Re- Again Repeat, Return Dis- Not/Opposite of Dislike, Disagree In- Not Inactive, Intense Under- Too little/Below Underage, Underground Over- Too much/Above Overdone, Overheat Non- Not Nonsense Pre- Before Preplan, Prehistory Bi- Two Bicycle, Binocular Tri- Three Tricycle, Triangle Quad- Four Quadrilateral, Quadrant Oct- Eight Octagon, Octopus Semi- Half Semicircle, Semicolon Super- Above/On top /Beyond Superfine, Superhuman Multi- Many/Much Multicolor, Multiplayer Poly- Many/Much Polygon, Polysyllable Tele- Distant/Far Television, Telephone Mis- Bad or Badly/ Wrong or Wrongly Misspell, Misread, Mistaken Inter- Between Interview, International Mid- Middle Midnight, Midweek Sub- Under, Beneath, Below/Secondary Subway, Substitute Deca- / Deci- Ten Decade, Decimal, Decimeter Kilo- 1000 (One Thousand) Kilogram, Kilowatt Milli- / Millie- 1000 (One Thousand) Millenium, Millimeter Centi- 100 (One Hundred) Centimeter, Centipede Max- Great Maximum, Maximize Photo- Light Photograph, Photocopy Port- To carry Portable Dic- To say / To tell Dictator En- / Em- To cause to be/ To put in or onto/ To go into Encounter, Enable, Employ, or onto Embark, Encircle Fore- Before/Earlier Forearm, Foreword De- Reduce down / Away from Defeat, Deform, Decrease Trans- Across/Change/Through Transformation, Transportation, Transfer Anti- Opposite/Against Antibiotic, Antifreeze Di-, Dia- Two /Through/Across Digraph, Dialogue, Diagonal Ex- Out of / Away From Extract, Exhale, Extend Auto- Self Autograph, Automatic In- (Il-, Im-, Ir-) Not Inability, Impatient, Irregular, Illegal. In- (Il-, Im-, Ir-) In/On/Toward Infer, Illustrate, Improve, Irrigate Bio- Life Biology, Biological Mini- Small Miniature, Minimal Micro- Small Microorganism, Microscope Uni- One/Single Unicorn, Unicycle, Uniform Suffix Meaning Example -s/es Plural, more than one Pens, Brushes -ing Action, process Reading, Running, Thinking -ed Past Tense. Jumped, Helped, Danced -er Person connected with an activity Teacher, Driver, Writer -er Comparative degree Bigger, Taller, Smaller -est Superlative degree Biggest, Tallest, Smallest -ful Full of Full of Beautiful, Painful -less Without Careless, Helpless -y Characterized by Cloudy, Fishy -ly Characteristic of Badly, Friendly, Quickly -ion / -ation/ - Act of/ State of/ Result of Attention, Vision, Invitation sion/ -tion -ness Condition, State of Darkness, Fairness -ment Act/Process Enjoyment, Replacement -or One who/ that which Baker, Boxer, Conductor, Survivor -able/-ible Can be done Enjoyable, Sensible, -ian /-an One having certain skill/ Related to/ Belonging Electrician, Magician, American to -ship Condition of /Skill Championship, Friendship, Hardship, Leadership -ist One who does a specific action Artist, Tourist -logy/ -ology Science of /Study of Biology, Chemistry -ism Act/Belief/Practice of Patriotism, Idealism, Absenteeism. -ence / -ance Act/Condition of Persistence, Excellence, Assistance -ess Feminine Actress, Goddess -meter / -metr Measure Diameter, Perimeter -port To carry Transport -phobia/ Irrational fear, or hatred, / one who fears/ one Hydrophobia, Claustrophobic -phobic who hates. -rupt Break/Brust Bankrupt, Rupture, Disruptive -scrib/-script To write Describe, Manuscript, Transcript -gram/-graph Written/ Drawn Autograph, Paragraph, Telegram -ject To throw Inject, Objection -spect / -spec To see / watch/ observe Prospect, Respect, Specimen -en Made of / To make Wooden, Dampen, Tighten -dom Condition of Boredom, Freedom, Kingdom -ity State of / Quality of Prosperity, Equality -al/-ial Related to/ Characterized by Colonial, Dental -ion / -ation/ – Act of / State of / Result of Tension, Attention, Elevation, sion / -tion Union. -ish Relating to /Characteristic Childish, Foolish -ent, -ant An action / Condition Student, Contestant, Immigrant. -ent, -ant Causing an specific action Obedient, Absorbent, Elegant -hood The state/ The condition/ The quality Likelihood, Childhood,