WORD ARCHITECTURE

Prefixes
1. a-, ab- (L. not; from) 8. in- (L. no; into; in)
2. bi- (L. two; twice) 9. ob- (L. against)
3. ana- (Gr. on; up; backward) 10. peri- (Gr. around)
4. de- (L. down; from) 11. pro- (L. forth)
5. epi- (Gr. upon; on) 12. re-(L. back again)
6. eu- (Gr. well; good) 13. syn- (Gr. with; together)
7. hypo- (Gr. under; beneath) 14. tele- (Gr. far)

Roots
15. agogos (Gr. leading) 27. hypo (Gr. water)
16. alere (L. nourish) 28. kardia (Gr. heart)
17. autos (Gr. self) 29. kratos (Gr. rule)
18. bios (Gr. life) 30. logos (Gr. word)
19. chronos (L. time) 31. meter (Gr. measure)
20. cognoscere, cognitus (L. known; know) 32. pater (L. father)
21. demos (Gr. people) 33. phone (Gr. sound)
22. dermos (Gr. skin) 34. skopein (Gr. look at; see)
23. fundere, fusus (L. melt together; pour) 35. struere (L. pile up; build up)
24. genere, gignere (L. be born; beget) 36. theisis (Gr. setting; placing)
25. gramma (Gr. letter; writing) 37. tomos (Gr. setting)
26. graphein (Gr. write)

Suffixes
38. -ant (used to form adj.; a person who) 45. -ism (doctrine of; characteristics of)
39. -arch (ruler) 46. -ium (scientific suffix)
40. -ary (pertaining to) 47. -ize (subject to; carry on)
41. -ate (used to form adj., noun, verb; 48. -ment (state; condition of; quality)
characterized by having) 49. -mony (resulting thing; abstract condition)
42. -ic (of the nature of) 50. -or (state or quality of; one who)
43. -ician (denoting a specialist) 51. -y (used to form adj., noun; full of; inclined to)
44. -ion (act of; state of)

Combine the following into words:

1. 14 + 25 16. 17 + 18 + 26 + 51 31. 4 + 35 + 44
2. 10 + 31 17. 3 + 19 + 45 32. 11 + 23
3. 12 + 20 + 47 18. 7 + 22 + 42 33. 16 + 49
4. 12 + 24 + 41 19. 16 + 48 + 40 34. 13 + 36
5. 8 + 20 20. 10 + 34 35. 12 + 23
6. 33 + 26 21. 11 + 24 + 51 36. 6 + 30 + 47
7. 32 + 39 22. 19 + 42 37. 14 + 34
8. 13 + 19 + 47 23. 8 + 35 + 44 38. 19 + 30 + 51
9. 32 + 43 24. 10 + 28 + 46 39. 24 + 42
10. 4 + 27 + 41 25. 13 + 15 40. 11 + 30
11. 14 + 33 26. 5 + 22 41. 7 + 36
12. 32 + 49 27. 17 + 29 + 42 42. 5 + 30
13. 6 + 33 +51 28. 33 + 42 43. 3 + 25
14. 28 + 25 29. 21 + 15 44. 18 + 30 + 51
15. 20 + 38 30. 8 + 23
ANSWERS:

1. telegram 16. autobiography 31. destruction

2. perimeter 17. anachronism 32. profuse
3. recognize 18. hypodermic 33. alimony
4. regenerate 19. alimentary 34. synthesis
5. incognito 20. periscope 35. refund
6. phonograph 21. progeny 36. eulogize
7. patriarch 22. chronic 37. telescope
8. synchronize 23. instruction 38. chronology
9. patrician 24. pericardium 39. generic
10. dehydrate 25. synagogue 40. prologue
11. telephone 26. epiderm 41. hypothesis
12. patrimony 27. autocratic 42. epilogue
13. euphony 28. phonic 43. anagram
14. cardiogram 29. demagogue 44. biology
15. cognizant 30. infuse

Spring 2002
Student Learning Assistance Center (SLAC)
Texas State University – San Marcos