Element placed at the beginning or end of a root, stem, or word, to modify its meaning.

Element placed at the BEGINNING of a word to adjust its meaning

an element attached to the end of a word to form a new word or to change the part of speech of the word

element from which other words grow, usually through the addition of prefixes and suffixes. Contains the central MEANING of the word.

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Vocabulary #1

Affix, prefix, suffix, root

Term	Definition
Affix	Element placed at the beginning or end of a root, stem, or word, to modify its meaning.
Prefix	Element placed at the BEGINNING of a word to adjust its meaning
Suffix	an element attached to the end of a word to form a new word or to change the part of speech of the word
Root	element from which other words grow, usually through the addition of prefixes and suffixes. Contains the central MEANING of the word.