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ag, act*

do, act; as "agent", "counteract"
agr
field; as "agriculture", "agoraphobia"
alt
high; as "altitude", "altar"
alter
other; as "altercation", "alternative"
am*
friend, love; as "amity", "amorous"
anim
mind, life spirit; as "animate", "animal", "animosity"
ann, annu, enni
year; as "annuity", "annual", "anniversary", "perennial"
anthrop
man; as "philanthropy", "anthropoid"
aper
open; as "aperture", "aperient"
apt
fit; as "adapt", "aptitude"
aqu
water; as "aqueous", "aquacade"
arch
rule, govern; as "anarchy", "matriarch"
aster, astr
star; as "asteroid", "disaster", "astronomy"
aud
hear; as "audible", "audition"
aur
gold; as "auriferous"
bas*
low; as "debase", "basement"
bell
war; as "bellicose", "antebellum"
ben
good, well; as "benevolent", "benefactor"
bibl
book; as "biblical", "bibliography"
bio
life; as "biology", "biopsy"
brev
short; as "brevity", "abbreviation"
cad, cas, cid
fall; as "cadence", "casualty", "incident"
cand
white, shining; as "candid", "candidate"
cap, capt, cept, ceive*
take, hold; as "capable", "captive", "intercept", "receive"
capit
head; as "capital", "decapitate"
carn
flesh; as "carnal", "carnivorous"
ced, cess*
yield, go; as "cede", "procession"
celer
swift; as "celerity", "accelerate"
cent
hundred; as "century", "centipede"
chrom
color; as "chromium", "chromatic"
chron
time; as "chronology", "chronic"
cid, cis
cut, kill; as "suicide", "precision"
clin
lean, bend; as "inclination", "recline"
clud, clus
close, shut; as "conclude", "recluse"
cogn
know; as "incognito", "cognizant"
cord
heart; as "cordial", "accord"
corp
body; as "corpulent", "corpse"
cosm
world; as "cosmic", "cosmopolitan"
cred*
believe; as "incredible", "credentials"
curr, curs, cours*
run; as "current", "cursory", "recourse"
dec
ten; as "decimal", "decade"
dem
people; as "democracy", "demographic"
derm
skin; as "epidermis", "dermatologist"
di
day; as "diary", "sundial"
dic, dict*
speak, say; as "indicate", "contradict"
dign
worthy; as "dignity", "indignant"
domin
lord, master; as "dominate", "indomitable"
dorm
sleep; as "dormant", "dormitory"
duc, duct*
lead; as "induce", "ductile"
ego
I; as "egotism", "egomaniac"
equ
equal; as "equity", "equanimity"
fac, fect, fic, fy*
make, do; as "facile", "factory", "infection", "fiction", "satisfy", "affect"
fer*
bear, carry; as "fertile", "confer"
fid
faith, trust; as "confide", "infidelity"
fin
end; as "infinite", "final"
flect, flex
bend; as "reflect", "flexible"
form
shape; as "conform", "reformation"
fort*
strong; as "fortitude", "fortify"
frag, fract
break; as "fragile", "fracture"
fug
flee; as "fugitive", "refugee"
fus
pour; as "confuse", "fusion"
gen*
kind, race, birth; as "generate", "generic", "generation"
gest
carry, bring; as "congestion", "gestation"
grad, gress
step, go; as "graduate", "digress"
graph
write; as "autograph", "graphic"
grat
pleasing; as "gratitude", "congratulate"
hydr
water; as "dehydrated", "hydrant"
integr
entire, whole; as "integrate", "integral"
ject*
throw; as "inject", "projection"
junct
join; as "conjunction", "juncture"
lat
carry; as "translation", "dilate"
leg, lig, lect
choose, gather; as "legible", "eligible", "collect"
liber
free; as "liberate", "libertine"
loc*
place; as "dislocate", "local"
log
word, study; as "catalogue", "psychology"
loqu, locut
speak, talk; as "loquacious", "circumlocution"
luc, lum
light; as "translucent", "illuminate"
magn
great; as "magnitude", "magnificent"
man*
hand; as "manufacture", "manual"
mar
sea; as "marine", "maritime"
mater
mother; as "maternal", "matrimony"
mega
large; as "megaton", "megaphone"
ment
mind; as "mentality", "mentally"
merg
plunge, sink; as "submerge", "merger"
meter
measure; as "chronometer", "symmetry"
micro
small; as "microscope", "microfilm"
migr
wander; as "migrate", "immigration"
mir
look; as "admire", "mirror"
mit, miss*
