Quarter 1

Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words

hydro-

“water”

agri-

“fields”

ab-

“from,

away”

-ee

“one who receives (an

action)”

psych-

“mind, soul,

spirit”

aud

“to hear”

im/in-

“not, into”

• Use im- when the word begins with an m or p

-et/ette

“small,feminine”

bene-

beni-

“good, well”

circum-

“around”

inter-

“between or among”

-ian

“one relating to, belonging to, or

resembling”

-ion

“Act of, state of, or condition of”

corp-

“body”

dic-dict-

“speak, say”

mal-

“badly,

poor”

-ive

“causing,

making”

dur-

“hard, lasting”

equ-

equi-

“equal”

uni-

“one”

strict

“draw tight”

luna-

“moon”

nav-

“ship”

ped-

“foot”

sci-

“know”

sent-

sens-

“feel”

sol-

soli-

“alone, lonely”

spec-

“look, see”