Prefixes Galore!
Sensible Suffixes
Root of the Matter
Mystery Morphemes
Urban & Civic Words
100

This prefix means "in front of" or "before."

What is ante-?

100

This suffix means "to make."

What is -ize?

100

This root means "time."

What is chron or temp?

100

The root "fract" or "frag" means this.

What is to break?

100

This root means "city."

What is urb?

200

This prefix means "together" or "with."

What is co-, con-, com-?

200

This suffix means "characterized by a specified quality."

What is -some?

200

This root means "air."

What is aer, aero?

200

The root "ped" or "pod" refers to this body part.

What is foot?

200

This root means "people."

What is pop?

300

This prefix means "without" or "not."

What is a-?

300

This suffix means "full of" or "characterized by."

What is -ous, -ious, -eous?

300

This root means "to go, yield, or surrender."

What is cede, ceed?

300

The root "tract" means this.

What is to draw or pull?

300

This root means "mother" and is used in words like "maternal."

What is mater, matr, matri?

400

This prefix means "after" or "following."

What is post-?

400

This suffix means "result of an action or collection."

What is -age?

400

This root means "to move."

What is mot, mob?

400

The root "pater, patr" refers to this family member.

What is father?

400

This root means "father" and is used in words like "paternal."

What is pater, patr?

500

This prefix means "from" or "away."

What is ab-?

500

This suffix means "tending toward an action."

What is -ive, -itive, -ative?

500

This root means "race, kind, species, or birth."

What is gen?

500

The root "liber" means this.

What is free?

500

This root means "law" or "to choose, pick, read, or speak."

What is leg, lect, lig?