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English Vocab
Prefixes and Suffixes
Term | Definition |
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a, ac, ad, af, ah, al, an, ap, as, at | to, toward, near, by, in addition to |
a, an | to, toward, near, by, in addition to, without, not |
ab, abs | away from, off |
-able, -ible | Adjective: worth, ability |
-age | Noun: state or quality |
-al | Noun, Adjective: action, result of action, quality, relation |
ambi | both |
am, ami, amor | like, love, liking |
ance, ence | Noun: action, state, quality, or capacity |
ante | before |
anti, ant | opposite, against |
-ar, -ary | Adjective, Noun: resembling, related to, like, connected with |
-ate | Noun, Verb, Adjective: state, office, function, action, resulting state, kind of state |
-ation | Noun: action, resulting state |
be | on around, over, about, excessively, make, cause, name, affect |
brev | short |
bene | good, well, gentle |
com, con | with, together, fully |
co, cog, col, coll, con, com, cor | together, with |
-ed | Verb, Adjective: Past tense, having the quality or characteristics of |
-ian, an | Noun: related to, on that is |
-ic | Adjective, Noun: quality, relation, related to the arts and sciences |
-ile | Adjective: having the qualities of |
-ing | Noun, Verb, Adjective: material made for, activity, result of an activity, present participle, activity |
-ion | Noun: condition or action |
-ism | Noun: doctrine, belief, action or conduct |
-ity | Noun: state or quality |
-ly | Adverb: in the manner of |
-ous, -eous, -ose, -ious | Adjective: having the quality of, relating to |
-ster | person |
-y | Noun, Adjective: state, condition, result of an activity, marked by having |