English Roots And Prefixes

Front 1

aud

Back 1

hear

Front 2

aqua

Back 2

water

Front 3

bio

Back 3

life

Front 4

cide

Back 4

kill

Front 5

credo

Back 5

believe

Front 6

dict

Back 6

say/speak

Front 7

dorm

Back 7

sleep

Front 8

form

Back 8

shape

Front 9

graph

Back 9

write/record

Front 10

hydro

Back 10

water

Front 11

man(u)

Back 11

hand

Front 12

meter

Back 12

measure

Front 13

mor/mort

Back 13

die

Front 14

script/scribe

Back 14

written

Front 15

spec/spect

Back 15

look

Front 16

terra

Back 16

earth

Front 17

therm

Back 17

heat

Front 18

vid/vis

Back 18

see

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-chron-

Back 19

time

Front 20

contra-/counter-

Back 20

opposite or against

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-gress-

Back 21

walk

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-ject-

Back 22

throw

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-onym-

Back 23

name

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-path-

Back 24

feels

Front 25

-pend-

Back 25

hang

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-phil(o)-

Back 26

having affinity or love for

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-phon-

Back 27

sound

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-port-

Back 28

carry

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-sect-

Back 29

cut

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-tem(po)-

Back 30

time

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-term-

Back 31

end;boundary;limit

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-tract-

Back 32

pull

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-vert-

Back 33

turn

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ad

Back 34

to or towards

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anti

Back 35

against or opposite

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auto

Back 36

self, by oneself

Front 37

ben(e)

Back 37

well or good

Front 38

circum

Back 38

around, about; surrounding on all sides

Front 39

co-/con/com-

Back 39

together, with

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de

Back 40

away, down, reverse the action of

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dis

Back 41

not, the opposite of/reverse the action (to undo something

Front 42

ex

Back 42

out, used to be

Front 43

hyper

Back 43

over, beyond, above, too much

Front 44

in/im/il/ir/un

Back 44

in or not

Front 45

inter

Back 45

among, between

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magni

Back 46

great, big large

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mal

Back 47

bad or badly, wrong

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mega

Back 48

large, great, powerful

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micro

Back 49

small, minute

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min/mini

Back 50

less, to make less

Front 51

mis

Back 51

wrong, done incorrectly

Front 52

multi

Back 52

many; having many parts; many times more than

Front 53

post-

Back 53

after this (can mean time or space)

Front 54

pre-

Back 54

before (time, place or rank)

Front 55

pro-

Back 55

for (for being for), forward; advance

Front 56

re

Back 56

back - return; reject

again - repeat, review, revise

Front 57

sub

Back 57

under below

less important

Front 58

super-

Back 58

more than; over and above; superior to

Front 59

syn-/sym-

Back 59

together or with

Front 60

tele-

Back 60

far or distant

Front 61

trans-

Back 61

over, across; review

Front 62

vol

Back 62

will

Front 63

mono-, uni-

Back 63

one

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bi-,di-

Back 64

two

Front 65

tri-

Back 65

three

Front 66

quadr-, tetr

Back 66

four

Front 67

penta-, quaint

Back 67

five

Front 68

oct-

Back 68

eight

Front 69

deca-

Back 69

ten

Front 70

cent-

Back 70

hundred

Front 71

kilo-, milli-

Back 71

thousand

Front 72

demi-,hemi-,semi

Back 72

half