Morpheme Set 1 Flashcards
-ance
Noun Suffix
-ant
Noun suffix, adjective suffix
-ary
adjective suffix, noun suffix
-ate
noun suffix, adjective suffix, verb suffix
-ence
noun suffix
-ent
adjective suffix, noun suffix
-ic
adjective suffix, noun suffix
-ity
Noun suffix
-ize
verb suffix
-oid
“resembling” (adjective or noun suffix)
-ory
adjective, noun suffix
-ous/-ose
adjective suffix
-sis
noun suffix
-tion/-ion
noun suffix
-tive/-ive
adjective, noun suffix
-y
noun suffix
ab-/abs-
“from, away”
ad-
“to, toward”
an-/a-
“not, without”
ana-
“up, again, back”
Ante-/anti-
“before”
anthrop
“human”
apo-
“away from, off”
greg
“social group, gather”
hetero-
“other, different”
Hom
“human”
homo-
“same”
Hypo-
“under, below, partial”
iatr
“heal”
idi
“personal”
in-
“in, into” “not”
infra-
“below, after”
inter-
“between, among”
Intra-
“within”
Iso-
“equal”
leg
“law, deputize”
Log/Leg/Lex
“study, Speak”
Macr
“large”
meso-
“middle”
meta-
“beyond”
Micr
“Small”
Mis
“hate”
Morph
“shape, form”
Nom
“law, system”
Nov
“new”
Ob-
“toward, against”
Objection
Omn
“all”
Top
“place” (a location)
Trans-/tra
“across, through”
ven
“come”
bi
“life” “two”
can
“Dog”
Cata-
“down, backwards”
Chrom
“color”
Chron
“time”
Con-/com-/co-
“with, together”
Contra-/counter-
“against, facing”
Corp/corpor
“body, flesh”
cosm
“universe, order, adorn”
de-
“reverse, from”
dia-
“through”
duc
“to lead”
Dys-/dis-
“bad”
Ec-
“out”
ecto-
“outside”
en-
“in”
endo-
“inside”
epi-
“on, over”
eu-
“good”
ex-/e-
“out”
Extra-
“outside”
gam
“marry, unite”
par
“give birth to”
para-
“beside, Nearly”
path
“feel, Illness”
Per-
“through, thorough(ly)”
peri-
“around, near”
Petr
“rock”
phil
“liking, tendency”
phon
“sound”
pol
“community”
post-
“after, behind”
pot
“able, powerful”
pre-
“before”
pro-
“forward, for”
Pseud
“false”
Psych
“mind”
Pyr
“fire”
re-/red-
“again, back”
sci
“know, discern”
se-/sed-
“apart”
sec
“cut, split”
Somn
“sleep”
sub-
“under, inferior”
super-
“above, excess”
syn-
“with, together”
the
“god”
ver
“true”
Vis
“see”
Xen
“foreign”
