Pearland Independent School District



Prefix-a group of letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaningPrefixDefinitionExample1. forebefore; earlierforearm; foreword2. autoselfautodidact; autograph3. polymany; muchpolygon; polysyllable4. deca; decitendecathlon; decade; decimal5. centi-100centimeter; centipede6. kilo1,000kilogram; kilowatt7. mille; milli1,000 millennium; millimeter8. il; irnotillegal; irregular9. interbetweenintercept; interstate; interview10. transacross; change; throughtransfer; transportation; transformation11.microsmall; minutemicroscope; microbiologyagglutination- the process of adding one or more of the affixes to a base or root wordbase word- a word that can stand independently without a prefix of suffixroot word- a word part that usually cannot stand independentlySuffix -a group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning and sometimes part of speechSuffixDefinitionExamplesPart of Speech1. –logy; -ologyscience of; study ofbiology; chronologynoun2. –ive; -ative; -tiveinclined; tending toward an actionfestive; talkative; sensitiveadjective3. –an; -ianone having a certain skill/ relating to/ belonging toelectrician; magician; comedian; Americannoun; adjective4. –ent; -antan action/ conditionstudent; contestantnoun5. –ent; -antcausing a specific actionabsorbent; elegantadjective6. –izeto make/ to cause to becomefertilize; criticize; apologizeverb7. –ous; -eous; -iousfull of/ characterized byadventurous; courteous; mysteriousadjective ................
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