Root, Prefix or

Meaning Examples
Suffix
aside, accompany, adjust, aggression,
a, ac, ad, af, ag, to, toward, near, in
allocate, annihilate, affix, associate, attend,
al, an, ap, as, at addition to, by
adverb
apolitical, atheist, anarchy, anonymous,
a-, an- not, without
apathy, aphasia, anemia
ab, abs away from, off absolve, abrupt, absent
-able, -ible Adjective: worth, ability solvable, incredible
acer, acid, acri bitter, sour, sharp acerbic, acidity, acrid, acrimony
act, ag do, act, drive active, react, agent, active, agitate
acu sharp acute, acupuncture, accurate
privacy, infancy, adequacy, intimacy,
-acy, -cy Noun: state or quality
supremacy
-ade act, product, sweet drink blockade, lemonade
aer, aero air, atmosphere, aviation aerial, aerosol, aerodrome
agent, agenda, agitate, navigate,
ag, agi, ig, act do, move, go
ambiguous, action
Noun: activity, or result
-age courage, suffrage, shrinkage, tonnage
of action
pertaining to fields or
agri, agro agriculture, agroindustry
soil
Noun: action, result of
-al referral, disavowal, disposal, festival
action
Adjective: quality,
-al, -ial, -ical structural, territorial, categorical
relation
alb, albo white, without pigment albino, albite
alias, alibi, alien, alloy, alter, alter ego,
ali, allo, alter other
altruism
alt high, deep altimeter, altitude
am, ami, amor love, like, liking amorous, amiable, amicable, enamoured
ambi both ambidextrous
ambulatory, amble, ambulance,
ambul to walk
somnambulist
-an Noun: person artisan, guardian, historian, magician
ana, ano up, back, again, anew anode, anagram, anagenetic
Noun: action, state, resistance, independence, extravagance,
-ance, -ence
quality or process fraudulence
Noun: state, quality or
-ancy, -ency vacancy, agency, truancy, latency
capacity
male, characteristics of
andr, andro androcentric, android
men
ang angular angle
anim mind, life, spirit, anger animal, animate, animosity
annual, annual, annuity, anniversary,
ann, annu, enni yearly
perrenial
Noun: an agent,
-ant, -ent something that performs disinfectant, dependent, fragrant
the action
Adjective: kind of agent,
-ant, -ent, -ient important, dependent, convenient
indication
anterior, anteroom, antebellum, antedate,
ante before
antecedent antediluvian
anthrop man anthropology, misanthrope, philanthropy
antisocial, antiseptic, antithesis, antibody,
anti, ant against, opposite
antinomies, antifreeze, antipathy
anti, antico old antique, antiquated, antiquity
away from, detached,
apo, ap, aph apology, apocalypse, aphagia
formed
aqu water aqueous
Adjective: resembling,
-ar, -ary spectacular, unitary
related to
archangel, architect, archaic, monarchy,
arch chief, first, rule
matriarchy, patriarchy, Archeozoic era
-ard, -art Noun: characterized braggart, drunkard, wizard
aster, asterisk, asteroid, astronomy,
aster, astr star
astronaut
Noun: state, office,
-ate candidate, electorate, delegate
fuction
-ate Verb: cause to be graduate, ameliorate, amputate, colligate
-ate Adjective: kind of state inviolate
Noun: action, resulting
-ation specialization, aggravation, alternation
state
auc, aug, aut to originate, to increase augment , author, augment, auction
aud, audi, aur, audience, audio, audible, auditorium,
to hear, listen
aus audiovisual, audition, auricular, ausculate
aug, auc increase augur, augment, auction
automobile, automatic, automotive,
aut, auto self
autograph, autonomous, autoimmune
bar weight, pressure barometer
on, around, over, about,
be excessively, make, berate, bedeck, bespeak, belittle, beleaguer
cause, name, affect
belli war rebellion, belligerent, casus belli, bellicose
benefactor, beneficial, benevolent,
bene good, well, gentle
benediction, beneficiary, benefit
bi, bine two biped, bifurcate, biweekly, bivalve,
 biannual
bibl, bibli,
book bibliophile, bibliography, Bible
biblio
biography, biology, biometricsm biome,
