Prefixes
Prefixes
Roots
Roots
Miscellaneous
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A prefix meaning "bad."
What is mal-? Words like malady, malevolent, and malodorous come from this word.
100
A prefix meaning "too much, excess."
What is hyper-? Words like hyperactive, hyperbole, and hyperventilate derive meaning from this word.
100
A root meaning "turn."
What is vert/vers? Words like revert, versatile, and avert derive meaning from this word.
100
A root meaning "sound."
What is -phone-? Words like megaphone, euphony, and phonetics derive meaning from this root.
100
A prefix meaning "across."
What is trans-? Words like transport, transitory, and translucent derive meaning from this prefix.
200
A prefix meaning "new."
What is neo-. Words like neophyte, neologism, and neonatal derive meaning from this prefix.
200
A prefix meaning "together."
What is syn/sym? Words like synthesis, symphony, and symbiosis come from this word.
200
A root meaning "love."
What is "phil." Words like philosopher, philanthropy, and bibliophile derive meaning from this word.
200
A root meaning "remember."
What is -mem-? Words like memento, memoribilia, and reminisce derive meaning from this root.
200
A root meaning "touch."
What is tact/tag/tang? Words like tactile, tangible, and contagious derive meaning from this word.
300
A prefix meaning "around."
What is circum-. Words like circumference, circumspect, and circumvent come from this word.
300
A prefix meaning "all."
What is omni-? Words like omnipotent, omniscient, and omnivorous derive meaning from this word.
300
A root meaning "faith, trust."
What is -fid-? Words like confident, fidelity, and perfidious derive meaning from this root.
300
A root meaning "join."
What is junct/jug? Words like injunction, adjunct, and subjugate derive meaning from this word.
300
A root meaning "to know."
What is cogn/gno? Words like cognition, diagnosis, and ignorant derive meaning from this root.
400
A prefix meaning "before."
What is ante-? Words like antecedent, antebellum, and antediluvian come from this word.
400
A prefix meaning "great."
What is mag-? Words like magnify, magnitude, and magnanimous come from this word.
400
A root meaning "pleasing."
What is -grat-? Words like congratulate, gratuity, and ingrate derive meaning from this root.
400
A root meaning "group."
What is -greg-? Words like gregarious, aggregate, and congregate derive meaning from this root.
400
A root meaning "value, strength."
What is val/vail? Words like valor, prevail, and convalescence derive meaning from this root.
500
A prefix meaning "within."
What is intra-? Words like intravenous, intramural, and intrinsic derive meaning from this prefix.
500
A prefix meaning "against."
What is ob-? Words like obstinate, obnoxious, and obstruct derive meaning from this prefix.
500
A root meaning "speech, thought."
What is loqu, loc, log. Words like eloquent, interlocutor, and dialogue derive meaning from this root.
500
A root meaning "blame, fault."
What is -culp-? Words like culpable, inculpable, and exculpate derive meaning from this root.
500
A root meaning "empty."
What is vac? Words like vacuous, evacuate, and vacuum derive meaning from this word.
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