1、Stems and Affixes Prefix Meaning Example ad (a, ac, af, ag, al, to advance, acquire, affix, aggressive, an, ap, ar, as) allocation, annex, approach, arrest, assert ante before, in front of antecedent, anteroom anti against antithesis, antimagnet
2、ic auto self, self-acting autonomous, autocracy, automobile, automaton bi two, twice bimonthly, biennial circum (circu) around, circle circumscribe, circumference, circulation com (co, col, con) together, with combine, cohabit, collision, converse d
3、e down from, apart despise, dehydrate, decapitate di two, dioxide, dialogue separate divorce, diversify dis not discourage, dissatisfy apart disband, disperse, disrupt, di
4、ffuse en (em) make empower, enlarge, enpurple around encircle, embrace ex out of, from, away from extract, expose, exclude more than excess, exceed, exaggerate former ex-wife, ex-president il, im, in
5、not illegal, immature, inactive into insert, implant, inter, intro, intra, intel between, inside, within, interrupt, interpose, inward, into introvert, introspect intramural, intracellular,
6、 intracity, intelligible, intellect mal bad, badly malfunction, maladaptation, malaria, malapply macro great macrocosm, macrostructure micro
7、 small, tiny microcosm, microstructure mis wrong(ly) misbehave, mismanage bad misfortune, mischance mono one, single, alone monocracy, monotonous, multi many, much multilateral, multipurpose
8、 multiply, multilingual non not, without nonstop, nonsticking, nonattacking ob (有变体) against, not clear, object, opaque, offend, opposite obtriangular, obpyram
9、idal over more than overestimate, overcharge per through pervious, pervade perennial, perforate pre before prearranged, previous pro forward prospect, projector
10、 for, in favor of pro-slavery, re back , again reload, retrace semi half, partly semicircle, semifinal retro back, backward retrospect, stereo solid, three dimensional stereophone, stereoanalysis
11、 stereochemistry sub(suf, sug, sup, sus, sur) under, below, lower submerge, subtitle, subeditor suffer, suggest, surrounding
12、 suspend, syl, sym, syn together, the same syllabus, syllogism, symphony symmetry, synthetic, synchronize tele far away telescope, teleca
13、st, telelecture teleconversation trans across transport, transfer, transparent beyond transonic, transnormal ultra excessive, extreme ultramodern, ultraviolet up upward, in an upward upri
14、ght, upstream direction upheaval, upgrade un not unqualified, unload under below, beneath, under undergo, underestimate, undertake undermine uni one universe, unify,
15、unilateral, uniform Noun suffix Meaning Example ship 关系, 状态, 身份 relationship, kingship, 资格, 技巧, 技能 apprenticeship, horsemanship 总人数 penmanship, membership, readership hood
16、 状态, 性质, 集体, falsehood, bachelorhood, 时期 orphanhood, maidenhood, neighborhood fold time(s) manifold, millionfold age state advantage, heritage
17、 place village, anchorage, amount mileage, carriage, postage, portage ian one who magician, physician ant one who assistant, inhabitant ee
18、 one who trainee, interviewee iot one who patriot, compatriot, aut one who astronaut, aquanaut er, ar, or, one who writer, navigator, ist one who pianist, economist, tude state
19、 of latitude, altitude, attitude, longitude (t)ure state of mixture, departure al state of renewal, withdrawal ance, ence state of importance, interference, cy, ency state of infancy, tendency ness state of carefu
20、lness, consciousness tion, sion state of solution, reduction, permission, ment state of rearmament, equipment, ty, ity state of density, purity, morality ology study of theology, psychology ism doctrine of egoism, socialism Verb Suffix Meanin
21、g Example ate make or cause to happen create, evacuate en make or cause to happen shorten, heighten ify make or cause to happen glorify, certify, rectify, notify, ize make or cause to happen modernize, publicize, polularize Adjective Suffix Meaning Example
22、 able, ible capable of edible, convertible, unreadable ful full of beautiful, graceful handful, cupful, armful less without hopeless, limitless al having the nature of cultural, economical ant, ent having the nature of pleasant, dependent,
23、 ish having the nature of foolish, childish ive having the nature of expensive, responsive, indicative ly having the nature of lovely, lively ed, ing having the nature of excited, interesting ous, having the nature of glorious, prosperous y having the natu
24、re of tasty, windy, dusty, dirty Adverb Suffix Meaning Example ly in a certain manner slowly, happily ward in the direction of westward, homeward wise in the direction of clockwise, counterclockwise Roots Meaning Example ann, enn year
25、 anniversary, annual, perennial aqua water aquarium, aquatel, aqueduct arch chief patriarch, matriarch monarchy, anarchy astro space astronaut, astrophysics, astrometry
26、 aud(i) listen, hear audiometer, auditor, auditorium auto self autograph, automation, car autocide, autoworker avia bird, fly avian, aviator, aviary bibli book bibliography, Bible bio life autobiography, bi
27、o-weapon, cand light candle, incandescent, candid, cap(it) head captain, decapitate, capsize cast throw broadcast, telecast chron time synchronize, chronological dem people democracy, epidemic dict, say
28、 dictation, predict don give donate, pardon, donee duct, duce lead, direct conduct, reduce, deduct, aqueduct ego sels egoist, egocentric, egomaniac fer take, carry transfer, confer, defer, circumfere
29、nce refer, prefer flect, flex bend reflect, inflect, circumflex, flexible gene begin genesis, autogenous, degenerate regenerate geo the earth geography, geometry gr
30、ad, gres step gradually, degradation regress, aggressive gram, graph write telegram, diagram, stereograph, autograph homo same homonym, homosexual, homogenous hydr water hydroscope, hydro
31、aeroplane log study theology, biology word logic, dialogue, catalogue magna, magni great, big, large magnitude, magnate, magnanimous, magnifier man, mana, hand manacle, manuscri
32、pt manu, main, manipulate, maintain matri mother matrimony, matriarch, matrifocal metr, meter measure thermometer, astrometry, barometer mit, miss send permit, transmit, submission opt eye
33、 light optical, optics, optophone, optometrist pat, pathy disease, feeling pathos, pathology, telepathy, theopathetic, apathy
34、 patri father compatriot, patriarch pel, pul drive compel, compulsory, expel, dispel, repel, propellor pend hang pe
35、nding, suspension, appendix, pendulum pay spend, expensive phon sound stereophonic, microphone poly many polyester, port carry transport, import, export pose place depose,
36、opposition, compose, interpose psych soul or mind psychopath, psychology rot turn, wheel rotate, circumrotate scribe, scrip write transcribe, transcript, circumscribe sect cut dissect, vivisection, tran
37、sect, sector scope see microscope, telescope spect, spise see inspect, circumspect, despise tain, tin hold retain, maintain, attain, continue the
38、 god theology, theocracy, monotheism thermo heat thermometer, thermostat, thermochemistry tribut give contribute, tributary,
39、 attribute vac empty evacuate, vacation, vacuous, vacuum vert, vers, change converse, revert, diversify vis, vise, vision see supervise, television,
40、 vig, vit, viv life vigorous, revitalize, revive, vivify vol, vor turn involve, volume, vortex, divorce, convolution 8