bio, bi life
biosphere
brev short abbreviate, brevity, brief
receive, deceive, capable, capacious,
cad, cap, cas,
captive, accident, capture, occasion,
ceiv, cept, capt, to take, to seize, to hold
concept, intercept, forceps, except,
cid, cip
reciprocate
cad, cas to fall cadaver, cadence, cascade
-cade procession motorcade
calor heat calorie, caloric, calorimeter
capit, capt head decapitate, capital, captain, caption
carnivorous, incarnate, reincarnation,
carn flesh
carnal
cat, cata, cath down, with catalogue, category, catheter
caus, caut burn, heat caustic, cauldron, cauterize
cause, cuse, cus cause, motive because, excuse, accusation
ceas, ced, cede, to go, to yield, move, go, succeed, proceed, precede, recede,
ceed, cess surrender secession, exceed, succession
cent hundred centennial, century, centipede
eccentricity, centrifugal, concentric,
centr, centri center
eccentric
chrome, chromosome, polychrome,
chrom color
chromatic
chronology, chronic, chronicle
chron time
chronometer, anachronism, synchronize
fratricide, homicide, incision, incision,
cide, cis, cise to kill, to cut, cut down
circumcision, scissors
circumnavigate, circumflex, circumstance,
circumcision, circumference, circumorbital,
circum around
circumlocution, circumvent, circumscribe,
circulatory
cit call, start incite, citation, cite
civ citizen civic, civil, civilian, civilization
exclamation, clamor, proclamation,
clam, claim cry out
reclamation, acclaim
clin lean, bend decline, aclinic, inclination
include, exclude, clause, claustrophobia,
clud, clus claus to close, shut
enclose, exclusive, reclusive, conclude
co, cog, col, cohesiveness, cognate, collaborate,
coll, con, com, with, together convene, commitment, compress,
cor contemporary, converge, compact,
 confluence, convenient, concatenate,
conjoin, combine, correct
recognize, cognizant, diagnose, agnostic,
cogn, gnos to know
incognito, prognosis
complete, compel, conscious, condense,
com, con fully
confess, confirm
contr, contra, contradict, counteract, contravene,
against, opposite
counter contrary, counterspy, contrapuntal
cordial, concord, discord, courage,
cord, cor, cardi heart
encourage
corporation, corporal punishment, corpse,
corp body
corpulent, corpus luteum
cort correct escort, cortage
cosmos, microcosm, cosmopolitan,
cosm universe, world
cosmonaut
cour, cur, curr,
run, course occur, excursion, discourse, courier, course
curs
crat, cracy rule autocrat, aristocrat, theocracy, technocracy
cre, cresc, cret,
grow create, crescent, accretion, increase
crease
crea create creature, recreation, creation
creed, credo, credence, credit, credulous,
cred believe
incredulous, incredible
cresc, cret, crescendo, concrete, increase, decrease,
rise, grow
crease, cru accrue
crit separate, choose critical, criterion, hypocrite
current, concurrent, concur, incur, recur,
cur, curs run
occur, courier, precursor, cursive
cura care curator, curative, manicure
cycl, cyclo wheel, circle, circular Cyclops, unicycle, bicycle, cyclone, cyclic
from, down, away, to do
detach, deploy, derange, decrease,
de- the opposite, reverse,
deodorize, devoid, deflate, degenerate
against
decimal, decade, decalogue, decimate,
dec, deca ten, ten times
decathlon
dec, dign suitable decent decorate dignity
dei, div God divinity, divine, deity, divination, deify
people, populace, democracy, demography, demagogue,
dem, demo
population epidemic
dent, dont tooth dental, denture, orthodontist, periodontal
hypodermic, dermatology, epidermis,
derm skin, covering
taxidermy
di-, dy- two, twice, double divide, diverge, diglycerides
dia through, across, between diameter, diagonal, dialogue dialect,
 dialectic, diagnosis, diachronic
dictation, dictionary, dictate, dictator,
dic, dict, dit say, speak Dictaphone, edict, predict, verdict,
contradict, benediction
