8th Grade Morphology Quiz 3

A series of vocabulary flashcards covering important morphological prefixes, suffixes, and root words relevant to 8th-grade morphology.

non-

Not or negative

un-

Not or opposite of; to undo or reverse

over-

Too much

fore-

Before or in front of

mid-

middle

-struct-

To build

-ing

Action, process, or materials (verb, noun, adjective

-er

One who or that which (noun); more (adjective, adverb)

-less

Without (adjective)

-est

Most (adjective, adverb)

pan-

All or every

-dem-

People

-IC

Of, pertaining to, or characterized by (adjective)

-vari-

Different, diverse

-able/-ible

Able, can do (adjective)

-ty/-ity

State or quality of (noun)

-neur-

Nerve

-psych-

Mind or soul

-logy-

The science or study of

inter-

Between or among

-ced-

To go

-ed

Past tense (verb, adjective)

-hypo-

Under or below

-therm-

Heat or hot

-cred-

To believe

-ence

Action, state, or quality (noun)

-phil-

Love

-anthrop-

Human

in-/il-/im-/ir-

Not or opposite of; in or on

-doc

To teach

-ate

Make (verb); state or quality of (adjective)

over-

Too much

-tens-

To stretch

-ion

Act of, state of, or result of (noun)

pre-

Before or earlier

-claus-/-clois-/-clos-/-clud-/-clus-

To close or shut

de-

Down or away from

-cap-/-cep(t)-

To take or seize

-ive

Causing or making (adjective)

syn-/sym-

Together or with

-chron-

Time

-ize

Make or treat in a certain way (verb)

con-/com-

Together, with, or jointly

-ven(t)-/-ven(i)-

To come