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279 Cards in this Set

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ALIEN-
of another (alien, alienation)
ART-
art, skill (art, artifact)
FIN-
end, limit (final, definite)
FIRM-
firm, strong (firmament, confirm)
FORT-
strong (fort, forte, comfort)
GRAND-
great (grand, grandeur)
GRAV-, [GRIEV-]
heavy (grave, grievance, grief)
LINE-, [LIGN-]
line (line, align)
NIHIL-
nothing (annihilate, nihilism)
NUL(L)-
nothing (null, annul)
PART-
part (part, depart)
VERB-
word, verb (verb, adverb, verbatim, proverb)
VEST-
garment (vest, vestment)
Ab-, a-, abs-
away from (abduct, abnormal, avert, abstract) (beware: a + double consonant means to, toward)
Ad-, ac-, (a- + -sc, -sp, -st)
to, toward (adopt, admire, aggression)
Ambi-
both, around (ambidextrous)
Ante-
before, in front of (antecedent)
Circum-
around (circumference)
Con-, com-, co-
with, together (connect)
Contra-, contro-, counter-
against (contradict)
de-
down, off, thoroughly (descend)
Dis-, di-, dif-
apart, in different directions, not (dispute)
CED-, CESS-
to go, yield (concede, excess)
DUC-, DUCT-
to lead (induce, conduct)
JUDIC-
judgment (judicial)
JUR-, JUST-
right, law; take an oath, form an opinion (jury)
LEV-
light (in weight); to lift (levity)
LOQU-, LOCUT-
to speak (colloquial)
LUD-, LUS-
to play, mock (illusion)
PREC-
to request, beg; prayer (precarious)
TRUD-, TRUS-
to push, thrust (protrude)
VEN-, VENT-, VENU-
to come (intervene)
Ex-, e-, ef-
out, from, completely (expel, evade) (ex + s = the x is dropped)
Extra-, extro-
outside, beyond (extraordinary, extrovert)
In-, im-, ig- before n
not (ineffective, ignore)
In-, im-, (en-, em-)
in, into, against (inject, endure, embrace)
Infra-
below, beneath (infrared)
Inter-
between, among (interrupt)
Intra-, intro-
within (intramural)
Non-
not (nonresident)
Ob-
toward, against, face-to-face, completely (obstruct)
Per-
through, wrongly, completely (perfect, persecute)
CRUC-
cross (crucify)
GREG-
flock, herd (congregate)
HAB-, AB-, (HIB-)
to have, hold as customary (habit, inability)
PED-
foot (pedal, pedestrian)
PUNG-, PUNCT-
to prick, point (puncture)
SACR-, (SECR-)
sacred (sacrament)
SANCT-
holy (sanctify)
SENT-, SENS-
to feel, think (consent)
TURB-
disturb (perturb, trouble)
VERT-, VERS-
to turn (revert)
VI(A)-
way, road (via, previous)
Post-
after, behind (postpone)
Pre-
before, in front of (prevent)
Pro-
forward, in front of, for (promote)
Re-, red- (before vowels)
back, again (renew, recall)
Retro-
backward, behind (retroactive)
Se-, sed- (before vowels)
aside, away (secede, segregation, sedition)
Sub-, sus-, suc-, etc.