not, opposite of, reverse, dismiss, differ, disallow, disperse,
dis, dif separate, deprive of, dissuade, divide, disconnect, disproportion,
away disrespect, distemper, disarray
dit give credit, audit
docile, doctor, doctrine, document, dogma,
doc, doct teach, prove
indoctrinate
master, that which is
domin dominate, dominion, predominant, domain
under control
don give donate, condone
dorm sleep dormant, dormitory
dox thought, opinion, praise orthodox, heterodox, paradox, doxology
-drome run, step syndrome, aerodrome, velodrome
produce, abduct, product, transducer,
duc, duct to lead, pull viaduct, aqueduct, induct, deduct, reduce,
induce
dura hard, lasting durable, duration, endure
dynamo, dynamic, dynamite,
dynam power
hydrodynamics
bad, abnormal, difficult,
dys- dysfunctional, dyslexia, dyspathy
impaired, unfavorable
not, missing, out, fully,
emit, embed, eternal,ether, erase, email, e-
e- away, computer network
tailer
related
echo, eclipse, eclectic, ecesis, ecstasy,
ec- out of, outside
exzema
household, environment,
ecology, economize, ecospheres,
eco- relating to ecology or
ecomanagement
economy
ecto- outside, external ectomorph, ectoderm, ectoplasm
-ed Verb: past tense dressed, faded, patted, closed, introduced
Adjective: having the
-ed quality or characteristics winged, moneyed, dogged, tiered
of
Verb: to cause to
-en lengthen, moisten, sharpen
become
-en Adjective: material golden, woolen, silken
put into, make, provide enamor, embolden, enslave, empower,
en-, em-
with, surround with entangle
Noun: action or process, reference, emergency, dependence,
-ence, -ency
quality or state eminence, latency
end- inside, within endorse, endocardial, endergonic,
 endoskeleton, endoscope, endogenous
upon, close to, over, epicenter, epicarp, epilogue, epigone,
epi-
after, altered epidiorite
equidistant, equilateral, equilibrium,
equi- equal
equinox, equation, equator
-er, -ier Adjective: comparative better, brighter, sooner, hotter, happier
Noun: person or thing flyer, reporter, player, member, fryer,
-er, -or
that does something collector, concentrator
-er, -or Verb: action ponder, dishonor, clamor
energy, erg, allergy, ergometer, ergograph,
erg work, effect
ergophobia
collective qualities, art,
practice, trade,
-ery snobbery, bakery, geenery, gallery, slavery
collection, state,
condition
Noun: plural of most
nouns ending in -ch, -s, -
-es, -ies passes, glasses, ladies, heroes
sh, -o and -z and some in
-f and -y
Verb: third person
singular present
-es, -ies indicative of verbs that blesses, hushes, fizzes, defies
end in -ch, -s, -sh, - and
some in -y
-ess female actress, goddess, poetess
Adjective or Adverb:
-est, -iest latest, strongest, luckiest, lyingest
superlative
ev-, et- time, age medieval, eternal
out of, away from, exit, exhale, exclusive, exceed, explosion,
ex-
lacking, former ex-mayor
exter-, extra-, external, extrinsic, extraordinary,
outside of, beyond
extro- extrapolate, extraneous, extrovert
fable, fabulous, fame, famous, confess,
fa, fess speak
profess
difficult, fashion, feasible, feature, factory,
fac, fact, fec,
do, make fact, effect, manufacture, amplification,
fect, fic, fas, fea
confection
fall, fals deceive fallacy, falsify, fallacious
femto quadrillionth femtosecond
ferry, coniferous, fertile, defer, infer, refer,
fer bear, carry
transfer
fic, feign, fain,
shape, make, fashion fiction, faint, feign
fit, feat
fid belief, faith confide, diffident, fidelity
fid, fide, feder faith, trust confidante, fidelity, confident, infidelity,
 infidel, federal, confederacy, semper fi
fig shape, form figurem, effigy, figure, figment
fila, fili thread filigree, filament, filter, filet, filibuster
final, finite, finish, confine, fine, refine,
fin end, ended, finished
define, finale
fix repair, attach fix, fixation, fixture, affix, prefix, suffix
