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affixes and roots
affixes | meaning | example |
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in- im- il- ir- un- | not | inattentive, impossible, illeagal, unfair. |
in- | into | inject |
re- | do over, again, undo | do over |
dis- | negative,reverse | disgust,discount |
mono- uni- | one | monopoly, unifor. |
bi- | two | bilingual |
mis- | wrongly | misfire,misforttne |
tri- | three | triangle,tripod |
quad- | four | quadruplets |
pent- | five | pentagon |
semi- demi-hemi- | half | semicircle |
auto- | self | automobile,autobiography |
ab- | away from | abuction,abnormal |
dura- | hard, lasting | durable,duration |
poly- | many | polester,polygon |
pre- | before | preceed,preview |
pro- | in favor of | promote |
anti- | against | antosocial,antifreeze |
ante- | first,before | antecedent,anteroom |
philo- | love of something | philosophy |
sub- | under | submarine |
trans- | carry,across | transportation |
inter- | between | intervene |
de- | opposite | defrost |
glot,gloss | tongue (greek) | polyglot |
dict- | to say something | dicyionary, contradict |
bio- | life or living | biology |
ortho- | to straighten | orthodontist |
ped, pod | foot | predicure |
script- | to write | manuscript |
motphu- | to form or to shape | metamorphisis |
thermo- | heat | thermos,thermal |
audio- | hearing | audiology |
spec,spect- | to see to look | inspect |
derm- | skin | dermotologist |
path- | feel, feelings | sympathy |
soph- | wisdom,knowledge | sophiscated |
frag,frac, rupt | to break | fragile |
cian- | possessing a specific skill | physician,magician |
port- | to carry habor or enterance | transportation, portble |
urb- | city | urban,suburb |
graph,gram- | to writ, written | autograph, graphic, photograph |
sent, sens | feel,feelings | sensitive, resent |
cred- | to believe | incerdible |
phon- | sound | telephone |
ject | to throw | reject |
vid,vis- | to view | visual |
tele- | far off o away | telescope |
er,eer,or | a person | teacher |
ence,ance,ent | the condition of | presence |
ate,ize | turns nouns or adjectives into verbs | pasturize |
ion- | turns verbs into nouns | act-action |
ness- | turns adjectives into nouns | happy- happiness |
ism- | a balief | favortism |
ist | make an object into a person | machinist |
ary,ery,ory- | connecting or referring to a person | dictionary |
logy- | a field of study orr science | biology |
an-ain-ant-ent- | refers to places or people | american |
ship | a state of something or skill | sponorship |
ous-,ious-,ful- | full of | joyful |
able-,ible | can b done | capable |