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Roots and Affixes meaning

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  • What does the root GEO mean, as in Geography or Geology?
    Earth, land
  • What does the prefix MIS mean, as in Misbehave and Misspell?
    Not correct, done badly
  • What does the suffix --FUL mean, as in Helpful or Hopeful?
    Full of, having
  • What does the root AUDI mean, as in audio or audience?
    hear, listen
  • What does EX mean, as in Extract, Expel?
    Out, From, Away
  • What does the root word DICT mean, as in dictate and dictionary?
    tell or say
  • What part of speech does the suffix -TION or -ATION change a verb into, as in  disrupt -> Disruption or cancel -> Cancelation?
    noun
  • What does the root STRUCT mean as in Construction or Instruction?
    To Build, arrange
  • What does the root CONTRA mean, as in Contradict?
    against or opposite
  • What does root RUPT mean, as in Interrupt or Eruption?
    to break or burst
  • What part of speech do you make when you add suffix --IC to a noun, as in microscopic or symbolic?
    an Adjective
  • What does the suffix --LESS mean, as in Hopeless or Helpless?
    Without, lacking
  • What does SCOPE mean, as in Microscope or Telescope
    to see, to look
  • What does the root GRAPH mean, as in paragraph or autograph?
    write, draw, record
  • What does the prefix UN mean, as in unhappy?
    not, the opposite of
  • What does the prefix PRE-- mean, as in Preschool or Predict?
    Before, earlier than
  • What does the root CON/COM mean, as in Contribute, Compose?
    With, together, joining things
  • What do the suffixes -ABLE and -IBLE mean? As in: invisible, readable, washable
    Able to