roots sufixes and prefixes Flashcards
(143 cards)
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Prefix: ab
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Away — eg. absent, abduct, abnormal, abort
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Suffix: -cious, -uous
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To be filled with/contian a very large amount of it— eg. vivacious, volumptuous
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Root: acu
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Clarity/needles/Sharp — eg. acute, acupressure, acupuncture, acuity
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Root: agri
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Farming — eg. agriculture, agrarian
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Root: alb
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White — eg. albino, albumen, albacore
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Prefix: amb
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B — eg. ambivalent, ambiguous, ambidextrous
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Root: ambul
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Walk, move — eg. amble, ambulance, ambulant
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Root: amic
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Friendly — eg. amicable, amicably, dynamic
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Prefix: ana
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Back — eg. anachronism, anabasis
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Prefix: anti (ant)
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Against, opposite — eg. antagonist, antidote, antibiotics
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Root: arche (archi)
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Primitive, origin — eg. archaic, archaeology, archive
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Root: auto
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Self — eg. autopilot, autonomous, autocratic
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Root: bel
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War, fight — eg. rebel, antebellum, bellicose
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Root: bene
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Good — eg. benefit, benign, benevolent, benefactor
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Prefix: bi
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Two — eg. bicycle, biceps, biscotti, biweekly
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Root: cata
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Intensive, according to / thoroughly— eg. cataclysm, catastrophic, catalog
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Root: cede (cess, ced)
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To withdraw or to yield/give — eg. recede, exceed, recession
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Suffix: ceive
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Take — eg. receive, perceive, reconceive
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Root: cent
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Hundred — eg. centennial, century, percent
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Root: cerebr
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Brain — eg. cerebral, cerebrate
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Root: cert
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Sure — eg. certain, ascertain, certify
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Root: chron
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Time — eg. chronicle, chronology, anachronism
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Root: cide
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Kill — eg. genocide, pesticide
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Root: circum
Around — eg. circumference, circumstance
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Root: clam (claim)
Shout, speak — eg. exclaim, clamor, proclaim
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Root: clar
Clear — eg. clarify, clarification, declare
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Root: clud (clus)
Close — eg. conclusion, seclude, conclude
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Root: clin (cline)
Lean — eg. inclination, incline, recline
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Prefix: co
With, together, joint — eg. coauthor, cosign, collaborate, cooperate
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Root: cog
Know — eg. cognitive, incognito, cognition
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Prefix: con
Together, common — eg. connect, convention, concur
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Prefix: contra
Against — eg. contraband, contrary
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Root: corp
Body — eg. corporation, corpse, corporal
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Prefix: counter
Opposing, contrary — eg. counteract, counterintuitive, counteroffer
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Suffix: cracy (crat)
Rule — eg. democracy, democrat, theocracy, bureaucracy
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Root: cred
Believe — eg. incredible, credit, credulous, credence
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Root: crypt
Hidden, secret — eg. cryptic, encrypt
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Root: culp
Blame, fault — eg. culpable, exculpate, culprit
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Root: cumul
Mass, heap — eg. accumulate, cumulative
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Root: dem
People — eg. democracy, demographics
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Prefix: di
Twice, two — eg. dilemma, diverse, dioxide
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Prefix: dia
Across, through — eg. dialogue, diameter, diagnosis
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Root: domin
Master — eg. dominate, predominate, dominerring
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Root: don
Give — eg. donate, pardon, donor
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Root: dorm
Sleep — eg. dormitory, dormant, dormer
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Root: dur
Harden, long lasting — eg. durable, duration, endure
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Root: dyn
Power, energy — eg. dynamite, dynamic
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Suffix: ence (ance)
State, condition — eg. performance, conference, insurance
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Root: esth (aesth)
Beauty, feeling — eg. esthetician, aesthetic, kinesthesia
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Root: ethn
Nation, race — eg. ethnicity, ethnology, ethnocentric
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Prefix: eu
Good, well — eg. euphemism, euphoria
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Prefix: ex
Out, former — eg. exit, ex-girlfriend, exterminate, extract
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Prefix: extra
Beyond — eg. extraordinary, extraterrestrial, extravagance
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Suffix: fer
Carry, bring — eg. transfer, ferry, conifer, confer
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Root: fid
Trust — eg. confidence, fidelity
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Root: flect (flex)
Bend — eg. reflect, flexible, inflect, deflect
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Root: fore
In front of, previous — eg. before, therefore, forebode, forecast
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Root: fusc
Dark — eg. obfuscation, infuscate, subfuscous, fuscous
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Root: ger
Old age — eg. geriatrics, gerontology
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Root: grad (gress)
To step, to go — eg. digress, gradual, graduate
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Root: gyn
Woman — eg. gynecology, androgynous, misogyny
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Prefix: homo (homeo)
Same, alike — eg. homogeneous, homonym, homeopath
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Prefix: hyper
Over, beyond — eg. hyperactive, hyperventilate
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Prefix: hypo
Under — eg. hypothermic, hypothesis, hypoglycemia
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Suffix: ian
