Suffixes Flashcards
Prefix: (si)
Meaning: Relating toExamples: Official, social, artificial
Prefix: (ti)
Meaning: Relating toExamples: Spatial, initial, essential
Prefix: anti
Meaning: Against, oppositeExamples: Antiseptic, anticrime, antitrust, antisocial
aqua
Meaning: WaterExamples: Aquatic, aquarium, aquamarine
astro
Meaning: Stars, heavensExamples: Astronaut, astrology, astronomer
aut
Meaning: SelfExamples: Autism, automatic, autoimmune, autograph
a-
Meaning: Not, negativeExamples: Amoral, atonal, atheist
Meaning: Not, negativeExamples: Amoral, atonal, atheist
Meaning: Good, wellExamples: Benefit, beneficial, benediction
be-
Meaning: To completely befriendExamples: Belie, belittle, bejeweled
bi
Meaning: TwoExamples: Bicycle, biped, bilateral
bi(o)-
Meaning: LifeExamples: Biography, biosphere, biology
cept, capt
Meaning: To take, seizeExamples: Capture, captivity, intercept, exception
chron
Meaning: TimeExamples: Chronic, chronological, synchronized
cide
Meaning: To kill, a killerExamples: Suicide, genocide, homicide
col
Meaning: Together, withExamples: Colleague, collide, collaborate