#taken from http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0907036.html #Roots dict to say contradict, dictate, diction, edict, predict duc to lead, bring, take deduce, produce, reduce gress to walk digress, progress, transgress ject to throw eject, inject, interject, project, reject, subject pel to drive compel, dispel, impel, repel pend to hang append, depend, impend, pendant, pendulum port to carry comport, deport, export, import, report, support scrib to write describe, description, prescribe, prescription, subscribe, subscription, transcribe, transcription script to write describe, description, prescribe, prescription, subscribe, subscription, transcribe, transcription tract to pull, drag, draw attract, contract, detract, extract, protract, retract, traction vert to turn convert, divert, invert, revert #Prefixes co together coauthor, coedit, coheir de away, off; generally indicates reversal or removal in English deactivate, debone, defrost, decompress, deplane dis not, not any disbelief, discomfort, discredit, disrepair, disrespect inter between, among international, interfaith, intertwine, intercellular, interject non nonessential, nonmetallic, nonresident, nonviolence, nonskid, nonstop not nonessential, nonmetallic, nonresident, nonviolence, nonskid, nonstop post after postdate, postwar, postnasal, postnatal pre before preconceive, preexist, premeditate, predispose, prepossess, prepay re again; back, backward rearrange, rebuild, recall, remake, rerun, rewrite sub under submarine, subsoil, subway, subhuman, substandard trans across, beyond, through transatlantic, transpolar #Suffixes able forms adjectives and means Òcapable or worthy ofÓ likable, flexible ible forms adjectives and means Òcapable or worthy ofÓ likable, flexible ation forms nouns from verbs creation, civilization, automation, speculation, information fy forms verbs and means Òto make or cause to become purify, acidify, humidify ify forms verbs and means Òto make or cause to become purify, acidify, humidify ment forms nouns from verbs entertainment, amazement, statement, banishment ty forms nouns from adjectives subtlety, certainty, cruelty, frailty, loyalty, royalty; eccentricity, electricity, peculiarity, similarity, technicality ity forms nouns from adjectives subtlety, certainty, cruelty, frailty, loyalty, royalty; eccentricity, electricity, peculiarity, similarity, technicality