under, up from under, secretly (submerge, suspend, succumb)
Super-, (sur-)
above, over (superhuman, surreal)
Trans-, tran-, tra-
across, through (transfer, traverse, transparent)
Ultra-
beyond, exceedingly (ultraviolet, ultramodern)
CLUD-, CLUS-, CLOS-
to shut (exclude, disclose)
CUR(R)-, CURS-, (COURS-), (COR(S)-
to run, go (recur, current, concourse)
GRAD-, GRESS
to step, go (gradual, progress)
PEND-, PENS
to hang, weigh, pay (dependent, expense)
PLE-, PLET-, PLEN-
to fill; full (implement, complete, plenary)
SPEC-, (SPIC-), SPECT-
to look (specimen, conspicuous, inspect)
UND-, (OUND-)
wave (abundant, abound)
VID-, VIS-, (VIEW-)
to see (evident, visual, review)
VOC-, VOK-
voice; to call (vocal, revoke)
SEMI-
half, partly (semiannual)
UN-
one (uniform, unanimous)
PRIM-
first (primary, primitive)
DU-
two (duet, dual)
BI-, BIN- (before vowels)
two; twice (bicycle, binoculars)
TRI-
three (tricycle, triangle)
QUADR(U)-
four (quadrangle, quadruple)
QUART-
fourth (quarter)
QUINT-
fifth (quintuplet, quintet)
SEXT-
six; sixth (sextet)
SEPT(EM)-
seven (septet, September)
OCT-
eight (octet)
OCTAV-
eighth (octave)
DECI(M)-
tenth (deciliter, decimal)
CENT-
hundred (century, centennial)
MILL-
thousand (millimeter, mill)
ANIM-
mind, feeling, life (animated, animal)
ANN(U)-, (ENNI-)
year (annual, perennial)
BENE-, BON-
well, good (benefit, bonus)
CANT-, (CENT-), CHANT-
to sing (incantation, incentive, enchant)
CUR-
cure, care (secure)
EQU-, (IQU-)
equal, even (equal, iniquity)
FER-
to bear, carry (refer, transfer)
LAT-
to bear, carry (elate, relate, translation)
MAGN-
great (magnitude, magnify)
MAL(E)-
bad (maladjusted, malicious, malignant)
MULT-
many (multitude, multiply)
OPTIM-
best (optimum)
PLIC-, PLEX-, (PLY-)
to fold, tangle, interweave (complicate, implicate, complex, imply, multiply)
-al, (-ial, -eal)
(adjective forming) pertaining to, like, (belonging to, having the character of) (vocal, verbal, equal)
-ane, - (e)an, -ian, (-ain)
(adjective forming) pertaining to, like, (belonging to, having the character of) (veteran, mundane, mountain)
-an, (-ian)
makes nouns, one connected with (librarian, barbarian)
-ar
(adjective forming) (pertaining to, like,) belonging to, having the character of (popular, regular, familiar)
-ose, (-iose)
(adjective forming) full of (grandiose, comatose)
-ous (-ious, -eous)
(adjective forming) full of, having the character of, like (famous, populous, various)
AQU(A)-
water (aquatic, aqueduct)
CORPOR-, CORP(US)-
body (incorporate, corpuscle, corpse)
OMN-
all (omnipresent, omnivorous)
REG-, (RIG-), RECT-
right, straight; to rule, stiffen, straighten (regular, incorrigible, rectify)
SIMIL-, SIMUL-
like, similar (simulate, simile)
TEMPER-, TEMPOR-
time, due season; to set bounds (temperate, temperature, temporary)
TEN-, (TIN-), TENT-, (TAIN-)
to hold (tenant, continue, content, contain)
TEND-, TENT-, TENS-
to stretch, strive (tendon, tense, tent, distend, pretense)
TENU-
stretched, thin (tenuous, attenuate)
-(u)lent, -(o)lent
(adjective-forming) full of, disposed to (fraudulent, violent)
-ic, -tic
(adjective-forming) pertaining to, like (civic, classic, rustic)
-ary
(adjective-forming) pertaining to, connected with, having the character of (literary, military, temporary)(y turns to i: precarious) noun forming: one connected with
-ile, -il
