Morphemes 1 Flashcards
{ad} {as} {ac}
to, toward
ex: adapt, assume, accept
{al}
connected with, pertaining to
ex: governmental, federal
{cess}
come, go
ex: process, recess
{con} {com}
together
ex: convene, compel
{contra}
against
ex: contravene, compel
{creat}
make, build
ex: creation
{dis}
away, apart
ex: dispel
{e} {ex}
out of, from
ex: eject, except
{feder}
union of states
ex: federal
{in} {im}
in, into
ex: inspect, impel
{intro}
into, inward
ex: introspection, introvert
{ion}
act of
ex: creation
{medic}
connected with the science of medicine
ex: medical, medicine
{ment}
act of, product of (occurs in nouns < verbs)
ex: government, attachment, abridgment, statement
{or}
person (or thing) who acts or does something
ex: creator, inventor
{pel} {pulse}
push, drive
ex: propel, repulse
{pre}
before
ex: prevent
{pro}
forward
ex: process, prospectus
{re}
back, again
ex: reconvene, repel
{quire}
ask, seek
ex: inquire
{retro}
back
ex: retroactive
{solve} {solute}
loosen
ex: dissolve, solution
{spic} {spect}
look at, see
ex: perspicuous, inspect
{sume}
use up, take
ex: resume, assume