prefix & suffix Flashcards

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Ab-

A

From , Away

ABdicate / ABduct

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Ex-

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Out : Exit

Much : exacerbate بسیار بدتر کردن

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-ate

A

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”

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-ile

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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

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5
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Fac-
Fic-
Fec-
-fy

A
Do/Make
facile
fiction
Fact : it was done
Factory : A place to make things
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  • ory

- ary

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refers to a place

such as factory, dictionary

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Be-

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Do/Make
Belittle : کوچک کردن (humiliate)
Bedim: تیره و تار کردن
Benighted : در تاریکی نگه داشتن - عقی نگه داشتن از علم و دانش

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Dis-

A

منفی کردن

disinter : نبش قبر

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-ous

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makes adjective
dangerous
perilous

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10
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-us

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names that ends in -us, are Latin names
fetus becomes feti
cactus becomes cacti

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A-, An-

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Without/Not
منفی ساز یا به معنی بدون
Amoral
Atypical

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12
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Dys-

-ia

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If we have Dis- at the beginning or -ia at the end of a word, it is a name of a disease
dystrophy
dementia

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13
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Syn-

Sym-

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similar

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14
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  • nym

- nom

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name
ano(nym)ous: بی نام
Auto(nom)ous: دارای نام خود - مستقل

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re-

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  • again : rewrite

- in the opposite way : recession

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16
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Ag-

Ig-

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انجام دادن
باعث انجام شدن
به پیش بردن و رهبری کردن