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Prefixes & Suffixes
Most Common prefixes and suffixes and those from Lessons 1-8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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, |