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WORD PARTS. PREFIXES, ROOTS, SUFFIXES. PREFIXES. Circum - around acro - high bi - twice, double cata - down by - side, close, near bene , bon - good, well ante - before anti - against ambi , amphi - both a, an - not, without. ROOTS. Roots: act - to do aero - air
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WORD PARTS PREFIXES, ROOTS, SUFFIXES
PREFIXES • Circum - around • acro - high • bi - twice, double • cata - down • by - side, close, near • bene, bon - good, well • ante - before • anti - against • ambi, amphi - both • a, an - not, without
ROOTS • Roots: • act - to do • aero - air • agr - agricultural • alter -make different • ann, enn - annual • aqua - water • ast - one connected with • audi - hearing
SUFFIXES • able, ible – can be done • al, ial – having characteristics of • en – made of • ful – full of • ic – having characteristics of • ion, tion, ation, ition – act, process
More Word Parts Prefixes Suffixes -cule, ling – very small (molecule, ridicule, duckling -dom – quality, realm (freedom, kingdom, wisdom -er, or – one who, that which (baker, miller, professor) -ese – a native of, the language of (Japanese, Taiwanese -ess – female (goddess, actress • bio – life (biology, biography • auto – self (autobiography, automatic) • dis -not, apart (disengage, disperse, disinherit) • ex- out (exotic, exterior, exit) • demos – people (democracy, demographic )