ANNEX 1

The prefixes and suffixes listed below are recurrent in academic and scientific prose. The prefixes have been grouped
according to meaning: the suffixes according to the grammatical classes of which they are markers.
Prefixes Example
1. the opposite, negation of something
a-
anti-
counter-
contra-
de-
dis-
ill-
im-
in-
ir-
non-
un-
amoral
anti-modernist
counteraction
contradict
devalue
disadvantage
illegal
impersonal
inaccurate
irrelevant
non-response
unrepresentative
2. bad, wrong
mal-
mis-
malformation
misinterpret
3. quantity
bi-/ tri/ etc.
cent-
dec-
equi-
macro-
micro-
mono-
multi-
a lot, too much
hyper-
out-
over-
super-
ultra-
little, too little
sub-
under-
bilingual, trilingual
centenary
decade
equivalent
macroeconomics
microeconomics
monolingual
multipurpose
hyperinflation
outlive
overestimate
superhuman
ultramodern
subsequent
underestimate
4. temporal
ex-
fore-
neo-
post-
pre-
ex-husband
foresee
neo-rotestantism
post-war
prerequisite
. to ma!e or cause to beb
be-
em-
befriend
embody
en- enable
". relations
co-
inter-
intra-
intro-
mid-
semi-
trans-
vice-
co-author
international
intravenous
introduction
midway
semiprecious
transaction
vice-president
#. other important prefixes
pro- in favor of
re- again
self- of or by oneself
pro-feminist
re-examine
self-conscious
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)ouns *d+ecti,es *d,erbs -erbs
-ability
-age
-an
-ance/ -ence
-ary
-ate
-ation
-cracy
-cy
-dom
-ee
-
--er/-ar/-or
-ery
-ese
-ful
-hood
-ics
-ism
-ist
-ite
-ity/ -ty
-ment
-ology/-
logy
-ship
-ster
-ure
-
capability
marriage
historian
importance/
library
electorate
information
democracy
efficiency
freedom
employee
employer/
registrar/actor
machinery
!apanese
handful
adulthood
politics
egotism
psychologist
Thatcherite
similarity/
novelty
development
sociology
relationship
barrister
procedure
-able
-al
-an
-ant
-ary/-ory
-ate
-en
-er
-ese
-est
-ful
-ic
-ical
-ish
-ist
-ite
-ive
-less
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capable
social
$arxian
important
imaginary/
introductory
passionate
golden
larger
%apanese
soundest
powerful
historic
political
selfish
feminist
intensive
helpless
friendly
famous
troublesome
ninth
backward
worldwide

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faster
closest
individually
forward
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formulate
threaten
simplify
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