flex, reflex, flexible, flexor, inflexibility,
flex, flect bend
reflect, deflect,circumflex
flict strike affliction, conflict, inflict
flu, fluc, fluv, influence, fluid, flue, flush, fluently,
flow
flux fluctuate, reflux, influx
Adverb: in a manner of,
-fold fourfold
marked by
for, fore before forecast, fortune, foresee
effort, fort, forte, fortifiable, fortify, forte,
forc, fort strength, strong
fortitude
form, format, conform, formulate, perform,
form shape, resemble
formal, formula
fracture, infraction, fragile, fraction,
fract, frag, frai break
refract, frail
fuge flee subterfuge, refuge, centrifuge
Noun: an amount or
-ful mouthful
quanity that fills
Adjective: having,
-ful fanciful
giving, marked by
fuse pour confuse, transfuse
-fy make, form into falsify, dandify
gam marriage bigamy, monogamy, polygamy
gastr, gastro stomach gastric, gastronomic, gastritis, gastropod
gen kind generous
genesis, genetics, eugenics, genealogy,
gen birth, race, produce
generate, genetic, antigen, pathogen
geo earth geometry, geography, geocentric, geology
germ vital part germination, germ, germane
gest carry, bear congest, gestation
giga billion gigabyte, gigaflop
gin careful gingerly
gloss, glot tongue glossary, polyglot, epiglottis
glu, glo lump, bond, glue glue, agglutinate, conglomerate
to gather, to bring
gor category, categorize
together
grad, gress, to gather, to bring grade, degree, progress, gradual, graduate,
gree together, step, go egress
 graph, graphic, autograph, photography,
graph, gram,
write, written, draw graphite, telegram, polygraph, grammar,
graf
biography, lithograph, graphic
grat pleasing congratulate, gratuity, grateful, ingrate
grav heavy, weighty grave, gravity, aggravate, gravitate
gregarious, congregation, segregate,
greg herd
gregarian
hale, heal make whole, sound inhale, exhale, heal, healthy, healthiness
helio sun heliograph, heliotrope, heliocentric
hemorrhage, hemoglobin, hemophilia,
hema, hemo blood
hemostat
adhere, cohere, cohesion, inherent,
her, here, hes stick
hereditary, hesitate
heterodox, heterogeneous, heterosexual,
hetero other, different
heterodyne
hex, ses, sex six hexagon, hexameter, sestet, sextuplets
homogenize, homosexual, homonym,
homo same
homophone
hum, human earth, ground, man humus, exhume, humane
hydr, hydra, dehydrate, hydrant, hydraulic, hydraulics,
water
hydro hydrogen, hydrophobia
hyperactive, hypertensive, hyperbolic,
hyper over, above
hypersensitive, hyperventilate, hyperkinetic
hypn sleep hypnosis, hypnotherapy
-ia Noun: names, diseases phobia
Noun: related to, one
-ian, an pedestrian, human
that is
-iatry Noun: art of healing psychiatry
Adjective: quality,
-ic generic
relation
Noun: related to the arts
-ic, ics arithmetic, economics
and sciences
-ice Noun: act malice
-ify Verb: cause specify
ignis fire ignite, igneous, ignition
Adjective: having the
-ile projectile
qualities of
in, im into, on, near, towards instead, import
illegible, irresolute, inaction, inviolate,
in, im, il, ir not innocuous, intractable, innocent,
impregnable, impossible, imposter
infra beneath infrared, infrastructure
Noun: material made
-ing flooring, swimming, building
for, activity, result of an
 activity
-ing Verb: present participle depicting
-ing Adjective: activity cohering
international, intercept, interject,
inter between, among
intermission, internal, intermittent,
within, during, between
intra intramural, intranet, intranatal
layers, underneath
interoffice, introvert, introspection,
intro into, within, inward
introduce
Noun: condition or
-ion abduction
action
Adjective: having the
-ish newish
character of
Noun: doctrine, belief,
-ism formalism
action or conduct
-ist Noun: person or member podiatrist
-ite Noun: state or quality graphite
-ity, ty Noun: state or quality lucidity, novelty
-ive Noun: condition native
-ive, -ative, - Adjective: having the
