Roots
Common Prefixes
Common Suffixes
Examples
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100
it means "star"
What is astro?
100
it means "toward"
What is ad-
100
it signals an adjective and means "of, relating to, or marked by"
What is -al
100
beneficial
What is good?
100
another root that means "time" (not chron)
What is temp or tempo?
200
it means "good"
What is bene?
200
it means "down"
What is de-
200
it signifies a noun and it means "an action or process; a belief system"
What is -ism
200
the root in astronomy
What is astro?
200
a root that means "to carry"
What is fer?
300
it means "time"
What is chron?
300
it means "all"
What is omni-
300
it means "sound"
What is -phone
300
transferred
What is carried from one place to another?
300
another root that means "sun" (not sol)
What is helio?
400
it means "sun"
What is sol?
400
it means "between or among"
What is inter-
400
it means "capable or worthy of"
What is -able
400
omniscient
What is all-knowing?
400
a root that means "call or speak"
What is voc?
500
it means "hang"
What is pend?
500
it means "before"
What is pre-
500
it means "to make or to cause to become"
What is -fy or -ify
500
between nations
What is international?
500
a pendulum
What is something that hangs?
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