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affixes and roots
| affixes | meaning | example |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |