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8 th Grade Roots and Affixes Meaning

Root- Definition- Examples
agri- farm or farm related- agriculture, agribusiness aud- to hear or listen- auditory, audience bene- good or well- beneficial, benediction circum- around, about, on all sides- circumnavigate, circumference corp- body- corporate, corpse dur- hard, lasting- durable, endurance dict- say, speak- dictionary, predict equ/equi- equal- equilateral, equinox hydro- water- dehydrated, hydrophobia luna- moon, light- lunar, luminary nav- steer- navigation, navy ped- foot- pedestrian, pedestal phobia- fear- arachnophobia, agoraphobia psych- mind, soul- psychiatrist, psychic sci- to know- science, conscience sent/sens- feel- senses, sentiment soli- alone, solely- solitude, solidarity spec- see, look- spectacles, spectator

Prefixes- Definition- Examples
ab- away, from- absent, abnormal im/in- not or into- impossible, imprison/injection, incorrect inter- between, among- intercontinental, interscholastic mal- badly, poor- malfunction, malnutrition uni- one- unicycle, uniform

Suffixes- Definition- Examples
ee- one who receives the action- escapee, employee ette/et- a small one, group- kitchenette, octet ian/ion- art of, state of, result of- suspension, infection ive- causing, making- active, submissive