Aim How do we figure out what prefixes

Aim: How do we figure out what prefixes and suffixes tell us? Do Now: List all the words you know with –ist.

Prefix • Added before the root of a word

Prefix Examples • unhappy : un is a negative prefix • prefix, preview : pre is a prefix, with the sense of before • redo, review. : re is a prefix meaning again. • dishonest, disobey: dis is also a negative prefix • impolite, immature: im has the meaning of dis. • inadequate, incomplete: in has the meaning of dis and im. • atheist, anarchy : a and an have the meaning of dis, im, and in (not) and without.

What do the following words mean? • • • Antisocial Beneficial Confirm Comply Credulous Deconstruct Dictation Entangle Fallacious Foreground • • Malware Omnipotent Paraphrase Prehistoric Propel Transport Unable Uniform

Common Prefixes • • • Anti Bene Com Con Cre De Dict En Fal Fore • • Mal Omni Para Pre Pro Trans Un Uni

Prefix Anti Meaning Against, opposite Examples Bene Good Com With, together Con With, together Cred Believe Dict Say, Speak En Put into, make, provide with Fal Deceive, lie Fore Before Mal Bad Omni All, every Para Beside Pre Before Pro For, Forward Trans Across Un Againt, not, opposite Uni One

Suffix • Added to the end of a word.

What are some examples? • The adjective “smokeless” is formed by adding the suffix “-less” to the noun “smoke. ” • The adverb “sadly” is formed by adding the suffix “-ly” to the adjective “sad. ”

What do these mean? • • Portable Informant Wisdom Bolder Vivacity Vivacious Terminology • • • Captive Wondrous Suspicious Stardom Edgiest

Common Suffixes • • • -Able -Acity -Ant -Dom -Er -Est • • • -Ious -Ive -Less -Ly -Ology -Ous

Noun Suffix -acy -al state or quality act or process of privacy, fallacy, delicacy refusal, recital, rebuttal -ance, -ence state or quality of maintenance, eminence, assurance -dom place or state of being freedom, kingdom, boredom -er, -or one who trainer, protector, narrator -ism doctrine, belief communism, narcissism, scepticism -ist one who chemist, narcissist, plagiarist -ity, -ty quality of inactivity, veracity, parity, serenity -ment condition of argument, endorsement, punishment -ness state of being heaviness, sadness, rudeness, testiness -ship position held fellowship, ownership, kinship, internship -sion, -tion state of being concession, transition, abbreviation

Verb suffix -ate become regulate, eradicate, enunciate, repudiate -en become enlighten, awaken, strengthen -ify, -fy make or become terrify, satisfy, rectify, exemplify -ize, -ise* become civilize, humanize, socialize, valorize

Adjective Suffixes -able, -ible capable of being edible, presentable, abominable, credible -al pertaining to regional, grammatical, emotional, coastal -esque reminiscent of picturesque, statuesque, burlesque -ful notable for fanciful, resentful, woeful, doubtful -ic, -ical pertaining to musical, mythic, domestic, chiastic -ious, -ous characterized by nutritious, portentous, studious -ish having the quality of fiendish, childish, snobbish -ive having the nature of creative, punitive, divisive, decisive -less without endless, ageless, lawless, effortless -y characterized by sleazy, hasty, greasy, nerdy, smelly