Prefixes are the words added in the beginning of some other words to make a new word.
· Im + possible = impossible
· Ir + responsible = irresponsible
· Il + legal = illegal
· Un + happy = unhappy
Every prefix has a certain meaning. So, in order to use prefixes, one should know the meaning of the prefixes.
Prefix
Meaning of the prefix
New Word
anti
against
anti-war, anti-religion, anti-christ
de
opposite
deforest, deforestation, decode
dis
not
disagree, disobey, dismantle, dissection, disappear, disarm, disconnect, dishonest, dislike,
en or em
cause to
encode, embrace, embedded
fore
before
forecast, forward, foremost
in or im
in
infield, inbuilt
in/im/ir/il
not
injustice, impossible, immoral, incapable
inter
between
international, inter-state
mid
middle
mid-May
mis
wrongly
misleading, misbehave, mismatch
non
not
non-violence, non-communal
over
over
overtake, overlook, overheard
pre
before
pre-independent, prefix, pre-board
re
again
return, replay, reapproach
semi
half
semi-circle, semi-nude
sub
under
sub-urban, submarine, subtypes
super
above
superfast, super hit, supertalented
trans
across
transgender, transport, transplant
un
not
unnoticed, unfriendly, unnoticed
under
under
under-water, undersea
Suffix
Suffix is a group of letters which is put after the main word to make a new word. For example:
· Harm + less = harmless
· Hand + ful = hanful
· Beautiful + ly = beautifully
SUFFIX
MEANING
EXAMPLES
-able
able to, having the quality of
comfortable, portable
-al
relating to
annual, comical
-er
comparative
bigger, stronger
-est
superlative
strongest, tiniest
-ful
full of
beautiful, grateful
-ible
forming an adjective
reversible, terrible
-ily
forming an adverb
eerily, happily, lazily
-ing
denoting an action, a material, or a gerund
acting, showing
-less
without, not affected by
friendless, tireless
-ly
forming an adjective
clearly, hourly
-ness
denoting a state or condition
kindness, wilderness
-y
full of, denoting a condition, or a diminutive
glory, messy, victory,
Wisdom Words
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