L-J Word List for Drama
by Carol Braun
August 06, 2010
Drama L-J Word List
Mrs. Cordry
ROOT WORDS
1. ann, anni: year examples: anniversary, annual,
biennial, perennial
2. anthrop: human, man examples: anthropology,
misanthrope
3. aud: sound examples: audible, auditorium, audiotape
4. bell: war examples: belligerent, bellicose
(inclined to begin arguments)
5. brev: short examples: abbreviate, brevity
6. carn: meat examples: carnivore, chili con carne
7. ced, ceed: yield, go examples: recede, secede,
proceed, intercede, concede
8. cord, chord: cord example: harpsichord
9. corp: body examples: corpse, corporal
10. crac, crat: rule, ruler examples: autocrat,
democracy, bureaucrat, democrat
PREFIXES
1. de-: down, away examples: descend, deject
2. dia-, di-: through, across examples: diameter,
digest, division
3. dys-: ill, difficult, bad examples: dysfunctional,
dysentery
4. en-, em-: in examples: embed, engage
5. in-: not examples: invisible, indiscreet
6. mal-, male-: bad, evil examples: malevolent,
malnutrition
7. meta-: beyond example: metaphysical
8. pan-: all, every examples: panorama, pandemic
9. retro-: back examples: retrospective, retroactive,
retrogression
10. se-: away from examples: secede, seduce (lead
away)
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"
