Valerie Yule’s BABL cards set out by Elaine Kirsh, 2008

see instructions for using these cards in learning Greek and Latin roots

and how to work out the meaning of long words.

Adjust these cards to the size you want

 

 

AB-

 

away

AN-


not, without

AD-

 

against

AMBI-

 

around

ANTE -

 

before

ANTI-

 

against

ARCH-

 

chief

AUTO-

 

self

BENE-

 

good

BI-

 

two

CENT-

 

100

CIRCUM-

 

around

CO-

 

with

COM-

 

with

CON-

 

with

DE -

 

away from, down

DIA-

 

thru

DIS-

 

apart

DUA-

 

dual

DYS-

 

badly

EQUA-

 

equal

EX-

 

out of

EXTRA-

 

beyond, more

HYPER-

 

above, too much

HYPO-

 

under, too little

IN-

 

in

INTER-

 

between

INTRA-

 

inside

INTRO-

 

inside

MAL-

 

badly

MAXI-

 

big, more  

MINI-

 

little, less

MONO-

 

single

NE-

 

not

NEG-

 

not

NEO-

 

new

OB-

 

against

OP-

 

against

PEN-

 

almost

PER-

 

through

PHIL-

 

liking, love of

POST-

 

after

PRE-

 

before

PRIM-

 

first

PRIN-

 

first

PRO-

 

for

RE-

 

again

SE-

 

apart

SEMI-

 

partly

SUB-

 

under

SUP-

 

under

SUPER-

 

over

SUR-

 

on

SUS-

 

under

SYN-

 

together

TRANS-

 

across

ULTRA-

 

beyond

UN-

 

not

UNI-

 

one

VIA-

 

by way of

 

 

-ABLE

-ACT

-ADE

-AL

-ALLY

-AN

-ANCE

-ANE

-ANT

-AR

-ARY

-ATE

-BLE

-CIAL

-CY

-ECT

-ED

-ENCE

-ENT

-ER

-ERY

-EST

-IAL

-IAN

-IBLE

-IC

-ICE

-IDE

-IENCE

-IFY

-INE

-ING

-ION

-IOUS

-IER

-ILE

-IRE

-ISH

-IST

-ITE

-ITY

- IVE

- LLY

- LY

- MENT

- NCE

- NT

- OLOGY

- OR

- ORY

- OUR

- OUS

- SION

- TION

- TLE

- TRY

- UAL

- ULE

- UTE

- Y