Suggested Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes for 6th Grade - Weebly

[Pages:3]SUFFIX LIST

Suffix

-al, -ial* -ance, -ence -en* -ent ?ant

-er*

-est* -ed* -er, -or* -ful* -fy -hood -ic -ion, -tion, ation, -ition*

-ity, -ty

-able, -ible* -less* -ice -ide -ive, tive, ative -ing* -ly* -ment* -ness* -ous, -ious, eous, -ologist -some -s, -es* -ward -ways -y*

Meaning

related to, characterized by state or quality of made of inclined to, in a state of, someone who someone who or something that does, provides, or is involved with comparative, to compare past tense agent full of to make, to form into state, quality, condition of having the character or form of state of being or condition ? makes verbs into nouns state or quality; used to form abstract nouns/Latin capable or susceptible/Latin antonym of the base or suffix state or quality chemical

performs or tends toward, or serves to

progressive tense in what manner product or thing abstract

possessing or full of/Latin

a person who studies characterized by a thing, quality, state, or action plural direction in what manner characterized by, quality of or condition of

Examples or Rules

global, logical, partial temperance, excellence thicken, quicken absorbent, student, different, deodorant, contestant

bigger, safer, farmer, teacher

strongest sailed, laughed runner, professor, elevator, grantor wonderful fortify, solidify, liquidity neighborhood panoramic

revolution, relation, completion, starvation

civility, abnormality, quality, unity

teachable, photographical, incredible, responsible effortless, careless justice, service pesticide, sulfide, oxide

tentative, native

jumping, racing slowly, lovely merriment kindness

nervous, wondrous, courageous, hilarious

dermatologist, biologist awesome, burdensome cats, boxes forward, toward always funny

Root

astro* aud* auto* bene bio* chron dict* fac form geo* gon (math) grad/gress graph* ject junct loc man*/manu mega/magna meter* min* mis*, mit mort opt ped*/pod phon* poli/polis port* pose scope scrib*/script spect* struct* tele tract vac vid/vis

Meaning

stars, heaven, space to hear self good, well life time to speak make, do to shape earth angle to step writing, printing to throw to join place hand large, powerful measure little, small send to die eye foot sound city, government to carry to put an instrument for viewing to write to look/see build, form far off, distant to pull to be empty to see

ROOT LIST

Origin

Greek Latin Greek Latin Greek Greek Latin Latin Latin Greek Greek Latin Latin Latin Latin Latin Latin Greek Greek Latin Latin Middle English Latin Latin Greek Greek Latin Latin Greek Latin Latin Latin Greek Latin Latin Latin

Examples

astronomy, astrological, asteroid, asterisk, astronaut audible, audience, audio, audition, auditorium, auditory autobiography, autonomy, automatic benediction, benefactor, benevolent biography, biology chronological, chronology contradict, dictate, dictator, dictation, dictionary, predict manufacture, factory, benefactor reform, deform, uniform geology, geologist polygon, pentagon graduate, gradual, progress, progression graphology, biography, telegraph, geography inject, reject, projection, subject conjunction, junction location, local manual, manuscript, manufacture megahit, megaphone, magnify, magnificent thermometer, barometer miniscule, minority, minute permit, submission, mission, emit mortician, mortal, immortal optical, optometrist pedestrian, podiatrist, pedicure phonograph, microphone, phoneme police, metropolitan, politician portable, transport, portage, porter, report compose, composition, position, posture telescope, microscope, endoscope scribe, scripture, script, scribble spectacles, retrospect, introspect, inspector structure, construction, instruct, destruction telegraph, teleport, telephone, television tractor, extract, attract, subtract vacuum, evacuate, vacant evident, video, televise, supervise

PREFIX LIST

Prefix

anticom-, con-

de-*

dis-*

en-, em-*

ex-, exo-* fore* hom-, homohypeim-, in-*

inter-*

mid-* mis-* multineonon-* over-* pre-* prore-* sesemi-* sub-*

super-*

trans-*

un-*

under-*

Meaning

against with/together reverse, remove, reduce; to do the opposite of apart or away; having a negative force within; to put or go into or onto; to cover or provide with out of; from before same over, too much not; having a negative force between; among; during; together middle ill, mistaken or wrong many, much new, recent, revived not; absence of beyond, too much before; earlier forward again; back or backward motion apart half under, beneath, below to place or be placed above or over across, beyond, through not; reversal of a state of action; opposite of place or situation; below; too little

Examples

antisocial, antiseptic, antisocial, antidote commune, community, conjunction, combine, conspire, confluence

decompose, deject, degrade, dehumidify, descent, detract

disability, disown, dislike

emphasis, embalm, energy, enthusiasm

exoskeleton, exterior, external forehead, forecastle, foretell homonym, homophone, homeostasis, homogeneous hyperextension, hyperactive, hyperextend, hyperbole impatient, immeasurable, inability, inexpensive

intersect, intercom, intercept

midsummer, midnight mistrial, misprint, misinterpret multiage, multitude, multigrain, multimillion Neolithic, neonatal nonsense, nonpayment overextend, overweight, overcrowded prevent, preschool, predict progress, proceed, produce, protract reheat, reinvest, rebuild, rewind, revert, retrace separate, select semicircle, semiautomatic, semiconscious submarine, substitute, subscriber

supersede, superficial, superscript

transport, transmission, transcend

unhappy, unfasten, unrest

underground, underdeveloped, underwhelmed, underfed

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