| in (in or not) |
re (back, again) |
infield, inflate, inlay, inset
insane, infirm |
recount, repay, reprint, retrace
rejoin, remark, retell, redo
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| un (not or opposite of) |
pre (before) |
unfit, unable, unclean, unjus
unfair, unlike, unhappy, unwise
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preview, predate, presell, premix
preplan, prepay, preheat, presold
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| un (undo or reverse) |
de (down or away from) |
unarm, unbind, unchain, uncoil
unhand, unglue, unfold, unwrap |
debug, decamp, decode, defile
deplane, defog, delight, declaim
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| a (on or in, to) |
be (completely, thoroughly) |
abound, around, ahead, alight
away, alive, alike, apart |
became, becloud, bedeck, belay
befoul, beloved, begrudge, befriend
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| mis (bad, badly; wrong, wrongly) |
dis (not, absence of, or apart) |
miscall, miscast, misfire, misname
misplace, misspell, mistake, misuse
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dislike, disable, disarm, disclose
disgrace, distrust, displace, dislodge
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| non (not, negative prefix) |
fore (before) |
nonstop, nonreade,r nonhero
onperson ,nonskid, nonstick
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forearm, forehead, forewarn forecourt, foreleg, foresail, foresight,
foreman
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| mid (middle) |
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midline, midterm, midwinter
midstream, midnight, midweek
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Common Anglo-Saxon Suffixes
-able (adj. – able, can do) buyable, fixable,
drinkable, eatable, reasonable, payable
-dom (noun – quality, office) boredom, chiefdom,
earldom, freedom, kingdom, stardom
-ed (past tense verb) skated, fretted, jumped, crushed,
opened, dreamed
[NOTE: -ed is pronounced as a syllable after a base element ending
in d or t, /t/ after a base element ending in an unvoiced consonant,
and /d/ after a base element ending in a voiced consonant.]
-en (verb) blacken, darken, harden, ripen soften,
thicken, tighten
(adj.) barren, broken, frozen, olden, golden, silken, woolen
-er (noun) baker, skater, swimmer, runner, spoiler,
crawler, banker
(adj. - comparative degree) older, milder, browner, greener, shorter,
taller, happier
-ess (feminine noun) actress, authoress, lioness,
countess, princess, hostess, tigress
-est (adj – superlative degree) oldest, coldest,
greenest, fattest, thinnest
-fold (noun) fiftyfold, manifold, tenfold, twofold
-ful (adj. - full of, full) hopeful, armful, doubtful,
careful, joyful, shameful, wishful
-hood (noun – condition, state) girlhood,
boyhood, livelihood, childhood, manhood
-ing (noun as action, process or art) dancing, drawing,
swimming, gathering
(adj; present participle of verb) believing, seeing, thinking, drinking
-ish (adj. – origin, nature) babyish, biggish,
clownish, girlish, sheepish, stylish
-less (adj. - without) ageless, careless, endless,
cheerless, cloudless, pointless
-ling (noun – very small) duckling, cageling,
foundling, seedling, yearling
-ly (adverb - like) clearly, broadly, foolishly,
friendly, hoarsely, roundly
-ment (noun – act of, state of) agreement,
amazement, basement, enjoyment, movement
-ness (noun - state of) fitness, gladness, loudness,
greatness, madness, shortness
-ship (noun - office, state, skill) authorship,
courtship, kinship, lordship, membership
-y (adj. – inclined to) brainy, bushy, cloudy,
fishy, flashy, healthy, sleepy, tricky
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