Language Flashcards
prefix
letter or group of letters at the beginning of a word
subject
person or thing about whom the statement is made
adverb
a word that describes or gives more information about a verb, adjective, adverb, or phrase (in the sentence she smiled cheerfully, cheerfully is the adverb)
adjective
descriptive word
affixes
collectively prefixes and suffixes
verb
action word
noun
a thing or person
prefixes & suffixes:
change where a word is grammatically placed in a sentence
suffix
letter or group of letters at the end of a word
a, an
without, not
ab
away, from
ad, a, ac, as
to, toward
ante
before
anti
against
auto
self
ben
good
bi
two, both
circum
around
co, com, con
with, together
contra, counter
against
de
down, undo, not
di, dis
lack of, not, apart
eu
good, normal
ex, (or e)
out (of), former
fore
before
hemi
half
hyper
above, excessive
hypo
below, insufficient
il, im, in, ir
in, into, not, againt
inter
among, between
intra
within
macro
large
micro
small
mal
bad
mis
wrong
multi
many
non
not, lacking
ob, o, oc, op
against, over, completely
omni
all
over
too much, general
peri
around
poly
many
post
after
pre
before
pro
forward
quad
four
mono
one
re
again, back
semi
half, partially
sub, sup, sus
under
super, supra
above, excessive
sym, syn
with, together
trans
across, beyond
tri
three
ultra
beyond, excessive
un
not
uni
one
able, ible
capable of being
al
pertaining (belonging/related) to
ant, ent
inclined or tending to
an
belonging to a country or group
er, ar, or
person who gives/does something
ist
person belonging to a group w similar beliefs or skills
ant
person who assists
ee
person who receives the action
ism
system of belief
logy
the study of
ous
having, full of
y
presence of, full of
-less
without
ive
related to, makes a verb into an adjective
ish
similar to, belonging to
ic
nature of, like
ing
makes a participle (word formed from a verb, noun or adjective
root word ambul
walk, move
root word anim
life, spirit
root word anth
flower
root word anthrop
human
root word aer
air
root word agr
farming
root word ann/enn
year
root word arth
join
root word art
skill
root word bar
pressure, weight
root word bibli
book
root word calc
stone
root word cand
glowing, iridescent
root word capt, cept, ceive
take, hold
root word cephal
head
root word cosmo
universe
root word curr, curs
run
root word cred
believe
root word dent, dont
tooth
root word dia
through, between, apart, across
root word hept
seven
root word hygr/o
moisture, humidity
root word infra
beneath, below
root word ject
throw
root word kilo
thousand
root word lab
work
