Fourteen “Master Words”

from “Efficient Reading, Revised Form”, 1976 by James I. Brown MS Word Version

Prefix	Its other spellings	Its meaning	Master Word	Root	Its other spellings	Its meaning
de-		Down or Away	DETAIN	Tenere	Tain, ten, tin	To Have or Hold
inter-		Between	INTERMITTENT	Mittere	Mitt, Miss, Mis, Mit	To Send
pre-		Before	PRECEPT	Capere	Cept, Cap, Capt	To Take or Seize
ob-	Oc-, Of-, Op-	To, Toward, Against	OFFER	Ferre	Fer, Lat, Lay	To Bear or Carry
in-	Il-, Im-, Ir-	Into	INSIST	Stare	Sist, Sta,	To Stand, Endure or Persist
mono-		One or Alone	MONOGRAPH	Graphein	Graph	To Write
epi-		Over, Upon, or Beside	EPILOGUE	Legein	Log, Ology	Speech or Science
ad-	A-, Ac-, Ag-, Al-, An-, Ap-, Ar-, As-,	To or Towards	ASPECT	Specere	Spect, Spec, Spi, Spy	To Look
un-		Not	UNCOMPLICATED	Plicare	Plic, Play, Plex, Ploy, Ply	To Fold, Bend, Twist, Interweave
com-	Co-, Col-, Con-, Cor-	With or Together
non-		Not	NONEXTENDED	Tendere	Tend, Tens, Tent	To Stretch
ex-	E-, Ef,	Out or Formally
re-		Back or Again	REPRODUCTION	Ducere	Duct, Duc, Duit, Duk	To Lead, Make, Shape or Fashion
pro-		Forward or In Favor of
in-	Il-, Im,-, Ir	Not	INDISPOSED	Ponere	Pos, Pound, Pon, Post	To Put or Place
dis-	Di-, Dif-	Apart From
over-		Above	OVERSUFFICIENT	Facere	Fic, Fac, Fact, Fash, Feat	To Make or Do
sub-	Suc-, Suf-, Sug-, Sup-, Sur, Sus-	Under
mis-		Wrong or Wrongly	MISTRANSCRIBE	Scribere	Scribe, Scrip, Scriv	To Write
trans-	Tra-, Tran-	Across or Beyond

Prefix	Its Meaning	Some Words with the same Prefix
de-		detach, delete, demote,
inter-		interstate,
pre-		prefix,
ob-		obscure,
in-
mono-
epi-
ad-
un-
com-
non-
ex-
re-
pro-
in-
dis-
over-
sub-
mis-
trans-

Master Word	Its Meaning
1. DETAIN
2. INTERMITTENT
3. PRECEPT
4. OFFER
5. INSIST
6. MONOGRAPH
7. EPILOGUE
8. ASPECT
9. UNCOMPLICATED
10. NONEXTENDED
11. REPRODUCTION
12. INDISPOSED
13. OVERSUFFICIENT
14. MISTRANSCRIBE