Adjectives with Roots, Suffixes and Prefixes Flashcards
clam/or/ous
making a sustained racket or demanding attention insistently
Terr/itori/al
Having to do with territory or tending to defend one’s territory
Terr/estri/al
Of the earth or living on land and having a habitat
Sub/Terr/anean
Underground or below the level of the surface of the earth
Medi/terr/ane/an
Having to do with or located on the Mediterranean Sea (midland sea)
Medi means middle
Uni/que
Single, one of a kind
Uni/versal
Affecting all members of a group or worldwide
Mono/tonous
Boringly repetitious
Dual
Composed of two parts or having a double nature
Double
Of two parts, twice as much
As a verb means to make twice as great or twice as many
Du/plicitous
Having duplicity, being full of duplicity
Tri/ple
Made of three pats, three times as much
As a verb this word means to make three times as much or as much
Tri/vial
Insignificant
Cent/ennial
Having to do with a period of 100 years, a hundred year anniversary
Liberal
Generously