Prefixes 1
sub
submarine, subconscious
What is under?
-al, -ial
circumstantial, seasonal
What is having characteristics of?
-able, -ible
Collectable, gullible
What is able to, is or can be?
ant, anti
antagonist, antibiotic
What is against, opposed to, preventative?
circu, circum
circumference, circumstance, circular
What is around?
trans
transfer, transportation
What is across, change or through?
-ion, -tion, -ation
confusion, inspection
What is an act or process?
-ful
beautiful, hateful
What is full of?
aqua
aquarium, aquatic
What is water?
form
formation, format
What is shape?
multi
multicolor, multipurpose
What is many or much?
-ize
criticize, apologize
What is to make or to cause to become?
-less
helpless, effortless
What is without?
aud
audiobook, audience
What is to hear or sound?
chron, chono
chronological, chronic
What is time?
inter
international, interject
What is between or among?
-ness
sickness, wilderness
What is state of or condition of?
-er, -or
teacher, boxer
What is one who or a person who?
geo
geography, geology
What is earth?
meter/metr
thermometer, perimeter
What is measure?
in, im, il, ir
impossible, innocent
What is not?
-ship
friendship, leadership
What is the state of being something?
-logy, -ology
biology, archeology
What is the science of or the study of?
auto
autobiography, autograph
What is self?
photo
photograph, photosynthesis
What is light?
pre
prefix, preview, preliminary
What is before?
less
colorless, joyless, flawless
What is without?
ness
kindness, laziness, loneliness, happiness
hemi/semi
hemisphere, semisweet, semi-annual
What is half?
kilo
kilometer, kilogram, kilobyte, kilowatt
What is one thousand?