aer/o air
aerate – to let air reach something; aerial – relating to the air; aerospace – the air space
a/n not, without
abyss – without bottom; achromatic – without color; anhydrous – without water
a on afire – on fire;
ashore – on the shore; aside – on the side
ab/s, a from, away, off
abduct – carry away by force; abnormal – away from normal, not normal; absent – away, not present; aversion – the act of turning away from; abbreviate: to shorten.
ac, ad to, toward, near
accelerate – to increase the speed of; accessible – easily entered, approached, or obtained; admittance – allowing into;
acro top, height, tip, beginning
acrobat – a “high walker”; acronym – a word formed from the first (capital) letters of a word; acrophobia – fear of height
act do
activity – something that a person does; react – to do something in response; interaction – communication between two or more things
agr/i/o farming
agriculture – management of the land, agribusiness – making money by utilizing land; agrarian – relating to the management of land
alg/o pain
neuralgia – pain caused by a nerve; analgesic – a drug that makes one pain free; nostalgia – aching for the familiar