe

one who fears

-scopy

the viewing of

-scope

instrument to view

hydr-

water

macr-

long, large

mega(l)-

great, large, powerful; (as a prefix in measurements) one million

micr-

small

mon-

one

ana-

again

cata-

down, against, completely

Epi-

on, upon, above, near, in addition

acr-

all high top most

all-

other

hol-

whole

hom(e)-

same, similar

pan(t)-

all

poly-

many

Prot-

first

gno-

know

therm-

heat

typ-

impression, first character

amphi-

change

ec/ex-

out of, from

peri-

around, about

Mes-

middle

neo-

new

pale-

old

dia/di-

through, across, apart

en/em-

in

exo/ecto-

outside

mis-

hate

pher-, phor-

carry, bear

ball-, bol-, -ble-

throw, put

Phon

voice, sound

syn, sym, etc.

together

pro-

before, instead of

meta, met-

after, change

arist-

best

cac-

bad

heter-

other, different

hier-

sacred

olig-

few

acou-

hear

gen-

be born, produce; class, kind

sta-

stand, stop

par(a)-

alongside, abnormal

hyper-

above, excessive, extreme

hypo-

below, deficient

orth-

straight, correct

pseud-

false

scler-

hard

dys-

bad, defective, painful, difficult

eu-

good, favorable, normal

cri-

judge, separate

phem-/pha-

say, speak

phen-, phan-, pha-

appear, show

trop-

turn, affect

troph-

nourish, grow

ag-, act-, ig-

do, act, drive

capt-, cept-, ceive

take

ced-, ceed-, cess-

go

cur(r)-, curs-, cours-

run

fac-, fic-, fact-, fect-

make, do

pati-, pass-

suffer, endure

rap-, rapt-, rept-

snatch, seize

sec-, seg-, sect-

cut

vid-, vis-

see

Aqu-

water

Ante-

before

clud-, clus-

shut, close

Circum-

around

De-

down, away from

Equi-

equal

Extra-

outside, beyond

Gener

race, kind; become, produce

grad-, gress-

step, go

jac-, ject-

throw