(adjective-forming) pertaining to, like, belonging to, having the character of (juvenile, hostile, civil)
DOM(IN)-
house, master (dome, predominant)
FLAG(R)-, FLAM(M)-
to burn; flame (flagrant, conflagrant, inflammation)
FLAT-
to blow (inflate, flatulent, conflation)
GEN-, GENER-
race, kind, origin (general, genus, generous)
GEN-
to give birth to, produce (genital, ingenious, ingenuity)
LATER-
side (equilateral, laterally)
LUC-, LUMIN-
to shine; light (lucid, illuminate)
PAR-
to ready, bring forth, provide (prepare, separate)
SEN-
old (senate, senior)
SERV-
to serve, save (servant, service, preserve, conservation)
-ine
(adjective forming) pertaining to, like, of (feminine, canine)
-ate, it(e)
(adjective forming)possessing, being (accurate, adequate, favorite, explicit)
-ant, -ent (-ient)
(adjective forming) equivalent to English present participle ending –ing (urgent, apparent, vigilant) noun: person who, that which (agent, inhabitant, adherent, servant)
CUMB-, CUB-
to lie down (succumb, incubator)
FEDER-
league, treaty (confederate)
FID-
faith (confident)
FIDEL-
faithful (infidelity)
HER-, HES-
to stick (adhere, adhesive)
ORD(IN)-
to put in order, arrange (order, ordinary)
POT-, POSS-
to be able, have power (potent, possible)
SAL-, (SIL-), SALT-, SULT-
to leap (salient, resilient, saltatorial, insult)
SED-, (SID-), SESS-
to sit, settle (sediment, insidious, session)
TERR-
land, earth (terrestrial, territory)
-able, -ible
(adjective forming) able to be, able to, tending to (-abil-, -ibil-) (portable, adaptable, flexible)
-ablility, (-ibility, -bility)
(adjective forming) inclination, suitability, capacity, or tendency to act or be acted upon in a (specified) way
-ile
(adjective forming) able to be, able to, tending to (agile, volatile, reptile)
-acious
(adjective forming) tending to, inclined to (audacious, tenacious)
CRED-
to believe, trust (credential, creditor, discredit)
DOC-, DOCT-
to teach (document, doctor, indoctrinate)
FA(B)-, FAT-, FESS-, FAM-
to speak, reveal (affable, infant, preface, confess, fame, fabulous)
FALL-, FALS-, (FAIL-), (FAULT-)
to deceive (fallacy, false, failure, default)
MOD-
measure (modicum, modest, modern, modify)
MUT-
to change (mutant, mutation)
TANG-, (TING-), TACT-
to touch (tangent, contingent, contact, intact)
TRACT-
to drag (tractor, traction, detract)
-itious
(adjective forming) tending to, characterized by (fictitious, expeditious)
-id
(adjective forming) tending to, inclined to (frigid, rapid, humid)
-ulous
(adjective forming) tending to, inclined to (garrulous, tremulous)
AC(U)-, ACR-, ACET-
sharp, bitter (acid, acute, acetic acid)
CAD-, (CID-), CAS-
to fall, befall (cadence, accident, incident, casual, occasion)
CAP-, (CIP-), CAPT-, (CEPT-), [CEIV-]
to take, seize (incapacitate, recipient, capture, except)
FAC-, (FIC-), FACT-, (FECT-)
to do, make (faculty, efficient, manufacture, effective) (defeat, feasible)
FLOR-
flower (florist, floral, Florida) (flour, flower)
FLU-, FLUX-, FLUV-, FLUOR(O)-
to flow; a flow (fluid, flux, effluvia, fluoroscope)
FOLI-, [FOIL-]
leaf (folio, defoliant, tinfoil)
NOC-, NOX-, NIC-, NEC-
to harm, kill (innocent, obnoxious, pernicious, internecine)
NOV-
new (novel, novice, innovative)
-ive
(adjective-forming) tending to, inclined to (active, attractive, effective)
-uous
(adjective-forming) tending to, inclined to (continuous, conspicuous)
-ory
