HFCC Reading Lab Vocabulary D1.7 Important Affixes Common Prefixes Prefix Meaning Examples a (ab) (av) a (an) (as) ad ambi (amphi) ante anti archae, archa, auto from, away, without not to, toward, around both before against, opposite self avert, abnormal, absent apathy, aseptic, anesthetic adjust, admit, annex ambidexterous, amphibious antecedent, antedate antithesis, antagonist archaeology, autobiography ben, bon bi good, well two, twice benefactor, benediction bisect, bicycle caco circum con (co, col, com) contra (counter) bad around together, with against cacography, cacophony circumscribe, circumvent concur, collect, combine contradict, counterattack de dia dis (di) dys from, down from through, around apart, not difficult bad delegate, degrade diameter, diagonal dispatch, dishonor dysfunction, dyspepsia en (em) epi eu ex in upon well, good out of, from enamored, encircle epidemic, epitaph eulogy, euphemism exit, expel, exhume hemi hetero hexa holo homo hyper half different six whole same over, excessively hemisphere, hemiplegia heterogeneous, heterodox hexagon holograph, holocaust homogeneous, homogamy hypercritical, hyperactive hypo (hyph) under, less than, too little, below hypothesis, hypoactive ideo, idea idio idea one's own, into in (ii, im, ir) inter opposite, not between, among idealistic. Ideology idiomorphic inconsistent, impatient, illegible,irreverent interpose, interrupt intro iso within, inwardly equal introspective, introduce isothermal macro mal mega, megalo micro mis mono multi large, long bad, poorly large small wrong, inncorrect single, one many macrocephaly maladjustment, malfunction megalomania micrometer, microscope mistrial, misprint, mistrust monologue, monopoly multiple, multilateral neo non new not neophyte nonalcoholic, nonentity ob octo olig omni ortho over against eight few all correct, straight excessive obtrude, obsruct, object octogenarian, octogon oligarchy omnibus, omnipotent orthodontist overbuild, overburden paleo pan para, par pauci penta ancient whole, all beside, contrary, amiss, astray few five per, peri poly post pre pro pseudo fully, through, around, about many after, behind before for, forward, in front of false paleography, paleontology Pan-American, pantheist parallel, parody paucity pentagon, pentathalon peruse, perturb, peristyle, perimiter polygamy postpone, post-mortem precede, prelude propose, program pseudonym quadr, quatr four quadrangle re retro back, again backward, look back renew, reiterate, repress retrospect, retrograde se semi sol, soli sub super syn (sym) aside half, partly alone, only under over, above together with seclude, secede, segregate semicircular, semiannual solitary, solitude subway, subnormal, subject supercilious, superfine synthesis, syntax, sympathy tele far, distant telegraph, telephone tetra trans tri four beyond, across three, thrice tetraploid transgress, transatlantic trisect, triangle, triplets ultra un beyond not ultramontane, ultramarine unkind, unneccessary Common Roots of Words Root Meaning Acer, acr, ac aesth, esth ager ag, act alb alter ama, ami ambul ami, amic ann, enn anth anthrop api aqua arch, archi astr, aster aud, audi aur avi sharp, bitter, sour field feeling to rouse or stimulate white other love walk year, friend flower man, mankind bee water rule, govern star ear, to hear bird bar bene, bibl biblio bio bonus, bos bov brev weight, pressure good, well book life good cattle short cad, cid cal can cant cap, cip, capt, cept capit, cipit career cardi, cord carn fall heat dog sing take head prison heart flesh caust, caut ced, cess veler cent center, centr cephal chrom, chromat chron corpor cred cruc, crux culp burn to go quick hundred center head color time, body body believe cross blame dectyl dei dem dendr, dender dent derm, dermat dexter dic, dict digit dol domin dorm dors dox dub dulc dux, duc dyn, dynam finger, toe god people tree tooth skin right say finger, toe grief, pain master sleep back opinion doubt sweet lead power, force entom ep erg, urg eth etho etym equ insect word work habit, moral nation true meaning, word horse fa, fess fac,fie,fact, fect facil fall fel felic fer speak make, do, cause easy deceive, mistake cat lucky, happy bear, produce, carry fid fin flect flor flu, fluct, flux fol fortu fratr, frater faith end flex, bend flower flow leaf chance brother gam garrul gen, gon geo gloss, glott, glot gno, gnos