1. LANGUAGE ARTS 7 & 8 GREEK & LATIN AFFIXES

2. Create this graphic organizer in your 3-subject— Section 1; Vocabulary AffixDefinitionExample

3. PREFIX STUDY a-, an-: not, or without  Examples:  Abyss: a hole without an end  Anarchy: without a formal government

4. PREFIX STUDY amphi-: both, around  Examples:  Amphibious: living or able to live on both in and out of water

5. PREFIX STUDY bene-: well, or good  Examples:  Benevolent: desiring to help others

6. PREFIX STUDY co-: together  Examples:  Cooperative: working or acting together willingly for a common purpose

7. PREFIX STUDY dis-: opposite, not  Example:  Distrust: to not trust

8. PREFIX STUDY e-, ex-: out  Example:  External: of or pertaining to the outside part

9. PREFIX STUDY im-, in-: not  Example:  Impersonal: not personal

10. PREFIX STUDY mis-: wrongly, bad  Example:  Misplace: to put in a wrong place

11. PREFIX STUDY pre-: before  Example:  Preview: to view before

12. PREFIX STUDY re-: back, again  Example:  Redo: to do again

13. PREFIX STUDY sub-: under  Example:  Submarine: a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under the water

14. PREFIX STUDY super-: above, beyond  Examples:  Superimpose: to impose, place, or set over or on something else

15. PREFIX STUDY trans-: across  Examples:  Transatlantic: across the Atlantic Ocean

16. PREFIX STUDY un-: not  Example:  Unlike: to not like

17. PREFIX STUDY de-: to reverse, get rid of  Examples:  Devalue: to reverse the value of

18. ROOT STUDY act: do  Examples:  Activity: something that a person does

19. ROOT STUDY cred: believe  Examples:  Credulous: inclined to believe readily

20. ROOT STUDY chron: time  Examples:  Chronology: the study of time

21. ROOT STUDY dic: speak  Examples:  Contradict: to express the opposite of

22. ROOT STUDY path: feeling, suffering  Examples:  Apathy: a lack of feeling or interest

23. ROOT STUDY spec, spic: to see, observe, look  Examples:  Circumspect: cautious, looking all around  Conspicuous: easy to notice

24. ROOT STUDY tract: pull, drag  Examples:  Attract: to pull objects nearer

25. SUFFIX STUDY -ful: full of  Examples:  Helpful: full of help

26. SUFFIX STUDY -ion, -sion, -tion: act of; state or quality of Examples:  Comprehension: the act of comprehending

27. SUFFIX STUDY -y: being or having the quality of  Examples:  Curly: having the quality of curls

28. SUFFIX STUDY -ly: like or in a _________ manner  Examples:  Quickly: in a quick manner

29. SUFFIX STUDY -er: one who ___________; more  Examples:  Teacher: one who teaches  Smaller: more small

30. SUFFIX STUDY -ness: the state or quality of  Examples:  Happiness: the state of being happy

31. SUFFIX STUDY -able: able to  Examples:  reachable: able to be reached

32. SUFFIX STUDY -cide: to kill or cut  Examples:  Pesticide: to kill pests

33. SUFFIX STUDY -en: to make  Examples:  Lighten: to make light

34. SUFFIX STUDY -est: most  Examples:  Highest: the most high

35. SUFFIX STUDY -ice: act of, time of  Examples:  Service: the act of serving

36. SUFFIX STUDY -less: without  Examples:  Hopeless: without hope

37. SUFFIX STUDY -let: little  Examples:  Droplet: a little drop of something

38. SUFFIX STUDY -logy, -ology: study of  Examples:  Biology: the study of life

39. SUFFIX STUDY -ment: state, quality, act  Examples:  Commitment: the state of being committed

40. SUFFIX STUDY -or: one who  Examples:  Creator: one who creates