Determining Word Meanings Commonly Used Prefixes Roots and

Determining Word Meanings Commonly Used Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes

Commonly Used Roots -bene- Good -magn- Large, Grand -chron(o)- Time -man(u)- Hand -cred- Believe -mit-, -miss- Send -cycl- Circle -morph- Form -dic-, -dict- Say, Speak -ped- Foot -fac-, -fec- Do, Make -pend-, -pens- Hang, Weigh -fid- Belief, Faith -phon- Sound -frag-, -fract- Break -scrib-, -script- Write -graph- Write -solv- -hydr- Water Loosen, Accomplish Throw -spec- Look, Appear -ject- Join -vers-, -vert- Turn -junct- -log(y)- Study, Word -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 In- In, Within Anti- Against, Opposite Mis- Not, Badly, Wrongly Be- Around, About Non- Not Bio- Life Para- Beside, Beyond Circum- Around Post- After, Following Co- Together Pre- Before, Ahead of Time Contra- Against Pro- Favoring, Forward De- From, Away, Off, Down Psych(o)- Mind Di- Apart Re- Again, Backward Dif-, Dis- Not, Away, Opposite Syn- Together E-, Ex- Out, Away From Sub- Under Extra- Outside of, Additional Super- Over, Above, Better Fore- Before Trans- Hyper- Excessive, over, above Ultra- Extremely, Beyond Hypo- Under Un- Not, Opposite Of Il-, Im-, In-, Ir- Not, Not In Across

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 -al Action, Process, Pertaining To -ate Become, Cause -ary Connected With -ize Cause To Be, Subject To -ist One Who, Relating To -ite Native, Product