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Prefixes & Suffixes
Most Common prefixes and suffixes and those from Lessons 1-8
Question | Answer |
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er/or | person |
logy/logist | science/scientist/study of |
ist | person |
ion/tion turns a word into a | noun |
ex | out |
re | again |
sub | under |
suffix ing | present tense - happening now |
suffix ed | past tense - already happened |
suffix "s" | makes words plural - more than one |
in or im prefixes | in or into |
prefix un | not, opposite of |
in, im, il, ir, prefixes | not |
dis prefix | not, opposite of |
en or em prefix | cause to |
over prefix | too much |
mis prefix | wrongly |
inter prefix | between, among |
mid or medi prefix | middle |
suffix ly | characteristic of such as ugly |
ible and able | can be done - able to be done |
suffix ic | having the characteristics of such as chronic, pathetic, apologetic, |
suffix ful | full of |
suffix less | without |
suffix al or ial | having characteristics of jovial |
suffix ness | state of, condition of such as happiness, |