The Big Book Of Roots and Prefixes - The Word-Parts that Students Need to Build A Great Vocabulary and Achieve Success on Standardized Tests

Sep 15, 2026

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Word analysis is presented as a powerful way to teach and learn vocabulary through roots, prefixes, suffixes, and derivatives. The book explains how these word elements can help students decode more than 100,000 words in a collegiate dictionary, strengthening reading comprehension and boosting performance on standardized tests. It includes structured learning materials such as flashcard-ready elements, fill-in-the-blank memory tools, and context clue cards, with dedicated sections for prefixes, roots, suffixes, and derivative words.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages53

Reading Time2 h 14 min

AccessFree to download

Introduction

Preﬁxes

Roots

Suﬃxes

Derivatives With Context Clue Cards

Glossary of Essential Derivatives

Prefix Power

ScholarSkills The Big Book Of Roots and Prefixes The Word-Parts that Students Need to Build A Great Vocabulary and Achieve Success on Standardized Tests Mr. Brian Vieira M.A. ScholarSkills Inc. All Rights Reserved 2014 Introduction Word analysis is one of the ﬁnest ways to teach and to learn vocabulary. The roots, preﬁxes, sufﬁxes, and derivatives in this book are of great importance: They can help students to decode over 100,000 words in a collegiate dictionary. This book contains the following: • 50 of the most proliﬁc preﬁxes • 95 of the most fruitful roots • 27 of the most important sufﬁxes • 114 derivative words with sentences on the back of them and a ﬁll in the blank system for remembering the key preﬁxes • 300 essential vocabulary words derived from preﬁx-root combinations for exponential vocabulary growth Knowing these essential word-makers and word-decoders can help students improve their reading comprehension and gain better grades in school and higher scores on standardized tests. Students preparing for the SAT and GRE will ﬁnd these word elements to be extremely useful. Instructors can use them in a variety of unique and exciting ways. I have arranged them as ﬂashcards so that they can be printed, cut, and used as needed. I hope that this “Big Book of Roots”will be helpful as you assist students to build better vocabularies. Mr. Brian Vieira [www.ScholarSkills.com](www.ScholarSkills.com) ScholarSkills Inc. All Rights Reserved 2014 Table of Contents Preﬁxes Roots Sufﬁxes Derivatives With Context Clue Cards Glossary of Essential Derivatives Prefix Power a-, an not, without,(having) no 1 ab, abs away from, off 2 ad-, a-, ac-, af-, ag-, al-, at, towards, very 3 amphi both, on both sides of, around 4 ana\#, an\# up, back, again, upside down, wrong 5 anti against, opposed to, opposite of, instead 6 apo-, ap from, off, away from 7 be thoroughly; to make, cause, seem 8 cata-, cat down, against, very, bad(ly), completely 9 com-,con-, co-,col with, together, completely 10 de down from, off, away from, down to the bottom, totally, completely, not, do the opposite of 11 dia-, di through, across, between, apart, throughout 12 dis, di lack of, not, do the opposite of apart, away, completely 13 dys bad, disordered, difficult 14 e, ec, ex out of, from, upwards, completely, deprive of, without, former 15 el, em, en, in near, at in, on, within, in, into, completely 16 endo-, entoend-, ent within 17 epi-, ep- (up)on, to, in addition to, against, in(to), over 18 eu-, ev good, well 19 exo-, ecto outside, external 20 extro outward 21 fore before in time, rank, position 22 hyperover, excessive 23 hypo-, hypbelow, less than normal 24 in, im, il, ir not, opposite of 25 inter among, between, in the midst of 26 meta-, met after, changed, different, beyond 27 mid Being at or near the middle point of 29 mal bad, wrong, ill 28 mis bad, wrong 30 mono one, alone; containing one 31 multi many, much 32 non not, lack of, not at all 33 over beyond, above, upon, in, across, past; on high 35 ob-,of-,oc-, op-,o against, all over, in front of, to, towards, after, completely 34 poly Many, much 36 para-, par beside, alongside, related to; disordered, sideways, wrong, contrary to, different (from) 37 per through, very, during, by means of, on account of, as in, thoroughly 38 peri around, near 39 pre before 40 pro forward, or in favor of, in front of, before 41 pros toward, in addition to 42 re back, back to the original place; again, anew, once more, completely 43 semi half, part, partly; partial, imperfect; twice 44 sub-, suc-, suf-, sug-, sup-, sur-, susunder, supporting 45 super above, over, on top (of), beyond, in addition to 46 syn-, sym-, syl-, sywith, together,

FAQs

How does the book help students build vocabulary?

It teaches vocabulary through word analysis, focusing on roots, prefixes, suffixes, and derivatives so students can decode many words and improve comprehension.

What learning resources are included?

The book provides flashcard-friendly arrangements, a fill-in-the-blank system, and context-clue cards attached to derivative words to support memorization and usage.

Who is the book especially useful for?

Students preparing for SAT and GRE can use the word elements to improve reading comprehension and achieve higher standardized-test scores.

Sep 15, 2026

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