prefix & suffix Flashcards
Ab-
From , Away
ABdicate / ABduct
Ex-
Out : Exit
Much : exacerbate بسیار بدتر کردن
-ate
noun, verb or adjective maker
If it’s a noun or adjective it is pronounced as “et”
If it’s a noun it is pronounced as “ate”
-ile
either it is just makes adjective, or it makes adjective and also means easy
Much : Senile = age + much بسیار سن دار و مسن
Easy : Facile = do + easy آسان و راحت
Fac-
Fic-
Fec-
-fy
Do/Make facile fiction Fact : it was done Factory : A place to make things
- ory
- ary
refers to a place
such as factory, dictionary
Be-
Do/Make
Belittle : کوچک کردن (humiliate)
Bedim: تیره و تار کردن
Benighted : در تاریکی نگه داشتن - عقی نگه داشتن از علم و دانش
Dis-
منفی کردن
disinter : نبش قبر
-ous
makes adjective
dangerous
perilous
-us
names that ends in -us, are Latin names
fetus becomes feti
cactus becomes cacti
A-, An-
Without/Not
منفی ساز یا به معنی بدون
Amoral
Atypical
Dys-
-ia
If we have Dis- at the beginning or -ia at the end of a word, it is a name of a disease
dystrophy
dementia
Syn-
Sym-
similar
- nym
- nom
name
ano(nym)ous: بی نام
Auto(nom)ous: دارای نام خود - مستقل
re-
- again : rewrite
- in the opposite way : recession