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Affixes and Roots
Roots, Prefix, & Suffixes
| Prefix(p) Roots(r) Suffix(s) | Meaning | Exaple |
|---|---|---|
| (p) in- | into | inject(put into) |
| (p) re- | do over,again,undo | reread(do over),remove(undo) |
| (p) dis- | negitive,reverse | disgust |
| (p)Mono- | one | monopoly |
| (p) bi- | two | bilingual |
| (p) mis- | wrongly | misfire misfortune misguided |
| (p)tri- | three | triangle |
| (p)quad | four | quadruplets |
| (p)Pent | five | pent |
| (p)Semi- Demi- hemi- | half | semicircle |
| (p) auto | self | automobile |
| (p) ab | away from | abnormal |
| (p)dura | hard lasting | duable |
| (p) poly | many | polyester |
| (p) pre | before | preview |
| (p)pro | in favor of | premote |
| (p)anti | against | antifreeze |
| (p)ante | first | anteroom |
| (p)philo | love of something | philosophy |
| (p) sub | under | submerge |
| (p)trans | carry | transport |
| (p) inter | between | interrupt |
| (p) de | opposite | defrost |
| (r) gloss | tongue | polyglot |
| (r)dict | to say something | dictionary |
| (r) bio | life or living things | biology |
| (r)ortho | to staighten | orthodonist |
| (r) ped | foot | pedicure |
| (r) script | to write | manuscript |
| (r)morphus | to form or shape | metemorphus |
| (r)audio | hearing | audiophile |
| (r)spcet | to see or to look | inspect |
| (r)derm | skin | dermotoligist |
| (r)path | feeling | sympathy |
| (r)soph | wisdom | sophisticated |
| (r)frag fac rupt | to break | fragile fraction rupture |
| (r)cian | possessing a specific skill | magician |
| (r)urb | city | urben |
| (r)graph gram | to write | autograph |
| (r)sent,sens | feel | resent |
| (r)cred | to believe | incredile |
| (r)phon | sound | telephone |
| (r)ject | to throw | inject |
| (r)vid vis | to view | visual |
| (r)tele | far off or away | telescope |
| (s)er eer or | a person | teacher moutaineer avitor |
| (s)ence ance ent | the condtion of | presence |
| (s)ate ize | turns a noun or adjective into verbs | indicate |
| (s)ion | turns verbs into nouns` | action |
| (s)ness | turns adjectives into nouns | happiness |
| (s)ism | a beilf | favoritism |
| (s)ist | turns object into a person | machinist |
| (s)ary ery ory | referring to a person place or thing | dictionary |
| (s)olgy | a field of study or science | biolgy |
| an ian ant ent | refers to places or people | American |
| (s)ship | state of something or skill | sponsorship |
| (s)ous ious ful | full of | joyful |
| (s)able ible | can be done | capable |
| (r)thermo | heat | thermal |