Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes PDF

Roots, Prefixes,
Suffixes

Know Your Prefixes
• ante- “before” anteroom
• counter- “against” counteract
• dys- “wrong, bad” dysfunctional
• hyper- “over, above” hyperbole
• inter- “between, among” interject

Know Your Prefixes cont.
• intra/intro- “within, into” intrastate
• micro- “small” microscope
• pseudo- “false” pseudonym
• trans- “across, beyond” transform

Apply
Your Knowledge of Prefixes
• Knowing the meaning of intra- helps the
reader understand that “intravenous”
means
– Between veins
– Within a vein
– A new venue

And the Answer Is…
-Within a vein
-intra means “within”

Know Your Suffixes
• -hood “state; quality” manhood
• -ic “related to science” arithmetic
• -ify/-if “cause to become” deify
• -logy “study, expression” biology
• -ure “process; function” erasure

Apply
Your Knowledge of Suffixes
• Knowing the meaning of the suffix -logy
helps the reader know that “sociology”
means
– Function of society
– Related to socks
– Study of human society

Know Your Roots
• anthro “man” misanthrope
• belli “war” belligerent
• brev “shorten” abbreviate
• cred “believe” credentials
• culpa “fault, blame” culprit
• derm “skin” dermatology
• duc/duct “to lead, draw” duct

Know Your Roots cont.
• ego “I, self” egocentric
• fac “to make, do” artifact
• jud/jur/jus “law, right” jury
• luc/lum “light” lucid
• mega “large” megadose
• ocu “eye” binoculars
• ortho “straight” orthodontist

Know Your Roots cont.
• poly “many” polygon
• rect “load, straight” rectangle
• the/theo “god” theology
• urb “city” urban
• vac “empty” vacant
• vir “manliness; worth” virtuous

Apply
Your Knowledge of Roots
• Knowing the meaning of the root vac helps
the reader know that “vacuous” means
– Large vacuum
– Without content
– Made with sides

Remember
‣Your roots, prefixes, and suffixes
‣To apply this knowledge to uncover the
meaning of new words