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Determining Word Meanings. Commonly Used Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes. Commonly Used Roots. - bene - Good - chron (o)- Time -cred- Believe - cycl - Circle - dic -, - dict - Say, Speak - fac -,- fec - Do, Make -fid- Belief, Faith -frag-,- fract - Break -graph- Write
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Determining Word Meanings Commonly Used Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes
Commonly Used Roots • -bene- Good • -chron(o)- Time • -cred- Believe • -cycl- Circle • -dic-, -dict- Say, Speak • -fac-,-fec- Do, Make • -fid- Belief, Faith • -frag-,-fract- Break • -graph- Write • -hydr- Water • -ject- Throw • -junct- Join • -log(y)- Study, Word • -magn- Large, Grand • -man(u)- Hand • -mit-,-miss- Send • -morph- Form • -ped- Foot • -pend-,-pens-Hang, Weigh • -phon- Sound • -scrib-,-script- Write • -solv- Loosen, Accomplish • -spec- Look, Appear • -vers-,-vert- Turn • -voc-,-vok- Call • -volv- Roll, Turn Around
Commonly Used Prefixes (Numbers) • Semi- Half, Partly • Mon-, Mono- One • Uni- One • Bi-, Di- Two • Tri- Three • Dec- Ten • Cent- One Hundred • Milli-, Kilo- One Thousand • Poly- Many
Commonly Used Prefixes • Ante- Before • Anti- Against, Opposite • Be- Around, About • Bio- Life • Circum- Around • Co- Together • Contra- Against • De- From, Away, Off, Down • Di- Apart • Dif-, Dis- Not, Away, Opposite • E-, Ex- Out, Away From • Extra- Outside of, Additional • Fore- Before • Hyper- Excessive, over, above • Hypo- Under • Il-,Im-,In-,Ir- Not, Not In • In- In, Within • Mis- Not, Badly, Wrongly • Non- Not • Para- Beside, Beyond • Post- After, Following • Pre- Before, Ahead of Time • Pro- Favoring, Forward • Psych(o)- Mind • Re- Again, Back, Backward • Syn- Together • Sub- Under • Super- Over, Above, Better • Trans- Across • Ultra- Extremely, Beyond • Un- Not, Opposite Of
Commonly Used Noun Suffixes • -ance, -ence Act of, Quality of • -ant One Who, Thing That • -ation, -ion Action, Process, State • -cy State or Condition Of • -dom State Of • -ee One Who Is, Receiver Of • -er, -or, -ar The Doer, Actor • -hood State Of, Time Of • -ism Doctrine Of, Act Of, Devotion To • -ness Quality, State • -tude Quality, State, Condition • -ty, -y Quality, State, Action
Commonly Used Adjective Suffixes • -able, -ible Able, Likely • -ate Having, Marked By • -en Made Of • -ful Full Of • -ish Like • -ive Tending To, Given To • -less Empty Of, Without • -like Resembling, Related To • -ly Like, Being (also used for adverbs) • -ous Marked By, Full Of • -some Showing, Promoting
Other Commonly Used Suffixes Adjective or Noun Verb -ate Become, Cause -ize Cause To Be, Subject To • -al Action, Process, Pertaining To • -aryConnected With • -ist One Who, Relating To • -ite Native, Product