Vocabulary worksheet focusing on prefixes, roots, and suffixes, designed to help students match word parts with their meanings.

This worksheet asks you to match definitions (on the left) with their corresponding prefixes, roots, or suffixes (on the right). These are common word parts used in English, especially in academic, scientific, and medical vocabulary.

Let’s go through each definition and find its correct match from the list A–Z.

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Matching:

1. small → R. Micro
*“Micro-” means small (e.g., microscope, microorganism)*

2. over, above, excess in great amount → N. hyper
*“Hyper-” means over or excessive (e.g., hyperactive, hypertension)*

3. diseased, faulty, bad → G. dys
*“Dys-” means bad or difficult (e.g., dysfunction, dystopia)*

4. across though → P. trans
*“Trans-” means across (e.g., transport, transplant)*

5. before → V. ante
*“Ante-” means before (e.g., antecedent, anteroom)*

6. in; inward → L. intro
*“Intro-” means inward (e.g., introduce, introspective)*

7. false → C. pseudo
*“Pseudo-” means false (e.g., pseudonym, pseudoscience)*

8. against, opposite → U. counter
*“Counter-” means against or opposite (e.g., counteract, countertop)*

9. between, among → Q. inter
*“Inter-” means between (e.g., international, interact)*

10. light → W. luc/lum
*“Luc/lum” comes from Latin for light (e.g., luminous, translucent)*

11. believe → F. cred
*“Cred” comes from Latin “credere” meaning to believe (e.g., credit, incredible)*

12. man → T. anthrop
*“Anthrop” means human/man (e.g., anthropology, misanthrope)*

13. right, law → I. jud/jur/jus
*These roots relate to law or justice (e.g., judge, jury, justice)*

14. straight, right → J. ortho
*“Ortho-” means straight or correct (e.g., orthodox, orthodontist)*

15. eye → Z. ocu
*“Ocu-” relates to eye (e.g., ocular, binocular)*

16. do, make → M. fac
*“Fac” comes from Latin “facere” meaning to do/make (e.g., factory, manufacture)*

17. self → D. ego
*“Ego” means self (e.g., egocentric, egoism)*

18. large → S. mega
*“Mega-” means large (e.g., megabyte, megalopolis)*

19. war → B. belli
*“Belli” is Latin for war (e.g., bellicose, antebellum)*

20. to lead, draw → Y. duc/duct
*“Duc/duct” means to lead or draw (e.g., educate, conductor)*

21. god → O. theo
*“Theo-” means god (e.g., theology, theocracy)*

22. many → K. poly
*“Poly-” means many (e.g., polygon, polygamy)*

23. skin → E. derm
*“Derm” means skin (e.g., dermatology, epidermis)*

24. manliness, worth → A. vir
*“Vir” means man or male (e.g., virile, virtue — originally from “vir” meaning manly strength)*

25. shorten → H. brev
*“Brev” means short (e.g., brief, abbreviation)*

26. city → X. urb
*“Urb” means city (e.g., urban, suburb)*

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Final Answer Key:

1. R
2. N
3. G
4. P
5. V
6. L
7. C
8. U
9. Q
10. W
11. F
12. T
13. I
14. J
15. Z
16. M
17. D
18. S
19. B
20. Y
21. O
22. K
23. E
24. A
25. H
26. X

✔ This completes the matching exercise correctly. Understanding these roots and affixes will help you decode unfamiliar words in the future!