ASVAB: Word Knowledge 2025/2026

Ac or Arc

Examples: Acid, Acute, Exacerbate

sharp, bitter, sour

Act or Ag

Example: Activate, Agitate, Enact

to do, to force, or to lead

al/ali/alter

Example: Alias, Alien, Alternative

other or another

am

Example: amiable, amorous, enamored

love

ambi, amphi

Example: ambidextrous, ambiguous, amphibian

both, on both sides, around

ana

Example: analysis, analytic, anatomy

up, back, against, again, or throughout

anim

Example: animal, animosity, unanimous

of the life,, mind, soul, or breath

anthro, andr

Example: android, anthropologist, philanthropy

man or human

aqua, aque

Example: aquarium, aquatic, aqueduct

water

arch, archi, archy

chief, ruler, or principal

astro or aster

stars

auto

self, same or one

bell or belli

war (bellicose, belligerent, rebel)

ben or bene

good or well

bio

living matter or life

cant or chant

to sing

capt, kept, ceive

take or hold

carn

flesh

caust or caut

to burn

cede, ceed, cess

go, yield

centr

center

cern/cert/cret/crim/crit

to separate, to judge, to distinguish, to decide

chron

time

cis

to cut

claim or clam

shout or speak out

corp

body

cred

believe, trust

crypt, crypto

secret, hidden

dem

people

di

day

dole

to suffer or grieve

don/dot/dow

to give

dur

harden, to last, lasting

equ

equal, even

esce

becoming

fab or fam

to speak

fac/fic/fig/fait/feit/fy

to do, to make

fer

to bear, bring or carry

fi or fid

faith or trust

fin

end

fus

pour

gen

birth, production, or formation

geo

earth or soil

gn or gno

to know

grad of gress

step

gram or graph

to write or draw

hap

by chance

her or hes

stick

herb or herbi

grass or plant

idio

peculiar, personal, distinct

it or inter

way or journey

ject

to throw, to throw down

jud

judge

jur

swear, law

lab

to work

lang or ling

tongue

lav/lau/lu

to wash

lec, leg, lex

read, speak

lect or leg

to choose or select

lev

to lift, rise, or lighten

liber

free

loc, log,locu

word, speech, thought

luc/lum/lus

light

mag or max

big or great

mand or mend

to command, order, or entrust

mob, mot, or mov

to move

mut

change

nau or nav

ship or sailor

noc or nox

to harm

pac or peac

peace

pas/pat/path

feeling, suffering, disease

ped

child or education

ped or pod

foot

pel

drive, push

pet

seek, strive

phob

fear

phys

nature, medicine or the body

ple/plen

to fill, full

port

carry

pri or prim

first

put

to think

que or quis

to seek

rect

straight or right

salv

to save

sci

to know

sed/siss/sid

to sit, to settle

sens or sent

to feel, be aware

sol

alone

sourc/surg/surrect

rise

spec/spic

look, see

sum

total

tact/tag/tam/tang

touch

tain/ten/tent/tin

to hold

test

to bear witness

tor/torq/tort

twist

ult

last, beyond

vail or val

Strength, worth, or use

ver

truth

vid or vis

to see

voc or vok

word or calling