Root, Prefix or Suffix Meaning Examplesa, ac, ad, af, ag, al, an, ap, as, atto, toward, near, in addition to, byaside, accompany, adjust, aggression, allocate, annihilate, affix, associate, attend, adverba-, an- not, without apolitical, atheist, anarchy, anonymous, apathy, aphasia, anemiaab, abs away from, off absolve, abrupt, absent-able, -ible Adjective: worth, ability solvable, incredibleacer, acid, acri bitter, sour, sharp acerbic, acidity, acrid, acrimonyact, ag do, act, drive active, react, agent, active, agitateacu sharp acute, acupuncture, accurate-acy, -cy Noun: state or quality privacy, nfancy, adequacy, intimacy, supremacy-ade act, product, sweet drink blockade, lemonadeaer, aero air, atmosphere, aviation aerial, aerosol, aerodromeag, agi, ig, act do, move, go agent, agenda, agitate, navigate, ambiguous, action-age Noun: activity, or result of action courage, suffrage, shrinkage, tonnageagri, agro pertaining to fields or soil agriculture, agroindustry-al Noun: action, result of action referral, disavowal, disposal, festival-al, -ial, -ical Adjective: quality, relation structural, territorial, categoricalalb, albo white, without pigment albino, albiteali, allo, alter other alias, alibi, alien, alloy, alter, alter ego, altruismalt high, deep altimeter, altitudeam, ami, amor love, like, liking amorous, amiable, amicable, enamouredambi both ambidextrousambul to walk ambulatory, amble, ambulance, somnambulist-an Noun: person artisan, guardian, historian, magicianana, ano up, back, again, anew anode, anagram, anagenetic-ance, -ence Noun: action, state, quality or process resistance, independence, extravagance, fraudulence-ancy, -ency Noun: state, quality or capacity vacancy, agency, truancy, latencyandr, andro male, characteristics of men androcentric, androidang angular angleanim mind, life, spirit, anger animal, animate, animosityann, annu, enni yearly annual, annual, annuity, anniversary, perrenial-ant, -entNoun: an agent, something that performs the actiondisinfectant, dependent, fragrant-ant, -ent, -ient Adjective: kind of agent, indication important, dependent, convenientante before anterior, anteroom, antebellum, antedate, antecedent antediluviananthrop man anthropology, misanthrope, philanthropyanti, ant against, opposite antisocial, antiseptic, antithesis, antibody, antinomies, antifreeze, antipathyanti, antico old antique, antiquated, antiquityapo, ap, aph away from, detached, formed apology, apocalypse, aphagiaaqu water aqueous-ar, -ary Adjective: resembling, related to spectacular, unitaryarch chief, first, rule archangel, architect, archaic, monarchy, matriarchy, patriarchy, Archeozoic era-ard, -art Noun: characterized braggart, drunkard, wizardaster, astr star aster, asterisk, asteroid, astronomy, astronaut-ate Noun: state, office, fuction candidate, electorate, delegate-ate Verb: cause to be graduate, ameliorate, amputate, colligate-ate Adjective: kind of state inviolate-ation Noun: action, resulting state specialization, aggravation, alternationauc, aug, aut to originate, to increase augment , author, augment, auctionaud, audi, aur, aus to hear, listenaudience, audio, audible, auditorium, audiovisual, audition, auricular, ausculateaug, auc increase augur, augment, auctionaut, auto self automobile, automatic, automotive, autograph, autonomous, autoimmunebar weight, pressure barometerbeon, around, over, about, excessively, make, cause, name, affectberate, bedeck, bespeak, belittle, beleaguerbelli war rebellion, belligerent, casus belli, bellicosebene good, well, gentle benefactor, beneficial, benevolent, benediction, beneficiary, benefitbi, bine two biped, bifurcate, biweekly, bivalve, biannualbibl, bibli, biblio book bibliophile, bibliography, Biblebio, bi life biography, biology, biometricsm biome, biospherebrev short abbreviate, brevity, briefcad, cap, cas, ceiv, cept, capt, cid, cipto take, to seize, to holdreceive, deceive, capable, capacious, captive, accident, capture, occasion, concept, intercept, forceps, except, reciprocatecad, cas to fall cadaver, cadence, cascade-cade procession motorcadecalor heat calorie, caloric, calorimetercapit, capt head decapitate, capital, captain, captioncarn flesh carnivorous, incarnate, reincarnation, carnalcat, cata, cath down, with catalogue, category, cathetercaus, caut burn, heat caustic, cauldron, cauterizecause, cuse, cus cause, motive because, excuse, accusationceas, ced, cede, ceed, cessto go, to yield, move, go, surrendersucceed, proceed, precede, recede, secession, exceed, successioncent hundred centennial, century, centipedecentr, centri center eccentricity, centrifugal, concentric, eccentricchrom color chrome, chromosome, polychrome, chromaticchron time chronology, chronic, chronicle chronometer, anachronism, synchronizecide, cis, cise to kill, to cut, cut down fratricide, homicide, incision, incision, circumcision, scissorscircum aroundcircumnavigate, circumflex, circumstance, circumcision, circumference, circumorbital, c