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This list contains some of the common roots and prefixes that make up the building blocks of numerous English words. Following the table of general roots and prefixes is a table of number prefixes. General Roots and Prefixes:

Root or Prefix	Meaning	Examples
a, an	not, without	atheist, anarchy, anonymous apathy, aphasia, anemia
ab	away from	absent, abduction, aberrant, abstemious
ambul	to walk	ambulatory, amble, ambulance, somnambulist
ante	before	anteroom, antebellum, antedate antecedent, antediluvian
anti, ant	against, opposite	antisocial, antiseptic, antithesis, antibody, antichrist, antinomies, antifreeze, antipathy, antigen, antibiotic
audi	to hear	audience, auditory, audible, auditorium, audiovisual, audition
be	thoroughly	bedecked, besmirch, besprinkled
auto	self	automobile, automatic, autograph, autonomous, autoimmune
bene	good, well	benefactor, beneficial, benevolent, benediction, beneficiary, benefit
cede, ceed, cess	to go, to yield	succeed, proceed, precede, recede, secession, exceed, succession
chron	time	chronology, chronic, chronicle chronometer, anachronism
cide, cis	to kill, to cut	fratricide, suicide, incision, excision, circumcision
circum	around	circumnavigate, circumflex, circumstance, circumcision, circumference, circumorbital, circumlocution, circumvent, circumscribe, circulatory
clud, clus claus	to close	include, exclude, clause, claustrophobia, enclose, exclusive, reclusive, conclude
con, com	with, together	convene, compress, contemporary, converge, compact, confluence, concatenate, conjoin, combine
contra, counter	against, opposite	contradict, counteract, contravene, contrary, counterspy, contrapuntal
cred	to believe	credo, credible, credence, credit, credential, credulity, incredulous
cycl	circle, wheel	bicycle, cyclical, cycle, encliclical
de	from, down, away	detach, deploy, derange, deodorize, devoid, deflate, degenerate, deice
dei, div	God, god	divinity, divine, deity, divination, deify
demo	people	democracy, demagogue, epidemic
dia	through, across, between	diameter, diagonal, dialogue dialect, dialectic, diagnosis, diachronic
dict	speak	predict, verdict, malediction, dictionary, dictate, dictum, diction, indict
dis, dys, dif	away, not, negative	dismiss, differ, disallow, disperse, dissuade, disconnect, dysfunction, disproportion, disrespect, distemper, distaste, disarray, dyslexia
duc, duct	to lead, pull	produce, abduct, product, transducer, viaduct, aqueduct, induct, deduct, reduce, induce
dyn, dyna	power	dynamic, dynamometer, heterodyne, dynamite, dynamo, dynasty
ecto	outside, external	ectomorph, ectoderm, ectoplasm, ectopic, ectothermal
endo	inside, withing	endotoxin, endoscope, endogenous
equi	equal	equidistant, equilateral, equilibrium, equinox, equitable, equation, equator
e, ex	out, away, from	emit, expulsion, exhale, exit, express, exclusive, enervate, exceed, explosion
exter, extra	outside of	external, extrinsic, exterior extraordinary, extrabiblical extracurricular, extrapolate, extraneous
flu, flux	flow	effluence, influence, effluvium, fluctuate, confluence, reflux, influx
flect, flex	to bend	flexible, reflection, deflect, circumflex
graph, gram	to write	polygraph, grammar, biography, graphite, telegram, autograph, lithograph, historiography, graphic
hetero	other	heterodox, heterogeneous, heterosexual, heterodyne
homo	same	homogenized, homosexual, homonym, homophone
hyper	over, above	hyperactive, hypertensive, hyperbolic, hypersensitive, hyperventilate, hyperkinetic
hypo	below, less than	hypotension, hypodermic, hypoglycemia, hypoallergenic
in, im	not	inviolate, innocuous, intractable, innocent, impregnable, impossible
infra	beneath	infrared, infrastructure
inter, intro	between	international, intercept, intermission, interoffice, internal, intermittent, introvert, introduce
intra	within, into	intranet, intracranial, intravenous
jac, ject	to throw	reject, eject, project, trajectory, interject, dejected, inject, ejaculate
mal	bad, badly	malformation, maladjusted, dismal, malady, malcontent, malfeasance, maleficent
mega	great, million	megaphone, megalomaniac, megabyte, megalopolis
meso	middle	mesomorph, mesoamerica, mesosphere
meta	beyond, change	metaphor, metamorphosis, metabolism, metahistorical, metainformation
meter	measure	perimeter, micrometer, ammeter, multimeter, altimeter
micro	small	microscope, microprocessor, microfiche, micrometer, micrograph
mis	bad, badly	misinform, misinterpret, mispronounce, misnomer, mistake, misogynist
mit, miss	to send	transmit, permit, missile, missionary, remit, admit, missive, mission
morph	shape	polymorphic, morpheme, amorphous
multi	many	multitude, multipartite, multiply, multipurpose
neo	new	neologism, neonate, neoclassic, neophyte
non	not	nonferrous, nonabrasive, nondescript
omni	all	omnipotent, omnivorous, omniscient
para	beside	paraprofessional, paramedic, paraphrase, parachute
per	through, intensive	permit, perspire, perforate, persuade
peri	around	periscope, perimeter, perigee, periodontal
phon	sound	telephone, phonics, phonograph, phonetic, homophone, microphone
phot	light	photograph, photosynthesis, photon
poly	many	polytheist, polygon, polygamy, polymorphous
port	to carry	porter, portable, report, transportation, deport, import, export
re	back, again	report, realign, retract, revise, regain
retro	backwards	retrorocket, retrospect, retrogression, retroactive
sanct	holy	sanctify, sanctuary, sanction, sanctimonious, sacrosanct
scrib, script	to write	inscription, prescribe, proscribe, manuscript, conscript, scribble, scribe
sect, sec	cut	intersect, transect, dissect, secant, section
semi	half	semifinal, semiconscious, semiannual, semimonthly, semicircle
spect	to look	inspect, spectator, circumspect, retrospect, prospect, spectacle
sub	under, below	submerge, submarine, substandard, subnormal, subvert
super, supra	above	superior, suprarenal, superscript, supernatural, supercede
syn	together	synthesis, synchronous, syndicate
tele	distance, from afar	television, telephone, telegraph, telemetry
theo, the	God	theology, theist, polytheist
therm, thermo	heat	thermal, thermometer, thermocouple, thermodynamic, thermoelectric
tract	to drag, draw	attract, tractor, traction, extract, retract, protract, detract, subtract, contract, intractable
trans	across	transoceanic, transmit, transport, transducer
un	not	uncooked, unharmed, unintended
veh, vect	to carry	vector, vehicle, convection, vehement
vert, vers	to turn	convert, revert, advertise, versatile, vertigo, invert, reversion, extravert, introvert
vita	life	vital, vitality, vitamins, revitalize

