Roots & Prefixes Lists 7 & 8

pan-, panto-

all, entire; panorama, pantomime

arch-

ancient, chief; archangel

ped-, pod-

foot; tripod, peddle

mit-, miss-

send; dismiss, admit

son-

sound; sonic

uni-

one; unity

verb-

word; verbally

dem-

people; demographic

hetero-

different; heterozygous

eu-

good, pleasant; euphoric

phon-

sound; phonic

meter-

instrument for measuring; decimeter

litera-

letter; literacy

dys-

bad, ill, difficult; dystopia

photo-

light; photography

ben(e)-

good; benevolence

man(u)-

hand; manuscript

mater-, matri-

mother; maternity, matriarch

pater-, patri-

father; paternity, patriarch

brev-

brief, short; brevial

cid-, cis-

kill, cut; homicide, scissors

tract-

pull, draw; distract

sequ-, secut-

follow; sequel, consecutive

homo-

same; homozygous

path-

feeling, suffering, disease; empathic

mor(t)-

death, die; immortality

mal-

bad, badly, evil, ill; malevolent

culp-

fault, blame; culprit

tele-

far, distance; telescopic

und-, unda-

wave, flow; undulate

inter-

between, among; interrelate

intra-, intro-

within, inside; intravainance, introduction

contra-

against; contraception

re-

back, again, against; reaccuse

hyper-

excessive, over; hyperrealism

hypo-

under, beneath; hypothermia

cosm-

world, order; microcosm

spec-, spect-

see; circumspect