Root, Prefix or Suffix
Meaning
Examples
a, ac, ad, af, ag, al, an, ap, as, at
to, toward, near, in addition to, by
aside, accompany, adjust, aggression, allocate, annihilate, affix, associate, attend, adverb
a, an
not, without
apolitical, atheist, anarchy, anonymous, apathy, aphasia, anemia
ab, abs
away from, off
absolve, abrupt, absent
-able, -ible
Adjective: worth, ability
solvable, incredible
acer, acid, acri
bitter, sour, sharp
acerbic, acidity, acrid, acrimony
act, ag:
do, act, drive
active, react, agent, active, agitate
acu
sharp
acute, acupuncture, accurate
-acy, -cy
Noun: state or quality
privacy, nfancy, adequacy, intimacy, supremacy
ag, agi, ig, act
do, move, go
agent, agenda, agitate, navigate, ambiguous, action
-age
Noun: activity, or result of action
courage, suffrage, shrinkage, tonnage
-al
Noun: action, result of action
referral, disavowal, disposal, festival
-al, -ial, -ical
Adjective: quality, relation
structural, territorial, categorical
ali, allo, alter
other
alias, alibi, alien, alloy, alter, alter ego, altruism
alt(us)
high, deep
altimeter, altitude
am, ami, amor
love, like, liking
amorous, amiable, amicable, enamoured
ambul
to walk
ambulatory, amble, ambulance, somnambulist
-an
Noun: person
artisan, guardian, historian, magician
-ance, -ence
Noun: action, state, quality or process
resistance, independence, extravagance, fraudulence
-ancy, -ency
Noun: state, quality or capacity
vacancy, agency, truancy, latency
anim
mind, life, spirit, anger
animal, animate, animosity
ann, annu, enni
yearly
annual, annual, annuity, anniversary, perrenial
-ant, -ent
Noun: an agent, something that performs the action
disinfectant, dependent, fragrant
-ant, -ent, -ient
Adjective: kind of agent, indication
important, dependent, convenient
ante
before
anterior, anteroom, antebellum, antedate, antecedent antediluvian
anthrop
man
anthropology, misanthrope, philanthropy
anti(co)
old
antique, antiquated, antiquity
anti, ant
against, opposite
antisocial, antiseptic, antithesis, antibody, antinomies, antifreeze, antipathy
-ar, -ary
Adjective: resembling, related to
spectacular, unitary
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