Affixes and rootsss Word Scramble
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| Affix | meaning | |
| 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) |
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