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Learning Common Prefixes and Suffixes
By learning how to divide words into their basic parts you can discover clues to the word's meaning.The basic part of a word is called a root. A part added before the root is called a prefix. A part after the root is called a suffix.
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| auto | self |
| bi | two |
| circum | around |
| con | together |
| de | down or apart |
| dis | away or apart |
| ex | out |
| im | not |
| mis | wrong |
| multi | many |
| pre | before |
| semi | half or partly |
| hood | condition |
| ness | quality |
| ance | state, act or fact |
| ence | state, act, or fact |
| ation | action or state |
| ition | action or state |
| tion | action or state |
| ity | quality |
| ment | result or action |
| ize | to become, cause to be |
| ist | one who does |
| en | to become, cause to be |
| over | above, more, too, too much |
| inter | between, among, together |
| intra | within |
| mid | middle |
| post | after |
| sub | under |
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