(adjective-forming) tending to, serving for (introductory, compulsory, contradictory)
CERN-, CRET-, CERT-
to separate, distinguish (discernment, secret, excrete, ascertain)
DUR-
hard, to last (duration, endurable)
FUND-, FUS-, [FOUND-]
to pour, melt (refund, fusion, confusion, foundry)
NASC-, NAT-
to be born (nascent, native, prenatal, nature, natural)
PEL(L)-, PULS-
to drive, push (propel, compelling, impulsive, repulsive)
PON-, POSIT-, [POUND-], [POSE-]
to place, put (component, deposit, position, compound, compose, oppose)
TORT-
to twist (torture, distort)
-ity (-ety, -ty)
(noun-forming) quality of, state of (gravity/gravitate, sanity/sanitary, society, novelty, dignitary)
-(i)tude
(noun-forming) quality of, state of (longitude/longitudinal, multitude/multitudinous, magnitude)
-acy
(noun-forming) quality or state of being or having (accuracy, inadequacy, confederacy)
AM-
to love (amorous, amatory)
DE-, DIV-
god (deify, divine)
[JOURN-]
day (journal)
OR-
to speak formally, plead (oracle, oration, peroration)
PROB-, [PROV-]
good; to test (probe, probity, approve)
RAP-, RAPT-, (REPT-)
to seize (rapid, rape, rapture)
STRING-, STRICT-, [STRAIN-]
to draw tight (stringent, strict, restrict, restrain)
VER-
true (veritable, aver, very)
-(i)mony
(noun-forming) quality of, state of (testimony/testimonial, matrimony/matrimonial)
-acity
(noun-forming) quality of being inclined to (audacity, capacity, rapacity)
-y
(noun-forming) quality of, state of, act of, result of (custody/custodial, perjury, controversy/controversial)
-ate
(noun-forming) office of, holder(s) of the office of (senate, magistrate, electorate)
CID-, CIS-
to kill, cut (insecticide, fratricide, incision, precise)
MATR-, MATERN-
mother (matron, maternity)
PATRI-
fatherland, country (patrimony, paternity)
PATR, PATERN-
father (patrimony, paternity)
PATRON-
protector (patronize)
SEQU-, SECUT-
to follow (sequence, consequence, prosecute, consecutive)
SOL-
alone (solitude, desolation)
VIV-
to live (vivid, revive)
-ion
(noun-forming) act of, state of, result of (completion, prevention, production)
-ment
(noun-forming) result of, means of, act of, state of (excitement, ligament, monument, regiment)
-men
(noun-forming) result of, means of, act of, state of (specimen)
CRE-, CRESC-, CRET-
to grow (crescent, excrescence, concrete)
I-, IT-
to go (transient, ambient, initial, transition)
JUG-, JUNCT-, [JOIN-], [JOINT-]
a yoke; to join (jugular, juncture, join, rejoinder, conjointly)
LEG-, (LIG-), LECT-
to choose, pick out, read (legible, legend, eligible, elect, selective)
MON-
to warn, advise (admonish, monument, monitor, premonition)
SOLV-, SOLUT-
to free, loosen (solve, absolve, solution, absolute)
-(i)cule, (-cle, -icle)
(diminutive) little (molecule, muscle/muscular, particle/particular)
-el
(diminutive) little (novel, morsel, panel)
-il
(diminutive) little (pupil, codicil)
-ole, -ule (-le)
(diminutive) little (vacuole, aureole, capsule, scruple/scrupulous, circle/circular)
FERV-
to boil, bubble (fervent, fervidity)
FRANG-, (FRING-), FRACT-
to break (frangible, fraction)
GRAN-
grain (granary, granite, granola)
MINOR-, MINUS-, MINUT-
small, smaller (minority, minute, diminutive)
PATI-, PASS-
to endure, suffer (patient, passive, passion)
QUIR-, QUISIT-, QUEST-
to ask, seek (inquire, inquisition, question, inquest)
SEC-, SEG-, SECT-
to cut (secant, segment, bisect, section)
-ance, -ancy, -ence, -ency
