Download Reading Apprenticeship Root Words, Prefixes, Suffixes List

A PARTIAL LIST OF COMMON WORD ELEMENTS AND THEIR MEANINGS
(TEACHER REFERENCE)
Some Common Prefixes
anti – against
fore – before
post – after
bi – two
in – not
pre – before
co-/com – together
inter – between
pro – in front of, forward
con – with
intra – within
quadr – four
counter – opposing
mis – bad, badly
re – again
demi – half
mono – one
semi – half
dis – not, away
non – not
sub – under
en-/em – in, into
over – over, too much
super – over, great
ex – out
pent - five
tri – three
ultra – beyond, extreme
un – not
Some Greek Suffixes
-crat/cracy – rule
-ism/ist – belief in ; one who
believes
-pathy/-path – feeling;
suffering, disease
-logy/-logist – science of; one
who studies
-phobia – abnormal fear
-emia – condition of the blood
-ician – specialist in
-ine – chemical substance
A PARTIAL LIST OF COMMON ROOTS AND THEIR MEANINGS
(TEACHER REFERENCE)
Some Greek and Latin Roots
aer – aid
hydro – water
scope – instrument for viewing
agog – leader
hypo – under
sign/signi – sign, seal
angel – messenger
ject – throw
spect - see
aster/astro – star
jud – judge
spir – breathe
aud – hear
junct – join
st/sta/stat – stand
auto – self
logo – word, reason
struct – build, form
bene – well, good
meter/metr – measure
tang/tact – touch
bio – life
micro – very small, minute
techn – art, skill, craft
chlor – greenish, yellow
min – little, small
tele – far, distant
chron – time
mit, mis – send
therm – heat
cred – believe, trust
nom – name
trac/tract – drag, pull
derm – skin
od/hod – road, way
ultra – beyond, extreme
dict – say
ped – foot
val – strong, worth
duc – lead
phe/phem – speak
vert/vers – turn
eco – house
phil – love
vid/vis – see
fac – do, make
phon – sound
voc – voice, call
flec/flex – bend
photo – light
vor – devour
form – shape
pol/polis – city, state
zoo – animal
fract – break
port – carry
geo – earth
rupt – break
gram – thing written
scrib/script – write
graph – writing
sect/sec – cut
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