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Breaking Down Words

  • “ambu” means “move”

  • “andro” means “man”

  • “anthro” means “human” 

  • “bellu” means “fight” 

  • “clam” means “shout”

  • “clin” means “bend” 

  • “cred” means “trust”

  • “fract” means “break” 

  • “gnos” means “knowledge” 

  • “grad” means “to go”

  • “greg” means “group” 

  • “gyn” means “female” 

  • “her” means “to stick” 

  • “jac” means “to throw” 

  • “ject” means “to throw” 

  • “lum” means “light” 

  • “meta” means “change” 

  • “morph” means “shape” 

  • “narco” means “sleep” 

  • “oper” means “work” 

  • “pac” means “calm” 

  • “plac” means “calm” 

  • “phon” means “sound” 

  • “senti” means “emotion” or “feeling” 

  • “somn” means “sleep” 

  • “son” means “sound” 

  • “soph” means “wise” 

  • “spec” means “look” 

  • “term” means “end” 

  • “theo” means “god” 

  • “ven” means “come” 

  • “vid” means “to see” 

  • “voc” means “call”

  • “vol” means “will”

  • “A-/An-” means “without”

  • “Ab-” means “away”

  • “Ad-” means “toward”

  • “Anim-” means “mind” or “spirit”

  • “Ante-” means “before”

  • “Anti-” means “against” or “opposite of”

  • “Auc-” means “increase”

  • “Aug-” means “increase”

  • “Aud-” means “hear”

  • “Aur-” means “hear”

  • “Auto-” means “self”

  • “Ben-” means “good”

  • “Bon-” means “good”

  • “Circum-” means “around”

  • “Co-” means “joint” or “together”

  • “Con-” means “with”

  • “Contra-” means “against” or “opposite” 

  • “De-” means “separation” or “negation”

  • “Hyper- means “over” or “excess”

  • “Hypo-” means “beneath” or “below”

  • “Inter-” means “between” or “among”

  • “Intra-” means “within” or “inside”

  • “Ir-” means “not”

  • “Mal-” means “bad” or “wrongful”

  • “Post-” means “behind” or “after”

  • “Pre-” means “before”

  • “Pro-” means “forward movement” or “advancement”

  • “Se-” means “apart”

  • “Sub-” means “below,” “secondary,” or “part of”

  • “Super-” means “above” or “excess” 

  • “Syn-” means “with” or “together”

  • “Trans-” means “across” or “through”

  • “Ultra-” means “beyond” or “on the far side of”

  • “Vice-” means “in place of”

  • “-able” means “capable of”

  • “-ate” means “make” or “function”

  • “-cess” means “move” or “yield”

  • “-cede” means “move” or “yield”

  • “-cide” means “to kill”

  • “-cis” means “shorten”

  • “-ette” means “feminine role” or “smaller form”

  • “-ist” means “a person related to something”

  • “-logy” means “the study of something”

  • “-ology” means “the study of something”

  • “-ous” means “full of”

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Breaking Down Words

  • “ambu” means “move”

  • “andro” means “man”

  • “anthro” means “human” 

  • “bellu” means “fight” 

  • “clam” means “shout”

  • “clin” means “bend” 

  • “cred” means “trust”

  • “fract” means “break” 

  • “gnos” means “knowledge” 

  • “grad” means “to go”

  • “greg” means “group” 

  • “gyn” means “female” 

  • “her” means “to stick” 

  • “jac” means “to throw” 

  • “ject” means “to throw” 

  • “lum” means “light” 

  • “meta” means “change” 

  • “morph” means “shape” 

  • “narco” means “sleep” 

  • “oper” means “work” 

  • “pac” means “calm” 

  • “plac” means “calm” 

  • “phon” means “sound” 

  • “senti” means “emotion” or “feeling” 

  • “somn” means “sleep” 

  • “son” means “sound” 

  • “soph” means “wise” 

  • “spec” means “look” 

  • “term” means “end” 

  • “theo” means “god” 

  • “ven” means “come” 

  • “vid” means “to see” 

  • “voc” means “call”

  • “vol” means “will”

  • “A-/An-” means “without”

  • “Ab-” means “away”

  • “Ad-” means “toward”

  • “Anim-” means “mind” or “spirit”

  • “Ante-” means “before”

  • “Anti-” means “against” or “opposite of”

  • “Auc-” means “increase”

  • “Aug-” means “increase”

  • “Aud-” means “hear”

  • “Aur-” means “hear”

  • “Auto-” means “self”

  • “Ben-” means “good”

  • “Bon-” means “good”

  • “Circum-” means “around”

  • “Co-” means “joint” or “together”

  • “Con-” means “with”

  • “Contra-” means “against” or “opposite” 

  • “De-” means “separation” or “negation”

  • “Hyper- means “over” or “excess”

  • “Hypo-” means “beneath” or “below”

  • “Inter-” means “between” or “among”

  • “Intra-” means “within” or “inside”

  • “Ir-” means “not”

  • “Mal-” means “bad” or “wrongful”

  • “Post-” means “behind” or “after”

  • “Pre-” means “before”

  • “Pro-” means “forward movement” or “advancement”

  • “Se-” means “apart”

  • “Sub-” means “below,” “secondary,” or “part of”

  • “Super-” means “above” or “excess” 

  • “Syn-” means “with” or “together”

  • “Trans-” means “across” or “through”

  • “Ultra-” means “beyond” or “on the far side of”

  • “Vice-” means “in place of”

  • “-able” means “capable of”

  • “-ate” means “make” or “function”

  • “-cess” means “move” or “yield”

  • “-cede” means “move” or “yield”

  • “-cide” means “to kill”

  • “-cis” means “shorten”

  • “-ette” means “feminine role” or “smaller form”

  • “-ist” means “a person related to something”

  • “-logy” means “the study of something”

  • “-ology” means “the study of something”

  • “-ous” means “full of”

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