Prefixes
This prefix means "many" or "much." It’s used in words for having many colors or many talents.
MULTI
A term for a 100th anniversary or a celebration that happens once every century.
CENTENNIAL
This adjective describes something large enough to be seen by the naked eye
MACROSCOPIC
This root means "sleep." Think of a room where students sleep or a volcano that isn't active.
DORM
This suffix is added to adjectives to turn them into nouns that mean "the state or quality of."
This prefix means "small" or "minute." You’ll find it in the name of a tool used to see tiny cells.
MICRO
An adjective used to describe someone or something that is wicked, villainous, or extremely criminal.
NEFARIOUS
A verb meaning to cause something to change direction by interposing an obstacle; literally "to bend away."
DEFLECT
This root means "name." You’ll find it in words for "same name" or "hidden name."
ONYM
This suffix means "full of" or "possessing the qualities of."
-OUS/-IOUS
This prefix means "large" or "great."
MACRO
A fictitious name, especially one used by an author to hide their identity.
PSEUDONYM
Adjective describing something that occurs or exists entirely within the boundaries of a single state.
INTRASTATE
These two variations mean "to bend."
FLECT/FLEX
If someone is "full of caution," you would add a suffix to the word "caution" to create this adjective.
This prefix means "within" or "inside." It is used in sports to describe games played between teams from the same school.
INTRA
An adjective used to describe someone who has many different parts, features, or aspects to their personality or a situation.
MULTIFACETED
Descriptive of a living thing (like a volcano or a bear) that is in a state of deep sleep or temporary inactivity.
DORMANT
These roots mean "year."
Ann/Enn
If you take the adjective "polite" and want to talk about the "state of being polite," you would create this noun.
POLITENESS
Identify the two prefixes in this list that are opposites, and provide a word example for each.
MICRO & MACRO
A noun describing the state of being excessively eager or having an unsatisfied appetite for an activity or food.
VORACIOUSNESS
The branch of social science that deals with small-scale economic factors, such as the behavior of individual consumers and firms.
MICROECONOMICS
If a centennial is a 100-year anniversary, use this root to name a massive celebration that happens only once every 1,000 years.
MILLENNIUM
Take the word "Grace" and add a suffix to turn it into an adjective. Then, take that new word and add a second suffix to turn it back into a noun.
GRACIOUSNESS
(Grace - Gracious - Graciousness)