Prefix

• A prefix is a word that is added to the beginning of a base wo

• A prefix changes the meaning of the base word

• Example: "un-" which means "not" can change the meaning of the base word, "used"

• Used vs Unused

Root

• A word root forms the basic part of the word and gives it its primary meaning.

• If you know the meaning of a root, you can often figure out the meaning of the whole word.

• Example "-lum-" is the root word for illuminate

• "-lum-" means "light"

Suffix

• A suffix is a syllable of group of syllables added to the end of a base word"

• The suffix changes the meaning and often the part of speech of the base word

• Example "-less" which means "without" changes the meaning of the base word, "hope"

• Hope vs Hopeless

Prefix

• "re-" : again, back or backward (example: recall, return)

• "in-" : not (example: incomplete, intolerable)

• "trans-" : over, across, through (example: transport, transmit)

• "ac-/ad-" : motion towards, addition to (example: action, admit)

• "mal-" : bad (example: malnourished)

• "un-" : not (example: unpleasant, uneventful)

• "uni-" : only one (example: universe, unicycle)

Roots

• -myst- : secret (example: mysterious)

• -dom- : master (example: dominate)

• -lum- : light (example: luminous)

• -spir- : to breathe (example: respiration)

Suffixes

• -er : one who (example: builder)

• -less: without (example: clueless)

• -ity : quality,the condition of (example: mobility)

• -tion : act, state of being (example: attraction)

• -ious : full of, characterized by (example: religious)