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Figure out word meanings by breaking the word down into its word parts.
EX: predict biography fraction
pre dict bio graph y fract ion
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before say life write like break act of
my definition: say before my definition: like writing a life my definition: act of breaking
dictionary: to tell in advance dictionary: a written account of dictionary: a part or segment
another person's life
Prefixes
auto - self
anti - against
bi- two
co, col, com, con - with, together
de - down, opposite
deca - ten
di - two, double
dis - not
epi - above
extra - beyond
hetero - different
hex - six
homo - same
hypo - under
il, im, in - not, into
inter - between
mal - bad
non - not
oct - eight
pent - five
poly - many
pre - before
pro - for, forward
pseudo - false
quad - four
re - again
sub - under
tele - distance
un - not
Roots
aqua - water
astron - star
aud - hear
bene - good
bio - life
ced, ceed - go
cent - hundred
cog - to know
cred - believe, trust
dem - people
dent - tooth
dict - speak,say
equ - equal
frag, fract - break
fix - to attach
geo - earth
graph - write or record
hydra, hydro - water
ject - throw
lib - book
luna - moon
macro - large
meter - measure
micro - small
nym - name
ped - foot
phobia - fear of
phono - sound
psych - mind
photo - light
scrib, script - write
struct - build
terr - earth, land
therm - heat
vid, vis - see
Suffixes
able/ible - can be done
ed - past tense
er - one who; more
est - most
ful - full of
ing - present tense
ish - characteristics of
ism - belief in
ist - one who
ian - one who, belonging to
ment - act of, result
ness - state or condition
ology - study of
or - one who
ous - having qualities of
phobia - fear of
ship - state or condition of
sion, tion - act or process
y - like