Week Three Vocabulary List

You are responsible for knowing the root word/prefix/suffix and its meaning.
The next quiz will be cummulative from weeks one, two, and three.
It will have:
• All ten word parts listed below
• Ten more word parts from weeks one or two (review)

Root Word Meaning Examples

-man- hand manual, manufacture, manuscript, manipulate

-mot- move demote, motion, motor, promote

-ped- foot pedal, pedestrian, pedestal

Prefix Meaning Examples

il- not illegal, illegible, illegitimate, illiterate, illogical

im- into immediate, immerse, immigrate, implant, import

im- not imbalance, immaculate, immature, immobilize,

impossible

in- not inaccurate, inactive, inadvertent, incognito,

indecisive

Suffix Meaning Examples

-ful full of careful, fearful, joyful, thoughtful

-ic relating to comic, historic, poetic, public

-less without ageless, careless, thoughtless, tireless

Created by Heather Taxis Greene, 2010