a-, an-,ab- | without, not/ | atypical, anhydrous, abnormal |
ambi- | both/ | ambivalent |
ante- | before/ | antedate, anteroom |
anti- | against opposite/ | antislavery, antifascist |
auto- | self/ | automobile |
bi- | two/ | biannual |
co-; com- | together with, joint/ | coexist, co-author |
counter- | opposite/ | counterattack |
de- | to reverse an action, to remove, to deprive of/"" | demobilise, decentralise |
dis- | not, opposite of/ | disconnect, disobey |
en- | to put into, to make/ | enlarge, enclose |
ex- | jrevious, former/ | ex-minister |
extra- | outside, beyond/ | extracurricular |
hyper- | overly, excessive/ | hypertension |
in, il, im, ir | not, without, lacking/ | incomplete, irregular, illegal |
infra- | below, beneath/ | infrastructure |
inter- | between, among/ | international |
intra- | within/ | intravenous |
macro- | large/ | macrocomputer |
mal- | bad, wrongful ill/ | maltreat, malnutrition |
micro- | small/ | microchip |
mid- | in the middle of/ | mid-June |
mis- | wrongly, bad, astray/ | misbehave |
mono- | one, single/ | monorail |
multi- | many/ | multipurpose |
neo- | new, recent/ | neoconservative |
non- | not/ | non-essential |
omni- | all/ | omnipotent |
post- | after/ | post-war |
pre- | before/ | prehistoric |
pro- | in favour of/ | prodemocratic |
re- | again, back/ | re-elect, reopen |
retro- | back/ | retroactive |
semi- | partly, half/ | semicircle |
sub- | under, less than normal/ | subway, subnormal |
super- | above, beyond, greater than/ | supermarket, superman |
syn-sym- | together, at the same time/ | synthesis |
trans- | across/ | transatlantic |
ultra- | extremely, beyond/ | ultramodern |
un- | not, opposite/ | unknown, undisturbed |
uni- | one/1 | uniform |
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- - | state | candidate | candidacy |
-age | result process | drain | drainage |
-ance -ence | state quality | guide exist | guidance existence |
-ant -ent | agent doer | consult reside | consultant resident |
-action | action | condemn | condemnation |
-ition -ion | state result | abolish fuse | abolition fusion |
-dom | condition state domain | wise king | wisdom kingdom |
- | one receiving action | trust | trustee |
-eer | doer, worker | engine | engineer |
-er, -or | doer, maker resident | narrate London | narrator Londoner |
-ful | amount | spoon | spoonful |
-hood | state condition | child | childhood |
-ism | system | feudal | feudalism |
-ity | state, quality | valid | validity |
-ive | agent, doer | detect | detective |
-ment | action, result | amaze | amazement |
-ness | quality, state | vivid | vividness |
-(e)ry | people or things as a whole | rob dentist | robbery dentistry |
-ship | state condition | member | membership |
-tude | quality, state | serve | servitude |
-ure | result, means | depart | departure |
-y | result, action | jealous | jealousy |
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-able -ible | able capable of | reason | reasonable |
-at | characteristic of | season | seasonal |
-ant -ent | doing, showing | appear observe | appearent observant |
-ary | tending to | fragment | fragmentary |
-ate | Full of, having | affection | affectionate |
-en | made of, like | gold | golden |
-ful | full of, having | wonder | wonderful |
-ic | relating to, characteristic of | German romance | Germanic romantic |
-ive | given to | attract | attractive |
-less | lacking, without | life | lifeless |
-like | similar like | ape bell | apelike bell-like |
-ly | like characteristic of | mother | motherly |
-ous | full of marked by | fury | furious |
-some | apt to | trouble | troublesome |
-ward | in the direction of | west | westward |
- | like, showing | shade | shady |
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-an, -ian | belonging | America | American |
-ese | smth or smb of a place or a style | Japan | Japanese |
-ine | smth or smb characteristic of | Florence | Florentine |
-ish | smth characteristic of | Spain | Spanish |
-ist | doer, believer, related to | Buddha | Buddhist |
-ite | (smth or someone) characteristic of | Israel | Israelite |
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-ate | become, form, treat | hyphen | hyphenate |
-en | make, cause to be | wide | widen |
-fy. -ify | cause make to be | solid | solidify |
-ize | make, cause to be | central | centralise |