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A prefix is a syllable placed in front of a word to add or to change its meaning.

Prefix -- Meaning -- Example

  1. anti -- against, opposite -- anti-fungal, antidepressant

  2. auto -- self -- autograph, automobile

  3. bi -- two -- bicycle, bivalve

  4. con -- with -- contact, conform, converse

  5. un -- not -- unconvincing, unnatural, unprepared

  6. re -- again -- revisit, reenter

  7. a, an -- not, without -- amoral, anesthetic, apolitical, asocial

  8. ab -- away from -- abduction, abstain, abnormal

  9. ambi -- both -- ambidextrous, ambivalent

  10. centro, centri -- around, center -- concentric, centrifugal

  11. dis -- apart, not -- disengage, discord, discomfort

A suffix is a set of letters added at the end of a word to make another word or as an inflexion. It can alter the spelling of words when changing the part of speech.

Suffix -- Meaning -- Example

  1. -er -- doer -- teacher

  2. -able -- able to -- unbelievable

  3. -ous -- full of -- dangerous

  4. -ness -- state of being -- happiness

  5. -ful -- full of -- wonderful

  6. -ly or y --like -- gently, wintry

  7. -ment --state of -- government

  8. -cide -- kill(ing) -- patricide, infanticide, herbicide, suicide

  9. -logy -- study field of -- Biology, geology, etymology, cardiology

  10. -phobia -- exaggerated fear -- photophobia, claustrophobia, agoraphobia

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