Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes Vocabulary

Vocabulary flashcards covering common English prefixes, roots, and suffixes along with their meanings.

a-

without

ab-

away

-cious / -uous

abounding in

acu

sharp

agri

farming

alb

white

amb

both

ambul

walk, move

amic

friendly

ana-

back

anti- / ant-

against, opposite

arche / archi

primitive, origin

auto

self

bel

war, fight

bene

good

bi-

two

cata-

intensive, according to

cede / cess / ced

go, withdraw

ceive

take

cent

hundred

cerebr

brain

cert

sure

chron

time

-cide

kill

circum

around

clam / claim

shout, speak

clar

clear

clud / clus

close

clin / cline

lean

co-

with, together, joint

cog

know

con

together, common

contra

against

corp

body

counter

opposing, contrary

-cracy / -crat

rule

cred

believe

crypt

hidden, secret

culp

blame, fault

cumul

mass, heap

dem

people

di-

twice, two

dia-

across, through

domin

master

don

give

dorm

sleep

dur

harden, long lasting

dyn

power, energy

-ence / -ance

state, condition

esth / aesth

beauty, feeling

ethn

nation, race

eu-

good, well

ex-

out, former

extra-

beyond

fer

carry, bring

fid

trust

flect / flex

bend

fore

in front of, previous

fusc

dark

ger

old age

grad / gress

to step, to go

gyn

woman

homo / homeo

same, alike

hyper-

over, beyond

hypo-

under

-ian

related to

idio

peculiar, distinct

in- / im-

not

infra-

beneath

inter-

between

ir-

not

iso

equal

lab

work

lat

broad, wide

laud

praise

lex

word, law

loq

speech

luc

light

macro

large, great

mal

bad, evil

medi

middle

melan

black, dark

meta-

change, beyond, after

micro

small

migr

move

min

small

mis-

wrong, bad

miss / mit

send, cast

mono

one

mort

death

nat

born

neg

no

neo

new

nov

new

null

none

ob- / op-

in the way, against

omni

all

opt

best

-ous

having

oxy

sharp