AFFIXES/AFFIX

PREFIXES/SUFFIXES

RONA L. GARCIA
 AFFIXES/AFFIX- THE WORDS BEING
CONNECTED TO A ROOT WORD

PREFIXES SUFFIXES
• Are added to the beginning • Are added to the end
of an existing word in order
to create a new word with a
of an existing word
different meaning
 SOME EXAMPLES:

• CARNIVORUS
Carni- “flesh” vorous (to eat)
INTROSPECTION
Intro- “begin” section- analyzing the condition of yourself
INCREDIBLE
IN- “not” CRED- “to believe” DIBLE- “to be able to”
SUPERSONIC
SUPER-” beyond” SONIC- “sound”
PREFIX MEANING EXAMPLES
bi two Bisexual
anti against Anti-Christ
mono one Monotone
hyper Too much Hypercritical
acro high Acrobatics
ir not Irregular
mal bad malpractice
PREFIX MEANING EXAMPLES
mis Bad, failure to Mispelled
ante before Anterior
post after Post-encounter
pre before Preexisting
uni one Universal
para beside Paragraph
pseudo Not true Pseudonym
 ABLE/IBLE

•Reliable
•Capable
•Lovable
•Terrible
•incredible
 RELATING TO

•Ance (maintenance)
•Ence (eminence)
•Ic (realistic)
•Ship (relationship)
 STATE OF; QUALITY OF

• Ish (foolish)
• Hood (parenthood)
• Ism (capitalism, realism)
• Ness (kindness, goodness, gentleness)
• Ity (reality, maturity)
• Ment (movement)
• Ion (abduction)
 ONE WHO

•Er (messenger)
•Ite (Israelite, Edomite)
•Or (communicator)
•Ant (attendant)
 FULL OF

•Full (beautiful)
•Y (messy)
 LESS- LACK OF

• Restless
• Tackless
• Brainless
• Careless
• tasteless