festive, cooperative, sensitive
itive quality of
-ize Verb: cause fantasize
reject, eject, project, trajectory, interject,
jac, ject throw
dejected, inject, ejaculate, adjacent
adjoining, enjoin, juncture, conjunction,
join, junct join
injunction, conjunction
judice judge prejudice
jug, junct, just to join junction, adjust, conjugal
juven young juvenile, rejuvenate
labor work laborious, belabor
lau, lav, lot, lut wash launder, lavatory, lotion, ablution, dilute
choose, gather, select,
lect, leg, lig collect, legible, eligible
read
leg law legal, legislate, legislature, legitimize
Adjective: without,
-less motiveless
missing
levi light alleviate, levitate, levity
lex, leag, leg law legal, college, league
liber, liver free liberty, liberal, liberalize, deliverance
lide strike collide, nuclide
literary, literature, literal, alliteration,
liter letters
obliterate
loc, loco place, area location, locally, locality, allocate,
 locomotion
word, study, say, speech,
log, logo, ology catalog, prologue, dialogue, zoology, logo
reason, study
eloquent, loquacious, colloquial,
loqu, locut talk, speak
circumlocution
luc, lum, lun, translucent, luminary, luster, luna,
light
lus, lust illuminate, illustrate
lude play prelude
Adverb: in the manner
-ly fluently
of
macr-, macer lean emaciated, meager
magnify, magnificent, magnanimous,
magn great
magnate, magnitude, magnum
main strength, foremost mainstream, mainsail, domain, remain
malformation, maladjusted, dismal,
mal bad, badly malady, malcontent,malfunction,
malfeasance, maleficent
manual, manage, manufacture, manacle,
man, manu hand, make, do manicure, manifest, maneuver, emancipate,
management
mand command mandatory, remand, mandate
mania madness mania, maniac, kleptomania, pyromania
mar, mari, mer sea, pool marine, marsh, maritime, mermaid
matri mother matrimony, maternal, matriarchate, matron
half, middle, between, mediate, medieval, Mediterranean,
medi
halfway mediocre, medium
megaphone, megaton, megaflop,
mega great, million
megalomaniac, megabyte, megalopolis
memo, commemoration, memento,
mem recall, remember
memoir, memorable
ment mind mental, mention
Noun: condition or
-ment document
result
meso middle mesomorph, mesoamerica, mesosphere
metaphor, metamorphosis, metabolism,
meta beyond, change
metahistorical, metainformation
meter, voltammeter, barometer,
meter measure
thermometer
metr admeasure, apportion metrics, asymmetric, parametric, telemetry
microscope, microfilm, microcard,
micro small, millionth
microwave, micrometer, microvolt
migra wander migrate, emigrant, immigrate
mill, kilo thousand millennium, kilobyte, kiloton
milli thousandth millisecond, milligram, millivolt
min little, small minute, minor, minuscule
misconduct, misinform, misinterpret,
mis wrong, bad, badly mispronounce, misnomer, mistake,
misogynist
emit, remit, submit, admit, commit, permit,
mit, miss send transmit, omit, intermittent, mission,
missile
mob, mov, mot move motion, remove, mobile, motor
monument, admonition, monitor,
mon warn, remind
premonition
monopoly, monotype, monologue,
mono one
mononucleosis, monorail, monotheist,
mortal, immortal, mortality, mortician,
mor, mort mortal, death
mortuary
amorphous, dimorphic, metamorphosis,
morph shape, form morphology, polymorphic, morpheme,
amorphous
multifold, multilingual, multiped, multiply,
multi many, much
multitude, multipurpose, multinational
nano billionth nanosecond, nanobucks
nasc, nat, gnant,
to be born nascent, native, pregnant, naive
nai
to be from, to spring
nat, nasc innate, natal, native, renaissance
forth
Neolithic, nuveau riche, neologism,
neo new
neophyte, neonate
Noun: state, condition,
-ness kindness
quality
neuritis, neuropathic, neurologist, neural,
neur nerve
neurotic
autonomy, astronomy, gastronomy,
nom law, order
economy
nom, nym name nominate, synonym
