NAME. DATE Word Anatomy: Breaking Down Words into Parts Prefix: a group of letters that come at the beginning of a word. Root: the basic part of a word; the prefixes and suffixes are added to it. Suffix: a group of letters that come at the end of a word. un + change + able = unchangeable Some words are just root words, meaning they don’t have a prefix or suffix. Some words have a root word and just a prefix or just a suffix. Here is a list of commonly used prefixes: Prefix | Meaning Example Meaning of Example Tae ‘Away: from Absent 2 [An Without ‘Anarchy Without government 3 [ant | Against Antibacterial 4 Auto- Self Autobiography 5 Bene- Well, good Benefit ‘A good thing for someone [Br Two Bicycle 7 [Bio [tite Biology “The study of ving things | 3 [Co _| with, together Cooperate Work together 3 Together, with Combination Not Disrespect Not respect Tt | oe Out Exit 12 _| Geo- Earth Geology The study of the earth 13_|Hyper-_| Over Hypertension 14 | Hypo. _| Under, beneath Hypodermic iim Not Impossible Not possible 16 [In Not Incomplete 17 [Inter _| Between Interstate Between states 19 | Micro-_| Small Microbiology The study of tiny living things 20_| Mid: Middle Midway 21 | Mis- Wrong, il, Mistaken | Misunderstood 22_| Mono-_| One Monorail ‘A train that runs on one track | | 18 | Mal Bad, ill ‘Malevolent | 23_| Non- Not Nonsense 24 | Post _| After Post-test ‘Attest taken after the unit 25_| Pre- Before Pre-test 26 | Re- Do again Repeat To do something again 27_| Sub- Under Subway 28 | Trans _| Across Transatlantic ‘Across the Atlantic Ocean Un- Not Unhappy One Unity Vocabulary Bagri- PCTs] field Cees agriculture DE a lcs] science of growing crops in a field ann— year annual once a year antrop— man/human philanthropy being generous to people arch— government, first monarch king aqua— water aquatic having to do with water aud— hear auditorium a place for people to come and hear a speech or performance auto— self autobiography the story of your life, written by you cent- one hundred centipede an insect with 100 legs chrono— time chronology a list of events in time civi- citizen heart civilian accord a person who is not in the military agree (from the heart) people epidemic a disease that affects many people at the same time to make or do fiction a made-up story writing graphic something that is written to work laboratory a place where scientists work hand manual done by hand sea maritime having to do with the sea carry portable able to be carried land subterranean under the ground or land life vital something important for life Vocabulary BLike prefixes, suffixes are letters that are added to a word to give ita different meaning. However, they are added at the end of the word. Here is a list of commonly used suffixes: 1 —able can do (something) portable able to be carried 2 | ible | can do (something) edible able to be eaten 3 the walk has already -ed _ | has happened, past tense walked aepetied 4 | -er a person who does an action teacher one who teaches 5 | tui | tull of hopeful —_| full of hope © | oy to make magnity to make bigger 7 |. there is talk -ing _| is happening, present tense talking habpening 8 person who does an action or arse iuties Werks -ist believes in a certain idea of artist p with art religion 9 make someone a “We | tomake victimize | victim; harm someone 10 | tess _| not having hopeless | having no hope 11 the action of —ment | the action of amendment changing 12 z -ness | condition of brightness _| Row much light there 13 | ology | the study of zoology study of animals 4 | ous | full of, having joyous having much joy 8 | tion | action, process of creation _| the act of making Vocabulary B