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Prefixes & suffixes
Unit 2 prefixes and suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -s, and -es | plural, more than one |
| -ing | action, process |
| -ed | past tense |
| un | not, opposite |
| re- | again, back |
| dis- | not, opposite |
| -er | person connected with , comparative degree |
| -est | superlative degree |
| dis- | not, opposite of |
| in- | not |
| -ful | full of |
| -less | without |
| -y | characterized by/like |
| -ly | characteristic of |
| under- | to little, below |
| over- | to much, above |
| non- | not |
| pre- | before |
| bi- | two |
| tri- | three |
| quad- | four |
| oct- | eight |
| -ion | act of, state of, result of |
| -ation | act of, state of, result of |
| -sion | act of, state of, result of |
| -tion | act of, state of, result of |
| -ness | condition of, state of |
| -ly | characteristic of |
| -ment | act or process |
| -er | one who, that which |
| -or | one who, that which |
| semi- | half |
| super- | above, on top of, beyond |
| multi- | many, much |
| poly- | many much |
| tele- | distant, far |
| mis- | bad or badly, wrong or wrongly |
| inter- | between |
| mid- | middle |
| sub- | under, beneath, below, secondary |
| deca-, deci | ten |
| kilo- | 1,000 |
| mili-, mille- | 1,000 |
| centi- | 100 |
| -able, ible | can be done |
| -ian, -an | one having a certain skill, relating to, belonging to |
| -ship | condition of/ skill |
| -ist | one who does a specific action |
| -logy, - ology | science of/ study of |
| -ism | act/ belief/ practice of |
| -ence, -ance | act/ condition of |
| -ess | feminine |
| max, maxi | great |
| meter, metr | measure |
| photo | light |
| port | to carry |
| phobia, phobic, phobe | irrational fear or hatred, one who fears, hates |
| rupt | break, burst |
| scrib, script | to write |
| gram, graph | written, drawn |
| -dect | to say or tell |
| -ject | to throw |
| spect, spec | to see, watch, observe |