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Prefix Meanings
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Greek or Latin?
Suffix Meanings
100
foxes
fox / es
100

un-

not

100

The prefix “mis-” in misplace means what?

Wrongly or badly

100

tele-

"far or distant" - Greek

100
-ed
past tense of a verb
200

laughed

laugh / ed

200

re-

again or back

200

The Greek root “therm” (as in thermometer) means what?

Heat

200

scrib/script

"to write" - Latin

200

-s, -es

plural, more than one

300

Misinterpretation

mis / interpret / ation

300

pre-

before

300

Break down the word unhappily into its morphemes and give the meaning of each.

  • un- = not

  • happy = root word

  • -ly = in a manner of

300

bio

"Life" -Greek

300

-ful

full of


400

unknowingly

un / know / ing / ly

400

dis-

Not, opposite of, or apart

400

The Greek root “geo” (as in geography) means what?

Earth

400

-dict

"To say or to speak" - Latin

400

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!

-ness

state or quality of being

500

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! 

Antidisestablishmentarianism

anti / dis / establish / ment / ari / an / ism

500

in- im- il- ir-

not

500

DOUBLE JEOPARDY 

Break down “subterranean” into prefix, root, and suffix, and give the meaning of each part.

  • sub- = under / below

  • terr = earth / land

  • -anean = relating to

500

chrono

"time" - Greek

500

-ology

the study of