(noun-forming) quality of _ing, state of _ing (vigilance, hesitancy, influence, fluency)
-or
(noun-forming) state of, result of (ardor, furor, error)
-ary (-arium)
(noun-forming) place for (library, granary, aquarium)
-ory (-orium)
(noun-forming) place for (dormitory, lavatory, auditorium)
AG-, (IG-), ACT-
to do, drive (agent, agile, inactive, transact)
CLAM-, [CLAIM-]
to cry out (exclamation, proclamation, declaim, proclaim)
COG-
to think, reflect, consider (cogent, cogitation) (co- + AG-)
DIC, DICT-
to say (diction, contradiction, edict)
GER-, GEST-
to carry, produce (exaggerate, congestion, digest)
MIT(T)-, MIS(S)-
to send, let go (admit, transmitter, missile, transmission)
SCI-
to know (science, conscientious)
SON-
sound (supersonic, resonance, sonata)
VAL-, [VAIL-]
to be strong, be worthy (value, equivalent, valid, avail, prevail)
-ure
(noun forming) act of, result of (fracture, puncture, rupture)
-(u)lence, -(o)lence
(noun forming)state or quality of being full of (violence, fraudulence) (-ulent + -y)
-or
(noun forming) one who does, that which does (actor, aggressor, tractor, motor)
-and(um), -(i)end(um)
(noun forming)that which must be _ed (agendum, memorandum) (plural form: -anda, -(i)enda)
ERR-
to wander (error, erratic)
JAC-, JECT-
to throw (ejaculate, inject, projectile, reject)
NOMEN-, NOMIN-
name, noun (nomenclature, nominate, pronominal)
SCRIB-, SCRIPT-
to write (describe, inscribe, scribble, conscription, subscription)
ST(A)-, STIT-, SIST-
to stand (stance, circumstance, station, insist)
VOLV-, VOLUT-
to roll (revolve, involve, evolution, revolution)
-esce
(verb forming) to begin, to become (convalesce, obsolescent, effloresce)
CAPIT, (CIPIT-)
head (capital, decapitate, precipitate)
GNO-, NO-, NOT-
to know (recognize, ignore, noble, note)
LOC-
place (local, dislocate)
PUT-
to prune, reckon, think (amputate, compute, impute)
RADIC-
root (radical, eradicate)
ROG-
to ask (arrogant, derogatory)
SPIR-
to breathe (spirit, conspire, inspiration)
-ify, -efy
(verb forming) to make (pacify, magnify, liquefy)
-ific
(adjective forming) making, causing (pacific, terrific)
AL-, ALT-
to nourish, grow tall (alumnus, alimony, altitude)
MEDI-
middle (median, medium, immediate)
MIGR-
to move from one place to another (migratory, transmigrate, immigrant)
MORT-
death (mortal, mortuary)
PET-
to seek, assail (compete, petition, appetite)
PUG(N)-
to fight; a fist (repugnant, impugn, pugilist)
GRAT-
pleasing, grateful (gratitude, gratuitous)
MISC-, MIXT-
to mix (promiscuous, immiscible, admixture)
MOV-, MOT-
to move (movement, remove, motion, remote)
NEG-
to deny (negative, renegade)
PURG-
to clean (purge, purgative)
VULG-
common, ordinary (vulgar, vulgate)
CORD-
heart (cordial, accord, record)
FLECT-, FLEX-
to bend (deflection, reflection, flexible, reflex)
MAN(U)-
hand (manicure, manipulate, manual, manuscript)
PORT-
to carry (portable, deport, report)
STRU-, STRUCT-
to build (instrument, structure, instruct)
TERMIN-
boundary, end (terminal, determine)
VINC-, VICT-
to conquer (convince, evince, victor, convict)
AUD-
to hear (audience, audit, auditorium)
CARN-
flesh (carnage, incarnation)
NUNCI-, [NOUNC-]
to announce (annunciation, denunciation, denounce, pronounce)
PRESS-
to press (pressure, compression)
PROPRI-
one’s own; fitting (proprietary, appropriate)
SAT(IS)-
enough (satiate, satisfy)
-at(e)
verbal suffix