Related to — eg. librarian, historian, pedestrian
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Root: idio
Peculiar, distinct — eg. idiotic, idiomatic
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Prefix: in/im
Not — eg. incapable, incomplete, informal, imperfect
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Prefix: infra
Beneath — eg. infrastructure, infrared
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Prefix: inter
Between — eg. interview, international, interstate
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Prefix: ir
Not — eg. irrational, irredeemable, irrelevant, irregular,
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Prefix: iso
Equal — eg. isobar, isometric
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Root: lab
Work — eg. elaborate, laboratory, laborious, labor, collaborate
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Root: lat
Broad, wide — eg. dilate, latitude
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Root: laud
Praise — eg. laudably, applause, applaud
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Root: lex
Word, law — eg. lexicology, dyslexic, alexia, lexicon
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Root: loq
Speech — eg. loquacious, eloquent, colloquialism
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Root: luc
Light — eg. elucidate, lucid, translucent
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Prefix: macro
Large, great — eg. macroeconomics, macronutrients, macroevolution
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Root: mal
Bad, evil — eg. malignant, maltreat, malfeasance, malicious
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Root: medi
Middle — eg. mediocre, medium, medieval
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Root: melan
Black, dark — eg. melancholy, melanoma, melodrama
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Prefix: meta
Change, beyond, after — eg. metaphysics, metamorphosis, metastasis
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Prefix: micro
Small — eg. microscope, micronutrient
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Root: migr
Move — eg. immigrant, emigrate, migrant, migration
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Prefix: min
Small — eg. minimum, miniature, miniscule, minute
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Prefix: mis
Wrong, bad — eg. mistake, misinterpret, misogynist
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Root: miss (mit)
Send, cast — eg. remit, dismiss, missle, emit
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Prefix: mono
One — eg. monotheism, monodiglyceride
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Root: mort
Death — eg. mortuary, immortal, mortify
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Root: nat
Born — eg. innate, natural, natal
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Root: neg
No — eg. negate, negative, renege
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Prefix: neo
New — eg. neophyte, neonatal, neologistic, neocolonialism
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Root: nov
New — eg. novice, renovate, novelty
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None — eg. nullify, nullification, nulliparity
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Prefix: ob (op)
In the way, against — eg. object, objection, opposition, obscure
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Prefix: omni
All — eg. omnipotent, omniscient, omnivorous
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Root: opt
Best — eg. optimal, optimum, optimize
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Suffix: ous
Having — eg. adventurous, hazardous, nauseous, joyous
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Root: oxy
Sharp — eg. oxymoron, oxidize
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Root: paleo
Ancient — eg. paleontologist, Paleolithic, paleography
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Root: pan
All — eg. pandemic, panorama, pantheon, panacea
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Prefix: para
Beside, related — eg. parallel, parasite, paramedic
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Root: path
Feeling — eg. antipathy, sympathetic, psychopath, apathy
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Root: pel (puls)
Drive, push — eg. dispel, repulse, compel, compulsion
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Root: ped
Foot, kid — eg. pedestrian, pedometer, pediatrician, pedophile
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Root: peri
Around — eg. perimeter, peripheral
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Root: phil
Loving — eg. philanthropic, philosophy, pedophile
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Root: phob
Fear — eg. hydrophobia, phobia, claustrophobic
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Prefix: poly
Many — eg. polytheistic, polyamorous, polygon
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Root: pos
Put, place — eg. position, compose, deposit
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Prefix: post
After — eg. posterior, postpone, postmortem
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Prefix: pre
Before — eg. prevent, predetermined, precaution, preview
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Root: psuedo
Not genuine — eg. pseudonym, pseudoscience
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Root: pug
To fight — eg. pugnacious, repugnant, pugilant
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Root: pul
Urge — eg. compulsion, impulsive, expulsion
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Root: purg
Clean — eg. purge, purgatory, expurgate
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Prefix: re
Again — eg. regenerate, reassess, reconfigure
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Root: reg
Guide, rules — eg. regulate, regular, regent, regime
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Prefix: retro
Back, backward — eg. retroactive, retrospect, retrograde
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Root: san
Health — eg. sane, sanity, insane, sanitation
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Root: scend
Climb, go — eg. ascend, crescendo, descent
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Root: sci
To know — eg. science, conscience, conscious, omniscient
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Root: scrib
Write — eg. scribe, prescribe, inscribe, describe
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Prefix: se
Apart — eg. secede, seclude, serum
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Root: sect
Cut — eg. dissect, intersect, section
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Root: sed
Sit — eg. sediment, sedentary
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Root: sol
Comfort — eg. consolation, solace
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Root: soph
Wise — eg. philosophy, sophisticated, sophism
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Prefix: sub
Below, under — eg. submarine, subpar
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Prefix: super
Higher in quality or quantity — eg. superior, supernatural, superfan, superb
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Root: syn (sym)
With, together — eg. synonym, sympathy
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Root: tact
To touch — eg. contact, tactile
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Root: tax
Arrangement — eg. syntax, taxonomy, ataxia
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Root: tele
Far — eg. television, telephone, telescope, telegraph
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Root: tort
Twist — eg. contort, distort, retort
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Prefix: trans
Across, through — eg. transform, transaction, translate, transport
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Prefix: un
Not — eg. unfair, unable, unfriendly, uncontrollable
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Prefix: uni
One — eg. unicycle, united, unison
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Root: vac
Empty — eg. vacuum, vacant, evacuate
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Root: viv/vit
Life — eg. vitality, vivacious
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Root: vor (vour)
Eat — eg. devour, voracious, carnivore, herbivore
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Root: xen
Foreign — eg. xenocide, xenophobic, xenophile
