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Word Analysis
Roots, prefixes, and suffixes you should know
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| vis, vid | see Ex. visual, video |
| aud | hear, listen Ex. auditorium, auditory |
| dict | say, speak Ex. dictate, predict |
| spec(t) | look, see Ex. spectator, spectacular |
| cred | believe Ex. credible, discredit |
| cede, ceed | move, yield, go, surrender Ex. proceed, succeed |
| mot, mov, mob | move Ex. motor, movie, mobile |
| What root do these words contain? motivate, mobile, movie, motion, motor | mot, mov, mob (to move) |
| What root do these words contain? succeed, procedure, recede, proceed | ceed, cede (go, move, yield) |
| Which word is not derived from the root meaning "speak"? dictation, ridiculous, edict, dictionary | ridiculous comes from Latin "ridere" meaning "to laugh" |
| -ive | a suffix meaning "causing, making" and making a word an adjective (indicative, abusive, inclusive) |
| -ion | a suffix that makes a word into a noun (graduation, integration, indication) |
| -ate | a suffix that usually makes a word into a verb (graduate, indicate, integrate) |
| Which word is derived from the root meaning "believe"? honesty, truth, incredible, trust | incredible contains the root, "cred" meaning "believe. With prefix and suffix, incredible means "not believable" |
| port | carry Ex. portable, import |
| ology, logo, log | study, word, speech psychology, dialog |
| astr, aster | star Ex. asterisk*, astronomy |
| micro | small Ex. microscope, microbe |
| phobia | fear Ex. arachnophobia, xenophobia |
| -ian (also -an) | suffix that makes a word a noun or adjective; One from, belonging to, relating to, or like. Ex. humanitarian |
| -ist | suffix that makes a word a noun; one who, that which: Ex. artist, dentist |
| -ent, -ant | full of (makes word an adjective) Ex. abundant, dependent |
| ped (also pod) | root meaning "foot" Ex. pedestrian, podiatrist |
| pre- | before Ex. preview, pretest |
| post- | after Ex. post-test, post script |
| in- | in, into, or not (use context to decide which) Ex. inspect, inappropriate, inspire |
| ex- | out of, from Ex. exterior, extract |
| mit, miss | send Ex. mission, transmit, submit |
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dryles
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