Nouns with roots, suffixes and prefixes Flashcards
Spectat/or
someone who observes an event or a show
in/spect/or
someone appointed to inspect something
pro/spect/or
someone who prospects for minerals or oil
ex/port/a/tion
the process or result of exporting
im/port/a/tion
the process or result of importing
trans/port/at/ion
the process or result of transportation
de/port/a/tion
the process or result of deporting
a/voc/at/ion
an occupation other than what you do for a living
Terr/ain
An area of land defined by its features
Terr/ace
A small piece of land made flare for various uses
French word
Terr/itory
An area of land defined by its borders
Terr/ier
A small hunting dog bred for driving game from burrows
Ex/clam/at/ion
An utterance made in exclaiming or the process of exclaiming
Ac/clam/at/ion
A shout of approval or an oral vote
Re/clam/at/ion
The process or result of reclaiming, especially of land
Uni/ty
The state or condition of being United
Union
The process of result of uniting
Union
The process or results of uniting
Uni/fica/tion
The process or result of unifying
Unit
An elementary whole
Uni/form
Unvarying in characteristic or degree or of a single style
Uni/verse
Everything in a complex domain, all matter and energy in the cosmos
Mono/long
A long speech one by one person
Mono/poly
Business on trolled by a single person or group
Du/laity
The state or condition of being dual
Du/plex
A building divided into two residences
Du/et
A piece of music for two performers
Duo
Two people or two things in close association, two musicians performing together
Bi/cycle
Vehicle having two wheels
Greek - kyklos means wheel or circle
Bi/lingual
Speaking two languages
Latin - lingua means language or tongue
Trio
Three people or three in close association, like three musicians playing together
Trio comes from italian
Tri/nity
A group consisting of three closely related members
Tri/angle
Three angles with three sides
Tri/pod
A stand with three legs
Deci/mal
Numbered or ordered by groups of ten
Cent
Hundredth of a dollar
Percent
Per hundred
Per/cent/age
a number of parts per hundred
Cent/ury
A group of 100
Mile
1000 paces, (refers to amount of distance)
Mile/age
Measured in miles, the amount of fuel used per mile
Mill/ion
1,000,000 or a thousand thousands
Centi/pede
Hundred feet
Milli/pede
Thousand feet
Liberation
The process or result of liberating
Liberator
One who liberates or has liberated
Liberty
The state or condition of being free
Ambulance
An emergency vehicle for rapid transporting of and I’ll or injured person to hospital