Prefix meanings
hyper-
eg. hyperbole
over, excessive
-ician
eg. mathematician
someone who does something
atmosphere
atmo-
air
barbarian
-ian
concerned with
bicycle
unicycle
tricycle
para-
eg. parallel
beside, along, different from
-ism
eg. Communism
a belief or practice
agriculture
agri-
growth; life
hypothesise
-ise
to make or do something with
astrology
biology
hydrology
philology
technology
tech-
eg. technical
machine; moving parts
-arch
eg. monarch
someone who rules
energy
en-
in, into, on
bureaucracy
-cracy
government
arachnophobia
claustrophobia
tele-
eg. telepath
far away; distant
-graph
eg. telegraph
instrument for writing
pandemic
pan-
widespread
pyromania
-mania
madness or passion
empathy
sympathy
telepathy
exo-
eg. exoskeleton
outside
-graphy
eg. biography
writing
catastrophe
cata-
down, against, badly, completely
telescope
-scope
instrument for seeing
confuse
defuse
refuse