Vocabulary Reviewer 2
Illustrations of How words can be built from roots, prefixes, and suffixes.
Enumerated here under are some examples of words that derived their meaning from prefixes. 1. Anti - means against Example: Antidote, Antislavery 2. In, il, im, ir - means not Example: Indiscrete, Illegal, Impossible, irresponsible 3. Inter - means among or between Example: Intercede, Interject 4. Non - means not Example: Nonconformist, nonentity 5. Re - means back Example: Recur, Rebound 6. Pre - means before Example: Precede, Preempt 7. Sub - means under Example: Subvert, Submarine 8. Trans - means across Example: Transmit, Transcend 9. Un - means not Example: Un-american, unaware Enumerated here below are some examples of words that derived their meaning from suffixes. 1. ance, ence - means state of Example: abundance, indulgence 2. ate - means one who Example: candidate, advocate 3. il, ile - means capable of being Example: evil, servite 4. ness - means quality of Example: willingness, shrewdness 5. ory - means a place for Example: factory, depository 6. some - means characteristic of of Example: loathsome, fearsome Enumerated here under are some examples of words that derived their meaning from roots. 1. bas - means low Example: basement, debase 2. bio - means life Example: biology, biopsy 3. cent - means hundred Example: century, centipede 4. dec - means ten Example: decade, decimal 5. ego - means I Example: egoism, egomaniac 6. equ - means equal Example: equity, equanimity 7. fort - means strong Example: fortitude, fortify 8. graph - means write Example: autograph, graphic 9. loc - means place Example: location, dislocate 10. mort -means death Example: mortal, mortician 11. ped - means child Example: pediatrician, pedagogy 12. phob - means fear Example: claustrophobia, homophobia 13. poten - means powerful Example: impotent, potentate 14. soph - means wisdom Example: philosophy, sophisticated 15. term - means end Example: terminate, terminal 16. urb - means city Example: suburban, urban |