Affixes

		Prefixes change the meaning of the word or rootword they are added to
		Prefix Meaning Examples dis undo, opposite disappear, disconnect, discontinue, disallow re again, back rebuild, reappear, refresh, recapture, relocate un not, opposite of undo, unbend, unfasten, unsafe, unfortunate mis bad, wrong mislead, misinform, misbehave, misplace, misidentify pre before predict, pretest, preheat, preview, preflight, prejudge in, im, ir, il not inattentive, inconvenient, impatient, irreplaceable, illegal non not nonfat, nonstick, nonstop, nondairy, nonsense mid middle midnight, midstream, midway, midpoint, midterm, midwinter over too much overcook, oversleep, overreact, overwork out more, better outperform, outbid, outstanding sub below subway, submarine, subtract, subsoil, subset pro before process, prologue, protect, produce, promote, provide con with concert, conversation, contain, confide, conflict, connect inter between interact, interrupt, interview, intermix ab from, away absorb, absent, abrupt, abdicate, abduct contra against contradict, contraband, contravene cor destroy corrupt, corrode e out eject, eclipse, evacuate, evaporate, erase, erupt ex out exhale, expire, extend, export, expensive, expedition im in immerse, immigrant, import, impress, implant, imprint juris law jurisdiction trans across, over transform, transport, transplant, transcribe ver turn vertices vin avenge vindicate Suffixes change verbs to nouns,adjectives; adjectives to adverbs, nouns; nouns to adjectives Suffix Meaning Examples ment outcome of an action development, punishment, employment ly like, manner of badly, cleanly, faintly, tearlessly, nicely ness state of , quality darkness, preparedness, consciousness ful with, full of careful, armful, grateful, forgetful, mouthful less without homeless, endless, careless, hopeless er someone who... something that... teacher, driver, baker, computer, clipper, heater ion act of, state of, result of alteration, demonstration, expansion, inclusion, admission ture state, condition of rupture, temperature, moisture, signature, fracture ess feminine lioness, empress, princess, actress, waitress ist one who does... bicyclist, colonist, florist, chemist, dentist y likely to be... brainy, funny, clammy, flashy, creepy, dreary, cloudy ish like, resembling babyish, selfish, foolish, stylish hood condition, quality motherhood, knighthood, neighborhood, childhood able can do usable, allowable, avoidable, believable ally like, in the manner of generally, universally, finally, visually, diagonally, gradually ary relating to, place where boundary, infirmary, visionary, dictionary, judiciary, dictionary folio leaf portfolio ive causing, making repetitive, imaginative, attractive, expensive ure state of failure, closure, pleasure, leisure, seizure