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roots and affixes
| affixes | meaning | example |
|---|---|---|
| in-im-il-ir-un | not | inattentive,impossible |
| in- | into | inject |
| re- | do over | reread |
| dis- | negative,reverse | digust,discount |
| mono-uni | one | monopoly,unicycle |
| bi- | two | bilingual |
| mis | wrongly | misfire |
| tri | 3 | triangle,tripod |
| quad | 4 | quadruplets |
| pent | 5 | pentagon |
| semi-demi-hemi | half | semicirle |
| auto | self | automobile |
| ab | away from | abnormal |
| dura | hard,lasting | durable |
| poly | many | polygon |
| pre | before | preview |
| pro | in favor of | promote |
| anti | against | antisocial |
| ante | first | antisocial |
| philo | love of something | philosophy |
| sub | under | submarine |
| trans | carry,across | transportation |
| inter | between | interrupt |
| de | opposte | defrost |
| glot,gloss | tongue | polyglot |
| trans | carry,across | transportation |
| inter | between | interrupt |
| de | opposte | defrost |
| glot,gloss | tongue | polyglot |
| dict | to say something | dictionary |
| bio | life or living things | biography |
| ortho | to straiten | orthodonist |
| ped,pod | foot | pedicure |
| script | to write | manuscript |
| morphus | to form or to shape | metamorphisis |
| thermo | heat | thermos |
| audio | hearing | audiology |
| spec,spect | to see,to look | inspect |
| derm | skin | dermotologist |
| path | feel feelings | symothy |
| soph | wisdom,knowledge | sophisticated |
| frag,frac,rupt | to break | fragile |
| cian | possessing a specific skill | physician |
| port | to carry | transportation |
| urb | city | urbin |
| graph | to write | autograph |
| sent,sens | feel feelings | sensitive |
| cred | to believe | incredible |
| phon | sound | telephone |
| ject | to throw | reject |
| vid,vis | to view | visual |
| tele | far off or away | telescope |
| er,eer,or | a person | teacher |
| ence,ance,ent | the condition of | presence |
| ate,ize | turns nouns or adjetives into verbs | pasturize |
| ion | turns verbs into nouns | act-action |
| ness | turns adjectives into nouns | happy-happiness |
| ism | a belief | favoritism |
| ist | make an object into a person | machine becomes machinest |
| ary,ery,ory | connecting or reffring to a person,place or thing | dictionary,bravery,dormitory |
| logy | a field of study or science | biology |
| an,ian,ant,ent | refers to places or people | American,Asian |
| ship | a state of something or skill | sponsorship |
| ous,ious,ful | full of | joyful |
| able,ible | can be done | capable |