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roots and affixes
affixes | meaning | example |
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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 |