gon graph, gram grad, gred, gress gust gyn, gynaec marriage chatter talk kind race origin, earth language, tongue know angle write, decribe step, degree, walk taste woman haem, hem heli her, hes hort hydr blood sun cling, stick to garden water ichthy icon igni integer, integr ira itiner fish image, idol fire whole anger journey, trip junct, jug juven join, yoke together young kine, kino movement laud leg lect liber lingu lith log loqu, locu praise law selection, choice free language stone word, idea speak, speech, reason lun moon manu mar, marin matr, mater meter, metr migr mim minu, mini mir miso mitt, mit, miss, mise moni monstr morb morph mort mut hand sea mother measure move, travel imitate small, less wonder hate send to warn or scold, advise, show an aberrant occurrence illness form death change nasc, nat naus, nau, nav nebul necro neur nigr, niger nihil noct, nox nom nomen, nomin, nov nutr be born ship, water cloud dead nerve black nothing night arrangement, law name nourish ocul omnis oner, onus ophthalm ops, opt, op ora ornith oscill oss, osteo oto eye all, entire burden eye sight, eye mouth, speech, prayer bird swing bone ear paed path patr, pater ped pen, pun child, instruction feeling, disease father foot punish peter, petr phil phon phos, phot phyll phys phyt pisc plac pli plic, plect, plex plut pneum, pneumat, pne pod pon, pos pote, poss psych pulchr pyr rock love sound light leaf nature plant fish please fold twist wealth breath, wind, air foot place, set power mind, soul, spirit beautiful fire quer, quest, quir, quis queri, queru quie seek, ask complain rest, quiet ratio rid, ris robor roga rupt reason smile strength ask break sacer, sacr, secr sag sal san sanct sanguin, sangui scept, scop sci scrib, script sect, seg, secut sequ sed, sid, sess sembi, simil sen sens, sent sol, sola somn sacred wise salt sound, healthy holy blood view, examine know write cut follow sit, settle together, likeness pretense feel, sense sun sleep, dream son soror spec, spic, spect spir sta, stat, stit, sist stell strid sound, sonic sister look, examine breathe stand star creaking, harsh taph techo tempor ten, tin, tent tend, tens, tent tenu thanat, thanas theo therap therm tox, toxic tomb art, skill time hold stretch thin death god cure heat poison umbra urb urg (erg) util, utili shadow city work useful vacill vac, vacu val veloc, velox ven, vent ver verb verd vert, vers, vort veter via, vi vid, vis vir vit, viv voc, vok vol, voli, volunt vor waver empty well, strong swift come truth word green turn old way see man life call, voice wish eat zo animal COMMON SUFFIXES SUFFIX MEANING EXAMPLES -able, -ible capable of being, state of being -ace, -acy, -anct, -ance, -age act of condition relation to, that which, on account of one who, relating to adj.: being - noun: one who relating to, like to, like adj.: relating to - noun: one who, place where adj.: having quality - noun: one who - verb: to make serviceable, credible disturbance, intimacy, dotage, marriage, bondage -ai, -eal, -ial an, -ean, -ian -ant -ar, -er -ary -ate judicial, credentials, elemental American, statistician servant lunar, vulgar, solar residuary, contrary, dignitary, sanctuary fortunate, desolate, prelate, advocate, celebrate, agitate animalcule, particle, molecule, pinnacle -cle, -acle, -icle, -cule little -ee -eer -en one who is object of action one who does little -ence, -ency made of state or quality -ent -et, -let adj.: being - noun: one who little trustee, employee, devotee pamphleteer, auctioneer maiden, kitten, earthen, olden independence, violence, dependency dependent, patient, resident, student leaflet, booklet -fic, -fy -ify causing, producing to make soporific, terrific magnify, simplify, terrify -hood state, condition motherhood, manhood, neighborhood, statehood -ic like, made of that which, quality or state of being pertaining to, being in a condition of relating to act, or state of being to make one who inflammation of state -ice -id -ile -ion -ise, -ize -ist, -ite -itis -ity, -ty plastic, magic artifice, malice squalid, placid puerile, imbecile coercion, fusion, fission colonize, memorize optimist, theist, mennonite appendicitis unity, vacinity -ive relating to legislative, decorative -kin little napkin, lambkin -less without hopeless, worthless -ment state of being, act amendment, development -or, -ar, -er one who, that which elector, engravor