ASVAB Prefixes, Suffixes, and roots

Prefixes: A-

No, Not,

Prefixes: Ab- or Abs-

away, from

Prefixes: Anti-

Against (1)

Prefixes: Bi-

two

Prefixes: Circum-

Around

Prefixes: Com- or Con-

with, together

Prefixes: Contra- or Counter-

Against (2)

Prefixes: De-

away from

Prefixes: Deca-

ten

Prefixes: Extra-

Outside, beyond

Prefixes: Fore-

In front of

Prefixes: Geo-

Earth

Prefixes: Hyper-

above, over

Prefixes: Il-

not (1)

Prefixes: Mal- or Male-

evil, bad

Prefixes: Multi-

Many

Prefixes: Ob-

blocking

Prefixes: Omni-

all

Prefixes: out-

External

Prefixes: que-, quer-, or ques-

ask

Prefixes: re-

back again

Prefixes: Semi-

half

Prefixes: Super-

over, more

Prefixes: Tele-

far

Prefixes: trans-

across

Prefixes: Um-

Not (2)

Suffixes: -able or -ible

Capable of (adjective)

Suffixes: -age

act of (noun)

Suffixes: -al

relating to (Adj)

Suffixes: -ance or -ence

instance of an action (noun)

Suffixes: -ation

action, process (noun)

Suffixes: -en

made from (adj, verb)

Suffixes: -ful

full of (adj)

Suffixes: -ic

relating to, like (adj)

Suffixes: -ical

processing a quality of (adj)

Suffixes: -ion

result of, act of (noun)

Suffixes: -ish

resembling (adj, noun)

Suffixes: -ism

condition or manner (noun)

Suffixes: -ist

one who or that which does (noun)

Suffixes: -ity

quality of or state of (noun)

Suffixes: -less

not having (adj, noun)

Suffixes: -let

small one (noun)

Suffixes: -ly

like (adj, adverb)

Suffixes: -ment

act or process of (noun)

Suffixes: -ness

processing a quality (adj, noun)

Suffixes: -or, -er

one that does a thing (noun)

Suffixes: -ous

state of (adj)

Root: anthro or anthrop

relating to humans

Root: Bibl

reading to books

Root: Brev

Short

Root: Cede or Ceed

go, yield

Root: Chrom

Color

Root: Cogn

know

Root: Corp

Body

Root: dict

speak

Root: Domin

Rule

Root: Flu or fluc

Flow

Root: Form

Shape

Root: Fract or Frag

Break

Root: Graph

Writing

Root: Junct

Join

Root: Liber

Free

Root: Lum or Lumen

Light

Root: Oper

Work

Root: Path or Pathy

suffer, feeling

Root: port

Carry

Root: Press

Squeeze

Root: Sens or sent

Feel

Root: Tract

Pull

Root: Voc or Vok

Call

Root: Scrib or script

Write