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Latin Word Elements

BGHS AP English Prep Latin Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes

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ROOT: -dict- EXAMPLES: contradict, dictate, diction, edict, predict MEANING: to say
ROOT: -duc- EXAMPLES: deduce, produce, reduce MEANING: to lead, to bring, take
ROOT: -gress- EXAMPLES: digress, progress, transgress MEANING: to walk
ROOT: -ject- EXAMPLES: eject, inject, interject, project, reject, subject MEANING: to throw
ROOT: -pel- EXAMPLES: compel, dispel, impel, repel MEANING: to drive
ROOT: -pend- EXAMPLES: append, depend, impend, pendant, pendulum MEANING: to hang
ROOT: -port- EXAMPLES: comport, deport, export, import, report, support MEANING: to carry
ROOT: -scrib- -script- EXAMPLES: describe, description, prescribe, prescription, subscribe, subscription, transcribe, transcription MEANING: to write
ROOT: -tract- EXAMPLES: attract, contract, detract, extract, protract, retract, traction MEANING: to pull, drag, draw
ROOT: -vert- EXAMPLES: convert, divert, invert, revert MEANING: to turn
PREFIX: co- EXAMPLES: coauthor, coedit, coheir MEANING: together
PREFIX: de- EXAMPLES: deactivate, debone, defrost, decompress, deplane MEANING: away, off; generally indicates reversal or removal in English
PREFIX: dis- EXAMPLES: disbelief, discomfort, discredit, disrepair, disrespect MEANING: not, not any
PREFIX: inter- EXAMPLES: international, interfaith, intertwine, intercellular, interject MEANING: between, among
PREFIX: non- EXAMPLES: nonessential, nonmetallic, nonresident, nonviolence, nonskid nonstop MEANING: not
PREFIX: post- EXAMPLES: postdate, postwar, postnasal, postnatal MEANING: after
PREFIX: pre- EXAMPLES: preconceive, preexist, premeditate, predispose, prepossess, prepay MEANING: before
PREFIX: re- EXAMPLES: rearrange, rebuild, recall, remake, rerun, rewrite MEANING: again; back; backward
PREFIX: sub- EXAMPLES: submarine, subsoil, subway, subhuman, substandard MEANING: under
PREFIX: trans- EXAMPLES: transatlantic, transpolar MEANING: across, beyond, through
SUFFIX: -able, -ible EXAMPLES: likable, flexible MEANING: forms adjectives and means "capable or worthy of"
SUFFIX:-ation EXAMPLES: creation, civilization, automation, speculation, information MEANING: forms nouns from verbs
SUFFIX:-fy SUFFIX:-ify EXAMPLES: purify, acidify, humidify MEANING: forms verbs and means "to make or cause to become"
SUFFIX: -ment EXAMPLES: entertainment, amazement, statement, banishment MEANING: forms nouns from verbs
SUFFIX: -ty SUFFIX: -ity EXAMPLES: subtlety, certainty, cruelty, frailty, loyalty, royalty, eccentricity, electricity, peculiarity, similarity, technicality MEANING: forms nouns from adjectives
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