word parts
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WORD PARTS. PREFIXES, ROOTS, SUFFIXES. PREFIXES. Circum - around acro - high bi - twice, double cata - down by - side, close, near bene , bon - good, well ante - before anti - against ambi , amphi - both a, an - not, without. ROOTS. Roots: act - to do aero - air - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
WORD PARTS
PREFIXES, ROOTS, SUFFIXES
PREFIXES
• Circum - around• acro - high• bi - twice, double• cata - down• by - side, close, near• bene, bon - good, well• ante - before• anti - against• ambi, amphi - both• a, an - not, without
ROOTS• Roots: • act - to do• aero - air• agr - agricultural• alter -make different• ann, enn - annual• aqua - water• ast - one connected with• audi - hearing
SUFFIXES
• able, ible – can be done• al, ial – having characteristics of • en – made of• ful – full of• ic – having characteristics of• ion, tion, ation, ition – act, process
More Word PartsPrefixes
• bio – life (biology, biography
• auto – self (autobiography, automatic)
• dis -not, apart (disengage, disperse, disinherit)
• ex- out (exotic, exterior, exit)
• demos – people (democracy, demographic )
Suffixes• -cule, ling – very small
(molecule, ridicule, duckling• -dom – quality, realm
(freedom, kingdom, wisdom• -er, or – one who, that
which (baker, miller, professor)
• -ese – a native of, the language of (Japanese, Taiwanese
• -ess – female (goddess, actress