ASVAB Word Knowledge

-able, -ible

capable or worthy of

-ful

full of

-fy, -ify

to make or cause

-ish

like, inclined to, somewhat

-ism

act of, state of

-ist

one who does

-ize

make into

-logue, -log

discourse

-logy

discourse

-ment

state of being

-oid

like, resembling

-ty, -ity

state of being

act

do

aero

air

ambu

walk

anthrop

human

annu, anni

year

aster, astr

star

audi

hear

biblio

book

bio

life

brev

short

capit

head

card, cord, cour

heart

carn

flesh

cede

go

shron

time

cide

killing

cis

cut

claim

shout, cry out

congn

know

crat

rule

culp

blame

dem

people

dic, dict

speak

dorm

sleep

fer

carry

fuge

flee

geo

earth

gram

something written or recorded

graph

to write

jac, ject

throw

jur

law

labor

work

loc

place

luc

light

manu

hand

meter, metr

measure

morph

form

mort

die

omni

all

op, oper

work

path

feeling, suffering

ped, pod

foot

philo, phil

like, love

phobe

fear

phon

sound

photo

light

phys

nature, body

scrib

write

stro, stru

build

ter

earth

vac

empty

verb

word

vid, vis

see

vol, volv

turn, roll

a-, an-

without

ante-

before

anti-

against, opposing

bene-

good, well

auto-

self

bi-

two

cen-

hundres, hundreth

circum-

around

co-

together, with

com-

bring together

contra-

against

counter-

opposite, against

de-

away from, down, undoing

dis-

the opposite, undoing

ex-

out of, away from

hetero-

different

homo-

same

hyper-

above, excessive

il-/in-/ir-

not

inter-

between

intra-

within

mal-

bad or ill

micro-

small

milli-

thousand, thousandth

mis-

bad, wrong

mono-

one

neo-

new

non-

not

paleo-

old, ancient

pan-

all, all over

poly-

many

post-

after, behind

pre-

before

pro-

forward, before, in favor of