nomen, nomin name nomenclature, nominate, ignominious
non nine nonagon
nonferrous, nonsense, nonabrasive,
non not
nondescript
nov new novel, renovate, novice, nova, innovate
nox, noc night nocturnal, equinox, noctilucent
numeral, numeration, enumerate,
numer number
innumerable
numisma coin numismatics
toward, against, in the
ob, oc, of, op oppose, occur, offer, obtain
way
oct eight octopus, octagon, octogenarian, octave
Oligocene, oligosaccharide, oligotrophic,
oligo few, little
oligarchy
omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent,
omni all, every
omnivorous
anonymous, pseudonym, antonym,
onym name
synonym
oper work operate, cooperate, opus
Noun: condition or
-or valor, honor, humor, minor
activity
orthodox, orthodontist, orthopedic,
ortho straight, correct
unorthodox
Noun: place for, serves
-ory territory, rectory
for
-ous, -eous, - Adjective: having the
adventurous, courageous, verbose, fractious
ose, -ious quality of, relating to
over excessive, above overwork, overall, overwork
pac peace pacifist, pacify, pacific ocean
arrange, assemblage,
pair, pare repair, impair, compare, prepare
two
Paleozoic, Paleolithic, paleomagnetism,
paleo old
paleopsychology
Pan-American, pan-African, panacea,
pan all
pandemonium (place of all the demons),
paradox, paraprofessional, paramedic,
para beside
paraphrase, parachute
pat, pass, path feel, suffer patient, passion, sympathy, pathology
paternity, patriarch, patriot, patron,
pater, patr father
patronize
pathos, sympathy, antipathy, apathy,
path, pathy feeling, suffering
telepathy
pedal, impede, pedestrian, centipede,
ped, pod foot
tripod, podiatry, antipode, podium
pedo child orthopedic, pedagogue, pediatrics
compel, dispel, expel, repel, propel, pulse,
pel, puls drive, push, urge impulse, pulsate, compulsory, expulsion,
repulsive
pend, pens, pendant, pendulum, suspend, appendage,
hang, weigh
pond pensive, append
persecute, permit, perspire, perforate,
per through, intensive
persuade
peri around periscope, perimeter, perigee, periodontal
phage eat macrophage, bacteriophage
phan, phas, show, make visible phantom, fantasy
phen, fan,
phant, fant
blaspheme, cipher, phenomenon,
phe speak
philosopher
philosopher, philanthropy, philharmonic,
phil love
bibliophile
phlegma inflammation phlegm, phlegmatic
phobia, claustrophobia, acrophobia,
phobia, phobos fear
aquaphobia, ergophobia, homophobia
telephone, phonics, phonograph, phonetic,
phon sound homophone, microphone, symphony,
euphonious
photograph, photoelectric, photogenic,
phot, photo light
photosynthesis, photon
pico trillionth picofarad, picocurie, picovolt
pict paint, show, draw picture, depict
plac, plais please placid, placebo, placate, complacent
pli, ply fold reply, implicate, ply
plore cry out, wail implore, exploration, deploring
plu, plur, plus more plural, pluralist, plus
pneuma,
breath pneumatic, pneumonia,
pneumon
pod foot, feet podiatry, tripod
metropolis, police, politics, Indianapolis,
poli city
megalopolis, acropolis
polytheist, polygon, polygamy,
poly many
polymorphous
postpone, component, opponent,
pon, pos, pound place, put proponent, expose, impose, deposit,
posture, position, expound, impound
pop people population, populous, popular
porter, portable, transport, report, export,
port carry
import, support, transportation
portion part, share portion, proportion
post after, behind postpone, postdate
pot power potential, potentate, impotent
pre, pur before precede
apprehend, comprehend, comprehensive,
prehendere seize, grasp
prehensile
prin, prim, primacy, prima donna, primitive, primary,
first
prime primal, primeval, prince, principal
pro for, foward propel
prototype, protocol, protagonist, protozoan,
proto first
Proterozoic, protoindustrial
psych mind, soul psyche, psychiatry, psychology, psychosis
punctual, punctuation, puncture,
punct point, dot