Number Prefixes

Prefix	Meaning	Examples
mono, uni	one	monopoly, monotype, monologue, mononucleosis, monorail, monotheist, unilateral, universal, unity, unanimous, uniform
bi, di	two	divide, diverge, diglycerides, bifurcate, biweekly, bivalve, biannual
tri	three	triangle, trinity, trilateral, triumvirate, tribune, trilogy
quat, quad	four	quadrangle, quadruplets
quint, penta	five	quintet, quintuplets, pentagon, pentane, pentameter
hex, ses, sex	six	hexagon, hexameter, sestet, sextuplets
sept	seven	septet, septennial
oct	eight	octopus, octagon, octogenarian, octave
non	nine	nonagon, nonagenarian
dec	ten	decimal, decade, decalogue, decimate
cent	hundred	centennial, century, centipede
mill, kilo	thousand	millennium, kilobyte, kiloton
mega	million	megabyte, megaton, megaflop
giga	billion	gigabyte, gigaflop
tera	trillion	terabyte, teraflop
milli	thousandth	millisecond, milligram, millivolt
micro	millionth	microgram, microvolt
nano	billionth	nanosecond, nanobucks
pico	trillionth	picofarad, picocurie

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Writing Workshops in Europe 2007

Fiction Writing Workshop in Florence: July 13 - 22 Memoir Writing Workshop in Barcelona: July 21 - 30 Poetry Writing Workshop in Dublin: July 29 - August 7

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Our Writing Workshops in Fiction, Memoir, and Poetry share in common a focus on the importance of the writer's journey and how to keep it vital and growing. We delve into our deepest emotions and insights and explore transformation, metaphor, and the innate structures of our writings. We learn from each other's writing and ideas in a supportive environment. We encourage risk-taking and experimentation. We examine how to listen to and distill our instinctive ideas, images and inspirations into language that is true to the core, into words that sing. All levels of writing experience are welcome. Workshops focus on writing exercises with some readings of master writers as a way to examine issues of craft. The atmosphere is non-competitive with a focus on freeing up your writing. Our instructors are award winning writers who are also accomplished teachers.

Fiction Writing Workshop in Florence: July 13 - 22 Instructor: P. Foster, Professor of Writing, University of Iowa We will do writing exercises that will stretch our literary muscles, helping us create characters who emerge from the particularity of our experience as well as characters who emerge solely from our imagination. For writers of short stories and novels.

Memoir Writing Workshop in Barcelona: July 21 - 30 Instructor: P. Foster, Professor of Writing, University of Iowa What we'll do in this workshop is find that deeper story, engage that secret self that is the heart of memoir. We will do exercises to jump-start our memories, to discover vivid detail in ordinary moments, and to create a narrative "I." Most importantly, we will do writing exercises designed to find the emblematic moments in our lives.

Poetry Writing Workshop in Dublin: July 29 - August 7 Instructor: K. Singh, Award winning Poet and Essayist, Professor of Creativity, University of Singapore The workshop will explore techniques by which our poetic imaginations can be more fully made alive to the intense emotions, thoughts and dreams that lie within and without. We will stretch our creative musings with various exercises in imagery, sense perception, tone, and musicality. Each day there will be a theme which we will use to loosely focus our writing, such as nature, solitude, memory, 'the moment'.

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Patricia Foster (Fiction and Memoir) is the author of All the Lost Girls (memoir), Just Beneath My Skin (personal essays; starred review from Kirkus Reviews) and the editor of Minding the Body and Sister to Sister. She won the PEN/Jerard Fund Award, the Mary Roberts Rinehart Award, the Hoepfner Award, and a Florida Arts Council Award. She's published both nonfiction and fiction in the Iowa Review, Gettysburg Review, Antioch Review, Massachusetts Review, Glimmer Train and other quarterlies. She is a professor in the MFA Program in Nonfiction at the University of Iowa.

Kirpal Singh (Poetry) is a poet whose work is featured in the forthcoming Norton Anthology of Asian Verse. Singh is the Editor of the forthcoming Penguin Book of Southeast Asian Verse and the author of 4 books of poetry, including Cat Walk and Nestled Dreams. He has a PHD in English literature and is known internationally as a scholar in Post-Colonial and Asian Literature. He is Professor at the Singapore Management University, where he teaches creative thinking.

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