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Affixes
Prefixes, Suffixes, and inflectional endings that change word meaning.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What inflectional ending is added to a word to note past tense? | -ed (ie., happened - something that HAS already occurred) |
| What inflectional ending represents present tense? | -ing (ie., happening - something IS occurring) |
| What inflectional ending notes plurals on nouns and third person singular on verbs? | -s/-es (ie., NOUN: apples VERB: eats) |
| What inflectional ending is added to note possession? | -'s (ie., Mary's apples) |
| ante- | before, front (ie.,antecedent - the circumstance, event, or behavior before another) |
| anti- | against (ie., antibiotics - literally "against life", they kill bacteria living in the body) |
| bi- | two (ie., biweekly - something that occurs every two weeks) |
| co- | with, together (ie. coworkers are people who work together.) |
| de- | down, remove, reduce, do the opposite (ie., deactivate - remove the power or effectiveness) |
| dis- | opposite (ie., distrust - doubt, not to trust) |
| en- | to cover, to put into (ie. encompass engulf,bring into the condition of- enlighten |
| ex- | meaning-out, former, from (ie.exit, exclude, expand upward (ie.exalt, extol previous (ie. ex-wife |
| hyper- | beyond, more than, more than normal (ie.hyperactive, hyperventilate |
| hypo- | under, below, less (ie.hypodermic, hypothermia, hypoactive |
| il- | not, without (ie.illogical |
| im/in/ir- | not, in, into,towards, inside (ie.infertile, inappropriate, impossible,impatient, inclusion, incomplete, irreversible |
| inter- | meaning between, together (ie. interact, interchange, intervene |
| mis- | wrong (ie. miscalculate, musconclude |
| non- | absence, negation, not (ie.non-smoker, non-alcoholic, nonstop |
| out- | meaning out beyond,surpassing, exceeding (ie.outperform, outbuilding, outboard, outside |
| pre- | meaning before, infront of (ie.pre-adolescent, prelude, precondition, precaution |
| pro- | before in time, place or order,motion forwards or away (ie.prologue, proceed, proactive |
| re- | again,backward motion (ie. repaint, reappraise, reawake, repeat, rewind |
| semi- | meaning half,partly (ie.semicircle, semi-conscious |
| sub- | lower in rank,under, less than (ie. submarine, subsoil,sub-tropical |
| super- | above superior (ie.superordinate,Superb,Supernatural |
| trans- | across, beyond,into a different state (ie.transnational, transatlantic, translate, transportation. |
| un- | meaning not,reversal or cancellation of action (ie.unacceptable, unreal, unhappy,unplug, unmask, unlucky, unclear |
| -able | capable of, tendency to ( ie. dependable.reliable) If a person is dependable it means you can DEPEND on them. |
| -age | result of action or place (ie. breakage,orphanage) |
| -al | pertaining to (ie. personal, confidential) |
| -ance | change an action to a state (ie. hindrance,resistance) |
| -ation | changing an action to a state (ie. determination,specialization) |
| -ant | one who (occupation, ie. accountant,attendant,dependant) |
| -en | noting action from an adjective (ie. harden, loosen, tighten) |
| -ence | changing an action to a state (ie.dependence, preference) |
| -er/or | notes occupation or type of person (ie. lawyer, actor) |
| -er | notes comparitive(between two ie. larger, longer, younger) |
| -est | notes superlative (among more than two, ie. largest, youngest, smallest) |
| -ful | full of (ie. beautiful, bountiful, joyful) |
| -fy | to make (ie. exemplify, magnify) |
| -ible | capable of, tendency to (ie. collectible,edible) |
| -ion,tion | changing an action to a state (ie. confusion, transformation) |
| -ish | belonging to, characteristic of (ie. foolish, squirmish) |
| -ist | one who (occupation ie. dentist, optometrist) |
| -ive | changes action to a characteristic or tendency (ie. creative, massive) |
| -less | unable to, without (ie. lifeless, harmless) |
| -ly | denotes adverbs (ie. swiftly, quickly) |
| -ment | result of an action (noun ie. excitement, resentment) |
| -ness | quality,state of being (ie. happiness, bashfulness) |
| -ous | full of, having (ie. glorious, joyous) |
| -some | quality or state (ie. handsome, wholesome)Example: The prince is so handome. A quality of the prince is HANDSOME. |
| -ward | turning to (ie. toward, homeward) |
| -y | characterized by, inclined to (ie. sleepy, sneaky)example: The cat always looks sleepy. |
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