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English Vocab
Prefixes and Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a, ac, ad, af, ah, al, an, ap, as, at | to, toward, near, by, in addition to |
| a, an | to, toward, near, by, in addition to, without, not |
| ab, abs | away from, off |
| -able, -ible | Adjective: worth, ability |
| -age | Noun: state or quality |
| -al | Noun, Adjective: action, result of action, quality, relation |
| ambi | both |
| am, ami, amor | like, love, liking |
| ance, ence | Noun: action, state, quality, or capacity |
| ante | before |
| anti, ant | opposite, against |
| -ar, -ary | Adjective, Noun: resembling, related to, like, connected with |
| -ate | Noun, Verb, Adjective: state, office, function, action, resulting state, kind of state |
| -ation | Noun: action, resulting state |
| be | on around, over, about, excessively, make, cause, name, affect |
| brev | short |
| bene | good, well, gentle |
| com, con | with, together, fully |
| co, cog, col, coll, con, com, cor | together, with |
| -ed | Verb, Adjective: Past tense, having the quality or characteristics of |
| -ian, an | Noun: related to, on that is |
| -ic | Adjective, Noun: quality, relation, related to the arts and sciences |
| -ile | Adjective: having the qualities of |
| -ing | Noun, Verb, Adjective: material made for, activity, result of an activity, present participle, activity |
| -ion | Noun: condition or action |
| -ism | Noun: doctrine, belief, action or conduct |
| -ity | Noun: state or quality |
| -ly | Adverb: in the manner of |
| -ous, -eous, -ose, -ious | Adjective: having the quality of, relating to |
| -ster | person |
| -y | Noun, Adjective: state, condition, result of an activity, marked by having |