Most Common Roots, Prefixes, & Suffixes

Flashcards matching word roots, prefixes, and suffixes to their verbatim meanings from the study list.

ab

away

acer (acid)

bitter, sour

acro

top, height

acu

sharp

aer

air, atmosphere

agri

farming

alb

white

amb

around, both

ambul

walk, move

amic

friendly

anim

life, living

ann (enn)

year

ante

before

anthro

human

anti (ant)

against, opposite

aqu

water

arbor

tree

arche (archi)

primitive, origin

arthr

joint

astro

star

audi

hearing, sound

auto

self

avi

bird

bel

war, fight

bene

good

bi

two

biblio

book

bio

life

blast

cell, primitive

bon

good

cap

head

capt (cept)

take hold of

cardi

heart

cata

intensive, according

caust (caut)

to burn

cede (cess, ced)

go, withdraw

ceive

take

cent

hundred

cerebr

brain

cert

sure

chron

time

cide

kill

circum

around

clam (claim)

shout, speak

clar

clear

clud (clus)

close

clin (cline)

lean

co

with, together, join

cog

know

con

together, common

contra

against

corp

body

cosm

world

counter

opposing, contrary

cracy (crat)

government, authority

cred

believe

crypt

hidden, secret

culp

blame, fault

cumul

mass, heap

cycle

circle

dec (deka)

ten

dem

people

dent

tooth

derma

skin

di

twice, two

dia

across, through

dic (dict)

speak

domin

master

don

give

dorm

sleep

dur

harden, long lasting

dyn

power, energy

ego

self

ence (ance)

state, condition

endo

within, inside

esth (aesth)

beauty, feeling

ethn

nation, race

eu

good, well

ex

out, former

extra

beyond

fac

make, do

famil

a close attendant

femin

woman

fend (fens)

strike

fer

carry, bring

fid

trust

flect (flex)

bend

foli

leaf

fore

in front of, previous

fract (frag)

to break

fug

flee, escape

fum

smoke

fusc

dark

gen

family, born

geo

earth

ger

old age

giga

A billion

gon

angle

grad (gress)

to step, to go

gram

writing