Prefixes
a-
on or in, to or not
-less
without
cede (ceed, cess)
to go, yield or surrender
flect (flex)
to bend or curve
ad- (ac-, ag-, af-, al-, ar-, an-, ap-, as-, at-)
to, toward, in near
dys-
bad or difficult
script (scrib)
to write
morpheme
the smallest unit of a word that carries meaning
ab-
off or away from
-s
more than one
spect (spec, spic)
to see, watch or observe
base word
a word that cannot be broken down, does not include affixes, can stand alone and has meaning
dis- (dif-)
lack of or not, do the opposite of, apart or away
Prefix
a bound morpheme added to the beginning of a base or root word that changes the meaning of the base or root
sect
to cut
root word
a morpheme that holds the bulk of the meaning of a word, cannot stand alone; it must have a prefix, suffix or both
de-
opposite of
Suffix
a bound morpheme added to the end of a base or root word that creates a new word with changed use or grammatical function
form
shape
Morphology
the study of the structure and forms of words