common roots, prefixes, suffixes

-able / -ible

• is / can be

• affordable, sensible

-al / -ial

• having characteristics of

• radial, detrimental

-en

• made of

• golden

-ic

• having characteristics of

• heroic

-ion / -tion / -ation

• act/process

• motion, formation

-ity / -ty

• state of

• activity

-ment

• act of / state of being

• resentment

-ness

• state / condition of

• openness

-ous / -eous / ious

• having qualities of

• righteous / gracious

en- / em-

• cause to

• enact, embark

in- / im-

• in

• income, impulse

inter-

• between / among

• interrupt

mis-

• wrongly

• misspell

trans-

• across

• transmit

dyna

• power

• dynasty, dynamometer

auto

• self

• automobile, autobiography

dys

• bad / unlucky / hard

• dystopia

gram

• something written

• telegram

graph

• writing

• graphic

hypo

• below / beneath

• hypothermia

mis / miso

• hate

• misogyny

nym

• name

• synonym

phil

• love

• philosophy

phon

• sound

• phone

photo / phos

• light

• photograph, phosphorescence

techno

• art / science / skill

• technique

tele

• far off

• television, telephone

aud

• to hear

• audio

contra / counter

• against

• counterproductive, contrast

duc / duct

• to lead

• conduct

fac

• to do / make

• manufacture

fort

• strength

• fortify

ject / jac

• throw

• eject, project

mit

• to send

• transmit

port

• to carry

• transport

rupt

• to break

• rupture

sec / sect

• to cut

• dissect, section

sent

• to feel / send

• consent

spect

• to look

• spectate, inspect

struct

• to build

• structure

cede

• to go

• precede

demos

• people

• democracy

hypno / narco / somn

• sleep

• insomnia, hynosis

magni

• great / big

• magnify

man(u)

• hand

• manuscript

ortho

• straight

• orthodox

andro

• man

• android

pod

• foot

• podium

ambu

• move

• ambulance

bellu

• fight

• antebellum

clam

• shout

• exclamation

clin

• bend

• incline

cred

• trust

• credit

gnos

• knowledge

• diagnostic

grad

• to go

• graduate

greg

• group

• congregate

her / hes

• to stick

• hesitate / adhere

meta

• to change

• metamorphosis

oper

• work

• operate

pac / plac

• calm

• placid

soph

• wise

• sophisticated

term

• end

• terminate

ven

• come

• convene

vol

• will

• benevolent

voc

• call

• vocation

ab-

• away

• abort

ad-

• toward

• adhere

vice-

• in place of

• viceroy

se-

• apart

• separate

con- / syn-

• with / together

• synchronous, congruent

-cede

• move / yield

• recede

-cis

• shorten

• concise

apo

• away, off, apart

• apology

crypt

• to hide 

• encrypt

sur

• over, above

• surfeit

quis / quer

• to ask / seek / look

• inquisitive, query

vert / vers

• to turn / roll

• inverse