acupuncture, punctuation
pute think dispute, computer
quat, quad four quadrangle, quadruplets
quintet, quintuplets, pentagon, pentane,
quint, penta five
pentameter
quip ship equip, equipment
quir, quis,
seek, ask query, inquire, exquisite, quest
quest, quer
re back, again report, realign, retract, revise, regain
regiment, regular, rectify, correct, direct,
reg, recti straighten
rectangle
retrorocket, retrospect, retrogression,
retro backwards
retroactive
ri, ridi, risi laughter deride, ridicule, ridiculous, derision, risible
rog, roga ask prerogative, interrogation, derogatory
rupt break rupture, interrupt, abrupt, disrupt, ruptible
sacred, sacrosanct, sanction, consecrate,
sacr, sanc, secr sacred
desecrate
salv, salu safe, healthy salvation, salvage, salutation
sanctify, sanctuary, sanction,
sanct holy
sanctimonious, sacrosanct
sat, satis enough satient, saturate, satisfy
sci, scio,
know science, conscious, omniscient, cognocienti
scientia
telescope, microscope, kaleidoscope,
scope see, watch
periscope, stethoscope
scribe, scribble, inscribe, describe,
scrib, script write
subscribe, prescribe, manuscript
se apart, move away from secede
sect, sec cut intersect, transect, dissect, secant, section
sediment, session, obsession, possess,
sed, sess, sid sit
preside, president, reside, subside
semifinal, semiconscious, semiannual,
semi half, partial
semimonthly, semicircle
senior, senator, senile, senescence,
sen, scen old, grow old
evanescent
sentiment, consent, resent, dissent,
sent, sens feel, think sentimental, sense, sensation, sensitive,
sensory, dissension
sept seven septet, septennial
sequence, consequence, sequel, subsequent,
sequ, secu, sue follow
prosecute, consecutive, second, ensue,
 pursue
servant, service, subservient, servitude,
serv save, serve, keep preserve, conserve, reservation, deserve,
conservation, observe
-ship Noun: status, condition relationship, friendship
signal, signature, design, insignia,
sign, signi sign, mark, seal
significant
similar, assimilate, simulate, simulacrum,
simil, simul like, resembling
simultaneous
assist, insist, persist, circumstance, stamina,
stand, withstand, make
sist, sta, stit status, state, static, stable, stationary,
up
substitute
soci to join, companions sociable, society
solo, soliloquy, solitaire, solitude, solitary,
sol, solus alone
isolate
solvent, solve, absolve, resolve, soluble,
solv, solu, solut loosen, explain solution, resolution, resolute, dissolute,
absolution
somn sleep insomnia, somnambulist
sophomore (wise fool), philosophy,
soph wise
sophisticated
specimen, specific, spectator, spectacle,
spec, spect, spi, aspect, speculate, inspect, respect, prospect,
look, see
spic retrospective, introspective, expect,
conspicuous
sper render favorable prosper
sphere ball, sphere sphere, stratosphere, hemisphere, spheroid
spirit, conspire, inspire, aspire, expire,
spir breath
perspire, respiration
stand, stant,
stab, stat, stan, stand stature, establish, stance
sti, sta, st, stead
-ster person mobster, monster
strain, strict, stringent, strict, restrict, constrict, restrain,
bind, pull, draw tight
string, stige boa constrictor
construe, structure, construct, instruct,
stru, struct,
build obstruct, destruction, destroy, industry,
stroy, stry
ministry
sustain, survive, support, suffice, succeed,
sub, suc, suf, under, below, from,
submerge, submarine, substandard,
sup, sur, sus secretly, instead of
subnormal, subvert
sume, sump take, use, waste consume, assume, sump, presumption
superior, suprarenal, superscript,
super, supra over, above
supernatural, superimpose, supercede
syn, sym together, at the same sympathy, synthesis, synchronous,
 time syndicate
tact, tang, tag, tactile, contact, intact, intangible, tangible,
touch
tig, ting contagious, contiguous, contingent
tain, ten, tent,
hold, keep, have retain, continue, content, tenacious
