| 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 |