send; as "admit", "submission"
mon
advise, remind; as "admonish", "monument"
mort*
death; as "immortality", "mortal"
mot, mov
move; as "motor", "motility", "movable"
mult*
many; as "multitude", "multifarious"
mut*
change; as "mutation", "transmute", "immutable"
nat*
born; as "natal", "innate"
nav
ship; as "naval", "navigate"
neg
deny; as "negate", "renege"
nomen
name; as "nominee", "nomenclature", "cognomen"
nov
new; as "novelty", "novice", "innovation"
ocul
eye; as "oculist", "binocular"
oper
work; as "cooperation", "operate"
pater, patri
father; as "paternal", "patriot"
ped, pod
foot; as "impede", "biped", "tripod"
ped
child; as "pediatrics", "pedagogue"
pel, puls
drive; as "compel", "expulsion"
pend, pens
hang; as "pendant", "pension"
pet
seek; as "impetus", "petition"
petr
stone, rock; as "petrify"
phil
loving; as "philosophy"
phob
fear; as "claustrophobia"
phon
sound; as "phonic", "phonetics"
plic*
fold, bend; as "complicate", "implicate"
pon, pos*
place, put; as "component", "compose"
port*
carry, bring; as "porter", "import"
pot
drink; as "potion", "potable"
poten
powerful; as "potentate", "impotent"
prehend, prehens
take, grasp; as "apprehend", "comprehension"
prot
first; as "protagonist", "prototype"
psych
mind; as "psychological", "psychic"
quer, quir, quis, ques
ask, seek; as "query", "inquiry", "inquisition", "quest"
reg, rig, rect
rule, govern; as "regent", "rigid", "corrective"
rid, ris
laugh; as "ridiculous", "risible"
rupt
break; as "rupture", "erupt", "interruption"
sacr
holy; as "sacred", "sacrificial"
sanct
holy; as "sanction", "sanctify"
sci, scio
know; as "science", "conscious", "omniscient"
scop
watch; as "periscope", "horoscope"
scrib, script*
write; as "describe", "prescription"
sec, sect
cut; as "secant", "bisect"
sed, sid, sess
sit, seat; as "sedate", "reside", "session"
sent, sens
feel, think; as "sentiment", "sensible"
sequ, secut*
follow; as "sequel", "consecutive"
serv
keep; as "reserve", "conservation"
sist
place, stand; as "assist", "resistance"
solv, solu
loosen; as "dissolve", "absolution"
somn
sleep; as "somnambulist", "insomnia"
soph
wisdom; as "sophisticated", "philosphy"
spec, spect, spic*
look, appear; as "specimen", "prospect", "conspicuous"
spir
breathe; as "conspire", "respirate"
stat, stab*
stand; as "status", "stability"
string, strict
bind; as "stringent", "stricture"
stru, struct
build; as "construe", "descrtuctive"
sum, sumpt
take; as "assume", "presumption"
tang, ting, tact, tig
tough; as "tangent", "contingency", "contact", "contiguous"
teg, tect
cover; as "tegument", "detect"
tele
distance; as "telescope", "teletype"
tempor
time; as "temporary", "extemporaneous"
ten, tain*
hold, reach; as "tenant", "tension", "retain"
term
end; as "terminal", "terminate"
ter, terr
land, earth; as "inter", "terrace"
therm
heat; as "thermometer", "thermos"
tort, tors
twist; as "contort", "torsion"
tract*
draw; as "attract", "extract"
trit
rub; as "trite", "attrition"
trud, trus
thrust; as "intrude", "abstruse"
umbra
shade; as "umbrella", "umbrage"
urb
city; as "suburban", "urban"
vac
empty; as "vacate", "evacuation"
vad, vas
go; as "evade", "evasive"
val, vail
be strong; as "valid", "prevail"
ven, vent*
come; as "convene", "prevention"
ver*
true; as "veracity", "aver"
verb
word; as "verbose", "verbatim"
vert, vers*
turn; as "convert", "reverse"
vid, vis
see; as "evident", "visible"
vinc, vict
conquer; as "invincible", "evict"
viv, vit
live; as "vivacity", "vital"
voc, vok
call; as in "vocation", "evoke"
volv, volut
roll, turn; as in "involve", "revolution"
a-, ab-, abs-*
from, away; as "avert", "abjure", "absent"
ad-*
to; as "adhere"

By assimilation, ad- takes the forms of a-, ac-, af-, al-, an-, ap-, as-, at-; as "aspire", "accord", "affect", "allude", "annex", "appeal", "assume", "attract"
ambi-, amphi-
around, both; as "ambidextrous", "amphibious"
ante-, anti-*
before; as "antedate", "anticipate"
