Pre/Suffix

Question 1

ante-

Answer 1

Before

Question 2

ana-

Answer 2

backward, upward

Question 3

anti-

Answer 3

against

Question 4

auto-

Answer 4

self

Question 5

bene-

Answer 5

good, well

Question 6

con-

Answer 6

with, together

Question 7

ecto-

Answer 7

outside, external

Question 8

hetero-

Answer 8

different, other

Question 9

homo-

Answer 9

same

Question 10

inter-

Answer 10

between

Question 11

intra-

Answer 11

within

Question 12

mal-

Answer 12

ill; evil

Question 13

mis-

Answer 13

incorrect

Question 14

neo-

Answer 14

new

Question 15

omni-

Answer 15

all

Question 16

patho-

Answer 16

ill

Question 17

sub-

Answer 17

under

Question 18

trans-

Answer 18

across

Question 19

aqua

Answer 19

water

Question 20

chron

Answer 20

time: chronic (of long duration, continuing)

Question 21

clude, clus

Answer 21

shut, close: preclude (shut beforehand; prevent)

Question 22

cog, cogn

Answer 22

know, knowledge: cognizant (knowledgeable about; aware)

Question 23

duce, duct

Answer 23

lead: induce (lead to; bring about)

Question 24

fact, fect, fict

Answer 24

make, do: factory (place where things are made)

Question 25

graph, gram

Answer 25

write, record, picture: graphic (creating a strong image)

Question 26

hydr, hydro

Answer 26

water: dehydrate (remove water from)

Question 27

ject, jac

Answer 27

throw, cast: interject (throw in between)

Question 28

logue, logy

Answer 28

speech; science: eulogy (speech of praise); zoology (animal
science)

Question 29

man; manu

Answer 29

hand; by hand: manual (handbook)

Question 30

meter

Answer 30

measure: thermometer (instrument to measure
temperature)

Question 31

ped, pod

Answer 31

foot: pedal (relating to the foot); podiatrist (foot
doctor)

Question 32

pend, pense

Answer 32

hang, weigh: impend (menace, as in “hanging overhead”)

Question 33

scribe, script

Answer 33

write: inscribe (write on, autograph);
inscription (something written)

Question 34

sec, sect

Answer 34

cut: bisect (cut in half)

Question 35

spire, spirat

Answer 35

breath, breathe: expire (die, as in “breathe your last breath’)

Question 36

tract

Answer 36

draw, drag: extract (draw out)

Question 37

troph

Answer 37

feed: autotroph (feeder on food made by the
organism)

Question 38

vene, vent

Answer 38

come: convene (come together)

Question 39

vocat, voke

Answer 39

call: vocation (profession, as in your “calling”);
evoke (call out)

Question 40

volve, volu

Answer 40

roll, turn: evolve (develop, as in “roll forward».
revolution (a turn around)

Question 41

-able, -ible

Answer 41

capable or worthy of: defensible (capable of being defended)

Question 42

-ance, -ence

Answer 42

relating to, state of: despondence (state of being dejected,
depression)

Question 43

-ic

Answer 43

pertaining to: dramatic (pertaining to drama); aquatic (see above)

Question 44

-ish

Answer 44

like, somewhat: mulish (like a mule); greenish (somewhat green)

Question 45

-less

Answer 45

without: childless (without a child)

Question 46

-ment

Answer 46

result; action: deferment (act of delaying)

Question 47

-ness

Answer 47

condition, quality of: happiness (condition of being happy)

Question 48

-ology

Answer 48

study of: biology (study of life)

Question 49

-phobe

Answer 49

hate, dislike: hydrophobe (avoids water)

Question 50

Ab

Answer 50

• off, away from (absent)