Greek and Latin Roots Used In PowerWords
aero means "air"
anthrop means "human"
aud means "hear"
auto means "self, alone"
bibl and biblio mean "books"
bio means "life"
capt and cept mean "take, have"
cardi means "heart"
cede, ceed, and cess mean "go, yield, give away"
chron means "time"
cycl means "circle, ring"
dem means "people"
die or diet mean "speak, say, tell"
div means "separate"
doc means "teach"
duc and duct mean "lead"
equi means "equal"
fact and fect mean "do, make"
flect or flex mean "bend"
fer means "carry, bear"
form means "form or shape"
fract and frag mean "break"
funct means "perform"
gen means "birth, race, kind"
geo means "earth"
grad means "step, stage"
graph and gram mean "write, draw, describe"
grat and grac mean "pleasing"
hydr means "water"
ject means "throw, hurl"
jud means "judge"
junct means "join"
liber means "free"
loc and locat mean "place"
log means "word, reason, study"
mech means "machine"
mem and ment mean "mind"
meter and metr mean "measure"
miss and mit mean "send"
mob, mot, and mov mean "move"
mort means "death"
Greek and Latin Roots Used In PowerWords
neo means "new"
nom and nym mean "name, word, law"
not means "note, mark"
opt means "visible"
ortho means "straight, correct"
para means "get ready"
pel and puis mean "drive, thrust, urge, throb"
phil means "love"
phob means "fear"
phon means "sound"
photo means "light"
phys means "nature"
poli means "city"
pon, pos, and posit mean "place, put"
port means "carry"
psych means "mind, soul, spirit"
ques means "ask, seek"
rupt means "break"
schola means "school"
scop and skept mean "look at, examine"
scope means "see"
scrib or script mean "write"
. sens or sent mean "feel"
soph means "wise"
spec, spect, and spic mean "look, see"
tain, ten, and tent mean "hold"
techn means "art, skill"
tele means "far, distant"
theo means "god"
therm means "heat"
trac and tract mean "pull, move"
turb means "confusion"
var means "different"
ven and vent mean "come"
vert or vet mean "turn"
voc means "voice, call"
volv means "roll"
vid or vis mean "see"
Homophones
Used In PowerWords
be/bee / blue/blew / no/knowhere/hear / to/too/two / hi/high
new/knew / see/sea / there/they're/their
bear/bare / by/buy/bye / deer/dear
ate/eight / for/four/fore / our/hour
red/read / lead/led / meat/meet
plane/plain / rode/road/rowed / sail/sale
stare/stair / we'll/wheel / hole/whole
wear/ware/where / one/won / flower/flour
right/write / your/you're / its/it's
not/knot / gate/gait / time/thyme
son/sun / hey/hay / made/maid
male/mail / nay/neigh / oh/owe
pail/pale / peek/peak / reed/read
so/sew/sow / root/route / shone/shown
break/brake / cent/sent/scent / flee/flea
creak/creek / die/dye / fair/fare
hair/hare / heard/herd / night/knight
steel/steal / tail/tale / thrown/throne
fir/fu r / waist/waste / week/weak
we've/weave / way/weigh / wait/weight
threw/through / aisle/I'll / ball/bawl
beat/beet / course/coarse / cheap/cheep
days/daze / doe/dough / heel/heal
do/dew/due / in/inn / need/knead
lone/loan / ring/wring / pole/poll
earn/urn / past/passed / sweet/suite
ore/or / rain/reign/rein / role/roll
u / sole/soul / seller/cellar / soar/sore
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steak/stake / some/sum / tow/toe
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bread/bred / guessed/ guest / real/reel
sees/seas / feet/feat / hymn/him
scents/sense/cents / tents/tense / sight/site
fined/find / side/sighed / tide/tied
paws/pause / born/borne / chord/cord
foul/fowl / mourn/morn
Prefixes Used in PowerWords
a- and ab- mean" up," "out," "away," or "not"
anti- means "against"
be- means "cause to become" or "about"
bene- means "good"
bi- means "two"
circum- means "around"
co- means "together, equally, jointly"
col-, com-, con-, and cor- mean "with" or "together"
contra- means "opposed" or "against"
counter- means "opposite" or "contrary"
de- means "make the opposite of"
dis- means "not" or "lack of"
em- and en- mean "in," "into," or "to make or cause"
ex- means "out" or "former"
extra- means "outside"
fore- means "before" or "earlier"
hyper- means "more than normal"
im-, ii-, and in- mean "not"
inter- means "among" or "between"
intra- means "within"
ir- means "not"
mal- means "bad"
mid- means "halfway"
mis- means "wrong" or "wrongly"
mono- means "one"
multi- means "many"
non- means "not"
omni- means "all"
over- means "above" or "superior"
post- means "after" or "later"
pre- means "before"
pro- means "forward"
re- means "again" or "back"
self- means "oneself" or "automatic"
semi- means "half"
sub- means "below"
super- means "above" or "beyond"
trans- means "across"
tri- means "three"
un- means "not" or "the opposite of"
un i- means "one"
Suffixes Used in Power Words
-able/-ible means "wanting to" or "able to be"
-al means "relating to"
-ance turns a word or word part into a noun
-ant and -ist mean "one who does something"
-ate means "having" or "full of"
-ation, -ion, -sion, and -ment mean" a state or quality of"
-ence turns a word or word part into a noun
-er means "more" or "more than" (comparative)
-est means "the most" (superlative)
-fy or -ify means "to make"
-ful means "full of" or "having"
-hood turns a word or word part into a noun
-ise or -ize means "to become"
-ious/-ous means "possessing" or "full of"
-ism turns a word or word part into a noun
-less means "without" or "lacking"
-ness turns a word or word part into a noun
-some means "likely to"
-ways means "in what manner"
Rules for Syllabication
When a word is composed of two complete words (a compound word), divide between the two words.
cork/screw fence/post
fire/place girl/friend
war/plane light/weight
When there are identical consonants between vowels, the word is divided between consonants.
big/ger suf/fer
rab/bit win/ner
cor/rect sum/mer
Prefixes and suffixes generally form separate syllables.
dis/arm try/ing
mis/read un/do
quick/Iy un/friend/Iy
When there is one consonant between two vowel sounds, the consonant usually goes with the second syllable, if the preceding vowel is long.
be /hind pho/to
be/lieve pi/lot
de/cide si/lence
When there is one consonant between two vowel sounds, the consonant usually goes with the first syllable, if the vowel is short.
nev/er mod/el
pet/aI cab/in
prof/it fin/ish