L-J Word List for English 8
by Carol Braun
August 06, 2010
8th 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. bio: life examples: biography, autobiography,
biology, antibiotic
8. demo: people examples: democracy, demography,
epidemic
9. dynam: power examples: dynamo, hydrodynamics
10. ego: self examples: egotist, egomania
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. hyper-: over examples: hypertension,
hypersensitivity, hyperactivity
8. hypo-: under examples: hypotension, hypodermic
9. inter-: between examples: intervene, interstate
10. intra-: within examples: intramural, intrastate
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)
"The world is a stage and we are merely the players"
