L- Word List for Speech
by Carol Braun
August 09, 2010
Speech
L-J Word List
ROOT WORDS
1. cred: believe examples: credible, credit
2. cruc: cross examples: crucifix, crucial
3. crusta: shell example: crustacean
4. dent: tooth example: dentist, dentin (calcified
part of the body)
5. derm: skin examples: dermatology, epidermis,
hypodermic
6. dic: speak, say examples: dictate, predict,
diction, indict
7. frater: brother examples: fraternal, fraternize,
fratricide
8. grad, gress: step examples: graduate, progress,
gradual, transgression
9. holo: whole, entire example: holographic
10. ject: throw examples: interject, subject, inject,
project
11. leg, lect: read, choose examples: lectern,
legible, lecture, election
12. mater: mother examples: maternal, maternity,
matriarchy, matricide
13. pater: father examples: paternity, paternal,
patriarchy, patricide
14. sequ, secu: follow examples: sequence, sequel,
consequence, consecutive
15. sol: sun example: solar
PREFIXES
1. ambi-: both examples: ambidextrous, ambivalent
2. ana-: up, back, again examples: analogy, anatomy,
anagram
3. apo-: away from, from examples: apology, apologize
4. bene-: good examples: benediction, benevolent,
benefactor
5. cata-, cat-: down, against examples: catastrophe,
catalyst
6. com-: with, together examples: community, communal
7. con-: with, together examples: connect, confide,
conspire
8. dis-: apart, not examples: dislike, discourage,
disengage
9. ecto-: on the outside example: ectoderm
10. endo-: on the inside example: endoderm
11. eso-: inward, within examples: esoteric (more
inward), esophagus
12. eu-: well, good examples: euphemism (good term
replacing bad term), euthanize (good death)
13. neo-: new, recent examples: neonatal, neoliberal,
neologism
14. ob-: against examples: object, obstruct (build
against)
15. proto-: first examples: prototype, protoplasm
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"
