Prefixes #1
Prefixes #2
Suffixes #1
Suffixes #2
Root Words
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What does the prefix "non" mean?
Not Examples: nonfat, nonsense
100
What do the prefixes "in-" or "im-" mean?
Not Examples: Inappropriate, impossible
100
What does the suffix "-er" mean?
One who Examples: baker, boxer, conductor, survivor
100
What does the suffix "-ful" mean?
Full of Examples: helpful, successful
100
What does the root word "photo" mean?
Light Examples: photograph, telephoto, photocopy
200
What does the prefix "un" mean?
Not Examples: unhurt, unwanted, undo
200
What does the prefix "pre-" mean?
Before Examples: preview, preheat
200
What does the suffix "-tion" mean?
The act of... or the state of...
200
What does the suffix "-ment" mean?
The act of... or the process of... Examples: enjoyment, replacement
200
What does the root word "audi" mean?
To hear Examples: audience, audible, auditory
300
What does the prefix "re" mean?
Again Examples: repaint, replay, rearrange
300
What does the prefix "over-" mean?
Too much or above Examples: overdone or overheat
300
What does the suffix "-less" mean?
Not having or without Examples: helpless, colorless
300
What does the suffix "-able" or "-ible" mean?
Able to... or capable of... Examples: readable, capable, edible, visible
300
What does the root word "vis" mean?
To see Examples: vision, invisible
400
What does the prefix "dis" mean?
Not or the opposite of Examples: disable, disagree
400
What do the prefixes "bi-", "tri", "quad" or "oct" mean?
bi = two, tri = three, quad = four, oct = eight Examples: bicycle, tripod, quadrilateral, octopus
400
What does the suffix "-al" or "-ial" mean?
Related to... or characterized by... Examples: colonial, denial, dental, betrayal
400
What does the suffix "-phobia" mean?
Fear of Examples: arachnophobia (fear of spiders), claustrophobia (fear of small spaces)
400
What does the root word "bio" mean?
Life Examples: biology, biography
500
What does the prefix "mis" mean?
Bad or badly Wrong or wrongly Examples: misbehave, misread, misspell
500
What does the prefix "de" mean?
Reduce or away from Examples: defeat, deform, decrease
500
What does the suffix "-ology" mean?
The study of Examples: biology, geology
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What does the suffix "-en" mean?
Made of...or to make Examples: wooden, dampen, tighten
500
What does the root word "geo" mean?
Earth, ground or soil Examples: geography, geology
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