Prefixes Flashcards
aco(u)
to hear, hearing (ex) acoustic
act, ag
to act, to do (ex) active, agent
agog(ue), agogy
to lead, leader, guiding, inducing (ex) demagogue
agon, agonist
struggle (ex) agony, antagonist
alg, algesia, algia
pain (ex) analgesic
am, amat
to love (ex) amiable, amarous
ambul
to walk (ex) circumambulate, amble
andro, andry
male (ex) android, androgynous
anim
feeling, life (ex) animate
anthrop
man, human being (ex) anthropology
aqu
water (ex) aquarium
arch
ancient, first, rule
aud
to hear
aug, auct, auth, aux
to increase, to create (ex) augment, author
auto
by or for oneself (ex) autobiography, automobile
bene, bon
good (ex)good, benefit
brac, brachi
the arm (ex) bracelet, brachiate
cant, cent
to sing (ex) canticle, chant, recant
cap, capt, cep, cept
to take, contain, seize, box (ex) capture, receipt, capacious
capit, capt, cipit
head, chief (ex) capital, precipitate, chapter, capitulate