Common Roots and Prefixes

Flashcards of common roots and prefixes.

a/an

without/lack of

ab

away from, off of

ambi/amphi

both, on both sides, around

anti

against, opposite

ante

before, previous

auto/auth

self

ben/bene

good, helpful

bi

two, double, split, half

circum

around

con/col/com

together, with

de

opposite, reverse

dis

apart, away

em/en

within/put inside

endo/ind

inside, within

equ

equal, same

eu

good, positive

ex

out, away

exo/ecto

outside, external

geo

Earth, ground

in

in, into, towards

in/im/ir

not, opposite

intro

into, inside

mal

bad, evil

met/meta

changed, different, boundary

mis

wrong

mono

one, singular

ob

against, facing

pan

every, all

par/para

beside, similar

post

after

re

back, again

sub

under

super/sur

over, beyond

syl/sym/syn

alongside, same, together

tele

beyond, afar

un

opposite, against

anim

life

aud

hearing, listening

bio

life

chron

time

cis/cise

cut/shorten

cred

belief

dur

length of time

fort

strength

graph

writing

gress

movement

ject

throw, cast

laud

praise

loc/loq

speech

mag/magna

great (big or good)

nov

new

pac

peace

path

feeling

ped

foot, walk

phil

love

spec

look at, observe

terr

earth, land

ultim

final, end

ver

truth

vit/viv

life

uni, sol, mono

one, singular

bi, di, du/deu

two, divided

tri, ter

three

quad, tetra

four

pent, quin

five

hex, sext

six

hept, sept

seven

oct

eight

nona

nine

dec

ten