Vocabulary – Unit 4 Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes
Prefixes pre- Examples: precede, predict, preface
Prefixes pre- Meaning: before, in front of
Prefixes post- Examples postpone, posthumous, post-game
Prefixes post- Meaning: after, behind
Prefixes tele- Examples telephone, telepathy, television, telegram
Prefixes tele- Meaning: distant
Prefixes a- / ab- / abs- Examples abstract, abduction, abstain, abnormal
Prefixes a- / ab- / abs- Meaning: away, from
Prefixes ad- Examples adhere, adjoin, adjacent
Prefixes ad- Meaning: to or toward
Prefixes im- / in- Examples imperfect, impolite, impossible, impractical, indiscreet, invisible
Prefixes im- / in- Meaning: not
Roots/Bases aqua- / aque- Examples aquatic, aquarium, aqueduct
Roots/Bases aqua- / aque- Meaning: water
Roots/Bases duc- / duct- Examples induce, deduce, seduction, conduct, abduct, produce, aqueduct
Roots/Bases duc- / duct- Meaning: lead
Roots/Bases fin- / finit- Examples final, definite, infinite
Roots/Bases fin- / finit- Meaning: end, limit
Roots/Bases magn- Example magnify, magnate, magnificent
Roots/Bases magn- Meaning: large, great
Roots/Bases scrib- / script- Examples manuscript, scribe, scripture, scribble, prescription
Roots/Bases scrib- / script- Meaning: to write, written
Roots/Bases sol- Examples solitary, solo, soliloquy, solitaire
Roots/Bases sol- Meaning: alone
Roots/Bases vid-/ vis- Examples video, vision
Roots/Bases vid- / vis- Meaning: to see
Roots/Bases voc- / voke- / voice Exaples vocal, invoke, revoke, invocation, convocation
Roots/Bases voc- / voke- / voice Meaning: voice, to call
Roots/Bases ami- / amic- Examples amiable, amicable, amorous
Roots/Bases ami- / amic- Meaning: love
Roots/Bases aud- Examples auditorium, audible, audiologist, audiotape
Roots/Bases aud- Meaning: sound
Roots/Bases gram- / graph- Examples telegram, graphite, biography, telegraph, geography
Roots/Bases gram- / graph- Meaning: to write or draw; writing; printing
Roots/Bases chron- Examples chronicle, chronology, synchronize, chronological order
Roots/Bases chron- Meaning: time
Roots/Bases grad- / gress- Examples graduate, progress, gradual, progression, transgression
Roots/Bases grad- / gress- Meaning: to step
Roots/Bases hydr(o)- Examples dehydrate, hydraulics, hydroelectric, hydroplane
Roots/Bases hydr(o)- Meaning: water
Roots/Bases mut- Examples mutant, mutate, mutability
Roots/Bases mut- Meaning: change
Roots/Bases terr(a)- Examples subterrarean, terrain, terrestrial, disinter, territorial
Roots/Bases terr(a)- Meaning: earth, ground
Suffixes -ate Examples Donate, vibrate, implicate
Suffixes -ate Meaning: to make
Suffixes -ation Examples donation, vibration, implication
Suffixes -ation Meaning: the result of doing
Suffixes -ify Examples justify, magnify, intensify
Suffixes -ify Meaning: to make
Suffixes -er / -or Examples teacher, counselor
Suffixes -er / -or Meaning: one who does
Suffixes -ologist Examples zoologist, biologist
Suffixes -ologist Meaning: one who studies
Suffixes -ology Examples zoology, biology
Suffixes -ology Meaning: study of