A | B |
circum- | around |
de- | from, away, down, apart; not |
in- | in, into; not |
post- | after |
pre- | before, in front of |
scrib(e)/script | write, written |
-ion | an action or process; state, quality, act |
-ive | tending to or performing |
describe | to represent with words or pictures |
prescription | a written order for medicine |
inscription | an engraving on a coin or other object |
circumscribe | to draw around; to encircle |
postscript | an addition to an already completed letter, article, or book |
circumscriptive | tending to limit or enclose; restrictive |
prescribe | to write or set down as a rule, order, or direction; to order or advise as a medicine |
description | action or process of picturing in words |
inscribe | to write or engrave on some surface |
descriptive | tending to put forth in words |
con- | with, together |
inter- | between, among |
re- | back, again |
capt/cept | take, hold |
tact | touch |
-ile | like, of, relating to |
-or | one who, that which, condition, state, activity |
-ure | state, quality, act, that which; process, condition |
contact | that state of touching or meeting |
tactile | of or relating to the sense of touch |
intercepts | to stop or interrupt the course of |
recapture | the taking back of something |
intact | with nothing missing; left whole |
capture | the act of taking or being taken by force |
receptive | tending to receive; take in, admit, contain |
receptor | that which holds or receives (in various senses) |
interceptor | a person or thing that stops or interrupts the course of |
interceptive | tending to stop or interrupt the course of |