most common prefixes and suffixes from Scholastic
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undefined, object
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- -able; -ible
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meaning can be done
e.g. comfortable - al; ial
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having characteristics of
e.g. personal - -ed
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past tense verbs
e.g. hopped - -en
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meaning: made of
e.g. wooden - -er
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comparative or one who
e.g. smaller
e.g. worker - -est
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comparative
e.g. biggest - -ful
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meaning: full of
e.g. beautiful - -ic
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meaning: having characteristics of
e.g. artistic - -ing
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verb form; present participle
e.g. running - -ition
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meaning: act, process
e.g. recognition - -ation
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meaning: act, process
e.g. celebration - -sion
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meaning: act, process
e.g. occasion - -tion
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meaning: act, process
e.g. attraction - ation
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meaning: act, process
e.g. imagination - -ity
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meaning: state of
e.g. infinity - -ity -ty
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meaning: state of
e.g. infinity - -ive, -ative, -itive
- meaning: adjective form of a noun
- -less
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meaning: without
e.g. fearless - ly
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meaning: characteristic of
e.g. quickly - anti
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meaning: against
ex: antifreeze - de
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meaning: opposite
ex: defrost - dis
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meaning: opposite
ex: disagree - en
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meaning: cause
ex: encode - em
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meaning: cause
ex: embrace - fore
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meaning: before
ex: forewarn - in
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meaning: in
meaning: not
ex:infield
ex: injustice - im
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meaning: not
ex: impossible - il
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meaning: not
ex: illogical - ir
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meaning: not
ex: irresponsible - inter
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meaning: between
ex: interstate - mid
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meaning: middle
ex: midsize - mis
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meaning: wrongly
ex: misfire - non
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meaning: not
ex: nonsense - over
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meaning: over
ex: overlook - re
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meaning: again
ex: return - pre
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meaning: before
ex: preheat - semi
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meaning: half
ex:semicircle - sub
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meaning: under
ex: submarine - super
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meaning: above
ex: superstar - trans
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meaning: across
ex: transportation - un
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meaning: not
ex: unhappy - under
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meaning: under
ex: undersea - -ment
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meaning: action, process
e.g. enjoyment - -ness
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meaning: state of, condition of
e.g. kindness - -ous, -eous, -ious
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meaning: possessing the qualities of
e.g. joyous - -s, es
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meaning: more than one
e.g. dogs, boxes - -y
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meaning: characterized by
e.g. happy