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AFOQT-Roots, Prefixes & Suffixes
Roots, Prefixes & Suffixes of words
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12th Grade
07/21/2014

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Term
Root: Nat
Definition
Latin, meaning "born." Example: native, nationality, prenatal
Term
Root: omni
Definition
all or every
Term
Root: Potent
Definition
power, strength
Term
prefix: un
Definition
not
Term
prefix: fix
Definition
to place something securely
Term
prefix: pre
Definition
before
Term
Suffix: femin
Definition
woman, female
Term
suffix: "ic"
Definition
pertaining to
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Suffix: ism
Definition
act, practice of, process
Term
Qui
Definition
From Latin quies, meaning "rest, quiet"
Term
Ped
Definition
child, education
Term
iatr
Definition
relates to doctors. Ex: pediatrician, psychiatrist, podiatry,
Term
aud
Definition
hearing, listening
Term
nom
Definition

name

Ex: synonym, nominate

Term
poie
Definition
Greek, "to make"
Term
lut
Definition
to wash
Term
path
Definition
Greek: feeling, suffering, disease
Term
sci
Definition
Latin root, "to know"
Term
clin
Definition

to lean towards, to bend.

Ex: recline, incline

Term
am
Definition

love

ex: amiable, amigo, mon ami,

Term
luc/lus/lum
Definition

light

ex: illuminate, lucid, illustrate

Term
plac
Definition

to please

ex: complacent, placate

Term
Root: ac
Definition

sharp, bitter

Ex: acidic, exacerbate

Term
ver
Definition

truth

ex; verum, verify

Term
loc/log/loqu
Definition

word, speech

ex: eloquent, logical, loquicious

Term
dic/dict/dit
Definition

to say, tell, use words

ex: indict, diction, dictate, dictionary

Term
qui
Definition

quiet

quiescent, quiet

Term
equ
Definition
equal, even
Term
Dis
Definition

away from, deprive of, reversal, or 'not'

ex: disease= not well

Term
Un
Definition
not
Term
-able
Definition
ability, worthy of
Term
re
Definition
back, again
Term
-ed
Definition
indicates past tense
Term
Im-
Definition

in, into, within, internally

ex: impressive = inspires a feeling of awe withing

impassive+ a feeling you have within you

Term
-ive
Definition
haveing the nature of
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pre-
Definition
before
Term
anti-
Definition
against
Term
mis-
Definition
opposite
Term
ex-
Definition
out, out of, away from
Term
nounc
Definition

to state or declare

ex: denounce, announce

Term
meta-
Definition

change

Ex: metamorphisis

Term
morph
Definition

shape or form

ex: metamorphisis

Term
-sis
Definition

the process of

ex: metamorphisis,

Term
con
Definition
with
Term
-ic
Definition
pertaining to, relating to, having the quality of
Term
sub
Definition
beneath, below or under
Term
-ant
Definition

an agent or something that performs the action

ex: micreant, deviant

Term
nym
Definition
name
Term
syn-
Definition
same
Term
ant-
Definition
opposite
Term
in/ir/il/im
Definition
into
Term
a, ac, ad, af, ag, al, an, ap, as, at
Definition

to, toward, near, in addition to, by

ex: aside, adjust, aggression, allocate, affix, attend, adjust, accompany

Term
a-, an-
Definition

not, without

ex: apolitical, atheist, anarchy, anonymous, apathy

Term
ab, abs
Definition

away from, off

ex: absolve, abrupt, absent

Term
-able, ible
Definition
worth, ability
Term
acer, acid,acri
Definition
bitter, sour, sharpex: acerbic, acidic, acrid
Term
act, ag
Definition

do, act, drive

ex: active, react, agent, aggressive

Term
acu
Definition

sharp

ex: accuse, acute, acupuncture

Term
-acy, -cy
Definition

state or quality

ex: complacancy, privacy, infancy, intimacy

Term
-ade
Definition

act, product, sweet drink

ex: lemonade, blockade, tirade

Term
aer,aero
Definition

air, atmosphere; or aviation

ex: aerial, aerosol, aeroguard!

Term
ag, agi, ig, act
Definition

do, move, go

ex: agent, aggrivate, agitate, navigate, ambiguous, action

Term
-age
Definition

activity, or result of action

ex: suffrage, courage, shrinkage

Term
argi, agro
Definition
pertaining to fields, soil, farming
Term
alb, albo
Definition
white, without pigment
Term
ali, allo, alter
Definition

other

ex: alias, alibi, alien, alter ego

Term
alt
Definition

high, deep

altitude

Term
am, ami, amor
Definition
love, like, liking
Term
ambi
Definition
both
Term
ambul
Definition

to walk

ex: amble, ambulance

Term
andr, andro-
Definition

male, characteristic of men

ex: android

Term
ang
Definition
angular
Term
anim
Definition

mind, life, spirit, anger

ex: animate, animal, animosity

Term
ann, annu, enni
Definition

yearly

ex: annual, perennial

Term
-ant, -ent
Definition

an agent, something that performs the action

ex:disinfectant, fragrant, dependent

Term
-ant, -ient, -ent
Definition
kind of agent, indicationex: important, convenient
Term
ante
Definition
before
Term
anthrop
Definition

man

ex:anthropology, misanthrope, philanthropy

Term
antico
Definition

old

ex: antique, antiquated

Term
apo, ap, aph
Definition

away from, detached, formed

ex: apology, apocalypse

Term
aqu
Definition

water

ex: aquatic

Term
arch
Definition

chief, first, rule

ex: archangel, architect, archaic, monarchy, matriarchy

Term
aster, astr
Definition

star

ex: asterisk, asteroid, astronomy

Term
-ate
Definition

office, state, function

ex: senate, candidate, delagate

Term
-ate
Definition

causes to be

ex: graduate, amputate

Term
auc, aug
Definition
to increase
Term
aut
Definition

to originate

ex: author

Term
aur, aus, aud
Definition
to hear
Term
aut, auto
Definition

self

ex: autograph, automotive

Term
bar
Definition

weight, pressure

ex: barometer

Term
be-
Definition

on, around, about, over, excessively

ex: berate, bedeck, belittle, beleaguer

Term
belli
Definition

war

ex: rebellion, belligerent

Term
bene
Definition
good, well, gentle
Term
bi, bine
Definition
two
Term
bibl, bibli
Definition
book
Term
bio, bi
Definition

life

ex: biopic, biosphere, bibliography

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