English - Root Words

Some of the words have the same definition so some answers might appear as wrongs but are not.

Ab-

Away

\-Able/Ible

Capable of

Ad-

To; Toward

\-Al

Having to do with

Amb/Ambi-

Around; both

Ante-

Before

\-Anthrop-

Human

Anti-

Against

Aqu-

Water

Ast-

Star

Aud-

Hear

Auto-

Self

Ben/Bene-

Good

Bi-

Two

Bio-

Life

Cent-

Hundred

Chrono-

Time

Circum-

Around

Co/Con-

With; Together

Counter-

Opposing

\-Cred-

Believe

\-Cycl-

Circle

Dec-

Ten

Dem/Demo

People

Di/Du-

Two

Dia-

Across; Through

\-Dic/Dict-

Speak; Say

Dis-

Not

\-Ence/Ance

State; Condition

Equ-

Equal

Ex-

Former; Past

\-Fer

Carry

Frac/Frag-

Break

\-Ful

Full of

Gen-

Born

Geo-

Earth

Grad-

Step

\-Graph

Write

Hydro/Hydra-

Water

Hyper-

Over; Beyond

\-ian

Related to; like

\-Ic/Tic

Having to do with

\-ile

related to

in-

not

inter-

between

Intra-

Within

\-ism

Condition; Belief in

\-ist

Person who does

\-ity

State of being

\-Ject

Throw

Junct-

Join

\-less

without

\-log-

word

\-ly

how; how often

magn-

large; great

mal-

bad; evil

man-

hand

medi-

middle

mega-

large

\-meter

measure

micro-

small

min-

small

mis-

wrong

\-miss/mit-

send

mon/mono-

one

\-mort-

death

multi-

many

non-

not

oct/octo-

eight

\-ology

study of

ortho-

straight

\-ous

having

pan-

all

para-

beside; related

\-path-

disease; feeling

ped-

foot

\-phobia

fear

\-phon

sound

photo-

light

phys-

body; nature

\-plex

parts; units

poly-

many

\-port

carry

\-pos-

put; place

post-

after

pre-

before

psych-

mind

quad-

four

re-

again

retro-

back; backwards

\-rupt

break

\-scope

look; see

script/scrib

write

\-sect-

cut

semi-

half

\-sens/sent-

to feel

\-soci-

people

\-sol-

alone

\-spec-

see

\-spir-

breathe