tin
tect, teg cover detect, protect, tegular, tegument
telephone, telegraph, telegram, telescope,
tele distance, far, from afar television, telephoto, telecast, telepathy,
telepathy
tempo, temporary, extemporaneously,
tem, tempo time
contemporary, pro tem, temporal
tenacious, tenant, tenure, untenable,
detention, retentive, content, pertinent,
ten, tin, tain hold
continent, obstinate, contain, abstain,
pertain, detain
tendency, extend, intend, contend, pretend,
tend, tent, tens stretch, strain superintend, tender, extent, tension,
pretense
tera trillion terabyte, teraflop
term end, boundary, limit exterminate, terminal
terr, terra earth terrain, terrarium, territory, terrestrial
test to bear witness testament, detest, testimony, attest, testify
the, theo God, a god monotheism, polytheism, atheism, theology
thermometer, theorem, thermal, thermos
therm heat
bottle, thermostat, hypothermia
thesis, thet place, put antithesis, hypothesis, synthesis, epithet
tire draw, pull attire, retire, entire
atom (not cutable), appendectomy,
tom cut
tonsillectomy, dichotomy, anatomy
torture, retort, extort, distort, contort,
tor, tors, tort twist
torsion, tortuous, torturous
tox poison toxic, intoxicate, antitoxin
attract, tractor, traction, extract, retract,
tract, tra, trai,
drag, draw, pull protract, detract, subtract, contract,
treat
intractable
transform, transoceanic, transmit,
trans across, beyond, change
transportation, transducer
tri three tripod, triangle, trinity, trilateral
tribute, contribute, attribute, retribution,
trib pay, bestow
tributary
tribute give contribute, distribute, tributary
turbo disturb turbulent, disturb, turbid, turmoil
type, prototype, typical, typography,
typ print
typewriter, typology, typify
ultima last ultimate, ultimatum
umber, umbra, penumbra, (take) umbrage,
shadow
umbraticum adumbrate
un not, against, opposite unceasing, unequal
uniform, unilateral, universal, unity,
uni one
unanimous, unite, unison, unicorn
Noun: act, condition,
-ure exposure, conjecture, measure
process, function
vacate, vacuum, evacuate, vacation, vacant,
vac empty
vacuous
vade go evade, invader
equivalent, valiant, validity, evaluate,
vale, vali, valu strength, worth
value, valor
veh, vect to carry vector, vehicle, convection, vehement
convene, intervene, venue, convenient,
ven, vent come avenue, circumvent, invent, convent,
venture, event, advent, prevent
very, aver, verdict, verity, verify,
ver, veri true
verisimilitude
verb, verv word verify, veracity, verbalize, verve
convert, revert, advertise, versatile, vertigo,
invert, reversion, extravert, introvert,
vert, vers turn, change
diversion, introvert, convertible, reverse,
controversy
vi way viable, vibrate, vibrant
vic, vicis change, substitute vicarious, vicar, vicissitude
vict, vinc conquer victor, evict, convict, convince, invincible
video, evident, provide, providence,
vid, vis see visible, revise, supervise, vista, visit,
vision, review, indivisible
revive, survive, vivid, vivacious, vitality,
viv, vita, vivi alive, life
vivisection, vital, vitamins, revitalize
vocation, avocation, convocation,
voc, voke call invocation, evoke, provoke, revoke,
advocate, provocative, vocal
vol will malevolent, benevolent, volunteer, volition
volcan fire volcano, vulcanize, Vulcan
revolve, voluble, voluminous, convolution,
volv, volt, vol turn about, roll
revolt, evolution
voracious, carnivorous, herbivorous,
vor eat greedily
omnivorous, devour
Adverb: in a direction or
-ward homeward
manner
Adverb: in the manner
-wise timewise, clockwise, bitwise
of, with regard to
with against withhold, without, withdraw, forthwith
Noun: state, condition,
-y society, victory
result of an activity
Adjective: marked by,
-y hungry, angry, smeary, teary
having
zoo (zoological garden), zoology, zodiac,
zo animal
protozoan