BASES
AFFIXES
BASES 2
AFFIXES 2
BASES 3
100
ANDR-
What is man, male. ANDER- ex. polyandry
100
-ics
What is -tics, art, science or study of. ex. physics
100
GYN(E)-
What is GYN(A)EC-, woman, female. ex. gynecology
100
-ician
What is specialist, practitioner in. ex. physician
100
TECHN-
What is art, skill, craft. ex. technology
200
DO-
What is to give. ex. antidote
200
cata-
What is cat-, down, against, very, badly, completely. ex. catalyst
200
PHON-
What is sound, voice. ex. polyphonic
200
-t(e)
What is one who, that which. ex. thermostat
200
COSM-
What is universe, order. ex. cosmic
300
PATH-
What is to feel, suffer; disease. ex. pathology
300
pros-
What is toward, in addition to. ex. prosthetic
300
OP(T)-
What is eye, to see. ex. autopsy
300
-ast
What is one who does. ex. iconoclast
300
AGOG(UE)-
What is to lead. ex. synagogue
400
CRI-
What is to judge, decide, separate. ex. crisis
400
-ism
What is belief in, practice of, condition of. ex. communism
400
IATR-
What is physician, medicine. ex. psychiatry
400
epi-
What is upon, to, in addition to. ex. epicenter
400
PHA(N)-
What is PHEN-, to show, appear. ex. diaphanous
500
I can think of no epithet but snaky to describe this man.--W. H. Hudson
What is epithet, that which is put/placed upon. A descriptive word or phrase (sometimes negative)
500
-m
What is -(e)m(e), -ma, result of, thing that is the result of. ex. problem
500
Moses was considered a prophet.
What is prophet, one who speaks forth. A divinely inspired interpreter, revealer, or teacher of the will or thought of God or of a god; a person who speaks, or is regarded as speaking, for or in the name of God or a god.
500
-sis
What is -se, -sy, -sia, act of, state of, result of. ex. analysis
500
...the error commonly made by neophyte students of political science: that you can pass a law to stop almost everything, including sin.--Harper's Magazine
What is neophyte, one who is newly grown. A beginner