L-J Words For English 12
by Carol Braun
August 06, 2010
12th Grade L-J Word List
Mrs. Cordry
ROOT WORDS
1. alter: other examples: alternate. alter ego
2. ami, amic: love examples: amiable, amicable
3. amphi: both ends or all sides example: amphibian
4. aqua, aque: water examples: aquatic, aquarium,
aqueduct
5. arch: chief, leader, ruler examples: archangel,
monarch, archaic, archenemy
6. arthro: joint example: arthritis
7. biblio: book examples: bibliography, bibliophile
8. bio: life examples: biography, autobiography,
biology, antibiotic
9. cap: take, seize examples: capture, captivate,
capacity
10. chrom: color examples: chromatic, monochrome,
polychrome
11. chron: time examples: chronicle, chronology,
chronometer, synchronize
12. culp: guilt examples: culpable, culprit
13. demo: people examples: democracy, demography,
epidemic
14. dox: belief, opinion examples: orthodoxy, paradox
15. dynam: power examples: dynamo, hydrodynamics
16. ego: self examples: egotist, egomania
17. mob, mot, mov: move examples: mobile, automobile,
motion, promote, movie
18. mon: warn examples: premonition, admonition
19. phon, phono: sound, voice examples: telephone,
phonograph
20. scrib, script: write examples: manuscript, scribe,
proscribe, scripture
PREFIXES
1. a-, an-: not, without examples: amoral, anesthetic,
apolitical, asocial
2. ab-: away from examples: abduction, abstain,
abnormal
3. ad-: to, toward examples: adjoin, adjacent (lying
near to)
4. anti-: against examples: antiwar, antisocial
5. auto-: self examples: autobiography, automobile,
autocracy, automation, autonomy
6. circum-: around examples: circumference, circumvent
7. contra-: against examples: contradict, contraband
8. hyper-: over examples: hypertension,
hypersensitivity, hyperactivity
9. hypo-: under examples: hypotension, hypodermic
10. im-: not examples: imperfect, impolite, impossible
11. inter-: between examples: intervene, interstate
12. intra-: within examples: intramural, intrastate
13. macro-: large example: macroeconomics
14. micro-: small examples: microscope,
microeconomics, microorganism
15. mono-: one, single examples: monologue, monarchy
16. poly-: many, several examples: polygon, polygamy
17. post-: after examples: postgraduate, posthumous
18. pre-: before examples: precede, predict
19. pro-: for, forward examples: promote, project
20. pseudo-: false examples: pseudonym, pseudoscience
21. sub-: under examples: submarine, subject,
subhuman, subterranean
22. sur-, super-: over, above examples: superhuman,
superego, superintendant, surpass
23. syn-, sym-, syl-, sys-: with, together examples:
symphony, synonym, system, syllable
24. tele-: distant, far off examples: telescope,
telephone, television, telegram, telepathy
25. trans-: across examples: transient, transatlantic,
transpost
SUFFIXES
1. –agog, -agogue: leader examples: demagogue,
pedagogue
2. –cide: kill(ing) examples: matricide, patricide,
suicide, infanticide, herbicide
3. –ectomy: cutting example: appendectomy
4. –ia, -y: act, state examples: amnesia, mania,
democracy, anarchy
5. –ic, -tic, -ical, -ac: having to do with examples:
anthropomorphic, dramatic, biblical, cardiac
6. –ics: things having to do with examples: optics,
physics
7. –isk, -iscus: small example: asterisk
8. –ism: the belief in examples: terrorism,
socialism, communism
9. –ist: one who believes in examples: terrorist,
socialist, communist
10. –ite: one connected with example: meteorite,
cosmopolite (one who is at home everywhere; a
worldly person)
11. –logy: study field of examples: biology,
geology, cardiology
12. –oid: resembling, like-shaped examples:
asteroid, spheroid, humanoid
13. –or, -er: one who takes part in examples:
doctor, actor, teacher, driver, learner
14. –phobia: exaggerated fear of examples:
photophobia, hydrophobia, claustrophobia
15. –sis: act, state, condition of example: analysis
"The world is a stage and we are merely the players"
