Mystery Mix
Negative Affixes
Greek & Latin Roots
Suffixes (Form & Function)
Prefixes (The Basics)
100

The prefix sub- means this, as in submarine.

What is under or below?

100

Added to the start of "happy" or "kind" to mean "not."

What is un-?

100

his Latin root means "to see," found in video and evidence.

What is vid or vis?

100

This common suffix is added to a verb to show it happened in the past.

What is -ed?

100

This prefix means "before," as in preheat or pregame.

What is pre-?

200

This suffix means "full of," as in joyful.

What is -ful?

200

This 4-letter prefix means "wrong" or "bad," as in misstep or misunderstand.

What is mis-?

200

This root means "life," found in biology and biography.

What is bio?

200

This suffix turns an adjective into an adverb, like quickly or happily.

What is -ly?

200

Use this prefix if you want to do something "again," like retry or redo.

What is re-?

300

The prefix mono- means this number.

What is one?

300

These two prefixes both mean "against" (e.g., antisocial or contradict).

What are anti- and contra-?

300

This root means "water," found in aquarium or aquatic.

What is aqua?

300

Adding -ist to a word usually describes a person who does what?

What is practices or specializes in something?

300

This prefix means "between" or "among," as in international or interstate.

What is inter-?

400

This suffix means "without," as in fearless.

What is -less?

400

This prefix means "not" but is used specifically before words starting with "L," like legal.

What is il-?

400

From the Latin for "write," this root is in scribble or script.

What is scrib or script?

400

This suffix means "the study of," as in geology or biology.

What is -ology?

400

Meaning "half," this prefix is found in semicircle or semicolon.

  • What is semi-?

500

The prefix trans- means this, as in transport or transfer.

What is across or through?

500

This prefix means "bad" or "evil," as in malfunction or malevolent.

What is mal-?

500

This root means "light," found in photograph or photon.

What is photo?

500

This suffix means "inflammation," often used in medical terms like bronchitis.

What is -itis?

500

This prefix means "beyond" or "excessive," as in ultrasound or ultraviolet.

What is ultra-?

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