anti-*
against; as "antidote", "antislavery"
arch-
first, chief; as "archangel", "archenemy"
auto-
self; as "autobiography", "automatic"
ben-
good, well; as "benediction", "benefactor"
bi-*
two; as "bilateral", "bisect"
circum-*
around; as "circumnavigate", "circumvent"
com-, con-, col-, cor-, co-*
together; as "commit", "concord", "collect", "correct", "co-worker"
contra-, contro-, counter-*
against; as "contradict", "controvert", "counteract"
de-*
down, away from, about; as "descend", "depart", "describe"
demi-
half; as "demigod", "demitasse"
dia-
across, through; as "diameter", "diastole"
dis-, di-, dif-*
apart, not; as "dissension", "division", "diffident"
equi-*
equal; as "equinox", "equivalent"
ex-, e-, ef-*
out of, from; as "extract", "eject", "efface"
extra-
out of, beyond; as "extraordinary", "extraterrestrial"
hyper-*
too much; as "hypercritical", "hypersensitive"
hypo-
too little, under; as "hypochondriac", "hypodermic"
in-, il-, im-, ir-*
(two types of meanings)
into, in, on; as "invade", "illustrate", "immerse", "irritate"
OR
not; as "indistinct", "illegal", "impossible", "irresponsible"
inter-, intro-*
between, among; as "interpose", "introduce"
mal-, mis-*
bad; as "malevolent", "mistreat"
mono-
one, single; as "monotone", "monorail"
neo-
new; as "neoplasm", "neophyte"
non-*
not; as "nonentity", "nonconformist"
ob-, of-, op-*
against; as "obviate", "offend", "oppose"
omni-*
all; as "omniscient", "omnipresent"
ortho-
straight; as "orthodox", "orthopedic"
pan-
all; as "pantheism", "Pan-American"
peri-*
around; as "perimeter", "periscope"
poly-*
many; as "polygon", "polygamy"
post-*
after; as "postpone", "postmortem"
pre-*
before; as "predict", "precursory"
pro-*
forward, before; as "proceed", "provide"
re-*
back, again; as "recur", "recede"
retro-
backward; as "retrogress", "retrospect"
se-
apart, away; as "seduce", "sedition"
semi-
half; as "semicircle", "semiconscious"
sub-*
under; as "submarine", "subversive"
super-*
above, beyond; as "superpose", "supernatural"
syn-, sym-
with, at the same time; as "synonymous", "sympathetic"
trans-*
across; as "transcontinental", "transmit"
ultra-
beyond; as "ultraliberal", "ultramodern"
un-*
not; as "unaware", "uninformed"
uni-*
one; as "unanimous", "uniform"
vice-
instead of; as "vice-chancellor", "viceroy"
-able, -ible*
able; as "pliable", "returnable", "comestible"
-acious, -cious
having the quality of; as "capacious", "meretricious"
-age
act, condition; as "courage", "foliage"
-al
belonging to; as "legal", "regal"
-ance, -ence*
state of; as "abundance", "indulgence"
-ate, -ent, -ant, -ante*
one who; as "candidate", "advocate", "resident", "tenant", "debutante"
-ary, -eer, -er
one who, concerning; as "secretary", "engineer", "mariner"
-cy*
state, position of; as "adequacy", "presidency"
-dom
state of; as "freedom", "serfdom"
-ence*
state of; as "presence", "credence"
-er, -or
one who; as "player", "actor", "monitor", "employer"
-escent*
becoming; as "adolescent", "putrescent"
-fy*
make; as "beautify", "sanctify"
-hood
state of; as "knighthood", "childhood"
-ic, -id
of, like; as "bucolic", "acrid"
-il, -ile*
capable of being; as "evil", "servile"
-ion*
act of; as "desperation", "perspiration"
-ious*
characterized by; as "spacious", "illustrious"
-ish*
like; as "boyish", "foolish"
-ism
belief in or practice of; as "idealism", "capitalism"
-ist
one who practices or is devoted to; as "anarchist", "harpist"
-ive*
relating to; as "abusive", "plaintive"
-mony
state of; as "harmony", "matrimony"
-ness*
quality of; as "willingness", "shrewdness"
-ory
a place for; as "factory", "depository"
-ous, ose*
full of; as ponderous, verbose
-ship
state of, skill; as "friendship", "gamesmanship"
-some*
characteristic of; as "loathsome", "fearsome"
-tude
state of; as "lassitude", "rectitude"
-ward
in the direction of; as "windward", "backward"
-y*
full of; as "unruly", "showy"