Prefixes
Prefix
anticodedisen-, emforeil-, -ir
Meaning
against, preventing
together
opposite
the opposite of, not
cause to
before
against, not
iminintermalmicromidmisnonoverpanpostpreresemisubsuperteletranstriununder-
in, within, toward, on
the opposite of
among, between
bad
small, short
middle
badly, wrong, not
the opposite of, not
too much
all
after
in front of, before
back, again
half, part
under
above
distant
across
three
the opposite of, not
under
Example
antibody, antifreeze
cooperate
defrost
disappear, dishonest
encode, embrace
forecast
illiterate, illegal,
irrelevant
important, impress
inability, inaccurate
intermural, intermission
malformed, malnourished
microscopic
midyear
misprint, misjudge
nonsense, nonrefundable
overpriced
panorama, pandemic
postgame
preheat, prejudge
replace, remind
semicircle
submarine
superstar, superlative
telescope, telephone
transatlantic
triangle, tricycle
unlikely, unheard
undersea, underwear
Root Words
Root Word
agr
ast
bibl
civ
cred
dict
flex
fract, frag
graph
lab
log, logo, ology
meter
ped, pod
photo
scop
sect
sequ
sign
soph
spec, spect
tact
voc
Meaning
field
star
book
citizen, city
to believe
to tell, to say
bend
break
write
work
word, thought, study, speech
measure
foot
light
see
cut
follow
mark
wise
look, see
to touch
call, voice
Example
agriculture
asterisk
Bible, bibliography
civic, civilization
credible, credit
dictate, dictionary, predict
flexible
fracture, fragment
biography, graphite
labor
catalog, biology
thermometer, centimeter
pedestrian, podiatrist
photograph
microscope
dissect
sequence, sequel
signature
philosophy, sophisticated
spectator, inspect
tactile
vocation, provoke
Suffixes
Suffix
-able
-al
-an
-ed
-en
-er
-er
-ery, -ry
-est
-ette, -let
-ful
-ic
-ing
-ist
-ity
-ive, -ative, itive
-less
-like
-ly
-ment
-ness
-ous
-phobia
-tion, -ion, sion
-s, -es
-wise
-y
Meaning
able to be or to become
something; worthy of being
something
of, like, or relating to
relating to
past-tense verbs
to make more so; made of
comparative
something or someone who
does or is
trade or occupation
comparative
small
having a lot of
relating to
verb form/present participle
one who specializes
having or being a certain way
adjective form of a noun
Example
avoidable, lovable
memorial, industrial
American
hopped
strengthen, wooden
higher, bigger
worker, gardener,
recorder
dentistry
biggest, highest
piglet, cigarette, dinette
beautiful, fearful
historic
running, jumping,
skipping
typist, geologist
agility, ability, security
plaintive
without something
resembling
in such a matter; like or suited
to; occurring every so often
state or quality of
the state of being something
full of or having something
fear of
the act of, state of, result of
odorless, spineless
childlike
quickly, heavenly, weekly
more than one
manner, direction
being or having
books, boxes
clockwise
dusty, beauty
amazement
preparedness, goodness
adventurous, famous
arachnophobia
regulation, dehydration