| A | B |
| A or Ab | Away from - abscond, abstain, abstemious |
| An | Without- anachronism, anarchism |
| Ante | Before - antebellum, antediluvian |
| Anti | anti - antibiotic; antidote |
| Bene | Well or good; benefactor or beneficence |
| Circum | Around; circumspect, circumambulate |
| Contra | Against; contraband, contradict |
| Dis or di | apart; digress or disaggregate |
| Ex or e | Out; excavate or excise |
| Extra | Beyond; extradition |
| In or im or il or in or un | Not-inadvertent, immaterial, illiterate |
| Inter | Between; intercede or interdict |
| Intra | Within; intramural or intravenous |
| Mal | Bad; malediction or malefactor |
| Mis | bad or wrong; misanthrope or misgiving |
| Ob | Against; toward; obloquy or orbsequious |
| Per | Through-perforation |
| Peri | Around; pericardial pr periscope |
| Poly | Many - polytheist or polygamist |
| Post | After - postdiluvian or posterior |
| Pro | Forward or before- processional or proclivity |
| Re | Again |
| Se | Apart; segregate |
| Sub | Under |
| Super | Above - supersonic |
| Trans | Across |
| Amb | Walk; amble; perambulate |
| Ambi | Two; ambiguous or ambivalence or ambidextrous |
| Anthrop | Man - misanthrope or misogynist |
| Arch | Chief rule; anarchist or archenemy |
| Astro | Star - astronaut |
| Auto | Self |
| Biblio | Book - bibiiophile or bibliography |
| Bio | Life - biology |
| Ced or cess | go - procession or recession |
| Chron | Time - anachronistic or chronology |
| Cosmo | World - microcosm and cosmopolitan |
| Crat | Rule - autocrat |
| Dict | Say - edict or benediction |
| Duc or duct | Lead - ductile |
| Dynam | Power - dynamo |
| Eu | good;Well;happy; eugenics or euthanasia |
| gam or gamos | Marriage - bigamy or monogamy |
| Ge or geo | Earth - geology |
| Gen | Origin or people - genesis |
| Greg | Group - gregarious or segregate |
| Gyn | Woman -gynecologist or misogynist |
| Homo | Same - homogeneous |
| Hydr | Water - hydrate or anhydrous |
| Logy | Study of |
| Loq or loc | Speak - circumlocution or loquacious |
| Macro | large - macrocosm |
| Meter | measure - chronometer |
| Micro | small - microscope |
| Mono | one - monochromatic |
| Mort | death - mortician or mortuary |
| Necro | dead - necrophilia |
| Onomy | science - astronomy |
| Onym nym | Name - anonymous |
| path or pathos | Feeling - antipathy |
| Ped pod | Foot /child |
| Pend pens | Hang - pending |
| Philo | Love - philogynist |
| Phobia | Fear - bibliophobia |
| Pseudo | fake - pseudonym |
| Psych | Mind - psychosis |
| Rupt | Break - corrupt |
| Scope | See - periscope or microscope |
| Sequ | Follow - obsequious |
| Sec | Cut - consecrate |
| Soph | Wisdom - philosophy |
| Spect | Look - circumspect |
| Theo | God - theocracy |
| Thermo | Heat - thermometer |
| Vid vis | See - visage |
| Voc | Call - evoke or vocation |
| Volv | Roll - convoluted or revolve |