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Vocab list 3
Affix | Meaning | Example (three more) | Sentence |
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Mid- | Middle | Midway, middle, midfielder, midpoint | He way midway in the fifty question test, he is on number 25. |
Non- | Not, without, opposite | Nonstick, nondry, nonmember, nonhuman | That blue was nonstick, so it really had no purpose. |
Pro- | Forward | Project, provide, prosecutor, processing | She was almost done with her project which she started last month. |
Semi- | Half | Semicircle, semiconductors, semiautomatic, semidetached | To find the area of a semi circle, you find the area of a full circle and then divide that by two. |
Sub- | Under | Submarine, subject, submitted, subscribe | The submarine went under the water. |
Tri- | Three | Tricycle, tricircle, tripod, trihead | She rode her three wheeled tricycle. |
Uni- | One | Unicorn, unidimensional, uniformly, unidirectional | The unicorn has one horn. |
Gress , grad | Move, step, go | Progress, graduate, gradually, graduating, graduation | My brother graduated from high school and moved on to college |
Ject | Throw | Projects, reject, project, object | The projected projected on the screen and showed a picture. |
Mar | Sea | Marina, marine, marines, marined | The marina is in the sea. |
Oper | Work | Operate, operation, operating, operated | The nurse operated on her patients. |
Phon | Sound | Phonics, telephone, phone, phonetic | I used a telephone to talk to my grandparents. |
Scrib, script | Write | Inscribe, subscribe, prescription, prescribe | I inscribed this book by myself, with my own words. |
Tele | Far | Telephone, telepass, television, telemarket | I used my telephone to call my friend in Florida. |
-less | Without | Careless, fearless, meatless, doubtless | She was a careless girl who was oblivious. |
-ly | In some way | Sadly, happily, fearfully, drowningly | She sadly walked away with her head looking down at the dirt on the ground. |
-ment | Condition of | Argument, ointment, | They were having an argument about who should cook the dinner for tonight. |
-ness | State of being | Happiness, sadness, fearfulness, richness | Happiness filled her when her now said fiancé proposed. |
-ous | Full of | Joyous, furious, gladiolus, terrous | She was joyous when you found out she won the lottery. |
-s, -es | More than one | Kids, flies, flips, kicks | She has six kids. |
il-, I'm-, in, ir | Not, without | Illegal, immoral, inconsiderate, irresponsible | He was doing something illegal so the cops sent him to jail. |