Most Common Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes

Question 1

-cious, -uous (vivacious)

Answer 1

abounding in

Question 2

acu (acupressure)

Answer 2

sharp

Question 3

alb (albino)

Answer 3

white

Question 4

ambul (amble, ambulance)

Answer 4

walk, move

Question 5

ana- (anachronism)

Answer 5

back

Question 6

arche, archi (archaic)

Answer 6

primitive, origin

Question 7

bel (antebellum)

Answer 7

war, fight

Question 8

cata (catastrophic, catalogue)

Answer 8

intensive, according to

Question 9

cede, cess, ced (recede, concede)

Answer 9

go, withdraw

Question 10

-ceive (receive)

Answer 10

take

Question 11

cerebr (cerebral)

Answer 11

brain

Question 12

cert (certain, ascertain)

Answer 12

sure

Question 13

clam, claim (exclaim, clamor)

Answer 13

shout, speak

Question 14

clar (clarify, declare)

Answer 14

clear

Question 15

clud, clus (seclude, conclusion)

Answer 15

close

Question 16

clin, cline (incline, recline)

Answer 16

lean

Question 17

cog (cognitive, incognito)

Answer 17

know

Question 18

-cracy, -crat (democracy, theocracy)

Answer 18

rule

Question 19

culp (culprit)

Answer 19

blame, fault

Question 20

cumul (cumulative)

Answer 20

mass, heap

Question 21

dem (democracy, demographics)

Answer 21

people

Question 22

di- (diverse, dioxide)

Answer 22

twice, two

Question 23

dia- (dialogue, diameter)

Answer 23

across, through

Question 24

domin (dominate)

Answer 24

master

Question 25

don (donate, pardon)

Answer 25

give

Question 26

dorm (dormitory, dormant)

Answer 26

sleep

Question 27

dur (durable, endure)

Answer 27

harden, long lasting

Question 28

dyn (dynamite, dynamic(

Answer 28

power, energy

Question 29

-ence, -ance (performance, conference)

Answer 29

state, condition

Question 30

esth, aesth (aesthetic, kinesthesia)

Answer 30

beauty, feeling

Question 31

ethn (ethnicity)

Answer 31

nation, race

Question 32

eu- (euphemism, euphoria)

Answer 32

good, well

Question 33

-fer (transfer, confer)

Answer 33

carry, bring

Question 34

fid (infidelity, confidence)

Answer 34

trust

Question 35

flect, flex (reflect, flexible)

Answer 35

bend

Question 36

fore (before, forebode)

Answer 36

in front of, previous

Question 37

fusc (obfuscation, infuscate)

Answer 37

dark

Question 38

ger (geriatrics)

Answer 38

old age

Question 39

grad, gress (digress, graduate)

Answer 39

to step, to go

Question 40

gyn (gynecology, misogyny)

Answer 40

woman

Question 41

-ian (librarian, pedestrian)

Answer 41

related to

Question 42

idio (idiotic, idiomatic)

Answer 42

peculiar, distinct

Question 43

infra (infrastructure, infrared)

Answer 43

beneath

Question 44

ir- (irrational, irrelevant)

Answer 44

not

Question 45

iso- (isotope)

Answer 45

equal

Question 46

lab (laboratory, elaborate)

Answer 46

work

Question 47

lat (dilate, latitude)

Answer 47

broad, wide

Question 48

laud (applause, laudably)

Answer 48

praise

Question 49

lex (dyslexic, lexicon)

Answer 49

word, law

Question 50

loq (loquacious, eloquent)

Answer 50

speech

Question 51

luc (translucent, elucidate)

Answer 51

light

Question 52

medi (median, mediocre)

Answer 52

middle

Question 53

melan (melancholy, melodramatic)

Answer 53

black, dark

Question 54

meta (metaphysics, metamorphosis)

Answer 54

change, beyond, after

Question 55

migr (migration, immigration)

Answer 55

move

Question 56

mis- (mistake, misogynist)

Answer 56

wrong, bad

Question 57

miss, mit (remit, dismiss)

Answer 57

send, cast

Question 58

nat (innate, natal)

Answer 58

born

Question 59

neg (negate, renege)

Answer 59

no

Question 60

nov (novice, renovate)

Answer 60

new

Question 61

null (nullify)

Answer 61

none

Question 62

ob-, op- (object, opposition)

Answer 62

in the way, against

Question 63

opt (optimal)

Answer 63

best

Question 64

-ous (adventurous, hazardous)

Answer 64

having

Question 65

oxy (oxymoron, oxidize)

Answer 65

sharp

Question 66

paleo (paleonthology)

Answer 66

ancient

Question 67

pan (pandemic, pansexual)

Answer 67

all

Question 68

para- (parallel, parasite)

Answer 68

beside, related

Question 69

path (empath, apathetic)

Answer 69

feeling

Question 70

pel, puls (pulsate, dispel)

Answer 70

drive, push

Question 71

peri (perimeter, peripheral)

Answer 71

around

Question 72

phil (philanthropic, philosophy)

Answer 72

loving

Question 73

pos (position, deposit)

Answer 73

put, place

Question 74

post- (postpone, postmortem)

Answer 74

after

Question 75

pug (repugnant, pugnacious)

Answer 75

to fight

Question 76

purg (purge, expurgate)

Answer 76

clean

Question 77

reg (regulate, regiment)

Answer 77

guide, rules

Question 78

san (sane, sanitation)

Answer 78

health

Question 79

scend (ascend, crescendo)

Answer 79

climb, go

Question 80

sci (science, conscience)

Answer 80

to know

Question 81

se- (secede, serum)

Answer 81

apart

Question 82

sect (intersect, section)

Answer 82

cut

Question 83

sed (sediment, sedentary)

Answer 83

sit

Question 84

sol (solace, consolation)

Answer 84

comfort

Question 85

syn, sym (symmetry, synonym)

Answer 85

with, together

Question 86

tact (tactile, contact)

Answer 86

to touch

Question 87

tax (syntax, taxonomy)

Answer 87

arrangement

Question 88

tele (television, telescope)

Answer 88

far

Question 89

tort (contort, distort)

Answer 89

twist

Question 90

vac (vacate, vacuum)

Answer 90

empty

Question 91

viv, vit (vitality, vivacious)

Answer 91

life

Question 92

vor, vour (devour, carnivore)

Answer 92

eat

Question 93

xen (xenocide, xenophobic)

Answer 93

foreign