Prefixes
What is the meaning of the prefix "ad-"?
to, toward
Examples: adventure, admire, adverb, advertisement, adjective
What is the meaning of the latin root "junct/join/joint"?
join (connect)
Examples: junction, join, joining, joint, conjoin
What is the meaning of the latin root "act"?
do
Examples: action, active, actress, deactivate
What are four examples of words that contain the latin root "nat"?
Examples: native, prenatal, natal, nature, natural
What is the meaning of the suffix "-ice"?
state or quality
Examples: justice, service, notice, novice
What is the meaning of the prefix "con-"?
with, together
Examples: convention, confuse, contagious, conference, contract
Examples: exercise, precise, concise, precision
What is the meaning of the latin root "rect/reg"?
Examples: rectangle, direction, correct, director
What is the meaning of the latin root "voc, vok(e)"?
voice, call
Examples: vocal, advocate, convocation, vocalize
What are three examples of words that contain the suffix "-sion"?
vision, permission, fusion, television, invasion, division, mansion, confusion
What is the meaning of the prefix "ob-"?
to, toward, against
Examples: objective, observe object, obnoxious
What are three examples of words containing the latin root "cred"?
Examples: credit, incredible, credible, credential, discredit, creed
What is the meaning of the latin root "serv"?
keep
Examples: service, observe, conserve, preservation
What is the meaning of the latin root "sect"?
cut, divide
Examples: section, dissect, intersect, bisect
What is the meaning of the suffix "-ly"?
like, manner of
Examples: kindly, sadly, sickly, happily, harshly, badly
What is the meaning of the prefix "inter-"?
between, among
Examples: intercept, intervene, intermediate, intermission
What is the meaning of the latin root "claim/clam"?
declare
Examples: claimed, exclaimed, reclaim, exclamation
What is the meaning of the latin root "sist"?
stand
Examples: assist, assistant, consistent, sister
What are four examples of words containing the latin root "rupt"?
Examples: eruption, rupture, interrupt, abrupt
What is the meaning of the suffix "-tion"?
act of, state of, result of
Examples: nation, promotion, injection
What is the meaning of the prefix "trans-"?
across, over, through
Examples: transport, transfer, transmit, transparent
What is the meaning of the latin root "pos(e)/posit?
put, place
Examples: impose, position, propose, deposit
drive, push
What is the meaning of the latin root "flex/flect"?
bend
Examples: flexible, reflector, genuflect, reflex
What is the meaning of the suffix "-ation"?
state of, result of
Examples: imagination, negotiation, combination