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Affixes and Roots
Roots, Prefix, & Suffixes
Prefix(p) Roots(r) Suffix(s) | Meaning | Exaple |
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(p) in- | into | inject(put into) |
(p) re- | do over,again,undo | reread(do over),remove(undo) |
(p) dis- | negitive,reverse | disgust |
(p)Mono- | one | monopoly |
(p) bi- | two | bilingual |
(p) mis- | wrongly | misfire misfortune misguided |
(p)tri- | three | triangle |
(p)quad | four | quadruplets |
(p)Pent | five | pent |
(p)Semi- Demi- hemi- | half | semicircle |
(p) auto | self | automobile |
(p) ab | away from | abnormal |
(p)dura | hard lasting | duable |
(p) poly | many | polyester |
(p) pre | before | preview |
(p)pro | in favor of | premote |
(p)anti | against | antifreeze |
(p)ante | first | anteroom |
(p)philo | love of something | philosophy |
(p) sub | under | submerge |
(p)trans | carry | transport |
(p) inter | between | interrupt |
(p) de | opposite | defrost |
(r) gloss | tongue | polyglot |
(r)dict | to say something | dictionary |
(r) bio | life or living things | biology |
(r)ortho | to staighten | orthodonist |
(r) ped | foot | pedicure |
(r) script | to write | manuscript |
(r)morphus | to form or shape | metemorphus |
(r)audio | hearing | audiophile |
(r)spcet | to see or to look | inspect |
(r)derm | skin | dermotoligist |
(r)path | feeling | sympathy |
(r)soph | wisdom | sophisticated |
(r)frag fac rupt | to break | fragile fraction rupture |
(r)cian | possessing a specific skill | magician |
(r)urb | city | urben |
(r)graph gram | to write | autograph |
(r)sent,sens | feel | resent |
(r)cred | to believe | incredile |
(r)phon | sound | telephone |
(r)ject | to throw | inject |
(r)vid vis | to view | visual |
(r)tele | far off or away | telescope |
(s)er eer or | a person | teacher moutaineer avitor |
(s)ence ance ent | the condtion of | presence |
(s)ate ize | turns a noun or adjective into verbs | indicate |
(s)ion | turns verbs into nouns` | action |
(s)ness | turns adjectives into nouns | happiness |
(s)ism | a beilf | favoritism |
(s)ist | turns object into a person | machinist |
(s)ary ery ory | referring to a person place or thing | dictionary |
(s)olgy | a field of study or science | biolgy |
an ian ant ent | refers to places or people | American |
(s)ship | state of something or skill | sponsorship |
(s)ous ious ful | full of | joyful |
(s)able ible | can be done | capable |
(r)thermo | heat | thermal |