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Affixes and Root
Question | Answer | Example |
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audio | hearing | audiology |
spec spect | to see to look | inspect spectator |
derm | skin | dermatology |
pat | feel feelings | sympathy |
soph | wisdom knolege | sophisticated |
frag, frac, rupt | to break | fragile |
cian | possesing a special skill | physition |
urb | city | urban |
graph | to write | autograph |
sent | feel | sensetive |
cred | to believe | incredible |
phon | sound | telephone |
ject | to throw | reject |
vid | to view | visual |
tele | far off or away | telephone |
er eer or | a person | teacher mountaineer aviator |
ence ance ent | the condition of | presence |
ate ize | to turn nouns into verbs | pasturize |
ion | turns verbs into nouns | act- action |
ness | turnsturns adjectives | happy |
ism | a belief | favoritism |
ist | make an object into | machine |
ary ery ory | connecting or refering to a person place or thing | dictionary |
logy | a field of study or science | biology |
an ian ant ent | refers to places or people | American Asian |
ship | a state of something or skill | sponsorship |
ous ious ful | full of | joyful envious |
able ible | can be done | capable |
in im il ir un | not | impossible |
in | into | inject |
re | do over | reread |
dis | negative | disgust |
mono uni | one | monopoly unicycle |
bi | two | bilingual |
mis | wrongly | misfire |
tri | three | triangle tripod |
quad | four | quadruplets |
pent | five | pentagon |
semi demi hemi | half | semicircle |
auto | self | autobiography |
ab | away from | abnormal |
dura | hard lasting | durable |
poly | many | polygon |
pre | before | preview |
pro | in favor of | promote |
anti | against | antifreeze |
ante | first | antecedent |
philo | love of something | philosophy |
sub | under | submarine |
trans | carry across | transportation |
inter | between | interrupt |
de | opposite | defrost decompose |
glot gloss | tounge | polyglot glossary |
dict | to say something | dictionary |
bio | life | biology |
ortho | to straighten | orthodontist |
ped | foot | pedicure |
script | to write | manuscript |
thermo | heat (greek) | thermos thermal |