Good, bad, with, against
Roots that judge or pair things up: good, bad, together, opposed.
14 roots in this category · Built for grades 4 through 8
Greek roots
Latin roots
- bene-prefixLatin
good or well
benefit, benevolent, beneficial
- mal-prefixLatin
bad or wrong
malfunction, malicious, malnourished
- contra-prefixLatin
against
contradict, contrast, contrary
- pro-prefixLatin
forward or for
progress, project, prologue
- dis-prefixLatin
apart, away, or not
disagree, disconnect, discontinue
- non-prefixLatin
not
nonfiction, nonsense, nonstop
- un-prefixLatin
not or opposite of
unhappy, undo, unfair
- mis-prefixLatin
wrong, bad, badly
mistake, misfortune, misbehave
- ob-prefixLatin
against, in the way of, facing
obstruct, obstacle, object
Where to start
Level 1 holds the word parts students meet first. Level 3 holds the ones that turn up in harder reading.
- Level 1 · most common · 7 roots in this category
- Level 2 · expanding · 4 roots in this category
- Level 3 · challenge · 3 roots in this category