Breaking Down Words

ambu

means "move"

andro

means "man"

anthro

means "human"

bellu

means "fight"

clam

means "shout"

clin

means "bend"

cred

means "trust"

fract

means "break"

gnos

means "knowledge"

grad

means "to go"

greg

means "group"

gyn

means "female"

her

means "to stick"

jac

means "to throw"

ject

means "to throw"

lum

means "light"

meta

means "change"

morph

means "shape"

narco

means "sleep"

oper

means "work"

pac

means "calm"

plac

means "calm"

phon

means "sound"

senti

means "emotion" or "feeling"

somn

means "sleep"

son

means "sound"

soph

means "wise"

spec

means "look"

term

means "end"

theo

means "god"

ven

means "come"

vid

means "to see"

voc

means "call"

vol

means "will"

A-/An-

means "without"

Ab-

means "away"

Ad-

means "toward"

Anim-

means "mind" or "spirit"

Ante-

means "before"

Anti-

means "against" or "opposite of"

Auc-

means "increase"

Aug-

means "increase"

Aud-

means "hear"

Aur-

means "hear"

Auto-

means "self"

Ben-

means "good"

Bon-

means "good"

Circum-

means "around"

Co-

means "joint" or "together"

Con-

means "with"

Contra-

means "against" or "opposite"

De-

means "separation" or "negation"

Hyper-

means "over" or "excess"

Hypo-

means "beneath" or "below"

Inter-

means "between" or "among"

Intra-

means "within" or "inside"

Ir-

means "not"

Mal-

means "bad" or "wrongful"

Post-

means "behind" or "after"

Pre-

means "before"

Pro-

means "forward movement" or "advancement"

Se-

means "apart"

Sub-

means "below," "secondary," or "part of"

Super-

means "above" or "excess"

Syn-

means "with" or "together"

Trans-

means "across" or "through"

Ultra-

means "beyond" or "on the far side of"

Vice-

means "in place of"

-able

means "capable of"

-ate

means "make" or "function"

-cess

means "move" or "yield"

-cede

means "move" or "yield"

-cide

means "to kill"

-cis

means "shorten"

-ette

means "feminine role" or "smaller form"

-ist

means "a person related to something"

-logy

means "the study of something"

-ology

means "the study of something"

-ous

means "full of"