Overview of Prefixes and Suffixes

Pre-: Before (examples: preorder, preview)

Re-: To do again (examples: reuse, rebuild)

Un-: To not be (examples: unlike, unable)

Ex-: Out of or away from (examples: exhale, external)

Dis-: not, opposite (examples: disrespect, disorder)

Mis-: bad, wrong (examples: misplace, mistreat)

Non-: not (examples: nonfiction, nonverbal)

-ly: turns a word into an ADVERB, a word that describes an action (examples: quietly, easily)

-ful: to have a lot of something (examples: hateful, hopeful)

-less: to have little or none of something (examples: painless, restless)

-able: having the ability or quality of something (examples: comfortable, portable)