ELA 8 - Roots and Affixes

bind

bind

tie, fasten

drif

carry

fod/fed

food

kne

joint of the leg

lack

to be without

step

to stamp

ster

guide, direct

tru

faithful

be-

make

fore-

before, front

mis-

badly, wrongly

out-

beyond, outside, more than

un-

not, opposite of

up-

rising, above, high

with-

back, away, against

-er

comparison, one who does something

-ful

full of, characterized by

-ish

in the manner of, relating to

-ly

in the manner of

-ness

condition or state of being

-ship

condition, profession, skill

andro

man

anthropo

human

audi

hear

biblio

book

bio

life

cede

go, yield

circum

around

dict

speak

duct

lead

fac

do, make

fer

carry

gyn

woman

gen

race, stock

geo

rock

homo

same

liber

free, book

lum

light

mega

large

meter

measure

morph

shape

philo

love of

patho

suffering

polis

city

pseudo

false

psycho

mind

rect

straight

sect

cut

sede

to sit

soph

wisdom

stas

stand

theo

god

therm

heat

trac(t)

draw

vert

turn

vis

sight

vit

life

voca

call

vol

fly

volv

roll

a-

without, not

ad-, as-

to, toward

anti-

against, opposite

de-

reverse

di-

two, through

dis-

undo, not

im-, in-

into, not

mono-

one

non-

not

peri-

around, about

post-

after

pre-

before

pro-

forward, for

re-

again, back

-able, -ible

able to

-ance

state, action

-ant

agent, receiver

-ary

related to

-ation, -ion, -tion

state, process, result

-cracy

rule of

-graphy

writing of

-ic

characteristic, relating to

-ile

of, relating to

-ity

state, quality

-logy, -ology

study of

-ment

result, action

-phobia

fear

uni-

1

di-

2

tri-

3

quad-

4

quint-

5

sex-

6

sept-

7

oct-

8

nona-

9

deca-

10

cent-

100

mill-

1,000