word roots

a

Lack of

Ab/abs

Away from; separation

Ambi

Both

Ami

Friend

Ante

Before

Anthro

Human

Anti

Against

Arch

Primary

Auto

Self

Bell/belli

War

Ben

Good

Bio

Life

Chrom

Color

Chron

Time

Circu

Around

Co/com/con

With; together

Cogn

To know

Contra/counter

Against; opposite

Cred

To believe

Culp

Guilt

De

away; down; off

Dic/dict

To speak

Dis

Not; against

Dys

Bad

Eff

Talk

Ego

Self

Equi

Equal

Eu

Good; well

Ex

Away from; outside

Fort

Strength

Gen

Birth; life

Gress/grad

Step

Hyper

Too much

Hypo

Too little

Icon

Image

In/im

Not

Inter

Between

Intra/intro

Within; inside

Jud

Law

Laud

To praise

Loq/log

Speech, talking

Luc

To shed light upon

Mal

Bad

Mand

To order

Mis

Opposite

Mort

Death

Multi

Many

Mut

To change

Neo

New

Non

Not

Nounce

Speak

Ob

To block; to hinder

-ology

Study of

Omni

All

-ous

Full of; filled with

Pan

All

Path

Emotion

Pecu

Money

Peri

Around

Phil

Love

phobia

Fear

Phon

Sound

Plac

to calm; to please

Poly

Many

Pot

Power

Pro

For, forward

Re

Again

scrib/script

To write

Spect

To look

Sub

Under

Super

Above

Temp

Time

Tort

Twist

Trans

Across

Un

Not

Uni

Single

Ver/veri

Truth