Using some of the root words, prefixes, and suffixes to expand your TOEIC vocabulary of science:
Prefixes
- aero – air
- arthr – joint
- ambi – both
- amphi; ampho – both
- bronch – windpipe
- cata – breakdown; downward
- cephal – head
- ecto – outside of
- mela; melan – black; dark
- nephro – kidney
- sarc – flesh
- vas – vessel
Root words
- blast – sprout; bud
- cell – chamber
- cul; cule – small
- gest – carry; produce
- scop – look
- therm – heat
- vor – devour; eat
Suffixes
- aceous – pertaining to
- duct – lead
- emia – blood
- kary – cell nucleus
- node – knot
- phore; pher – carry
- septic – infection
- troph – nourishment
- verge – turn
