LCPS Word Parts Grade 9 — List 1

Prefixes

• pre-

  • Definition: before, in front of

  • Examples: precede, predict, preface, preview

• post-

  • Definition: after, behind

  • Examples: postpone, posthumous, post-game

• tele-

  • Definition: distant

  • Examples: telephone, television, telescope, telepathy

Roots and Base Words

• aqua- / aque-

  • Definition: water

  • Examples: aquatic, aquarium, aqueduct

• duc- / duct-

  • Definition: lead

  • Examples: conduct, deduce, produce, abduct

• fin- / finit-

  • Definition: end, limit

  • Examples: final, infinite, definite, finish

• magn-

  • Definition: large, great

  • Examples: magnify, magnificent, magnate

• scrib- / script-

  • Definition: to write, written

  • Examples: scribble, manuscript, prescription

• sol-

  • Definition: alone

  • Examples: solitary, solo, soliloquy, solitaire

• vid- / vis-

  • Definition: to see

  • Examples: video, vision, visible, visor

• voc- / voke- / voice-

  • Definition: voice, to call

  • Examples: vocal, invoke, revoke, convocation

Suffixes

• -ate

  • Definition: to make

  • Examples: donate, vibrate, implicate, animate

• -ation

  • Definition: the result of doing

  • Examples: donation, vibration, implication

• -ify

  • Definition: to make

  • Examples: justify, magnify, intensify, clarify