Word Parts 1 Study Material

Word Roots AP Lang

root

root

the form of a word after all affixes are removed

affix

an additional element placed at the beginning or end of a root, stem, or word, or in the body of a word, to modify its meaning

prefix

an affix places before a word, root, or another prefix to modify a term’s meaning

suffix

an affix added to the end of a word or root, serving to form a new word functioning as an inflectional ending

a/an (ex: atypical)

not, without; unusual or irregular

ambi, amphi (ex: ambiguous)

around, both

ann, enn (ex: annual)

year

able/ible (ex: acceptable)

capable

aer (ex: aerodynamic)

air

alter (ex: alternate)

other

anthrop (ex: anthropology)

human

ante/anti (ex: antecedent)

before

anti (ex: antisocial)

against/opposite

apt (ex: adapt)

fit/join

aud (ex: audible)

hear

auto (ex: autopilot)

self

bell (ex: rebel)

war

bene (ex: benefit)

good

bi (ex: biannual)

two/twice

biblio (ex: bibliography)

book

bio (ex: biology)

life

cede/ceed (ex: suceed)

go

chrono (ex: chronic)

time

cide (ex: homicide)

death

circum (ex: circumference)

around

cogn (ex: recognize)

to know

co/con/com (ex: community)

with/together

contra/o (ex: contrast)

against

counter (ex: counterargument)

opposite

cracy (ex: democracy)

government

cred (ex: credible)

trust/believe

cur (ex: current)

run

de (ex: descend)

down/remove

dem/demo (ex: demographic)

people

dict (ex: dictate)

say

dis/dys/dif (ex: differ)

not/negative

duct (ex:induction)

lead

ego Iex: egotistical)

self

equi (ex: equation)

equal

eu (ex: euphoria)

good/well

e/ex (ex: ex-boyfirend)

former/out

extra/extro (ex: extravagant)

outside/beyond

fid (ex: confidant)

trust/faith

fin (ex: finite)

end

fore (ex: forecast)

in front of/before

fract/frag (fracture)

break

gen (ex: generation)

birth

geo (ex: geography)

earth

graph/gram (ex: biography)

write

grat (ex: grateful)

pleasing

grad/gress (ex: progress)

to step

hetero (ex: heterogeneous)

different

hydra (ex: hydration)

water

hyper (ex: hyperactive)

over

hypo (ex: hypothermia)

under

il/im/in/ir (ex: insensitive)

not

inter (ex: intermission)

between

intra/o (introspective)

within

ject (ex: reject)

throw

jud (ex: judge)

law

junct (ex: junction)

join

juven (ex: juvenile)

young

kilo (ex: kilometer)

thousand

lab (ex: laborious)

work

liber (ex: liberty)

free

log/loc (ex: logic)

words/speech

luc/lum (ex: illuminate)

light