Document 6531744

Prefixes
PRE
CENTI
TRI
con-, com-, cor-, col-
Meaning
Sample Words
before
Pretest, pregame
One hundred
Centimeter, century
three
Tricycle, triangle
(there are 2 definitions)
Connect, committee, correspond,
collect
WITH, TOGETHER
RE
again
intra-
repeat
WITHIN
intramurals
inter-
between
international
EN
bring into or on
Enlighten, encourage
homo-
SAME
homogeneous
out-
more, to a greater degree
outstanding
anti-
AGAINST
Antifreeze, antiperspirant
DIS
Not, do the opposite of, apart or
away
disregard
DE
Do or make the opposite of,
reverse, remove from
defrost
UN
not or to reverse
undo
bi-
TWO
Bicycle, bifocals
Ir-, il-, im
NOT
Irresistible, illogical, impossible
E, ex
OUT, OUT OF, OUTSIDE AWAY
Eject, exhale
mis
WRONG, BAD
Misuse, mistaken
Root or Base Word
Meaning
Sample Words
vers/vert
TO TURN
Reverse,vertebrae
phon, phono
SOUND
phonics, phonograph
cred
TO BELIEVE
incredible
tain/ten-tent
TO HOLD
Contain, tenacious (it means
stubborn), contents
mis/mit
TO SEND
Transmit
dic/dict
TO SAY, TO SPEAK
Dictator
nym
NAME
synonym
graph-y
A LETTER , TO WRITE
biography
(there are 2 roots for this)
means word, thought, study of in
Greek
biology
-LOG, -LOGY
Suffix
(2 of them)
Meaning
able to be, can be
Sample Words
edible, notable
Note: word becomes an adjective
when added
-IBLE, -ABLE
-FUL
full of
Beautiful
(2 of them)
Ugliest, slowest, funniest
-IEST, -EST
Suffix added to show a superlative.
Shows that something is the best or
worst
-LESS
Without
Clueless, senseless
-Y
Suffix meaning having the quality of
the word it is added to
brainy, chilly, jumpy, shiny
-ER
1. When added to a verb, it changes
the word to a noun
1. run+er=runner
2. tall+er=taller
2. Shows comparison (adjective)
-ION
A noun suffix. It makes abstract
nouns.
create---creation
-PHOBIA
intense fear of a certain thing
hydrophobia
~A prefix is a word part added to the BEGINNING of a root or base word and it has MEANING.
~A suffix is a word part added to the END of a root or base word and it has MEANING.