Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes Flashcards
Act
Do
Example: action, actor, react
Mot
Move
Example: demote, motion, motor
Loc
Place
Example: allocate, dislocate, location
Graph
Write
Example: autograph, telegraph, paragraph
Dic
Speak
Example: dictate, predict, contradict
Cred
Believe
Example: credit, discredit, incredible
Aud
Hear
Example: audio, audience, audible
Man
Hand
Example: manual, manufacture, manuscript
Pop
People
Port
Carry
Sign
Mark
Spec
See
Tract
Pull or drag
Vid
See
Volve
Roll
Ped
Foot
Ad
To
Example: adapt, addict, adhere
Amphi
Both, Around
Example: amphibian, amphitheater
An
Not
Example: anarchy, anesthesia, anorexia
Auto
Self
Example: automobile, automatic, autograph
Co
Together
Example: coauthor, cooperate, coordinate
De
Opposite
Example: deactivate, deform, degrade
Dis
Opposite
Example: disagree, disarm, discontinue
For
Not
Example: forbid, forget, forego
il, in, it, un
Not
Example: illegal, impossible, irregular
I’m
Not, Into
Example: immerse, import, implant
Mal
Bad
Example: malevolent, malfunction, malice
Pro
Before, forward
Example: prognosis, program, progeny
Re
Back, again
Example: recall, recede, reflect
Sub
Under
Example: subcontract, subject, submarine
Amo, Ami,
Love
Example: amiable, amorous, amity
Aero
Air
Example: aerobics, aerodynamics, aerate
Ambul
Walk, Go
Example: amble, ambulance, ambulatory
Anim
Spirit, life
Example: animate, animosity, animal
Agr
Field
Example: agriculture, agrarian, agronomy
Alt
High
Example: altitude, altimeter, alto
Alter
Other
Example: alternate, alternative, altercation
Ang
Bend
Example: angle, rectangle, triangle
