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Affixes and rootsss
Affix | meaning | |
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in- | into | inject (put into) |
re- | do over,again,undo | reread(do over),remove(undo) |
dis- | negative,reverse | disgust,discount(reverse),dissaperar(reverse) |
mono-uni- | one | monopoly,uniform,unicycle |
bi- | two | bilingual |
mis- | wrongly | misfire,misfortune,misguided |
tri- | three | misfire,misfortune,misguided |
quad- | four | quadruplets |
pent- | five | pentagon |
semi-demi-hemi- | half | semicircle, |
auto | self | automobile,autobiography |
ab- | away from | abduction,abnormal |
dura- | hard,lasting | durable,durnation |
poly- | many | polyester,polygon |
pre- | before | preceed,preview |
pro- | in favor of | promote |
anti- | against | antisocial,antifreeze |
ante- | first,before | antecedent,anterroom |
philo- | love of something | philosophy(lover of knowlege) |
sub- | under | submarine,submerge |
trans- | carry,across | transportation |
inter- | between | intervene,interuppt |
de- | oppsite | defrost,decompose |
glot,gloss | tongue(Greek) | polyglot,glossary |
dict | to say something(Latin) | dictorany,contradict,predict |
bio | life or livings(Greek) | biology,biography |
ortho | to staighten (Greek) | orthodonist,orthopedic |
ped,pod | foot | pedicure,orthopedic,tripod |
script | to write (Latin) | mansuscript,scripture |
morphus | to form or to shape(Greek) | metamorphisis |
thermo | heat(Greek) | thermos,thermal |
audio | hearing | audiology,auodiophile |
spec,spect | to see, to look | inspect,spectator |
derm | skin | deromtologist |
path | feel,feelings | sympathy,empathy,pathetic |
soph | wisdom,knowlege | sophisticated,philosophy |
frag,frac,rupt | to break | fragile,fraction,fragment,rupture,interrupt |
cian | possesing a specific skill | physican,magician |
port | to carry,harbor or an entrance | transportation,portable |
urb | city(latin) | urban,suburb |
graph,gram | to write,written | autograph,graphic,photograph,telegram |
sent,sens | feel,feelings | sensitive,resent,sansention |
cred | to belive | incredible,credulous |
phon | sound | telephone,phonics,smyphony |
ject | to throw | reject,inject |
vid,vis | to view | visual,supervise,evident |
tele | far off or away | telescope,telephone |
er,eer,or | a person | teacher,mountanieer,avaitor |
enece,ance,ent | the condition of | presence |
ate,ize | turns nouns or ajectives into verbs | pasturize |
ion | turns verbs into nouns | act-action,produce-production |
ness | turns ajectives into nouns | happy-happiness |
ism | a belief | favorism |
ist | make a object into a person | machine becomes machinist |
ary,ery,ory | connecting or reffering to a person | dictinary |
logy | ||
an,ian,ant,ent | refers to places or people | American,Asian,vegaterian,assistant,student, |
ship | a state of something or skill | sponsorship, |
ous,ious,ful | full of | joyful,evious,hopeful |
able,ible | can be done | capable,edible,agreeable |
in-im-il-un- | not | inattentive,impossible,illeagal,irregular,unfair,inject(put into) |