a-

an-

not, without

examples: asymmetrical, anonymity

ac-

acr-

sharp, sour

examples: acuity, acumen

ali-

altr-

another

examples: alien, altruism

am-

ami-

love

example: amourous, amity

ambi-

amphi -

both

examples: ambidextrous, amphibian

ante-

ant-

before

examples: antecedent, antediluvian

anti-

ant-

against, opposite

examples: antidote, antipathy, antagonist

self

examples: autonomous, automobile

belli -

bell-

war

examples: belligerent, bellicose

bene-

ben-

good

examples: beneficent, benign

life

examples: biology, biodegradable

cap -

capt-

-cept

-cip

take, seize

examples: capacious, capitulate, precept

color

examples: chromatic, chromosphere

around

examples: circumlocution, circumvent

with, together

examples: cohesion, collaborator

-gno-

-cogn-

know

examples: agnostic, ignoble

against

examples: contradiction, contrary

cosmo-

-cosm

world

examples: cosmopolitan, cosmos, microcosm

demo-

dem-

people

examples: democracy, pandemic

across

examples: diameter, mediate

dic-

dict-

speak

examples: dictate, contradiction

birth, class, kin

examples: genealogy, genocide

grad-

-gress

step

examples: graduation, digress

pleasing

examples: ingratiate, gratuity

dis-

dif-

di-

apart, away

examples: disheveled, dissemble, disclosure

ex-

e-

out, out of

examples: exorbitant, extrude, expropriate

fac-

-fic

-fect

fy-

fea-

make, do

examples: facile, prolific

frag-

frac-

break

examples: fragment, refract

in-

ig-

il-

im-

ir-

not

examples: incorrigible, intrepid, inviolable

between, among

examples: interlocutor, interlude

intra-

intr-

within

examples: intrapersonal, intramural

day

examples: journal, sojourn

lec-

-leg

lex-

read, speak

examples: lecture, illegible

letter

examples: literacy, alliteration

bad

examples: malevolent, malfeasance, malediction

hand

examples: manhandle, mandate

shape

example: amorphous

change

examples: mutability, immutable

not, deny

examples: abnegate, negligible

nom-

-nym-

name

examples: autonomous, eponymous

new

examples: novice, novel

against

examples: obdurate, obfuscate

all

examples: omniscient, omnipotent

-path-

pass-

feel, suffer

examples: apathetic, empathetic

sound

examples: telephone, cacophony

calm, please

example: implacable, complacent

power

example: impotent

-prox-

prop-

near

example: proximity

rid-

ris-

laugh

example: ridicule

sacr-

sanct-

holy

examples: sacred, sanctimonious

scrib-

script-

scriv-

write

examples: scribble, proscribe

sequ-

secu-

follow

examples: sequence, non sequitur

syn-

sym-

together

examples: synergy, synonymous

fear, frightened

examples: timid, timorous

city

examples: urban, urbane

empty

examples: vacate, vacuous

true

examples: verisimilitude, veracious, aver