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


ESL Teacher
Everman High School
Fort Worth, TX

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